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Caltech, Fullstack Team On Online Cybersecurity Program

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A division of Pasadena-based Caltech , the Caltech Center for Technology and Management Education (Caltech CTME), is teaming up with Fullstack Academy to offer up a cyber training program online, Fullstack said on Tuesday. According to Fullstack Academy, the Caltech CTME Cybersecurity Bootcamp by Fullstack Academy is intended to turn beginners into cybersecurity professionals in as little as 12 weeks.

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COVID-19 and Fungal Superinfections: The Deadly, Perfect Storm

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Virtually unknown just a few months ago, the COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in over 239,000 deaths worldwide —including over 67,000 in the United States alone. Now, emerging reports suggest that as many as one third of patients with severe COVID-19 infection requiring intensive care may also be battling another life-threatening infection: invasive aspergillosis, a deadly fungal superinfection caused by Aspergillus mold.

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Love Goodly Acquired By NOVICA

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Los Angeles-based Love Goodly , the women's subscription box company that was founded by Justine Lassoff and Katie Bogue Miller, has been acquired by Santa Monica-based Novica , which operates an e-commerce marketplace focused on handmade decor, art, and jewelry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Love Goodly was part of the Quake Seed Capital accelerator program, and was backed by Third Wave Digital/Allen DeBevoise.

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7 Essential Tools For Work From Home Marketers

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With the COVID-19 pandemic putting the world at a standstill, several big and small companies (including SEO agencies in Los Angeles) have asked their employees to work remotely so they… The post 7 Essential Tools For Work From Home Marketers appeared first on AllTopStartups.

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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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Applied Business Software Names COO

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Long Beach-based Applied Business Software , a developer of software for loan servicing and origination in the mortgage industry, said today that it has named Jasen Portero as its Chief Operations Officer. Portero has been the company's Vice President of Development for the last 12 years. Applied Business Software said Portero previously served at such companies as Universal Music Group, WellPoint, Warner Bros., and Evite.

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Kura Narrows Pipeline After Strategic Review Prompted by COVID-19

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Kura Oncology is discontinuing development of one of its three clinical-stage cancer drug candidates amid pandemic-related impacts to its clinical trial plans. The decision to end work on the drug, KO-947, comes after San Diego-based Kura (NASDAQ: KURA ) was successful in lifting a partial clinical hold placed on a Phase 1 trial of the drug earlier this year by the FDA following a serious side effect experienced by one patient in the study.

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Toba Capital Leads $4.95M Investment In Clear Skye

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Newport Beach-based Toba Capital , the venture investment firm founded by Vinny Smith, is the lead investor in Emeryville, California-based Clear Skye , a developer of identity governance and administration software. According to Clear Skye, it raised $4.95M in a Series A funding round, which was led by Toba Capital, and also included Inner Loop Capital and ServiceNow Ventures.

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Orca Security Finds $20M

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Los Angeles-based Orca Security , a startup focused on cloud security, announced this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series A funding round, led by GGV Capital and also included YL Ventures and SVCI (Silicon Valley CISO Investments). The startup says it was foudned by a group of former Check Point executives and architects. The startup's CEO is Avi Shua who is the former Chief Technologist at Check Point Software Technologies.

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Postal.io Raises $9M

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San Luis Obispo-based Postal.io , a developer of software used to improve offline conversion rates with automated direct mail, corporate gifting and charitable giving, has raised $9M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by Mayfield. According to the startup, it helps scale direct mail workflows for sales and marketing. The company's founders are Erik Kostelnik and Jed Danner.

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