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Relativity Space Secures New HQ In Long Beach

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Los Angeles-based Relativity Space , which is venture backed by Bond, Tribe Capital, Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, Phillip Spector formerly of Intelsat, and Mark Cuban, says it has secured new headquarters space in Long Beach, where it will set up its business operations and manufacturing.

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SpinLaunch Finds $35M For Orbital Launch Systems, Expansion In Long Beach

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Long Beach-based SpinLaumch , a space startup working on oribal launch systems which use a kinetic launch system to deliver payloads into space from the ground using a mass acceleration system, has raised $35M more, the company said on Thursday afternoon. The new funding brings the startup's total funding to $80M.

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Report: Venture Capital Dollars In 2017 On Way To Record

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Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. The 3Q 2017 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report said the latest quarter worths of investment brings 2017's total to $61.4

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Virgin Orbit To Go Public Through SPAC

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Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch technology company which is related to Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism business, says it will become a publicly traded company through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). The company said the deal will value Virgin Orbit at $3.2

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Rocket Lab Plans IPO Via SPAC

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Long Beach-based rocket developer Rocket Lab is joining the very long list of local technology companies, which is heading towards the public market through a merger with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). According to Rocket Lab, the deal will give it an implied pro forma enterprise value of $4.1

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Agilon Health Sets IPO Pricing Range

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Long Beach-based Agilon Health, which operates a network of physicians focused on Medicare patients, has set its IPO pricing range, saying it hopes to sell 46,600,000 shares of its common stock at between $20.00 The company's IPO could raise as much as $1.232 billion for the company. and $23.00

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Sunstone Backs Lucira Health In $15M Funding

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Long Beach-based investor Sunstone Management is one of the investors in Emeryville, California-based Lucira Health , as part of a Series B funding rounding, the company said on Monday morning. Lucira Health is developing diagnostic tools which use DNA and RNA to identify infection diseases. READ MORE>>.

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