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AUGUST 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based Tinder is targeting college students with a new feature, Tinder U , which it rolled out on Tuesday morning. According to Tinder, the new service helps connect college students with a.edu email address, who are attending four year, accredited, not-for-profit school in the U.S.--but only for traditional, face-to-face schools. According to Tinder, the new feature lets users do their usual swiping, matching, and message as usual, but limited to people who are also attending school.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Otter Media leads funding round for Mars Reel Media; Netflix pilots payment change; Postie taps Gollander as head of sales

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AUGUST 21, 2018

San Diego-based defense contractor Cubic Corporation said Monday that its Cubic Global Defense business division has received a $27M contract from Canada. According to the company, the award, from the Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on behalf of Canada's Department of National Defence, covers "urban operations" training capability. Cubic offers us design, integration, and a variety of product, services, and technology across the transportation, defense, and secure communications mar

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AUGUST 21, 2018

The training facility for the Los Angeles Lakers , the UCLA Health Training Center , has just gone solar, according to an anouncement from The Los Angeles Lakers, LG Electronics USA and Vaha Energy. According to the three, they just installed a system with 456 LG panels, which it says will installed an estimated 245,000 kWh annually to power the center.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

NASA has given the nod to Hawthorne-based SpaceX , for its plan to fuel its rockets while astronauts are on board its Crew Dragon spacecraft. In a statement, published on Friday, NASA said it will allow SpaceX to use its "load-and-go" approach to fueling its Falcon 9 rockets even while astronauts are onboard its Dragon spacecraft. Critics of the process had cited the catastrophic failure of a Falcon 9 rocket during those refueling efforts in 2016.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie , the machine-learning-meets-diirect-mail startup backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, said today that it has named Zev Gollender as the company's Head of Sales. Gollender was most recently Vice President of Media Sales at Taboola, and also has served at Adiant and AOL. Postie is applying machine learning software to the direct mail market, using the techniques honed on digital acquisition channels and applying them to direct mail.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based Arensis , a developer of distributed energy systems, announced that it has raised approximately $17M in debt funding from UK-based Hadrian's Wall Secured Investments Limited (HWSIL). According to Arensis, the new funding will go to fund the development of renewable energy facilities in the UK. Arensis is a developer of a microgrid product used for renewable energy projects that convert biomass into energy.

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