socalTECH

MAY 15, 2020

A new, 60,000 square foot lab and research center in port Hueneme has been set up by the U.S. Navy and its NavalX unit, to help reduce barriers between the Navy and non-traditional partners such as start-ups, small businesses, academia, non-profits, and private capital. According to NavalX, Port Hueneme is one of six new "Tech Bridge" locations for its NavalX Tech Bridge effort, and will be based at the FATHOMWERX laboratory at the Port of Hueneme.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. Traditional marketing may be adequate for linear growth, but it likely won’t catapult you to Amazon’s unicorn status , or make waves in the business world.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2020

Syndio , a developer of software being used by companies to help fix pay inequities in the workplace--and whose co-founder is based in LA--has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Voyager Capital and the Emerson Collective. Syndio's headquarters are in Seattle, but co-founder and Chief Data Scientist Zev Eigen is based in Los Angeles.

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Xconomy

MAY 15, 2020

This was a disappointing week for at least two major drug makers. French firm Genfit reported a trial failure in an intensely competitive indication, and New York-based Bristol Myers Squibb encountered a delay when the FDA declined to review its experimental multiple myeloma treatment. Genfit (NASDAQ: GNFT ) was developing a treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, but the drug fell short of expectations in a Phase 3 trial, stymieing the company’s hopes of continuing to advance it to

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Advertiser: Aggregage

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

MAY 15, 2020

Camarillo-based analog and mixed signal semiconductor provider Semtech has scored a design win with a utility meter developer, Vision Metering. According to Semtech, Vision Metering is a developer of Internet of Things (IoT) utility metering solutions, and will use its LoRa devices and LoRaWAN protocol in its smart electric meters. Expected shipment volumes and financial impact of the design win were not announced.

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Southern California Edison Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Users trying to stream video originating from a low latency network are likely to become frustrated as the media becomes slow to load and its quality becomes choppy. Without the proper bandwidth, your enterprise is limiting its ability to effectively host videos and load other forms of content. Media and content creation businesses expanding their services to meet future content needs require a network that can support growing media content demands.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2020

The The Boring Company , the Elon Musk company which is developing underground transportation systems, has completed digging its tunnels underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center. The tunnels are part of a planned effort to shuttle visitors to the property via a high speed underground transportation. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is hoping to be transporting passengers on the system by January of 2021.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Briq , a developer of software used for financial forecasting in the construction industry, raised $10M this week, in what it says was a Series A funding round. The funding was led by existing investor Blackhorn Ventures, and also included Eniac Ventures, MetaProp Ventures, and Darling Ventures. Briq was founded by Bassem Hamdy and Ron Coldschmidt, and previously had announced $3M funding round in October of 2019.

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