socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Fountain Valley-based Motive Companies, which provides renewable energy and infrastructure products, says it has made a strategic investment in GenXComm, a developer of dynamic filtering and Radio Frequency (RF)-photonics systems. GenXComm said it has raised $20M in its Series B funding round, which was led by Motive Companies, along with Raine Next-Gen Communications and BMW iVentures. motive companies genxcomm venture capital strategic investment radio frequency cleantech

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Westlake Technology Holdings and sister company Nowcom Corp. have joined to create NowLake Technology

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 24, 2021

A year later, local micromobility companies are optimistic Going into 2020, the micromobility industry was already experiencing some growing pains.

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Advertiser: Aggregage

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Here’s one for executives of any company with next generation products in mind. In many companies, there are quiet geniuses, wanting to work on projects outside of the daily focus of the department or company. Technology companies are prime targets for this problem. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In fact, only 100 of the 10,000 multimillion-dollar consumer companies around the world can claim to be an “apostle brand” – one that inspires enduring trust, loyalty, and endorsement. Boston Consulting Group brand building consumer companies rules

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 10, 2021

Akash Nigam, founder and chief executive of Venice-based Genies Inc., said he wasn’t entirely sure what a nonfungible token was until last summer when he met with Dapper Labs Inc. Chief Executive Roham Gharegozlou

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The CEO of the high-performance Italian motorcycle manufacturer offered that point of optimism, as her Modena based EV company remains closed by government decree. The company — that has has a California office and U.S. MotoE riders use the company’s EGO model as their base bike.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2022

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Slingshot Aerospace, which develops space simulation and tracking software, said this morning that it has acquired two companies the Space Division of Numerica and Seradata. The company said the acquisition include Numerica Corporation's Space Domain Awareness (SDA) division which operates the only commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) to geosynchronous orbit (GEO) daytime and nighttime optical sensor network for satellite tracking.

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Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2020

Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. The problem is that few small, growing companies seem to be attractive to most banks for traditional unsecured or asset-backed loans. Catching up from past insights.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 23, 2020

Some of the world’s best companies to work for are those that encourage employees to spend time following their own paths of curiosity toward development of new products or services. Every company has hidden talent, creative thinkers that are not in a position to demonstrate their talents.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2022

The Boring Company, the tunneling and hyperloop transportation company run by Elon Musk, has raised $675M, but has moved its headquarters and operations out of Los Angeles. According to The Boring Company, it raised $675M in a Series C funding, which values the company at $5.675 billion. The Boring Company is now headquartered in Austin, and--based on the company's job listings--has pulled out of LA's technology jobs market.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

founder and Chief Executive Sheldon Owen saw that companies selling cannabis products would need technological tools to advertise in compliance with regulations Vana Technologies Inc.

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Berkonomics

JULY 23, 2020

Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. And yet, VCs sometimes bravely put in more money near the end of the life of a company to bridge the company to a sale of assets in an attempt to recover some or all of the original investment.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based personal care, beauty, baby, and household products brand The Honest Company says it has named two new members to its board of directors. According to the company, it has named James White and Susan Gentile to the company's board, effective upon the company becoming a public company. White has previously served at Safeway, The Gillette Company, and Setle S.A.; The Honest Company is led by Ceo Nick Vlahos.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based The Honest Company has set its anticipated IPO range, saying in a filing on Monday morning that it is now expecting to price its IPO at between $14.00 The company has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as HNST. The Honest Company said it is offering up 6,451,613 shares of its common stock in the offering, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. honest company jessica alba merger acquisition consumer products honestco

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As a rule of thumb, a company with a majority owner in control will be required to provide such a guarantee for most any borrowing of significant size in relation to assets. A win-win for the investor and entrepreneur assuming the company does grow and have a liquidity event someday.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 31, 2020

acquired Circ, an electric scooter company headquartered in Berlin, in a bid to expand the Santa Monica-based company’s European operations Electric scooter operator Bird Rides Inc.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 29, 2020

She stated that she had rejected the investment being discussed, because in her mind the entire company was “just a button, on a feature, in an app.” If you have invented a game that will be marketed as a new app in the app store, have you created enough of a model to create an ongoing company, or just another app that will compete with the millions already in the store? The post Can you build a company, not just a product?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The company said the EV charger ompany will use its NimbeLink embedded modems for its nationwide network. San Diego-based wireless products maker Airgain said it has scored a win with an un-named manufacturer of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Financial impact of the win were not announced. airgain charging wireless electric vehicle modem

