socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

For all the hype around the blockchain  the computer algorithms behind the popular Bitcoin cryptocurrency  there are some real, solid promise behind the technology. Los Angeles-based Lucid Sight (www.lucidsight.com) is applying that technology behind the scenes to help power video games, using the digital asset features of blockchain to build ownership and scarcity into collectible video games.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 3, 2019

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 -- CIS Blockchain Technology Innovation. Conference and Expo for Blockchain Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Developers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

Los Angeles-based GIBLIB , which offers up a library of on-demand, medical content in 4K and 360-degree virtual reality, announced this morning that it has raised $2.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from the Mayo Clinic, the Venture Reality Fund, Wavemaker 360, USC Marshall Venture Fund and Michelson 20MM. According to GIBLIB, it has created an extensive, high quality video and VR library of medical lectures and surgical videos, which covers medical topics and advanced surgical proce

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Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

[ Editor’s note: Alex Lash co-authored this report ] The American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting is wrapping up in Atlanta today. The conference typically focuses on early research and clinical work, not the big trials that can change the way doctors practice medicine and that compete for headline space at conferences like the American Society for Clinical Oncology.

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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.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

Camarillo-based Semtech has scored a design win, with a Swedish systems integrator developing water leak detection systems. According to Semtech, its LoRa wireless technology is being used in a "smart home" application by iioote , a Sweden-based independent systems integrator offering Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services. Semtech said its LoRa wireless devices are being used in iioote's line of humidity and temperature sensors for water leakage detection and damage prevention in the h

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Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

To succeed as a CEO means having the fortitude to make the tough decisions that all companies face. Often, that means persevering in pursuit of a mission, whether that’s proving a new class of drugs can work, turning around a company that’s facing financial difficulties, battling much larger competitors, convincing investors to back cutting-edge technology, or successfully building a company in an area that has been historically poorly funded.

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Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

A 25-person startup developing advanced computing tools to speed up pathology work has raised its first institutional financing from a group of investors led by Intel Capital, the corporate investment arm of the chipmaker. The San Diego-based company, Reveal Biosciences , is among 14 early-stage companies with business plans that include artificial intelligence, a catchall term for a wide range of “intelligent” computer programs, that the tech giant recently selected to back.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

Santa Barbara-based whole home music system company Sonos has named a new CFO, saying late Wednesday that Brittany Bagley will join the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Bagley was previously in the private equity industry, serving as Managing Director of KKR & Co. Bagley replaces current CFO Mike Giannetto, who is retiring in June. According to Sonos, Bagley will officially become CFO on April 22nd.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

Image via Pixabay Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

A group of business, environmental, and civic leaders in Los Angeles are calling for the expansion of a local program to encourage building owners to install rooftop solar panels, according to the Los Angeles Business Council. According to the council, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power should expand an existing pilot program, which allows building owners to install rooftop solar panels and then sell the electricity generated into the utility's power grid.

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Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

Contract research organization Charles River Labs is shutting down its San Diego-area operations, moving the work done there to one of its two Northern California sites. In a filing with California’s Employment Development Department, Wilmington, MA-based Charles River (NYSE: CRL ) said it would lay off 24 workers by May 20 in connection with the closure.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2019

Monrovia, California-based unmanned aircraft maker Aerovironment has scored a $17.4M contract award, the company aid Tuesday, with an un-named, United States ally. According to Aerovironment, the sales came via the United States Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales program. The contract is worth $17,356,084, and covers its Puma AE II small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), training, and support to the allied nation.

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