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APRIL 24, 2018

Afraid of running into unexpected veterinary bills for that new puppy? A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Eusoh , is hoping to make it easier for people to handle unexpected veterinary costs, by banding people together in groups to help provide an alternative to traditional, insurance plans. The startup, led by CEO and founder Allen Kamrava, says it is backed by $2M in seed funding, which was raised back in September of 2017 through mostly friends and family.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 24, 2018

Reliam, a South Bay-based company that manages public cloud platforms for other businesses, announced it has acquired Stratalux, another South Bay-based cloud services company. Both Reliam and Stratalux work with Amazon Web Services and Reliam also works with Microsoft Azure.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2018

A new, $20M venture capital fund, TAU Ventures , based out of Tel Aviv, Israel, and Tel Aviv University (TAU), says it is specifically looking to link with the Los Angeles technology community--thanks to its link with Los Angeles investor Behzad Kianmahd--co-founder of Cross Campus. According to TAU Ventures, its early stage venture capital fund is looking to invest pre-seed funding into startups founded by students and alumni of Tel Aviv University.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 24, 2018

Reliam acquires Stratalux; Aviron bets on interactive movies; ICX Media opens Los Angeles office.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Aviron Capital , a consortium of financiers with primary backing from by private equity investor BlackRock, said this morning that it has acquired a "substantial equity stake" in Kino Industries , the developer of an interactive movie technology called CtrlMovie. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Aviron Capital said that Kino Industries' CtrlMovie allows users to influence the storyline of a movie by using their cell phones to vote on what characters sh

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Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Winning an Olympic medal, the Pulitzer Prize, or the Stanley Cup are just a few moments of glory that happen around the world. But if you’re a startup founder, you too have the chance to find your own moment in the spotlight. Being one small company amongst the sea of thousands of startups vying for customers, capital, and talent, the way to get noticed above the crowd, connect with that next big partner, and raise some capital is to throw your hat in the ring to compete at Startup of the

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 24, 2018

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APRIL 24, 2018

ICX Media , a developer of artificial intelligence and adaptive learning-driven tools being used to help brands, media companies, and content companies with distribution and monetization, said it has set up shop in the Los Angeles area, with a new office in Santa Monica. The company is led by founder and CEO Michael Avon. The company said the new office will be a hub for the company as it approaches the entertainment industry.

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Xconomy

APRIL 24, 2018

Savari , whose technology is designed to create a shared communications web among cars, personal devices, and roadway signals, announced today it has raised $12 million in a Series B fundraising round. Santa Clara, CA-based Savari makes V2X technology—that is, software and hardware sensor units designed to connect vehicles to everything that moves, so they can benefit from shared data about traffic conditions and pedestrian movements.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2018

Irvine-based Quality Systems, Inc. --which is now using the name NextGen Healthcare , said this morning that it has named Betty Rabinowitz, MD, FACP as Chief Medical Officer. Rabinowitz was previously co-founder and CEO of EagleDream Health, a developer of cloud-based analytics and population health management software. Quality Systems acquired EagleDream Health, and renamed it as NextGen Population Health, back in August of 2017.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2018

San Diego-based Orexigen Therapeutics , a developer of biopharmaceuticals for treating obesity, said it is selling "substantially all" of the assets of the company to Nalproprion Pharmaceuticals , in a deal worth $75M in cash. According to Orexigen, Nalproprion Pharmaceuticals is a newly formed, special purpose entity which is backed by Pernix Therapeutics Holdings.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2018

Lake Forest-based Netwatch said today that it has launched a new company, comprised of four visual monitoring companies in the video security area. The new company is backed by private equity funding from The Riverside Company. According to Netwatch, the new company is made up of Netwatch (Ireland), NMC (United States), CalAtlantic (United States) and Onwatch Multifire (United Kingdom).

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