socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley real estate startup backed by Zeev Ventures, Signia Venture Partners, and others, has officially launched in the San Diego company. The company provides technology-enabled real estate services, driven by workflow automation software, artificial intelligene, and other tools focused on both home buying and selling. Reali announced a $20M, Series B funding in July which it said it would specifically use for the expansion to Southern California.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 6, 2018

As wildfires continued to burn across the length of California this month, Gov. Jerry Brown urged residents to stay on the alert and warned that the cost of fighting the climate-driven blazes will continue to strain future state budgets. Residents of the three Northern California counties hardest hit by wildfires last year have already learned the importance of tracking the conflagrations that can raze entire neighborhoods—and they’ve sought help from technology.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2018

Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the gaming accessories maker which is a division of Kingston Technology , announced a a new gaming headset for the PlayStation 4. According to HyperX, the new headset is its first, licensed PlayStation 4 headset, and is officially licensed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company said the new Hyper Cloud for the PS4 headsets are now at Best Buy and on Amazon.com, and have a $79.99 MSRSP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2018

When the business is struggling, most business owners I know feel like anything but a leader. They start second-guessing their own vision, and are prone to making snap decisions suggested by someone else, in lieu of their carefully crafted processes and metrics. Entrepreneurs who can keep their cool under fire are the long-term winners I look for as an experienced angel investor.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2018

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which provides software to help manage the mobile experience of customers when they visit the locations of retailers and brands, said it has connected its tools into the new Facebook New Recommendations product. According to MomentFeed, it has gained early access to the API documentation from Facebook, and has been adjusting its platform to support Facebook's new product.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 6, 2018

As much as 40 percent of food in this country is never eaten, yet 41 million people don’t have enough to eat, including 13 million children, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Some of that food insecurity is due to food spoilage, rendering billions of dollars’ worth of fresh meat, produce, and dairy products inedible.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2018

Irvine-based semiconductor developer Skyworks announced this morning that it is acquiring Avnera Corporation , a developer of analog and mixed signal audio, voice, and speech processing semiconductors, for up to $425M. Skyworks said it will pay $405M in cash for Avnera, plus up to $20M more in performance milestones. Avnera's customers include Harman, JBL, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Polk, Samsung, Sennheiser, Sony, Vizio and Yamaha.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based BlackLine , which develops cloud-based, accounting automation software, said it has added a number of companies as new customers in Q2. BlackLine said it added Atlantic Hotels Group, BMW Financial Services, Constellation Software, Gemalto, Graham Media Group, K2 Sports, Phillips 66, Philz Coffee, Prospect Medical Holdings and Wedbush Securities here in the US; Alliance Automotive Group, Associated Newspapers, NewDay, Nokia and Sage Global Services in the EMEA; and Cavalry Healt

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