L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 27, 2019
Online car leasing startup Fair announced Aug. 27 it raised a $100 million credit facility led by Ally Financial Services Inc. to help finance its existing business and buy cars for its users.
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 27, 2019
Sami Khan began his work in the startup world by marketing mobile-based investment services like Acorns. Now the marketer who helped grow that business to a nearly $1 billion valuation is turning his attention to location based gaming in the hopes that he can take on leading contender, Niantic , with a faster, more flexible, and fan driven approach to game development with his new startup, Cerberus Interactive.
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L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 27, 2019
Venice-based Seriously Digital Entertainment announced Aug. 26 it was acquired by Israeli mobile game developer Playtika Ltd.
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2019
Irvine-based online videogame developer Blizzard Entertainment has brought back the very original version of World of Warcraft , in the form of a new title, World of Warcaft Classic. According to Blizzard, as part of the celebration of the game's 15th anniversary, it has released a version of its game, which is an authentic re-creation of what its popular title looked as "pre-expansion" and in its "most feature-complete state".
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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.
Xconomy
AUGUST 27, 2019
Infections caused by the hepatitis B virus, which attacks the liver, are typically treated with drugs that keep the virus from making ever more copies of itself. However, because those treatments reduce but don’t eliminate the virus, patients have to take the drugs indefinitely, according to the World Health Organization. Ionis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IONS ) has a pipeline of two drugs that the biotech says target the root cause of liver disease associated with chronic hepatitis B.
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2019
Mobile games developer Seriously , which has offices in Los Angeles and links to the local technology ecosystem, has been acquired by social gaming company Playtika , according to reports. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, the deal is rumored to be around $275M. Seriously is best known for its game Best Fiends , and had run its marketing operations out of Los Angeles, with its game development in Helsinki, Finland.
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socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2019
Ventura-based 3D printer maker Nexa3D says that it has named a former, Uber executive to its board of directors this morning. According to Nexa3D, it appointed Jeff Holden, who was Uber's Chief Product Offier from 2014 to 2018, to its board; Holden also previously served at Amazon for ten years, serving as SVP of Worldwide Consumer Applications. He's now the founder of Atomic Machines.
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2019
Santa Monica-based Fair , which operates a vehicle subscription service that lets users subscribe to gain access to cars without the restrictions of a traditional lease, has raised $100M in a combined debt facility and equity investment, the company said this morning. The debt facility was provided by Ally Financial. Details on the equity portion were not announced.
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