Wed.Feb 27, 2019

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Verified Expert Lawyer: Andrew Erskine

TechCrunch LA

Andrew Erskine has developed his legal career along with the rise of the tech startup scene in Los Angeles. Today, as a partner at Orrick in its Santa Monica office, he works with companies large and small in the area and beyond. His approach: “The way that I practice and the philosophy I have is that clients aren’t really coming to me with legal problems.

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PatientPop Launches New Comparison Tool For Healthcare Providers

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Santa Monica-based PatientPop , which develops healthcare practice management software, has rolled out a new product, aimed at helping independent healthcare providers compare themselves to other local competitors. According to PatientPop, its new tool--the PatientPop Competitive Scanner --helps businesses compare their business growth to the top three competitors in their local market.

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8 Strategies For Winning As A Freelancer Or Employee

Startup Professionals Musings

A big trend in business these days is hiring freelancers or contract personnel for the duration of a project, rather than permanent staff. According to a recent poll , contractors and freelancers could make up half of the American workforce within a decade. Yet I find that few of today’s workers realize that succeeding as a freelancer requires a whole new focus on “marketing” yourself.

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Pathnostics Finds Strategic Funding

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Irvine-based Pathnostics , which offers up diagnostics tests and services in for urology, women's health, gastroenterology and cancer, has received a strategic investment from Chicago-based private equity investor Water Street Healthcare Ventures, the companies said on Wednesday. Financial details of that investment were not announced. Pathnostics, which was founded in 2014, is best known for its Guidance UTI test, which simultaneously diagnoses and guides antibiotic treatment for complex, recur

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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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Walmart’s Store No 8 Acquires Aspectiva to Bring A.I. to Shopping

Xconomy

Walmart’s Store No 8 innovation arm has acquired an Israeli machine learning startup , the retail giant announced Wednesday. Aspectiva joined the two-year-old Store No 8 Monday, and its employees will remain in Tel Aviv. “Store No 8’s record of innovation and of developing capabilities that will transform retail as we know it makes for the perfect environment to leverage Aspectiva’s technology throughout the shopping funnel,” Ezra Daya, Aspectiva’s CEO and co-founder, said in a prepared statemen

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March Capital Backed SpyCloud Adds $21M

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SpyCloud , a startup which develops cybersecurity products used to prevent account takeovers and which is backed by Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners , has raised $21M more in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. March Capital Partners co-led the Series A funding round for SpyCloud in 2018. The new funding The funding was led by M12, the venture capital arm of Microsoft, and also included Altos Ventures, Silverton Partners, and March Capital Partners.

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SleepScore Launches App For Shift Into Daylight Savings Time

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Carslbad-based SleepScore Labs , a developer of an app aimed at helping people improve their sleep, said it has launched a new program specifically aimed at helping people shift into Daylight Savings Time, which is March 10th. According to the company, it has launched a four-day, in-app program specifically aimed at helping people adjust to the time shift.

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Medsphere Acquires Wellsoft

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Carlsbad-based Medsphere Systems Corporation , which develops healthcare information technology software and services, announced this morning that it has acquired Wellsoft Corporation , a developer of emergency room information systems which is based in Somerset, New Jersey. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Medsphere said that Wellsoft has been providing its applications for more than 30 years, offering up Emergency Department Information Systems (EDIS) which handle patie

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Forge Technologies Buys ShiftMe, Moves To LA

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Forge Technologies , a developer of software used for managing hourly employees, said this morning that it has acquired Los Angeles-based ShiftMe , a developer of "shift-swapping" apps. As part of the acquisition, Forge Technologies said it is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles. Financial terms of the acquisition wer enot announced. ShiftMe's mobile apps are used for shift scheduling and swapping, which is aimed at helping hourly workers and their managers better manage their hours, and lets

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Axial Biotherapeutics Finds $25M For Parkinson's, Autism Treatments

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Pasadena-based Axial Biotherapeutics , a biotechnology company which is focused on developing treatments for Parkinson's disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder, has raised $25M in its Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by new investor Seventure Partners, via its Health For Life Capital fund, and also included prior investors Longwood Fund, Domain Associates, Heritage Medical Systems and a group of high net worth individuals based in Southern California.

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Interview with Lior Elazary, inVia Robotics

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For our interview this morning, we sat down with Lior Elazary , the CEO of Westlake Village-based inVia Robotics (www.inviarobotics.com), which develops robots being used to automate the labor intensive, exhausting work of retrieving items from warehouses for e-commerce. inVia recently raised $20M in funding from such investors as Point72 Ventures, Upfront Ventures and Embark Ventures.