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Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach

TechCrunch LA

One of Europe’s most popular fitness applications is poised to flourish in the U.S. market with the help of several Los Angeles-based investors. Freeletics , headquartered in Munich, Germany, is today announcing its first round of private capital after bootstrapping since 2013. The $45 million Series A was co-led by FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and JAZZ Venture Partners, with participation from Courtside Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures and ward.ventures.

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Freeletics Finds $45M For Digital Workout App

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Los Angeles-based Freeletics , a startup focused on digital fitness, has raised $45M in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and JAZZ Venture Partners, and also included Courtside Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures, ward.ventures, plus Tony Robbins. Freeletics said its investor group is affiliated with several professional sports franchises, including the San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles

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SRAX Financial Officer Departs

L.A. Business Journal

Downtown-based advertising technology firm Social Reality Inc. (doing business as SRAX) announced Nov. 30 its Chief Financial Officer J.P. Hannan will resign.

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Jam City Launches Season of Cookies Event

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Los Angeles-based mobile game maker Jam City , on a play on its popular title, Cookie Jam Blast, said it is launching a new, cookie-focused event within its game called the "Season of Cookies". According to Jam City, it will be featuring cookie recipes from its players in the game, alongside game pieces based on those recipes. Jam City explained the event will create a "mobile recipe exchange" among its players around the world, showcasing player recipes all during the holiday season.

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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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“JK Told Me He Was Planning This”: A CRISPR Baby Q&A with Matt Porteus

Xconomy

Last week, Chinese researcher He Jiankui stunned the world with his claim to have created the world’s first gene-edited humans. He said he had used CRISPR-Cas9 to change the DNA of the embryos of twin girls, to make them immune to HIV infection, then implanted them in their mother’s womb via in vitro fertilization. He announced on video the girls were born healthy.

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Faraday Future Furloughs Hundreds More Workers

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Los Angeles-based electric car startup Faraday Future has furloughed more than 250 workers, as the company continues its downward spiral. The company said its financial crisis was caused by failure of its biggest investor, Evergrande Health, which has refused to make what Faraday Future says were "scheduled payments". Faraday Future said the furlough move was an "extremely tough decision to make" but that it is seeing interests from investors in investing in the company.

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Newegg Making International Push

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Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg says it is making a big international push, saying it now reaches more than 50 countries through localized websites for each of those countries. Newegg said it recently improved its operations to include translated country-specific websites, expanded local-language support, new local return options and free shipping on select products.

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Silicon Beach Report Dec. 4: Faraday Future Faces More Furloughs

L.A. Business Journal

Hulu plans new advertising structure; SRAX CFO leaves; Faraday Future cutting more employees

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Teledyne: Our Sensors Key Part Of NASA's Asteroid Mission

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies is hailing the arrival of the NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission yesterday, saying that its sensors were a key part of that mission, aimed at investigating how planets formed, life began, and investigating how asteroids impact Earth. According to Teledyne, the majority of the image sensor technologies used in the OSIRIS-REx were developed by Teledyne.

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BCMA Day: At ASH ‘18, Cell Therapies For Myeloma Take Center Stage

Xconomy

The treatment landscape for multiple myeloma, a deadly cancer of the bone marrow that affects about 30,000 Americans every year, has changed significantly over the past decade. And more changes look to be on the way. Take the results of a Phase 3 study just reported today at the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) yearly meeting in San Diego. In the study, a combination of the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ ) drug daratumumab (Darzalex) and staple multiple myeloma drugs lenalidomide (Revlim

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Report: Uber Considering Deal to Buy Either Bird or Lime

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Ridesharing giant Uber is considering a major deal to buy either Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental service Bird , or possibly, Bird's key rival, Lime , according to a report. According to The Information, Uber has been holding talks with both Bird and Lime about acquiring one of the companies in what would be a multi-billion dollar deal. The report says that Uber has not yet made a decision of which, if any, company to buy, in order to help it expand its own, recently launched scooter

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Event-Stream Hack Is Not Cause For Panic About Open-Source Security

Xconomy

News last week that event-stream, the popular open-source code library managed by NPM , had been compromised by a hacker (or hackers) looking to steal Bitcoin led some to question the underlying security of the open-source components that they are using in their software. According to reports, a hacker gained control of the event-stream package by offering to take over maintenance of the open-source project from its creator.

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Happy Hour: Tech Toy Stories (2018-12-05)

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15Five Lands $8M To Expand Use of Its Coaching Software for Managers

Xconomy

San Francisco-based performance management startup 15Five , whose mission is to torpedo annual performance reviews for workers and replace them with supportive weekly coaching by managers, announced today it raised $8 million in a Series A funding round. 15Five gets its name from the feedback and coaching process that its software turns into a consistent routine.

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