Tue.Apr 20, 2021

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Pragma Raises $12 Million for Multiplayer Video Game Engine

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Pragma Platform Inc., the developer of a software engine for video game designers, has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round.

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Serverfarm Buys LA Data Center Facility

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Serverfarm, a developer and operator of data center space, says it has purchased a new facility in El Segundo, which will provide 117,500 square feet and 22MVA to hyperscale, transportation, healthcare and government tenants. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Serverfarm, its long term partner in the effort is NantWorks.

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Zefr Names New Sales VP

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Los Angeles-based Zefr, which provides services to help monitor brand safety and other services for online videos, particularly on YouTube, has named a new sales VP. According to Zefr, it has named Kelsey Garigan as Executive Vice President, Head of North American Sales. Garigan was previously Director of Sales West for DoubleVerify, and also previously had been at Pricegrabber.com.

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Newegg Jumps On Dogecoin Bandwagon

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Los Angeles-based electronics e-commerce retailer Newegg has jumped on the Dogecoin bandwagon, saying late Monday that it now accepts Dogecoin as an official payment method on its website. According to the company, its customers can pay with Dogecoin by selecting BitPay as its payment method in the checkout page. Newegg has been an early adopter in accepting cryptocurrency, having been one of the first major online retailers to accept Bitcoin, back in 2014.

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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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XPRIZE Names Two Winners In Carbon XPRIZE Competition, Including LA Startup

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Los Angeles-based XPRIZE says it has named two winners in its $20M, NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition. The competition challenged teams to convert CO2 emissions into valuable products. According to XPRIZE, it has awarded two companies--CarbonCure Technologies and CarbonBuilt, both working on ways to decarbonize concrete. CarbonCure Technologies, the Alberta track winner from Canada, demonstrated a technology which enabled the production of concrete with a reduced water and carbon footprint wit

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Wills.com Launches Online Estate Planning Service

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Santa Monica-based Wills.com said this week that it has launched a new, online estate planning service, which lets users create their own wills and digital estate plans. According to the company, new laws that allow some states for notaries to conduct remote notarization makes it possible for some of its users to sign and notarize their documents electronically, dramatically reducing the time it takes to make a legal will.

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