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Apollo Medical Holdings Acquires Orma Health

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Alhambra-based Apollo Medical Holdings, a healthcare company focused on "value-based care", said it has acquired Orma Health and Provider Growth Solutions LLC. Orma Health develops an artificial intelligence software platform that helps healthcare providers identify patients for various clinical programs, including remote patient monitoring, mental health support, chronic disease management, and more. financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Military Satellite

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Long Beach-based Rocket Lab has successfully launched a military satellite back into space, on a quick recovery from a failed mission in May. The launch--for the U.S. Space Force--launched at 6pm NZ time from New Zealand. The satellite, called "Monolith", is an experiment designed to see if a large, deployable sensor which is a "substantial fraction of the total mass of the spacecraft" can be used to maintain spacecraft attitude control.

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Netflix To Require Vaccination For Production

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In a sign of growing concern over lagging vaccination rates driving a new surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States, Netflix said this week that it will now require actors and others on productions to be vaccinaed. The news apparently will make netflix the first Hollywood studio to put in place broad vaccination requirements. The move comes as Twitter has delayed return to its offices in San Francisco and New York again due to the spiking case rate, and Google--which also has substantial oper

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NEOGOV Finds Funding From Carlyle, Warburg Pincus

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El Segundo-based human capital and policy management software developer NEOGOV, which is led by Shane Evangelist, has scored a round of funding from private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The size of the investment--described as "significant"--was not announced. Warburg Pincus had an existing stake in NEOGOV. NEOGOV develops employee management software for state and local government, education, public safety, and other public sector customers, made available through softwar

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Docbot Raises $4M For AI Diagnosis Tools

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Irvine-based Docbot, a startup developing artificial intelligenec tools for diagnosing gastrointestinal (GI) disease, has raised $4M in a Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, and also included Bold Capital Partners, Collaborative Fund and Boutique Venture Partners. The company says it now raised a total of $8.5M.

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SiLC Technologies Sees $17M

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Monrovia, California-based SiLC Technologies, a developer of machine vision tools, says it has raised $17M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alter Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital and also included Fluxunit -- OSRAM Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Epson, UMC Capital, Yamato Holdings and Global Brain. The company says it has now raised $30M in total, including an earlier, $12M seed funding last year.

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SpaceX Gets Approval For Another Crew Launch On April 22nd

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Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has gotten approval to launch another crew into space for NASA, with a launch targeted for April 22nd. According to NASA, it has given the "go" for an April 22 launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The launch time is set for 6:11 a.m., with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and  Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

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