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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based Fisker Inc. , the new electric car startup led by car designer Henrik Fisker, has announced its first vehicle, the Fisker EMotion , saying that it will tap technology from a UCLA spinout to help power the vehicle. Fisker said the new vehicle will be powered by graphene battery packs developed by Nanotech Energy Inc., a UCLA spinout specifically working on graphene research.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Between late appointments, pushy sales people and sticker shock, finding the perfect wedding dress can quickly turn into a frustrating nightmare for any blushing bride. Floravere , the first direct-to-consumer luxury bridal brand, is putting convenience back into the bride’s hands by delivering sample wedding gowns directly to their doorstep. Molly Kang, the founder of Floravere, started her company out of her own frustration of finding her wedding dress.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Irvine-based NGD Systems reported this morning that it has received two new patents for its solid state drive (SSD) technology. Both patents were developed by Vladimir Alves, the company's Chief Technology Officer, and Joao Alcantara. The company says it now has 14 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent 9,448,745 was granted on September 20th, and had been filed on March 13, 2014; patnet 9,454,551 was also filed on March 13, 2014, and granted on September 27th.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Snapchat ramping up hiring ahead of IPO, Woven Digital names new chief executive, and Hulu to add live TV streaming service.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) networking technology developer Ingenu said it has deployed its systems in New Orleans, to help support support oil & gas, logistics and transportation applications. The company, which is developing networking technology for communications with Internet-of-Things devices, said the new network reaches 240 square miles.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Monday, November 7, 2016 -- Cal-Israel Innovation Expo. The Fall 2016 Cal-Israel Innovation Expo will be held at the University of Southern California (USC), Ronald Tutor Campus Center, November 6 - 7, 2016. The Expo is in collaboration with TAMID Group and Blackstone LaunchPad USC.The Fall 2016 Expo will foster global Israeli innovation, cross-cultural education, and professional development enhancing the vitality of the global economies empowering students, businesses and communities.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Drugs that treat a form of vision loss known as age related macular degeneration aren’t just big business. They’re also a controversial part of the national debate over high drug prices, and their increased use has put ophthalmologists in the crosshairs of insurers, the federal government, and the press. “Retina practices are under significantly increased scrutiny relative to even two or three years ago,” says W.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based electronic invitation and party planning tools provider a href="[link] has rolled out a new feature, which lets event attendees share photos before, during, and after an event. According to Evite, its new "Private Sharing Feed" encourages group photo sharing among attendees to an event. The new feature allows only attendees of an event to share their photos and comments.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

For privately held biotechs, IPOs are the most common road to the public markets, but they’re not the only way. Reverse merging with a shell company is an alternate path, and that’s how Miragen Therapeutics is headed to the Nasdaq. Boulder, CO-based Miragen, a developer of drugs that utilize microRNA—small molecular regulators of gene expression—has merged with a diagnostics company called Signal Genetics (NASDAQ: SGNL ) in a bid to go public.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based GoMeta , a new, augmented reality startup being led by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Shapiro, has raised $2M in a seed funding round, and launched its app out of beta. The funding came from Mike Jones (Science Inc., MySpace) as well as Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney). GoMeta develops a mobile platform--currently running on iOS--that allows developers create their own augmented reality apps and worlds.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Yesterday was Halloween in the United States where children dress up and try to scare people as they “trick-or-treat” for candy. Yet the only horror I experienced was watching Peter Thiel stand in front of a national media audience and re-endorse Donald Trump for President. In his defense he made it clear that he didn’t agree with the all of the things Trump had said (or done?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based Deluxe Entertainment Services Group , the provider of services to the entertainment and content industry, has acquired cloud-based localization provider Sfera. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Deluxe said it acquired Sfera, made up of Sfera Studios and Sfera Labs, and create a new division called Deluxe Localization.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based Classy , the online software developer which helps nonprofits and other social enterprise raise money, has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by JMI Equity, and also included Bullpen Capital, Galileo Partners, Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures. Classy is led by Scot Chisolm. According to the company, Brian Hersman, General Partner at JMI Equity, joins the company's board with the funding.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie streaming service FandangoNOW , the recently launched on-demand video service from Fandango, is now included on the VIZIO SmartCast app, the two companies said this morning. Vizio's app--which runs on Vizio's various connected television products and also on iOS and Android tablets and mobile devices--also supports VUDU, Hulu, and Google Play Musics & TV.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Fountain Valley-based flash memory maker Kingston Digital has bumped the capacity of its line of Class 10 microSDHC/microSDXC cards, saying today that it now is offering up a new 256GB capacity card in the memory format. Kingston says it now offers capacities ranging from 16GB to 256GB on the popular Flash memory format, used in digital cameras. The new card handles up to 64,000 21MP images or up to 976 minutes of 1080p, 30 frames per second video.

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