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Mirium Pharmaceuticals Finds $120M

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San Diego-based Mirium Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatments for rare liver diseases, announced on Wednesday morning that it has raised $120M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included Deerfield Management, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Novo Holdings A/S, Pappas Capital, RiverVest Venture Partners and Rock Springs Capital.

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 7: Riot Games Sued

L.A. Business Journal

Sexual harassment suit filed against Riot Games; SpaceX chosen for Kazakh rocket launch; HyreCar goes national

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SpaceX Seeks $750M In Debt Funding

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Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , the commercial space exploration firm run by Elon Musk, is looking to raised $750M in a leveraged loan offering, according to a report on Tuesday. The loan effort is being led by BofA Merrill Lynch. The debt funding effort is apparently the company's first time it has attempted to tap into the institutional debt market.

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DTLA Pitch Night

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 -- DTLA Pitch Night. 2nd Annual Startups in the Sky.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Idealab's Energy Vault Launches Energy Storage Technology

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Energy Vault , a startup created by Pasadena-based startup incubator Idealab , announced this morning that it has launched its utility-scale energy storage technology into commercial availability. Energy Vault's technology--which looks like a wild idea created in Minecraft--uses immense concrete blocks, which store energy from renewable energy, using the same principles of pumping and storing water for energy storage.

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Mirum Pharmaceuticals Launches with $120M to Advance Liver Drugs

Xconomy

Serial entrepreneur Mike Grey is launching a biotech enterprise with $120 million in new funding to advance two investigational liver disease drugs—one of which he has worked to develop before. Called Mirum Pharmaceuticals, the startup is developing a compound, maralixibat, to treat Alagille syndrome (ALGS) and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), genetic liver disorders that affect primarily children.

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5 Market Obstacles That Kill Even Compelling Products

Startup Professionals Musings

Even when your new product or solution fills a real customer need, and has a positive value proposition, many new venture founders are surprised and frustrated to find that excited customers are hard to find and growth is slow. Thus, as an advisor to many startups, without being negative, I often spend hours with them brainstorming on all the possible barriers that may slow adoption rates, and how to plan or modify the business model to work around these obstacles.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Acquires Grovo

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops cloud-based learning and human capital management software, said late Wednesday that it has acquired Grovo Learning , a provider of "micro-learning" content, in a deal worth $24M in cash. According to Cornerstone OnDemand, Grovo had more than 300 clients, including Gap, Hulu, Chevron, and Wells Fargo.

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Impact Expands In Singapore

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Santa Barbara-based Impact , the developer of fraud protection, marketing attribution, analytics, and performance partnership management software, said today that it has opened up a new office in Singapore. Accordnig to Impact, the new office will be led by Antoine Gross, Country Manager for Southeast Asia, who joins the company after serving as Vice President of Sales APAC at Synthesio.

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Parasoft Opens Up Tools To Open Source Developers

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In a bid to gain better market share among developer, Monrovia, California-based Parasoft announced Tuesday that it will begin giving out free access to its entire suit of test automation software to open source developers. Parasoft develops testing automation software, typically used by enterprises to automate testing of their development efforts. Parasoft did not say how it will vet which open source projects can use it tools, only directing developers to email the company for more information

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Riot Games Sued Over Discrimination

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Los Angeles-based videogame maker Riot Games has been sued by a number of current and former employees, over gender discrimination , alleging that the company has stifled the promotions and pay of female employees. The lawsuit also alleges that here is "ongoing sexual harassment, misconduct, and bias" at the company, which is 80% male. The suit seeks compensation on unpaid wages, damages, and other penalties.