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As Quibi reportedly seeks another $1 billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service

TechCrunch LA

Even as Quibi , the short form video platform from Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo , reportedly looks to raise another $1 billion , rival service Fiction Riot continues to steadily build out its pipeline of short form serials. The Los Angeles-based company has already launched a beta version of its streaming service, Ficto , and yesterday announced a host of new shows that will appear on the app later this year.

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Swell Rolls Out iOS App For Socially Responsible Investment

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Santa Monica-based Swell Investing , a startup which lets consumers invest in companies which meet socially responsibility, and "impact goals", has rolled out a new iOS app, which lets consumers invest in companies from their smartphone. According to Swell Investing, the new app lets users invest in companies solving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) in seven portfolios, covering green technology, renewable energy, disease eradication, zero waste, healthy living, clean w

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Silicon Beach Report May 17: Aerojet Rocketdyne, Spacex Chosen for Moon Lander Project

L.A. Business Journal

LiveXLive announces new music app; Hulu bullish on Disney taking reigns; SpaceX among firms contracted for Moon Lander

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Citadel Defense Wins U.S Government Customer

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San Diego-based Citadel Defense , a developer of counter-drone technology, says that it has signed up an un-named, classified U.S. government customer, which is using its technology to prevent drone attacks in "highly sensitive areas". According to Citadel Defense, its systems are specifically being used to prevent weaponized drone attacks. The size of the deal was not announced.

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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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5 Exciting Technologies That Need Your Execution Help

Startup Professionals Musings

DNA image via Wikipedia As a business advisor and technologist, I often think about the large array of opportunities for entrepreneurs as technology seems to be evolving faster and faster. Yet I still too often hear the question, “Can you give me a really sure-fire idea for starting my own business?” My standard answer is that ideas are a dime a dozen, and success is all about smart execution, not ideas.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Names Chief Marketing Officer

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Santa Monica-base Cornerstone OnDemand said late Thursday that it has named a Heidi Spirgi as the company's new Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, to head up the firm's marketing functions. Spirgi was most recently Senior Vice President (SVP) of Product and Services for The Marcus Buckingham Company (acquired by ADP), and was the co-founder of a strategic consulting firm, Knowledge Infusion, which was acquired in 2012 by Appirio.

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LiveXLive Rolls New Music Streaming App

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West Hollywood-based LiveXLive Media , which both produces live music content as well as owns the Slacker music streaming app, has rolled out a new, combined app which combines both livestreaming of music festivals, as well as ther personalized radio stations provided by Slacker. According to LiveXLive, the new, subscription app provides both Slacker's audio and personalization with live music event access.

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Bio Roundup: Generic Drugs Graft, ASCO Ahead, ElevateBio Rises & More

Xconomy

Generic drugs are supposed to give consumers more choices and a counterweight to more costly branded medications. During his tenure as FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb often spoke about generics as a market force that could help tame climbing drug prices. But such tools only work when companies play fair. A lawsuit is now claiming that many top generic drug makers routinely conspired to avoid competition.

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Criteria Corporation Gets $56M For Employment Analytics

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Los Angeles-based Criteria Corp , a developer of a software-as-a-service employment analytics and pre-employment testing platform, said today that it has raised $56M in a strategic investment round, from private equity investor Sumeru Equity Partners. According to Criteria Corp., the majority funding round will go towards product innovation and growth.

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San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: MedCrypt, LunaDNA, Dynacure & More

Xconomy

Let’s catch up with the latest life sciences news in San Diego. — Cybersecurity company MedCrypt, which makes software to protect medical devices, raised a $5.3 million Series A funding round. The company says it will use the new funds to hire new salespeople and engineers and further develop its technology, which medical devices vendors use to secure data traveling between or stored on devices.

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Interview with David Loo, CEO and Founder of Perspectium

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For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. Loo--who was the very first employee at ServiceNow--explains what that means, and why companies use the startup's software.

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