L.A. Business Journal

MAY 26, 2021

Britive Inc., a Glendale-based cloud cybersecurity company, has raised $10 million in Series A funding to continue to develop its security software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2021

Based on my experience with startups, trust is the most valuable asset you can have, especially when asking people to step into the unknown by funding your innovation, by joining your team, or just buying your new product as an early customer. You need to understand the unfortunate fact that, due to the realities of life struggles, trust does not come by default from anyone these days.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 26, 2021

Topia Interactive Inc., which develops virtual meeting places where members can join “worlds” created by artists and designers, raised $5 million.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2021

Santa Monica-based Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, said late Tuesday that it has named Darcie Henry as the company's new Chief Human Resources Officer. According to Snap, Henry will join the company on July 6th, as current Chief People Officer Lara Sweet is retiring. Henry was most recently Amazon's VP HR, Global Consumer and Operations, and had been at Amazon since 1998.

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2021

Irvine-based videogame developer Blizzard said today that it is once again cancelling Blizzcon, its annual conference, due to fluctuating guidelines around events in California during the pandemic. According to Blizzard, it now plans a "global event" in the early part of next year, combining and online show with smaller, in-person gatherings. The company cited both the evolution of in-person gatherings in California, as well as how the status of the pandemic has been fluctuating around the globe

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socalTECH

MAY 26, 2021

San Diego-based Phanes Therapeutics, a developer of immuno-oncology drugs, has raised $40M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital China, and also included the company other investors. Names of the other investors were not announced by the company. According to the company, the new funding will be used to advance several preclinical programs to clinic, expand the research and clinical teams, and support the advancement of research projects.

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