L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2016

Snapchat has agreed to create 396 jobs in the state of New York in exchange for tax breaks totaling up to $5 million from Empire State Development.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Aliso Viejo-based storage networking products developer QLogic is now officially part of Cavium , Cavium said on Tuesday, after the $1.36 billion acquisition of QLogic completed. The two companies had announced the deal in June. QLogic was a maker of high speed networking and storage networking devices; Cavium makes networking semiconductors. The sale of QLogic comes two years after the sudden death of founder and Chairman HK Desai, revenue stumbles , and big executive shuffling at the company.

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L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 17, 2016

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is moving to Los Angeles, TeleSign Hires new chief executive, and Snapchat plans to expand New York office to 400 employees.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said on Tuesday that the semiconductor maker will create a new, studio in Hollywood, will will focus on creating 360-degree virtual reality sports and entertainment content, using its technology. According to Krzanich, speaking at an Intel conference in San Francisco, said the new Intel Tech Experience Labs will use its 360 Replay technology as the basis for that virtual reality content.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 17, 2016

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 -- LA FinTech Mix Mingle Network. Come mix and mingle with other Financial Technologist's Tues Aug 23. Learn about the newest and fastest changes going on in financial technology. Finance is undergoing a massive change some call the "financial paradigm". Laws from 1930-1940 (old right?) are getting broken down with technological innovation in finance.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile security and identity services provider TeleSign said Wednesday morning that it has named Aled Miles as the company's new CEO. Miles was previously at Symantec, most recently serving as Senior Vice President for Symantec's Norton business, Latin America, Global Strategic Accounts, and IoT, Cloud & SaaS Partnerships. Miles also served at GM and ForgeRock.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based Marriage.com , a new startup and website focused on marriage advice, has launched, looking to help provide users with all kinds of advice about creating a healthy marriage. The new site, created y Sameer and Malini Bhatia, said it is hoping to the online void between numerous dating, wedding, baby, and family websites. According to Marriage.com, it now has articles and posts from over 100 qualified professionals, ranging from therapists to counselors and psychologists and docto

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pasadena-based Like Pizza , founded by veterans of Disney Mobile and THQ Wireless, says it has launched a new digital media studio, which it says will combine games and serialized animation into mobile apps. The startup, led by Jeff Nuzzi and Bob Spang, said it hopes to ship its first mobile app, Bunny Rappid, in 2017. Buzzi was previously at The Walt Disney Company's mobile division, and was involved in titles such as Where's My Water?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 17, 2016

Histogen, a San Diego-based regenerative medicine company with technology for growing skin cells and related products, said it has raised $6 million from an affiliate of Huapont Life Sciences, a healthcare products company based in Chongqing, China. The $6 million anchors Histogen’s plans to raise as much as $18 million in a Series D financing round, according to Histogen spokeswoman Eileen Brandt.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Irvine-based cloud storage products developer Zadara Storage reported a win on Tuesday with document archiving company CBM Archives. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. Zadara said that CBM Archives, which serves state and local government agencies, is using the company's VPSA Storage Array and cloud services. Zadara's product supports Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud storage back ends.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based ScaleLab , a multi-channel network which helps Youtube creators with growing their audiences, says it has topped more than 2 billion monthly views, and now has 90,000 online video influencers in its network. According to the company, the growth comes due to international expansion, particularly in Brazil, as a result of a move last year to open an office in Sao Paulo.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Irvine-based NxGn Data , a developer of solid state disk drives (SSDs), says it has renamed itself NGD Systems. NGD Systems said the renaming of the company will highlights its system-level capabilities and ability to compete in the storage subsystem market. NGD Systems is led by Nader Salessi, and is targeting the enterprise SSD storage market; the company said its executives have previously worked for such companies as Western Digital, STEC and Memtech.

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