socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
Venice, California-based Whisper , which operates an app and website that lets users share anonymous thoughts--and combines that with other content--has reportedly laid off 20 percent of its staff, or 14 out of its 71 employees, according to a report on Friday. Whisper, led by Michael Hayward, has raised $61M in total funding. READ MORE>>.
L.A. Business Journal
JULY 28, 2017
Aerospace companies rise to the top of the employers list after two other businesses depart.
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socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
Hawthorne-based SpaceX is planning the maiden launch of its Falcon Heavy rockets in November, according to Elon Musk. Details on that launch have not yet been announced. The Falcon Heavy will be the largest, rocket to be created since the Saturn V moon rocket, which was last launched in 1973, and according to SpaceX will deliver more than twice the payload of the largest rocket now available, the Delta IV Heavy.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 28, 2017
Thursday, August 3, 2017 -- SIGGRAPH 2017. The annual SIGGRAPH conference is a five-day interdisciplinary educational experience in the latest computer graphics and interactive techniques, including a three-day commercial exhibition that attracts hundreds of companies from around the world. The conference also hosts the international SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, showcasing works from the world's most innovative and accomplished digital film and video creators.
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socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
Hollywood-based i.am+ , the electronic device company founded by musical artist will.i.am, has acquired smart home products maker Wink , the companies said late Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Wink said that it the Wink app and Wink Hub will "continue to operate just as they have" and the acquisition will not change the Wink user experience.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JULY 28, 2017
Thursday, August 3, 2017 -- ACG 101 Annual Summer Social. Join ACG 101and ACG 101's Women in Corporate Growth on the evening of August 3rd at the beautiful Westlake Village Inn Stonehaus for our annual Summer Social. This always-popular annual gathering brings together ACG members, friends, past program presenters and other special guests.
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L.A. Business Journal
JULY 28, 2017
Whisper lays of 20 percent of staff, SpaceX raises $350 million as valuation rockets to $21 billion, and Will.i.am’s company buys smart home company Wink for $39 million.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
Irvine-based CrowdStrike , which develops endpoint protection software, said earlier this week that it has launched a new search engine for cybersecurity data, called CrowdStrike Falcon Search Engine. The company specifically said it has launched a new, malware search component within the tool, CrowdStrike Falcon MalQuery, which it says gives its customers access to more than 560TB of malware for use in malware research.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 28, 2017
Starting a new business is a long, hard process, and I can’t blame any founder for looking for shortcuts. I’ve taken a few myself, and I know how much work they can save, as well as how painful some can be in retrospect. When you are trying new things, there are plenty of new problems to go around, so why would you want to re-experience the pain of others?
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals saw a healthy bump on its firs tday of trading as a public company, closing at $19.25 per share, or up 28.33 percent. Sienna, which debuted on Thursday as SNNA on the NASDAQ Global Market, had priced at $15.00 per share on Wednesday evening. Sienna Biopharmaceuticals is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund, and Fidelity.
Xconomy
JULY 28, 2017
Two failed cancer studies this week provided a fresh reminder how little researchers and clinicians understand about immunotherapy’s vagaries: why it works for some people and not for others. The results, in lung cancer and head-and neck cancer, add to recent failures in multiple myeloma and bladder cancer and splash cold water on a sector that, according to one measure , has been lukewarm for some time.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
Los Angeles-based private equity investor The Gores Group said on Thursday afternoon that it has acquired AMI Entertainment , a maker of digital jukeboxes and video systems, which are installed in bars, restaurants, and other locations. AMI Entertainment was founded in 1909, as the National Automatic Music Co. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2017
In a world where there seems likes there is a major, security breach every day, where usernames and passwords are just not enough because they keep getting stolen, and where hackers have even started to hijack people's mobile phones to break into accounts, what do you do? Irvine-based SecureAuth (www.secureauth.com) has its own approach and opinions on what ought to be done.
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