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 3, 2021

said the idea for the company came to her after working with a real estate agent to sell her first home Lindsay McLean, founder and chief executive of Home-Lister Inc.,

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 30, 2020

It is not common for the CEO of a rapidly growing company to think of slowing down the furious pace enough to have each manager (including the CEO) document the job process managed, as well as see to the documentation for each process managed below.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 26, 2020

So many tasks; so little time. As a manager, you have a number of critical tasks that are general to your position as opposed to specific to your industry.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2021

The San Diego Angel Conference, an angel investing effort which is run by the University of San Diego (USD) School of Business, says it has made investments in five companies at its conference this year, worth a total of $500,000. ucsd investment capital venture company angel diego

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Electric vehicles are touted as the future, especially in Los Angeles where the city’s climate goals call for 80% of vehicles sold to be electric by 2028 — seven years ahead of the state’s 2035 cutoff for gasoline-powered auto sales

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based TrillerNet, the parent company of social video app developer Triller, has acquired two companies, including a live event and pay-per-view (PPV) company, and a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company.

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Berkonomics

MAY 24, 2018

Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees’ favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fellow pressmen from a bag he was carrying. How your decisions affect your company. How you comport yourself in these situations is absolutely the litmus test for how your company culture will reflect your actions.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It’s been a rough and perplexing six weeks for shareholders of downtown-based water infrastructure development company Cadiz Inc

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Xperi, the parent company of Calabasas-based audio processing software and hardware developer DTS, has spun out as a new independent, public company. The new company is being led by Ceo Jon Kirchener. The new company owns the TiVo, DTS, IMAX Enhaned, and HD Radio brands. Xperi said its predecessor company is now known as Adeia.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Holographic technology startup PORTL Inc. announced $3 million in seed funding

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based Boring Company , the tunneling-and-Hyperloop-transportation company founded by Elon Musk, is setting up shop in Austin, Texas, saying on Monday that it is hiring in the city. The company listed jobs in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, Business Development, and other areas. link] — The Boring Company (@boringcompany) November 9, 2020. boring company austin expansion texas elon musk hyperloop transportation

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Startup San Diego

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The post 12 Companies Selected for this Year’s Startup Incubator Program appeared first on Startup San Diego. Startup News

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 25, 2021

Play Versus Inc., the Sawtelle-based organizer of high school and college esports programs reached a deal to acquire Vancouver-based GameSeta Esports Inc

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 14, 2021

Venice-based virtual reality software company Specular Theory Inc. secured a $4.5 million contract with the Defense Department to expand development of its training products for the Air Force

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2018

San Diego-based driving safety and monitoring systems provider SmartDrive Systems announced this morning that it has signed up Superior Paving, a large asphalt paving company on the East Coast, as a new customer. smartdrive paving company driver safety fleet auto automotive transportation

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The music industry in Los Angeles has grown to encompass far more than just production

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It may seem redundant to say that a company focused on creating virtual reality experiences is ahead of the curve, but that’s precisely the case for West Adams-based Survios Inc

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 11, 2021

For the Consumer Technology Association, the show must go on. The three-day virtual version of the trade show is scheduled to run from Jan. 12 through Jan.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

According to HONK, it has signed up Wawanesa Insurance, and will manage the roadside assistance program for the insurance company. HONK says that Wawanesa is ranked the number one insurance company in California for customer satisfaction, according to J.D. Los Angeles-based HONK Technologies , which is developing an app that helps provide roadside assistance to users, has signed up an insurance firm as a customer.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2022

San Diego-based driver and fleet safety products developer Netradyne announced a customer win on Tuesday, with J&M Tank Lines, a provider of dry bulk transport. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Netradyne said J&M Tank Lines will deploy it artificial intelligence (AI) powered safety cameras throughout its fleet. Netradyne is venture backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Point72 Ventures and M12, and has raised over $197 million.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 18, 2021

With the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden days away, local companies are preparing for an array of proposed policy changes

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 14, 2021

Red Six Aerospace, which creates AR combat training for the military, has moved it headquarters to Miami

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