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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For today's interview, we sat down to catch up with Jon Waterman, the founder and CEO of Ad.net, to understand what the company's business is nowadays, how the company has evolved over the years, and how the company has adjusted to life during a pandemic. What is Ad.net? Jon Waterman: We envision ourselves today as a marketplace outside Google and Bing.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Starburst Aerospace and UCLA announced the launch of SCALE Aerospace Ventures, a startup accelerator and “innovation hub.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

TikTok and Universal Music Group said on Monday that the two are in an "expanded global alliance", which allows TikTok users to continue to use tracks from Universal Music Group artists on their social media creations. The announcement comes as Universal Music Group pulled its artists from TikTok's rival social media service Triller. Financial details of the deal between Tiktok and Universal Music Group were not announced, however, Universal Music Group described the agreement as delivering "equ

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Mate Fertility , the new Los Angeles startup launching today with $2.8 million in financing, has a mission to create a more inclusive network of family planning services for people struggling with the high cost and low availability of fertility clinics around the country. Founded by serial entrepreneur Oliver Bogner and his brother Gabriel, Mate was born from both brothers’ struggles with trying to start a family.

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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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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has opened up signups for its Starlink satellite Internet, allowing interested customers to sign up for ordering the service on its website. SpaceX requests users' email and service address, and says that orders are "first come, first serve". The ordering page does not give any details on where, how much, or when the service will be available.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Costa Mesa-based MeridianLink, a developer of loan origination, digital lending, and digital banking software, is in the midst of an IPO effort, according to a report. The report, from Reuters, said that MeridianLink is looking to go public via a SPAC, rather than a traditional IPO filing. The company has reportedly hired investment bankers for the deal; those bankers have not been announced or disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Santa Barbara-based C-Zero, a startup developing natural gas decarbonization technology--based on research out of UCSB--has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. According to the company, the Series A funding was co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Eni Next, and also included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and AP Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sherman Oaks-based Joystick Ventures, a new venture capital fund looking to invest in the videogame industry, has raised $3M as part of an ongoing, $10M venture capital fundraising, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The Managing Partners of the fund are Arturo Carillo Lopez and Dmitry Burkovskiy, according to that filing. A LinkedIn profile by one of employees of the fund says that Joystick Ventures is a joint venture of Xsolla and Mountain Nazca.

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