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S?qster Exits Stealth with Web-Based Tech for Managing Health Data

Xconomy

qster, founded in 2016 to develop technology that enables individuals to aggregate and manage all of their own personal health information, emerged from stealth mode Wednesday.

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Getting A Software Patent Is Valuable But Frustrating

Startup Professionals Musings

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

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Endpoint Security Company CrowdStrike Files Publicly for IPO

Xconomy

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity company that identified the two Russian government-linked hacker groups that invaded the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s network during the 2016 presidential campaign, filed publicly for an initial public offering on Tuesday.

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SD Venture Funding Tops $1.9B in 2017; and Q4 Top 10 Deals

Xconomy

Venture capital activity ended the year with a strong finish in San Diego, as investors poured $498.4 The annual total was slightly ahead of venture activity in 2016, when VCs put slightly less than $1.9 million into 61 companies during the last three months of 2017, according to Venture Monitor data released Tuesday.

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CrowdStrike Hauls In $200M, Reports Valuation Over $3 Billion

Xconomy

Sunnyvale, CA-based CrowdStrike, as an endpoint protection and response platform, uses next-generation antivirus software, scans for behavioral indicators of malicious activity, and deploys other threat detection measures to prevent cyberattacks and mitigate harms when they occur.

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Volvo Expands In Silicon Valley As Auto Innovation Goes West

Xconomy

Like Detroit-based GM (NYSE: GM ), which is shifting its attention from traditional auto manufacturing to projects like its self-driving car unit Cruise—a San Francisco startup GM bought in 2016—Volvo Cars is one of the flock of established carmakers drawn to the Bay Area to take part in its thriving mobility innovation cluster.

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IPOs Will Strip Veils From Uber & Lyft’s Financials, Strategies

Xconomy

Market observers may be awaiting their disclosures as eagerly as political junkies longing to learn the findings of Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Trump’s 2016 campaign. Now, it seems, those three cliffhanger endings may arrive in the same time frame early next year, and the.