socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. We chatted with Wayne about how SURE--backed by IA Capital, Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide Ventures, Assurant and AmTrust--is applying technology and working with, not against, insurance companies to make buying insurance something you can easily d

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 23, 2017

A technology company in China announced in a regulatory filing last week that it is paying $179 million to increase its stake in online electronics retailer Newegg Inc. to almost 94 percent.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

Los Angeles- and Beijing-based SPOTLITE says it has launched a new, mobile app, which lets music fans sing original music, cover, or karaoke songs to win money. Spotlite said its executives come from such companies as Google Music, Yahoo! Music, Microsoft, Atom Factory, and Warner/Chappell, and that its development and tech teams are in Beijing, with marketing, A&R, and business development based in Los Angeles.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 23, 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- Expert Dojo Investor Festival. Q2 Investor Festival – Where Startups Meet Investors. You have been working hard building the foundation for a great business. Now its time to meet strategic investors who can provide you the investment you need to grow to the next level. Without a doubt we have over 80 of the highest caliber investors attending and can cater for seed, series A and series B funding.

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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

JUNE 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based audio advertising technology developer ,a href="[link] Digital said today that it has rolled out a new, "supply side platform" (SSP) aimed at the online audio market. The company said its new platform connects to demand-side platform providers such as The Trade Desk, AppNexus, RTBiQ, AudioTrade and StrikeAd, and others and helps to simplify the management of programmatic audio advertising inventory.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 23, 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- The Future of News. Startups In The Sky. Journalism, Media, and the Future Where does reporting go next? Can Fake News be stopped? How does tech help create the next golden age?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 23, 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- Startup Superhero Series Presents: Michael Schneider, Founder of Service and Mobile Roadie. What is a Startup Superhero? Join us as Michael Schneider, founder of Service and Mobile Roadie, is interviewed by Matt Swider, Senior Mobile Editor of Tech Radar, on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, stories from his time with Mobile Roadie, one of the world's most successful mobile app platforms, and his adventure into founding Service, a platform that compensates travel

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Mobile Services Startup Platform 100

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

Steve Poizner , the former California gubernatorial candidate and former founder of SnapTrack (which he sold to San Diego's Qualcomm), says he has created a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , which will focus on further developing Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem. The new group says it will develop initiatives that encourage tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and top talent to locate to and stay in Southern California, complementing and extendi

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 23, 2017

Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- Cerf's Up in San Diego is a series of roundtables to showcase San Diego’s Innovative Research and Technology.The event features a keynote by Dr. Vint Cerf, “Discovering San Diego Innovation”. See.

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San Diego Research 100

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 23, 2017

Hyperloop venture speeds way to South Korea with several partnership agreements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2017

As an angel investor, I get approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who can talk endlessly about their latest great idea, and little else. While I recognize that every new venture starts with an idea, a successful business of lasting value is all about people and execution. Every investor is looking for someone who can turn an idea into a solution, and turn that solution into a business.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 23, 2017

Range of factors brings together wealth management firms through mergers and acquisitions.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2017

All eyes are on the nation’s capital this week, where the Senate released its version of the American Health Care Act (now called the Better Care Reconciliation Act) and the White House worked on an executive order to address drug prices. No one knows how to pay for high-priced medicines that could bring long-term relief or even cures; we checked with gene therapy maker Bluebird Bio about its latest experimental data and asked officials for their thoughts on pricing.

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