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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Paul G. Allen , the founder of Mojave-based Stratolaunch , one of Southern California's new crop of aerospace-meets-technology companies, has died at the age of 65, according to a statement from his family issued late Monday. Allen was a co-founder of Microsoft Corp., and had been battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The death comes just a few days after another set of successful tests by Stratolaunch in developing vehicles to deliver small satellite payloads to space; it's unclear what Allen's deat

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Santa Monica e-sports organization Cloud9 Esports Inc. has raised a $53.6 million Series B round finalized Oct. 15.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the gaming division of Kingston Technology, says it has now shipped over 60 million memory modules since 2002. The company said it projects that it will have more than $550M in revenues in 2018. The $550M revenue number includes all products, including its sales of headsets, keyboards, and mice. HyperX specifically targets gamers with its mix of products.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Santa Monica–headquartered Universal Music Group Inc. signed a deal with British digital audio streaming firm Mixcloud on Oct. 15, ensuring that UMG artists will be compensated for the use of their music on Mixcloud’s platform.

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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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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Sendgrid , which was co-founded in Orange County and has a large office in Irvine , is being acquired by San Francisco-based Twilio , in a deal worth $2 billion in stock, the companies announced late Monday afternoon. Sendgrid offers up API-based email services, used by many Internet, e-commerce, on-demand and other service providers to send emails to their customers.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018 -- The Original Mixer. The Original Mixer is one of the premier networking events in Southern California, attracting hundreds of professionals from as far as San Diego, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Sunday, October 21, 2018 -- PyData conferences bring together users and developers of data analysis tools to share ideas and learn from each other. The PyData community gathers to discuss how best to apply Python tools, as well as tools using R and Julia, to meet evolving challenges in data management, processing, analytics, and visualization. We aim to be an accessible, community-driven conference, with tutorials for novices, advanced topical workshops for practitioners, and opportunities for p

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Los Angeles-based Wavemaker Partners said this morning that it has named Trent Johnson, the former Practice Director of consulting firm Slalom, as its new Executive In Residence (EIR). The venture firm--which has operations both in Los Angeles and Singapore--said Johnson will support operational advisory for its portfolio companies both in the US and Southeast ASia.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Wavemaker names new executive in residence; Snapchat releases filters for your cat’s face; Cloud9 Esports raises $54 million

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says its launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on Friday was its "biggest day one digital release" in its history. Sales numbers and sales volume were not announced by the company. Activision said digital sales broke the record set in 2017 by Call of Duty: WWII. Activision did not say what the overall launch numbers were, and did not announce any details on retail sales of the title.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 15, 2018

More days than not, Michael Colaneri’s home is a hotel room. So innovations like “geolocation” sensors that automatically unlock his room door and adjust the thermostat when he’s nearby make the constant change easier—sometimes. “My experience has been exceptionally inconsistent,” he says. “When it’s worked, it’s really great, cool, and so efficient to the point where they’ve spoiled me rotten. … When it doesn’t work, it does more damage than not having it at all.

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking marketplace Wag! said this morning that it is opening up a new, "customer care" center in Phoenix, where it hopes to hire 100, as an addition to its existing customer care operations center in Los Angeles. According to Wag, it plans to hire agents and managers in Phoenix to support its customers, walkers, and dog sitters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. The number of entrepreneurs worldwide is huge, starting an estimated 50 million new businesses per year, or 137,000 per day. Every one of these probably has a unique story, but in my years as a startup advisor I only remember hearing a few who capitalized on their story.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Reflexion Health, which has developed a “virtual physical therapy” system for patients recovering from surgery, said results from a randomized controlled clinical trial completed by nearly 300 people showed patients who used the technology saved an average of $2,745 compared to those who underwent traditional physical therapy. The study, which evaluated Reflexion’s system for patients after total knee replacement surgery, was conducted in conjunction with the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DC

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OCTOBER 15, 2018

San Diego-based Alle Biotechnology reported this morning that it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of NIH. Size of the grant was not announced. According to Allele, the grant covers the development of new single-domain nanoantibody (nAb) therapies for the treatment of sepsis.

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