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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Virgin Orbit , the space launch startup led by Sir Richard Branson, which has been running its development program in Mojave, has selected a pilot from the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) to be a part of its small satellite launch program. The Royal Air Force and Virgin Orbit had announced an earlier partnership in July of this year. According to the RAF and Virgin Orbit, Flight Lieutenant Mathew 'Stanny' Stannard--currently, a Typhoon pilot with one of the RAF's test and evaluation squadrons--had be

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Relativity Space raises $140 million, will use it to advance 3D-printing technology.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital investment firm led by Kelly Perdew, has seen its first exit out of its portfolio, with the acquisition this week of Threatcare , a developer of cybersecurity software. Security management software developer ReliaQuest announced its acquisition of Threatcare this week, saying that Threatcare's team members and founder will join the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2019

By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. Yet very few achieve that great aspiration of really driving economic, social, and environmental changes on a global scale. What does it take to get to that level?

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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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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Santa Monica-based Vertical Networks , a "mobile-first" content studio which was backed by Snap , has been acquired by New York-based entertainment and sports media company Whistle. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vertical Networks was founded by Elisabeth Murdoch. According to Whistle, the acquisition will help its expand its lifestyle video content efforts.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Startup Tokr teams up with dispensary The Pottery to offer sales and delivery services.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It’s been a strange up and down ride for PARP inhibitors, a relatively new class of cancer drugs. Named for the tumor protein they target, PARPs rebounded after a big clinical setback in 2011 and have been at the center of many buyouts and big alliances— Pfizer and Medivation , GlaxoSmithKline and Tesaro , AstraZeneca and Merck. Four of them have received FDA-approval since 2014 to treat subsets of patients with ovarian and breast cancer.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

For our video interview this Friday, we have a chat with Cynthia Vincent , serial entrepreneur, fashion designer, and founder of fashion company BAACAL (www.baacal.com), who was at the TuesdayNights IMPACT Conference last week. READ MORE>>.

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