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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Carlsbad- and London-based DNA Electronics , a developer of a semiconductor-based, DNA sequencing technology, says it has received $51.9M in a contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). DNAe said the funding goes towards developing its platform for the rapid diagnosis of antimicrobial resistant infections and influenza. The contract win came from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) a division of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness an

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As part of an effort to run down every lead in its Falcon 9 rocket explosion investigation, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is reportedly looking into sabotage, possibly by its rival United Launch Alliance.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision said today that it has launched a new, mobile app, which lets players creat real-life, 3D printed figures for its Skylanders game. According to Activision, its new Skylanders Creator app lets fans create 3D, printed Skylanders Imaginators figures, which are playable in the Skylanders Imaginators console game. The 3D printed figures will cost $49.99 each.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Faraday Future signs supply agreement with LG Chem, SpaceX runs down all rocket explosion leads, including sabotage, and WhatsApp pushes Snapchat-like feature.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based BlackLine said this morning that it has named Karen Flathers as the company's new Chief Customer Officer. Flathers was previously Vice President, Global Field Operations at Zuora, and also has served at Aclara and SAP. BlackLine said Flathers will oversee oversee the day-to-day functions of its Implementations, Support, Customer Success and Product Training departments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As a small business and startup advisor, I find that entrepreneurs often love to talk about their latest idea, but not their execution. Like most investors, I’m convinced that success in business is more about the plan and the person than the idea. It’s great to be a visionary and a thinker, but a business that generates real world change and wealth requires people who get things done.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Robert Morris was a military drone platoon leader in Afghanistan, where he started thinking about the potential of aerial imagery in agriculture. He later became a chapter president of the Drone Industry Association, and explored the idea of setting up a business providing drone surveillance of farmland. Morris did go on to co-found an aerial imagery company for agriculture in 2013, but he scrapped the idea of using drones.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based eco-friendly products company The Hoenst Company says it is reformulating its products, to remove the use of sodium laurel sulfate , an ingredient that the company had pledged to avoid, but had managed to be used in a number of its products. The reformulation effort came after pressure by the Wall Street Journal , which tested The Honest Co.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2016

San Diego-based Sirenas , which has developed technology to rapidly isolate and synthesize potential drug compounds from marine organisms, said it has received a $775,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding is intended to generate new leads for treating neglected diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, and cryptosporidium, according to Sirenas co-founder and CEO Eduardo Esquenazi.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Los Angeles-based web hosting provider DreamHost has upgraded its email experience for its customers, the company said late last week, with a partnership with atmail. According to DreamHost, the new link with atmail will provide ad-free, webmail for its users, without having to export their data to a third party. The atmail service keeps users' emails on their own, DreamHost accounts, rather than forwarding emails elsewhere.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

San Diego-based Lytx , which develops video-based driver tracking systems under the DriveCam name, said it has rolled out new enhancements to its products, to add the ability to identify more unsafe driving behaviors. According to Lytx, the upgrades include two new triggers, including identifying when drivers fail to complete to complete a stop at a stop sign (rolling stop), and links to a third-party roll-stability system, which can indicate when drivers speed and/or road conditions are inconsi

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Woodland Hills-based BlackLine Systems has filed for an IPO, saying in an S-1 filing that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as BL. The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Pacific Crest Securities, Raymond James, William Blair, and Baird. BlackLine is venture backed by Silver Lake Sumeru and ICONIQ, and led by Therese Tucker.

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