socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

San Diego-based ResMed said Monday morning that it has named Bobby Ghoshal as the company's first Chief Technology Officer. The company, which develops patient monitoring devices which can connect to the cloud, said that Ghoshal was ost recently Chief Operating Officer at Brightree, a Resmed-owned company which provides cloud-based software-as-a-service for out-of-hospital care.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 2, 2018

Sunday, April 8, 2018 -- Startup Weekend Girl Scouts Greater LA. Are you a Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout who likes to come up with big ideas, invent things, work with others, and learn skills that will help you with school, college, and a future job? Then Startup Weekend is for you! During this exciting event, you will take an idea from nothing to something, pitch to product.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has successfully launched its fourteenth mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral, sending a previously flown Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule to the ISS at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The SpaceX Falcon is carrying 5,800 pounds of supplies, payloads, and vehicle hardware to the ISS, where it is expected to dock on Wednesday, April 4th.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 2, 2018

Saturday, April 7, 2018 -- Startup Weekend Girl Scouts Greater LA. Are you a Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout who likes to come up with big ideas, invent things, work with others, and learn skills that will help you with school, college, and a future job? Then Startup Weekend is for you! During this exciting event, you will take an idea from nothing to something, pitch to product.

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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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APRIL 2, 2018

Irvine-based SetSchedule , a developer of real estate technology, said it has launched a new mobile app which it says uses artificial intelligence to help real estate agents qualify and manage leads. According to SetSchedule, its software uses information from title companies, permit information, taxes, and major life events to identify homeonwers who are highly likely to sell their houses within months, and sets up listing appointments with those homeowners.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 2, 2018

Friday, April 6, 2018 -- Startup Weekend Girl Scouts Greater LA. Are you a Senior or Ambassador Girl Scout who likes to come up with big ideas, invent things, work with others, and learn skills that will help you with school, college, and a future job? Then Startup Weekend is for you! During this exciting event, you will take an idea from nothing to something, pitch to product.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 2, 2018

Tesla stock drops; Spring Labs raises $14.75 million; ESPN to offer streaming service for $5 a month.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

San Diego-based Ligand Pharmaceuticals said on Friday that it has entered into a deal with venture capital investor venBio Partners , which will allow venBio's portfolio companies to enter into a pre-agreed worldwide OmniAb platform license agreement. Financial details of those agreements were not announced, however, Ligand said i will be eligible to receive access payments, development and regulatory milestone payments, and tiered royalties for each product incorporating an OmniAb antibody.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 2, 2018

Whether it’s a partner, spouse, family, friend, mentor or mom, having a support system is key to any entrepreneur’s success. For Nina Vaca , Founder, Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group, she attributes much of her success to the role models in her personal life, business and education, who have fueled her growth and lifted her up along the way. Nina started Pinnacle Group on the floor of her apartment.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

This year, we're sponsoring the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com), presented by Sutton Capital Partners. As part of our sponsor relationship with the conference, we're running a series of interviews with speakers from the conference about their experience in the area of recurring revenue, customer service, and similar topics.

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Xconomy

APRIL 2, 2018

“Personalized shopping” has long been the guiding light for retailers. But in the age of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) , traditional stores have been searching for the best way to digitize what was once a person-to-person process. “Internet shopping is now across mobile and Web, and now, the [question] is, ‘How do we create great experiences for everyone?’” says Drew Giovannoli, product marketing manager at Bazaarvoice, an Austin, TX-based maker of e-commerce software.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX , fresh off a successful satellite deployment mission on Friday morning, is launching another mission this morning from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX said it is targeting a launch at 4:30 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this afternoon, Monday, April 2nd, where it will launch about 5,800 pounds of supplies, payloads, and vehicle hardware to the international Space Station (ISS).

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

A Russian billionaire, who is one of the backers of Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One has been arrested in Russia, over alleged embezzlment of $35M in the construction of a soccer stadium in Kaliningrad. According to Reuters , billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov has made investments via his Caspian Venture Capital fund in such companies as Uber, Diamond Foundry, Peek, and Virgin Hyperloop One, where he is co-executive chairman of the company.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

Western Digital , which has major operations in Irvine, is one of the backers in a new round for RISC processor developer SiFive , which announced on Monday morning that it has raised $50.6M in a Series C funding. SiFive said the funding round came from Sutter Hill Ventures, Spark Capital and Osage University Partners plus Chengwei Capital, Huami, SK Telecom and Western Digital.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based Spring Labs , a startup developing blockchain-based systems that let lenders, banks, and data providers exchange credit data, has raised $14.75M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by August Capital, and also included Victory Park Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, plus Multicoin Capital, Wavemaker Genesis, and Jump Capital.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2018

SpaceX is getting set to launch its fourteenth mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. According to SpaceX, it will launch about 5,800 pounds of supplies, payloads, and vehicle hardware to the international Space Station. The launch is targeted at 4:30 p.m. EDT (1:30 p.m.

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