Mon.Dec 07, 2020

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Standup Comedy App Laugh Lounge Keeps the Jokes Coming

L.A. Business Journal

It’s been a tough year for Los Angeles comedians, along with the many would-be comedy fans who've had to postpone evenings at live venues shuttered during the pandemic.

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PrimaHealth Credit Launches Financing Product For Healthcare Providers

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Newport Beach-based PrimaHealth Credit , a new fintech startup, says it has launched a new financing product, aimed at providing financing for credit-challenged patients seeking elective healthcare treatment. The company said its product is a "Buy Now Pay Later" payment plan, aimed at use for financing dental, orthodontics, LASIK, and cataract surgery.

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Triller May Be Preparing for IPO

L.A. Business Journal

It has been a busy year for Century City-based social media company Triller Inc., and multiple reports suggest that the months ahead could include plans for an initial public offering.

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Aptera Is Back, With Solar Powered Car

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San Diego-based Aptera , the latest reincarnation of an electric car maker started in 2005, has announced a new, solar powered car, which recharges from the sun, and not from a plug. The electric car maker, which had originally been founded in 2005, but went bankrupt in 2011, re-formed in 2019 under the lead of original founders Christ Anthony and Steve Fambro.

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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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Esports Organizer PlayVS Adds $10.5 Million in Funding

L.A. Business Journal

Sawtelle-based esports organizer Play Versus Inc. has taken in $10.5 million in new funding from undisclosed investors, a November Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows.

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Boingo Powers Wi-Fi At Maryland Community

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Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless will provide community-wide Wi-Fi and IoT services at a new home community in Maryland being built by AvalonBay Communities, the company said this morning. The company said it is launching a community-wide Wi-Fi network at the Kanso Twinbrook community, providing both Internet access and virtual staffing services at the multi-family community.

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Oblong Picks Up $5.0M in Private Placement

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Los Angeles-based Oblong , which develops remote collaboration products, says it has raised $5.0M in a private placement of its stock. The publicly listed company, which trades on the NYSE American as OBLG, did not disclose which investors invested in the placement. The company said The Special Equities Group, a division of Bradley Woods & Co. Ltd., acted as exclusive placement agent for the transaction.

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StoryFile Offers a Visit With a Virtual Santa

L.A. Business Journal

With pandemic-related restrictions in full effect, it’s going to be a tough year for kids hoping for a visit to Santa’s workshop.

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Esri Acquires Zibumi

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Redlands-based geographical information systems (GIS) software giant Esri announced early this morning that it has acquired Zibumi Yazılım Bilisim Tasarım Arge Sanayi Ticaret S.A. (Zibumi), a software development firm based in Turkey. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Esri, Zibumi will serve as the hub of a new R&D center in Ankara, Turkey.

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SpaceX Delivers New Airlock to International Space Station

L.A. Business Journal

SpaceX returned to the International Space Station, carrying a new airlock and thousands of pounds of other equipment.

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XPRIZE Launches $15 Million Prize For Food Competition

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Los Angeles-based XPRIZE said today that it has launched a new competition, the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion competition. According to XPRIZE, the new competition is being supported by The Tony Robbins Foundation and The Good Food Institute, and aims to challenge teams to developing new chicken and fish alternatives. The effort was launched in partnership with ASPIRE, a part of Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) which funds research and runs global tech competitions.

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7 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Supercharge Team Engagement

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business wants and needs top performers, but most entrepreneurs and executives assume that if they hire and train the smartest and most experienced people, they will get exceptional performance. They forget that top performance is a two-way street, requiring comparable initiative and responsiveness on the part of the leader, as well as contribution from each team member.

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Air Force Open Topic Process and SBIR Contracts

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 -- Air Force Open Topic Process and SBIR Contracts. Learn more about the Air Force Open Topic and SBIR Contracts with the National Security Innovation Network on December 8, 2020. The National Security Innovation Network is hosting a web-based Ask Me Anything on the Air Force Open Topic process and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on December 8, 2020, just in time to discuss the 21.1 SBIR cycle.

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Fight Over TikTok Sale Continues

L.A. Business Journal

A protracted showdown between President Donald Trump and TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. could ramp back up later this month.

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