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MARCH 8, 2017

Los Angeles-based Conversion Logic , a developer of marketing analytics software, announced this morning that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Pelion Venture Partners, and also included Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Founder Collective, Revel Partners and TenOneTen. Conversion Logic, which is led by CEO Brian Baumgart, said it has now raised $14.1M in total funding.

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MARCH 8, 2017

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Skateboard legend and award-wining filmmaker Stacy Peralta recently shared a compelling insight as part of UC […]. The post Why Skateboarders Suddenly Became Scary Good In The Mid-80’s appeared first on John Greathouse.

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MARCH 8, 2017

Orange, California-based Alignment Healthcare , a developer of technology used for population health management, has raised $115M in a funding round, from private equity investor Warburg Pincus. According to Alignment Healthcare, the new funds will go to accelerate expansion of its operation across the country. Alignment Healthcare's technology and integrated care coordination is used by healthcare providers to manage the "most complex" patients in Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial HM

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 8, 2017

Tinder running members only version of its app, Conversion Logic raises $9 million, and Soylent launches artificially intelligent spokeswomen

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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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MARCH 8, 2017

Carlsbad-based spinal implant developer Vertiflex announced this morning that it has raised $40M in a new funding round, led by Endeavour Vision and H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, and also including New Enterprise Associates; Thomas, McNerney & Partners; and Alta Partners. The company, which is developing minimally invasive devices used for treating spinal stenosis, said the funding will go towards commercial expansion of its systems.

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Xconomy

MARCH 8, 2017

Drivers have plenty of ways to communicate with their fellow drivers, beyond the basic turn signal. Some methods are nice, like a friendly wave to beckon a merging car into your lane. Others, not so much. We’ve all probably cursed or honked at another driver, or been given the finger. But if driverless cars become a reality, those vehicles will also need to be able to reliably communicate with each other, using wireless communications technologies.

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Xconomy

MARCH 8, 2017

When the topic of encouraging more female leadership in the startup economy arises, discussions usually center on what women entrepreneurs should do differently. How they should present with greater authority, or how they should “dress the part” for their next investor pitch. Put frankly, how they should adopt any manner of different behaviors.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2017

West Hollywood-based FabFitFun , the women's lifestyle brand which is backed by New Enterprise Associates, Upfront Ventures,Rachel Zoe Ventures, 500 Startups, Simon Ventures, Draft Ventures, and a long list of angels, said today that it has launched a new service called FabFitFunTV. The new service offers up fitness content from fitness studios and celebrity instructors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2017

If you are an entrepreneur today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. But, contrary to what most people preach, it isn’t entirely free. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly require an investment to be hard hitting – in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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Xconomy

MARCH 8, 2017

[ Editor’s note: This post was adapted from Mohamad Ali’s speech at a naturalization ceremony at the JFK Library in Boston on March 8, 2017. ] My fellow immigrants, buenas tardes, masa-al-khayr, and good afternoon! I am deeply moved by the opportunity to be here today, to share this momentous occasion with you, and to personally return to the ceremony that created more possibilities for me than I could have dreamt of.

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Xconomy

MARCH 8, 2017

In the years since he basically self-diagnosed his own Crohn’s Disease (before he had symptoms), Larry Smarr has served as a pioneer in the digital transformation of medicine and as an “n of 1” experimental patient in the emerging field of quantified health. Smarr came to San Diego in 2000 as founding director of the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2).

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