L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 14, 2020

Miso Robotics Inc., the Pasadena-based robotics and artificial intelligence company, has appointed tech veteran Michael Bell as its new chief executive.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2020

San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewables North America has partnered with Abu Dhabi-based Masdar , a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, on a series of eight renewable energy projects in the United States. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to the two companies, Masdar will acquire a 50 percent stake in a 1.6-gigawatt (GW) clean energy portfolio.

San Diego 140

San Diego Invest Develop Development 140

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are so enamored with their product vision that they believe their own hype, and are convinced that the market for their solution is so huge that no one will ask them for independent market research data. They don’t realize that business projections with no third-party validation have no credibility with investors, and smart potential investors will walk away.

Marketing 157

Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2020

San Diego-based ViaCyte , a developer of regenerative medicine products based on stem cells, said this week that it has named Manasi Sinha Jaiman, M.D., M.P.H. as Vice President, Clinical Development. Dr. Jaiman was most recently at Covance Clinical Development Services, where she was Senior Medical Director. She also was an an attending physician at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2020

The road of drug development is rife with detours and disappointments but Seres Therapeutics showed this week that course corrections can work. Four years after its microbiome therapy failed in a mid-stage study, the company reported early positive data from a pivotal test of its treatment for a type of gut infection. The results are vindication for Cambridge, MA-based Seres (NASDAQ: MCRB ).

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Study Course Report Company 63

socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2020

Los Angeles-based fantasy sports site Monkey Knife Fight and the Miami Marlins announced on Thursday that Monkey Knife Fight has been named the official fantasy sport site for the Marlins. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to the two, Monkey Knife Fight will be "prominently displayed" on the Marlins' in-stadium branding, online assets, radio, and television.

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