L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, is aiming to launch another rocket early next month, which would be its first attempt since a Sep. 1 explosion prompted the Hawthorne aerospace company to halt its launch schedule as it investigated the cause of the incident.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Carpinteria-based cloud-based construction software developer Procore apparently has joined the ranks of the small number of Southern California's "unicorns"--those companies who are valued at more than $1 billion--with the funding the company announced on Thursday. According to the WSJ, the funding doubles the $500M valuation that the company had a year ago in its prior funding.
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L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Mattel & Upfront participate in interactive puzzle startup’s $24 million round, Tinder launches branded podcast on dating, and advertiser interest in Live Stories slackens.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said this week that it is expanding efforts to help veterans find high quality careers, by launching a new, in-game purchase in its popular Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare videogame. According to Activision Blizzard, its new Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Courage Personalization Pack --which provides personalized weapons and other items in the game--will go to support the Call of Duty Endowment, a program which it says has already plac
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 9, 2016
“If we build it, they will come.” I heard it again yesterday from a technical entrepreneur who should know better than to believe the old “ Field of Dreams ” sports fantasy movie theme in today’s Internet information overload environment. These days, building a new business is all about visibility and marketing, no matter how great or innovative a solution you bring to the table.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , the audio advertising technology developer, and San Diego-based streaming radio service Slacker said this week that the two have expanded an existing relationship. The two said that Slacker has selected Triton's programmatic audio advertising exchange, a2x, to monetize its digital audio advertising inventory across the US and Canada.
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Hawthorne, California-based space rocket developer SpaceX said this week that it is now expecting to return to flight in early January, with the launch of the Iridium-1 satellite. SpaceX, which announced the timeline in an update on the explosion (which SpaceX calls an "anomoly") that occurred earlier this year at Cape Canaveral, said the extension to January will give it additional time to close-out vehicle preparations and complete extended testing.
Xconomy
DECEMBER 9, 2016
What a week. The 21st Century Cures Act is now waiting President Obama’s promised signature after easy passage through Congress. President-elect Donald Trump re-stirred the drug-pricing pot with comments in Time Magazine and a reported FDA commissioner candidate who doesn’t seem to think much of the regulatory process. And a trio of judges met to hear brief—can we say edited?
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2016
Los Angeles-based Tinder , the online dating app developer which had been led by Sean Rad, has spun out a new, mergers & acquisition arm called Swipe Ventures , which the company said will seek to expand Tinder's footprint through acquisition and development of new businesses and investments in new and existing businesses within the dating and social space.
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