Mon.Nov 05, 2018

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Syntiant Snags $25M For Edge Computing

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Irvine-based Syntiant , which is developing semiconductor used for edge computing, raised $25M in its Series B funding. The funding came from Sunstone Venture Capital Fund, along with Seraph Group, plus Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials, and Motorola, according to the company. Sunstone was an investor in its Series A funding.

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brunchwork w/ Warner Music Group and Art Muse

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Saturday, November 10, 2018 -- brunchwork w/ Warner Music Group and Art Muse. You're invited to an unforgettable sweetgreen brunch with Aton Ben-Horin, Global Vice President of AandR for Warner Music Group, and ArtMuse founder Natasha Schlesinger. Enjoy a fireside chat with Aton and Natasha, curated connections, a business challenge and pitch off.over a seasonal, locally-sourced meal.

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RingDNA Adds $30M For Sales Analytics

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Los Angeles-based RingDNA , which develops analytics software used for understanding the sales process and sales conversations, said last week that it raised $30M in a growth capital funding. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity (GS Growth), and also included Palisades Growth Capital and Bryant Stibel. RingDNA, led by founder and CEO Howard Brown, says it is using artificial intelligence for enterprise sales acceleration and voice automation, and now counts such customers as Hewlet

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GetGlobal 2018 - Thrive in Foreign Markets

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -- GetGlobal 2018 - Thrive in Foreign Markets. GetGlobal is the largest summit in North America for international expansion, strategy, and key foreign market dynamics. It is curated exclusively for growth-minded companies seeking to outperform across regions, to see clearly and go boldly. At GetGlobal you will meet with the leading executives, experts, and specialists with unique insights into what drives global success so that you can thrive in foreign markets.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Elon Musk: Boring Company Tunnel Will Open December 10th

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The first, high tech test tunnel built by LA's The Boring Company , bored between the SpaceX parking lot and a home in Hawthorne, California, is almost complete, and will open to the public on December 10th, according to Boring Company and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The tunnel--which is designed to show off the technology to send people underneath Los Angeles at speeds up to 155 mph, to address the traffic and congestion inherent in road transportation--will reportedly be available to the public for

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Santa Monica Tech Happy Hour on the Promenade!

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 -- Santa Monica Tech Happy Hour on the Promenade! Join L.A.'s best tech and startup networking series for a special event in Santa Monica!

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 5: Analyzing Local Election Spending

L.A. Business Journal

Musk Shows off hyperloop demo tunnel; Bird fights ban in Beverly Hills; LA spending roughly $13 per voter

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NASA, SpaceX Rehearse Crew Ocean Landings

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NASA and SpaceX have been rehearsing recovery for future, crewed missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon out at sea, NASA said on Monday , as the two move closer to launching astronauts into space using SpaceX rockets. According to NASA, SpaceX has outfitted its recovery ship, the GO Searcher, with a medical treatment facility and a helipad in the center of the vessel, in the "unlikely event" of an astronaut medical emergency.

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ResMed To Add To Software Offerings With $750M MatrixCare Acquisition

Xconomy

Medical device maker ResMed has agreed to acquire Minnesota-based MatrixCare, which makes software for long-term care providers, for $750 million. San Diego’s ResMed (NYSE: ticker[[RMD]]) announced its intention to buy the privately held tech company on Monday. The purchase price is 25 times MatrixCare’s pro forma 2018 earnings of about $30 million (without taking into account interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization) on anticipated net revenue of about $122 million.

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Cubic Deploys Satellite Communications Systems For Hurricane Michael Recovery

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San Diego-based defense contractor Cubic Corporation said this morning that it has deployed its satellite communications and networking systems in support of hurricane disaster recovery efforts. According to Cubic, it has been working with the United States Army's Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) project office to deploy its GATR satellite communication (SATCOM) and networking systems in Panama City, Lynn Haven, and Youngstown, Florida--some of the cities which were hit the h

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Hollywood Tech Happy Hour -Tech Save America

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018 -- Hollywood Tech Happy Hour -Tech Save America.

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CoreLogic Names Deputy Chief Economist

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Irvine-based property information and data provider CoreLogic has named Dr. Ralph McLaughlin as the company's new Deputy Chief Economist, the company said this morning. McLaughlin was most recently Chief Economist at Trulia. CoreLogic said that McLaughlin will help the firm expand the visibility of its economic policy unit, plus help it enhance its research capabilities and tools.

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Apply Hospitality-Driven Thinking to Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

I just finished a new book by Stephen J. Cloobeck, “ Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You ”. As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies.

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olloclip Launches New Line Of Smartphone Lenses

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Foothill Ranch-based olloclip , which makes add-on lenses for smartphone photographers, has launched two new lines of lenses. According to olloclip, it has launched a new "Pro" and "Intro" series of lenses, which provide different quality lenses and different price points for customers, letting users shoot much wider and closer than typical built-in smartphone cameras.

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MEI Pharma Inks Cancer Drug Deal with Japan’s Kyowa Hakko Kirin

Xconomy

The second-most advanced investigational drug in MEI Pharma’s four-asset portfolio is drawing attention from overseas as a potential treatment for several leukemias and lymphomas. Japanese life sciences company Kyowa Hakko Kirin has agreed to pay the San Diego company $10 million upfront for rights to develop and commercialize ME-401 in Japan. The Japanese company will pay MEI up to $87.5 million more if the drug, a PI3K delta inhibitor, meets a variety of milestones; plus royalties from sales i

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How to get to the polls for free at the 2018 midterm elections

TechCrunch LA

In case you haven’t heard, polls will open Tuesday morning across the U.S. for the 2018 midterm elections. It’s a big deal, so go vote. And this year, there are more free ways to get to the polls than ever before thanks to a variety of non-partisan “get the vote out” campaigns from ride-hailing, bike sharing and scooter companies.

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Esperanto Reaps $58M To Speed Development of Its 7nm AI Chip

Xconomy

Esperanto Technologies , a startup AI chip developer that has operated mostly below the radar since its founding in 2014, announced this week that it raised $58 million in a Series B fundraising round. Mountain View, CA-based Esperanto is vying with a host of competitors to create new processors for high-order tasks like machine learning and deep learning, while also minimizing power consumption.

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Broadcom to Sell Veracode for $950M After $19B CA Technologies Deal

Xconomy

Broadcom is selling application security testing business Veracode for $950 million to private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Broadcom gained Veracode as a part of its blockbuster acquisition of CA Technologies. Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO ) announced in June it would acquire CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA ) for $18.9 billion, and announced today it has completed that deal.