L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The music industry in Los Angeles has grown to encompass far more than just production.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A launch of an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base is scheduled for today, to take a new Landsat satellite into space for NASA, according to NASA. The launch is currently targeted at 11:11am from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, which is north of Los angeles near Lompoc. According to launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA), the launch will also include multiple CubeSats, which will be released after Landsat 9 separation.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

El Segundo-based Saviynt Inc. raised $130 million in private equity funding to grow its cloud-based identity security solutions, the company announced Sept. 20.

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El Segundo Equity Funding Company 211

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A new program, run by the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, is looking to connect startups with Series A funding, according to the group. The Alliance said it has launched its new SoCal Venture Pipeline program, to help bridge a key funding gap for Southern California entrepreneurs, by connecting them to relevant venture capital firms. The new program is being run in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Culver City-based ecommerce software and data company Assembly has joined L.A.’s tech startup unicorn club.

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Culver City Software Startup Company 260

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In a corporate environment, the focus of a job interview has long been demonstrating your match to the skills and experience outlined in the job description. In my experience with startups, that is still necessary, but not sufficient. Today’s business world has become totally customer driven, so customer-centric and people abilities really make the difference between winners and losers.

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Startup Customer Custom Tool 135

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based employee wellness and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Three Good announced that it has raised a seed funding round. The company says it is raising $2.5M in that funding. According to the company, notable pre-seed investors and partners include impact investor Pete De Mare and Guitar Hero founder Charles Huang and industry leaders from Cisco, Dell, Riot Games, and HTC.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In the 10 months Joel Ifill worked at El Segundo-based Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., he said he “never felt at ease” making precision kinetic weapons, better known as smart bombs.

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El Segundo Services 147

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

El Segundo-based Beyond Meat, the developer of plant-based meat products, is expanding availability of its Beyond Chicken Tenders beyond restaurants, and into retail markets, the company said this morning. The company said that its Beyond Chicken Tenders will be available at Walmart stores and other retail chains across the US, starting in October. The product had previously only been available for the food service business, and in particular at Panda Express and A&W Canada.

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El Segundo Marketing Product Services 113

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

A 3-mile extension of the Foothill Gold Line into San Bernardino County has been put on ice for at least another year as $550 million in funding for the project was dropped from a state surplus spending bill earlier this month.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Karman Missile & Space Systems, a developer of flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space market, said Friday that it has acquired Systima Technologies, a provider of integration of mission critical space and hypersonic systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition was supported by private equity investor Trive Capital.

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Technology Acquisition Equity Los Angeles 113

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Pasadena engineering and data analysis consulting company Tetra Tech Inc. has won a slice of an $800 million federal architectural and engineering services contract.

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Pasadena Services Company Companies 130

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

San Luis Obispo-based Dozuki, a developer of software that provides training to the manufacturing workforce, has raised a strategic growth investment round, the company said today. Size of the investment was not announced. The funding came from Marlin Equity Partners. According to Dozuki, it will use the funding to further its position in the manufacturing software market.

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Funding Training Equity Software 113

L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said removing space debris is “highly complex" as objects in orbit travel more than 14,500 miles per hour.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Venice, California-based Thankful, a new artificial intelligence software startup focused on customer service, announced this morning that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Bonfire Ventures, Ten-One-Ten, Greycroft, Omega, and Miramar Ventures. The company said it is developing artificial intelligence software which helps companies resolve large volumes of customer problems across all written customer service channels, includi

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