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Sorrento Therapeutics Buys Concortis Biosystems

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San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics announced this morning that it is acquiring fellow, San Diego biotech Concortis Biosystems , to bolster its library of antibodies. As part of the acquisition, David (Zhenwei) Miao, PhD, Co-Founder, President and CSO of Concortis, will become Chief Technology Officer at Sorrento.

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Colorado’s Webroot Buys CyberFlow Analytics, Expands in San Diego

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Not long after ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT ) acquired San Diego-based LonoCloud in 2013 , former LonoCloud executives Tom Caldwell and Hossein Eslambolchi met for coffee at the Specialty’s Café and Bakery in University City. Webroot also plans to expand in San Diego, and Caldwell said he plans to stay on.

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Proximal Data Gets $2M For Caching Software

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San Diego-based Proximal Data , which develops serve-side caching software for accelerating I/O access to virtualized machines, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series B round of funding. Bolt was most recently at Avamar Technologies, where he was CTO of the firm before its acquisition by EMC in 2006.

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Arkeia Software Buys Deduplication Firm

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San Diego-based Arkeia Software announced today that it has acquired Kadena Systems , a developer of data deduplication technology. According to Arkeia, it will integrate Kadena's deduplicaton technology into its Arkeia Network Backup product. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Mobileye Sets Safety-Based Rules of the Road for Self-Driving Tech

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billion acquisition of the Israeli specialist in autonomous navigation technology. In a recent update, Mobileye co-founder and CTO Amnon Shashua said the company has almost doubled its workforce since the buyout. It plans to begin testing its self-driving technology in California next month.

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With $30M Infusion, Certona Aims for Bigger Share of Digital Retail

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After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. Certona uses the data to offer shoppers personalized options based on “real-time profiling.”.

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Interview with Bong Koh, LifeCrowd

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Andy Wen was the CTO of Christianity.com, and the CTO of early online education firm VCampus, and he also ran the product and web security for eTrade, as well as started a company called Lighthound deals, like a Groupon. Bong Koh: We're now in user acquisition and ramp up mode. What's the next big milestone for you?

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