socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2020

Huntington Beach-based small satellite launch provider Rocket Lab said on Tuesday that it is expanding in Long Beach, with a new facility which will both be a corporate headquarters as well as a production complex. The company says it has more than 50 positions open at the new Long Beach location, including jobs in engineering, avionics production, Mission Management, Launch Services and more.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

[ Updated 1/15/2020, 8:51 a.m. See below. ] As the nation grapples with the ongoing opioid crisis, an FDA advisory panel on Tuesday unanimously voted against recommending approval of a Nektar Therapeutics painkiller that would add a new compound to the drug class—even though it was designed to reduce the risk of abuse. Some members of the panel, which was comprised mainly of physicians and pharmacists, said Nektar (NASDAQ: NKTR ) did not provide enough data to support its claims.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2020

Santa Monica-based gaming league operator Super League Gaming said on Tuesday that it has inked a deal with an arm of Chinese media conglomerate Wanda Media, to bring its live, competitive video game league to more than 700 of Wanda's theaters in China. According to Super League Gaming, the partnership with Wanda Cinemas Games will allow it to greatly expand its reach to the very large population of gamers in China.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Media Competition Company 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2020

San Diego-based Airgain , which develops high performance wireless antennas, has named David Lyle as the company's new Chief Financial Offier. Lyle was most recently CFO of Sunniva, and also served as CFO of Maxwell Technologies, CFO of Entropic Communications (until it acquisition by MaxLinear), CFO of RF Magic (until it was acquired by Entropic), in addition to serving as CFO of Zyray Wireless and Mobilian, and in finance positions at Intel and Broadcom.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2020

Los Angeles-based J2 Global , which owns a large portfolio of Internet services and publications, says it acquired two more companies during Q4 of 2019. The company--which is likely the most active acquirer of companies in Southern California's high tech economy--says it acquired FES IQ , a company in the digital media space, and Buffered VPN , a provider of cloud services based in Gibraltar.

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Company Companies Southern California High Tech 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2020

Carlsbad-based Medsphere Systems , a provider of healthcare information technology and software, has raised $40M in new funding from private equity investor TPG Sixth Street Partners, the company said this morning. The new funds will go towards organic growth as well as "opportunistic strategic acquisitions", according to the company. As part of the funding, Lee Mooney, Principal at TPG Sixth Street Partners, will join Medsphere's board.

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