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JANUARY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based Acquicent , the startup which is developing a marketplace that allows users to invest in "museum-grade" collectibles such as art and vintage automobiles, is announcing this morning that it has added Kevin Conroy, CEO of ConroyMedia and former director of Sotheby's, as both an advisor and ivnestor. Conroy was on the board of Sotheby's from 2016 to 2019, and also had served as MGM's President of Digital from 2016-2018, Univision's Chief Strategy and Data Officer from 2009-2016, a

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 22, 2020

Social media company TikTok has opened an office in Culver City's Hayden Tract business park.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based TigerConnect , which develops communications tools for the healthcare and other industries, said on Wednesday that it has named Tim Goodwin as the company's new Chief Technology Officer. Goodwin was most recently CTO at Vacasa, which provide online vacation rental management. Goodwin also served as CIO and Senior Vice President at Fiserv Digital Channels.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 22, 2020

Scopely Inc. acquired Century City-based game developer FoxNext Games from the Walt Disney Co. Jan. 22.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2020

As worries about the spread of a new virus from China--which has resulted in the quarantine of Wuhan, China , a city of 11 million--a Los Angeles company, Dimer UVC Innovations , is offering up its technology to airports and officials, at no cost, to a number of airports. According to Dimer UVC Innovations, its germ-killing robot, the GermFalcon, is designed to use ultraviolet light to kill viruses, bacteria, and superbugs on surfaces and in the air--with a model specifically designed for use in

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2020

As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs, and a former angel myself, I still find startups confused about the definition of an angel investor, and how and when to attract one. Angels are actually serious investors who invest their own money, versus venture capitalists who invest institutional money, or regular people who invest in crowdfunding. Thus they don’t live or fly above the clouds.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 22, 2020

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 -- Startup World Cup - SoCal Regional hosted by LAVA and Pepperdine. Startup World Cup ("SWC") offers innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for the startup ecosystem around the world via a global series of startup conferences and competitions that bring together phenomenal startups, VCs, and world-class tech CEOs. Startups worldwide first compete at regional events, and the regional finalists will showcase themselves at the Grand Finale event in San Francisco an

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

In the latest, cannabis-related startup to emerge with funding in Los Angeles, Cann , a developer of cannabis infused drinks--which it calls "social tonics"--has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Imaginary and JM10 Partners. The company--which infuses its drinks with THC, and distributes them through cannabis dispensaries as well as delivery services like Eaze--said the funding will go towards expanding its distribution in California, as well as to other states.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 22, 2020

Social media company TikTok has opened an office in Culver City's Hayden Tract business park.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Scopely is buying mobile game studio FoxNext Games Los Angeles , the studio behind the mobile game Marvel Strike Force. Financial terms of the sale were not announced. Disney acquired FoxNext Games Los Angeles when it purchased 20th Century Fox. The deal also includes Cold Iron Studios, which is another game developer owned by FoxNext.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 22, 2020

Talking about sex with potential investors? For EvoFem Biosciences CEO Saundra Pelletier, it’s the first item on the docket. Her company recently submitted Amphora, a non-hormonal contraceptive gel, to the FDA for review. EvoFem (NASDAQ: EVFM )—and the rest of the women’s health sector—will know by midyear whether the product will be approved, making the San Diego companies one of the few biotechs to commercialize a novel prescription women’s health product in recent years.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of service management software which has major operations in San Diego, has acquired Loom Systems , an Israeli company which develops artificial intelligence software used for IT operations management. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to ServiceNow, the deal will help its customers can prevent and fix IT issues at scale before they become problems.

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Startup San Diego

JANUARY 22, 2020

Get to know Alexa-Rae Navarro, Startup San Diego's Executive Director. Learn more about her background in the non-profit sector and her passion for startups. The post Getting to know Alexa-Rae Navarro appeared first on Startup San Diego.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2020

The new plan announced by Santa Barbara-based Sonos to essentially "brick" all of its legacy products , is casting doubt on the lifetime of "smart homes" , as loyal, early adopters of the company's products are faced with having to throw away their speakers and other hardware. Sonos told its users on Tuesday that it is discontinuing support for its older products, saying that its legacy products--built between 2005 and 2011, "do not have enough memory or processing power to sustain future innova

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based Famous Birthdays , which operates an online website which lets people look up the birthdays and other information on celebrities and other famous people, says it has just passed 25 million monthly unique users. The site--headed by Evan Britton--says it also just surpassed 100 million monthly video views across its social channels.

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