socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
San Diego-based Erasca , a company which is using artificial intelligence to drive the discovery and development of new oncology drugs to help cure cancer, has raised $64M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding--which included both its Series A and an extension--came from ARCH Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Reneo Capital, and other private investors.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 5, 2019
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 -- How to Raise Capital for your Start Up. Are you a Founder or Entrepreneur looking to raise money for your startup? Do you want interact with experienced Founders and Investors? This will be an opportunity to learn about the fundraising process from our expert panel and to learn about their real life experiences starting and funding their companies.
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socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
The Cleantech Open , the Los Angeles-based effort which is helping clean technology startups with acceleration, support resources, and more--run by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)--is one of a number of organizations which have received part of a $1 million grant total from the Wells Fargo Foundation. According to the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) , a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and run out of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Xconomy
MARCH 5, 2019
Two months after insisting on Twitter that he wasn’t going anywhere , Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced his resignation today. He leaves a record of health and medical regulation that was more active than critics who spoke out against his nomination in early 2017 might have expected. Gottlieb’s remit extended beyond drugs, of course, to food safety and tobacco regulation, and his legacy may well rest in his efforts to curtail teenage vaping and smokin
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socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
Santa Monica-based Preccelerator , the early-stage, startup accelerator associated with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, says it has opened up applications for its next class. According to the startup accelerator, which is focused on technology and digital media, it is looking for applicants for its "Class 12", which will start on May 6th. The Preccelerator invests $25,000 in each company, and provides up to $25,000 in non-billable legal advice and legal services, plus 24/7 access to its own
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 5, 2019
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SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 5, 2019
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socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
Los Angeles-based Saviynt , a venture backed developer of cybersecurity software for the hybrid cloud, said on Tuesday that it has added Jim DuBois, the former CIO of Microsoft, to its board of advisors. DuBois was most recently Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Corporate Vice President (CVP) at Microsoft, a role he held between May 2013 to September 2017 under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 5, 2019
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socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
El Segundo-based Beyond Meat , the startup which is developing plant-based meat alternatives, says it has launched a brand new product called Beyond Beef. According to the company, the new product has the taste and texture of ground beef, but has 25 percent less saturated fat than beef, and also only uses plant-based ingredients. Beyond Meat's products are known for their "meaty" taste and texture of meat, and are made out of a blend of pea, mung bean, and rice proteins.
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 5, 2019
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socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
Santa Barbara-based Reactful , a developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning software for website personalization, and 6sense , a devleoper of "account based orchestration" software for marketers, said they are in a new technology partnership. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to the two, they will integrate Reactful's automated artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technology with 6sense's marketing software, to better allow marketers to ta
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 5, 2019
Friday, March 8, 2019 --.
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
Fountain Valley-based networking products maker D-Link has launched a new set of products specifically aimed at helping managed service providers (MSPs) and small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) deployed cloud managed networks, the company said this morning. According to D-Link, it has rlled out a new set of switches, access points, and firewall routers which will let MSPs remotely set up, configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and manage products from anywhere.
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite announced this morning that it has named Yun Woo as its new Head of Product, to oversee development of the company's product. Woo was most recently Head of Product at Whalerock Industries, where Evite said he had been leading the product team that launched the Kardashian/Jenner family native apps and sites across iOS and Android.
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
The game makers behind the card game, Exploding Kittens say they have raised $1.3M--so far--from their crowdfunding effort to develop a new came, called "Throw Throw Burrito". Elan Lee and Matthe Inman said that their new game effort "combines the strategy of a card game with excitement of dodgeball". The company's last game raised $8.7M on Kickstarter.
socalTECH
MARCH 5, 2019
For today's Insights and Opinions Section , Rob Freelen, Los Angeles Marketing Manager for Silicon Valley Bank, talks about the startup outlook for 2019. Predicting what 2019 will hold for the SoCal innovation economy is risky. Market swings, geopolitical tensions and shifting trends always have the potential to throw us off course. A decade ago, Silicon Valley Bank launched Startup Outlook , capturing what US tech and healthcare entrepreneurs think about business conditions, hiring, fundraising
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