socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Raising capital for a female-led startup can be very diffiult--which is what Justine Lassoff and Melinda Moore found out when they started their own company, LovingEco, in Los Angeles. So, to help other female entrepreneurs, they founded TuesdayNights (www.tuesdaynights.org), a group in LA which helps female entrepreneurs connect with capital and each other to improve their access to capital.
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
On-demand storage startup Clutter Inc. paid $152 million to acquire New York-based self-storage outfit The Storage Fox.
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socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Los Angeles-based startup Honey , which provides online discount codes and coupons to e-commerce shoppers, has entered into a naming deal with the L.A. Clippers , which have renamed their training center the Honey Training Center: Home of the L.A. Clippers. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. Honey's logo is now features on the training center and on the training jersey for the L.A.
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
AirMap Inc., a Santa Monica-based drone flight management software developer, acquired drone automation company Hangar Technology Inc. on Sept. 23.
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socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
A portfolio company of San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals venture investor Versant Ventures is getting set for its IPO this week. Aprea Therapeutics said that estimates its IPO will price between $14.00 and $16.00 per share, which could raise as much as $92.0M for the biotech. Aprea--based in Boston and Sweden--says it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol APRE.
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Ivan Liachko turned postdoctoral research at the University of Washington into a company whose genomics tools are now found in laboratories researching human, animal, and plant health. His firm, Phase Genomics was one of the first startups to come out of UW’s genome sciences department. As a first-time entrepreneur working from UW’s incubator more than five years ago, Liachko says he didn’t think much about the rarity of genomics startups spun out of university research.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The realm of an entrepreneur is all about change, but in my experience as a mentor to business founders, I hear too much about incremental change, and not enough about revolutionary change. Adding a couple of new features to Facebook, and calling it something new, may seem less risky, but creating a whole new industry, such as smartphones, has far more potential.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Los Angeles-based Heal , which provides on-demand, in-home doctor's house calls, has acquired Doctors on Call (DOC), a New York-based medical house call service for the elderly. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Heal, the acquisition will help it expand its services to New York City. Heal said that Doctors on Call averaged 42,000 house calls to seniors in NYC in 2018.
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The year 2019 has been another dreadful period for cyberattacks. The most notorious lowlights include: —More than 40 municipalities , including Baltimore, Albany and 22 cities in Texas alone, have seen their computer systems crippled by ransomware attackers demanding millions of dollars. —In one of the largest data breaches ever , a hacker broke into a Capital One server with a misconfigured firewall and gained access to more than 100 million customer accounts. —And, in the
Southern California Edison Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Managing a school comes with its own unique set of network challenges. Specifically, running a large school or university requires network solutions that are tailored to accommodate its size and functionalities. . Educational institutions also have to deal with strict budgetary constraints and have an increased need for secure networks. Finding the right solution that suits the unique needs of a medium-large sized school can be difficult and selecting the wrong network solution can be costly. .
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Akcea Therapeutics has already been struggling to turn its two products into commercial winners. Now it will have to do so during a massive management transition. Akcea (NASDAQ: AKCA ) said Monday that CEO Paula Soteropoulos, president Sarah Boyce and chief operating officer Jeff Goldberg have left the company. Akcea’s board of directors has appointed Damien McDevitt interim CEO.
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