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DECEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Regulus Therapeutics, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on targeted microRNA, said it has named Mohammad Ahmadian, Ph.D., as Vice President, Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Development. Ahmadian previously was Vice President & Resident Director of Kinovate Life Sciences, and also previously served at Nitto Denko Technical Corporation.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Smart potential customers only visit and buy from credible and memorable websites. In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. In today’s world, a website is necessary but not sufficient for credibility. Dreamers and gamblers have found out that if the website isn’t validated as credible, it’s probably a scam, and everyone loses.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder, which provides tools for managing fundraising, including website hosting, email and text blasts, donations and fundraising, and similar, said it has named Hilary Doe as President of the company. Doe was previously Chief Strategy Officer for the company. Doe previously had been at the Roosevelt Institute. NationalBuilder's tools are used by many political campaigns, as well as nonprofits.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Santa Monica-based TrueCar, which operates an online marketplace for autos, said that it has named Rich DiStefano to Senior Vice President of Product. DiStefano previously has served at such companies as Walmart, Hilton, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and Match.com. The company said that DiStefano will report to President and CEO Mike Darrow.

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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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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Monrovia-based Covisus, a developer of supply chain tracking products, said this week that it has raised a Series A funding. Size of the funding was not announced. The funding came from Hale Capital Partners. The company said it has developed "covert" item-level supply chain tagging technology, which places tracking information into the "intrinsic surface texture" of the item.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp., a newly formed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), says it is raising $175M in an intial public offering (IPO). The company is offering up 17,500,000 units of its stock at $10.00 per unit. The company began trading on Thursday on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol GEEXU.

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