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MARCH 27, 2019

Santa Monica-based Science Inc. , the startup studio led by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones and startup veteran Peter Pham, is the lead investor in electric motor startup Linear Labs. Linear Labs, which is developing electric motors it says produce twice the torque or force compared to conventional technologies in the same package size, said it raised $4.5M in a seed funding round, led by Science Inc. and Kindred Ventures, and also included Chris and Crystal Sacca, Saltwater Ventures and others

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MARCH 27, 2019

It was no easy task. After an extensive review of the many nominees for the first-ever Xconomy Awards San Diego, Xconomy editors across the country and a panel of local experts together narrowed the list to 42 finalists (listed below) across eight categories. In the coming weeks leading up to the awards gala in May , we’ll be featuring brief profiles of all the finalists here at Xconomy San Diego.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Camarillo-based Semtech announced a win on Wednesday morning, saying that one of its chipsets has been selected for an audio visual application. According to Semtech, Christie, a developer of visual and audio technology, is using its BlueRiver platform for SDVoE (Software Defined Video over Ethernet) in a lineup of controllers, transmitters, and receivers.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Image via Max Pixel Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham of Y-Combinator fame, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money. A while back, I outlined “ The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative six.

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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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MARCH 27, 2019

The current, Chinese owners of gay and bisexual dating app developer Grindr is being pushed to divest the company, on concerns over national security, according to a report from Reuters. Grindr is owned by Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd., which acquired Grindr in 2016. According to the report, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is concerned about Kunlun Tech's access to personal data derived from Grindr's service.

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Xconomy

MARCH 27, 2019

Acadia Pharmaceuticals said it plans to advance a drug it licensed last year from Australia’s Neuren Pharmaceuticals into a late-stage trial following promising Phase 2 results of the potential Rett syndrome treatment. San Diego-based Acadia (NASDAQ: ACAD ) announced in August that it had licensed the drug, trofinetide, for development and commercialization in North America as a treatment for Rett syndrome and other indications, including Fragile X syndrome.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 27, 2019

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MARCH 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based startup Trellis Research , which is developing decision making tools and maintains a database of California court records, said on Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. Source of the funding was not disclosed. According to the startup, it has created a legal intelligence decision engine, which it says gives litigators a "competitive edge" in legal services.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 27, 2019

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MARCH 27, 2019

Burbank-based Entertainment Partners , a provider of workforce management and automated production software and services for the entertainment industry, has been acquired by private equity investor TPG Capital. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. According to Entertainment Partners, the company will continue to be led by its existing management team, led by President and CEO Mark Goldstein.

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Xconomy

MARCH 27, 2019

Doctors prescribe all sorts of things for their patients, like drugs, medical procedures, and changes to diet and exercise regimen. Prescribing a software application—one that helps a patient manage diabetes, for example—may sound futuristic to some people. But to Mike McSherry, CEO of Xealth , a Seattle-based startup that announced $11 million in new funding Wednesday to help fuel its continued growth, prescribing digital products and services is where the healthcare industry is hea

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Xconomy

MARCH 27, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission, which has been digging into the privacy practices of tech giants Facebook and Google, is now training its sights on the internet service providers that bring us all our online content. In its role as a consumer protection agency, the FTC ordered Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Comcast, Google Fiber, and other ISPs to submit sweeping reports on the subscriber data they collect, what they use it for, and who they share it with.

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