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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Los Angeles-based TikTok influencer Dylan Lemay, who bills himself an "ice cream influencer", said on Tuesday that has has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round for a new venture called CATCH'N Ie Cream. The influener said the new company will open an "experiential" ice cream store in New York City with the funding, which came from Chris Camillo (co-foudner of Dumb Money), Joanne Molinaro (The Korean Vegan), Milad Mirg, and Anthony Baroud, among others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. By contrast, predictive analytics uses data patterns to make forward-looking predictions that guide you to where you should go next. This is a whole new world for small businesses seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

San Diego-based Novoron Biosciences, a biotech company that is developing therapies aimed at reversing central nervous system (CNS) damage due to spinal cord injuries, has raised $3M in a seed fudning round. The company came from Two Bear Capital. According to Novoron, the funding will go towards develping its lead drug candidate, which has the potential to both promote axonal regeneration and repair of the myelin sheath.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Cognixion, a startup which says it is developing a non-invasive, wireless brain-computer interface with augmented reality display--aimed at helping those with communications and physical disabilities--has raised $12M in a funding round. The company said the seed funding was led by Prime Movers Lab, and also included Northwell Health, Amazon Alexa Fund and Volta Circle.

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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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

San Diego-based Workiz, which provides software used by home services companies to manage their teams and things like payment requests and back office operations, has raised $40M in a Series C funding. According to the company, the funding was led by Lead Edge Capital, and also included G squared and La Maison plus existing investors New Era, Magenta Venture Partners and Maor Investments.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Irvine-based Mavenlink, which develops cloud-based software for the professional services market, and London-based Kimble Applications, said the two are merging in an effort backed by private equity investor Accel-KKR. Financial details of the business combination were not announced. According to the companies, Accel-KKR will be the majority investor in the combined companies, with existing Kimble and Mavenlink investors Carrick Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs continuing to hold stakes in the

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