Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the largest player has < 10% market share. If you have a storage need in one of these cities please consider checking out MakeSpace.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Well, it’s a fair question. Note that none of these three famous innovators were inventors like Thomas Edison, but visionaries who find a new marketplace or niche – or how to reach the mass market in new ways. Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 20, 2017

L.A. seed funding falls sharply in first quarter, Brian Lee and Ron Burkle-backed medical apparel Startup Jaanuu raises $5 million from retail execs, and Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso’s dramatic biopic releases Friday on Netflix.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2017

Thousand Oaks-based wireless networking equipment maker Xirrus has been acquired by Riverbed , to help bolster its SD WAN efforts, the two said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Riverbed said it will continue to offer up Xirrus as a stand-alone enterprise WLAN solution. Xirrus makes high density wireless access points, which were specifically aimed at corporate campuses and other environments with a large number of wireless users.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 20, 2017

While venture capital investment in L.A. startups rose slightly in the first quarter of 2017, seed-stage investments went in the other direction.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2017

Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics , which is developing treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and infectious disease, has leased a 90,000 square foot building in the Conejo Spectrum, according to developer SARES-REGIS Group. SARES-REGIS said the lease is the first of nine, industrial buildings it is developing at the Conejo Spectrum Business Park.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2017

Jack Dangermond , the founder of Redlands-based Esri , is one of the angels which has backed San Francisco-based geospatial intelligence data company SafeGraph. SafeGraph, which says it is collectiong geospatial intelligence data for use in machine learning, said it raised $16M in a Series A funding this week, from IDG Ventures USA, plus a long list of over 100 angels, which included Dangermond, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Romesh Wadhwani, Eric Cantor, KT zu Guttenberg, Prince Turki Al Saud, Bar

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2017

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 -- Purpose-driven manufacturing: backing up your brand with ethical and sustainable practices (MAKE IT Monthly event). Today’s consumer increasingly seeks products that they feel good about. Whether you are a purpose-driven brand or just a company with a conscience, live up to your brand promise. At this month's MAKE IT talk hosted at Califia Farms HQ, sustainability consultant and Principle Engineer Carolyn Casavan shares guidelines to implement ethical and sustainable

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based Peepla announced a new, mobile live streaming app, available on iOS or Android, similar to Facebook Live, Instagram Live or Snapchat. According to the company, it is looking to avoid being direct competition with Periscope and Facebook live by including "locaiton-based social functions". The company apparently has been attempting to cast celebrities and actors to fill out its live streaming content, saying it offers a "tipping" system for viewers who like the content.

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Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2017

Melissa Marotta pulled no punches to get her three-year-old son C.J., who has the genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy, access to nusinersen (Spinraza), the first approved drug for his condition. For months, she couldn’t schedule a treatment date at Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, and for much of that time, she didn’t know why.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2017

Carpinteria-based Procore , the developer of construction software which is one of Southern California's unicorns, has expanded in Australia, the company announced today. According to Procore, it has opened up an office in Sydney, in response to strong demand from local clients and other businesses across the construction industry. The company says it already has more than 100 Australian clients.

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Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2017

San Antonio — George Perry, a scientist at the University of Texas at San Antonio, has long proposed that drug developers and researchers need to look earlier into the roots of Alzheimer’s disease. Over more than two decades, Perry has studied the possibility that diseases like Alzheimer’s may get their start because the body produces too many variants of oxygen, called free radicals, which cause cell damage, and not enough antioxidants to limit the damage.

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2017

San Diego-based construction compliance and reporting software developer Raken announced this morning that it is expanding its footprint in San Diego, and has moved into a new space at make (cq) in Carlsbad. Raken said its new headquarters is in the same complex as GoPro and Verve. Raken did not say how much space it is taking in the make (cq) project.

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Xconomy

APRIL 20, 2017

Nobel Laureate David Baltimore. Microbiome AND supercomputer pioneer Larry Smarr. Intellectual Ventures’ Nathan Myhrvold. Nicole Glaros of Techstars. These are just a few of the visionary speakers who will be headlining Xconomy’s sixth annual Napa Summit. And if you act fast to request your invitation to this special event, you can join them and an elite group of other innovators, investors, serial entrepreneurs, and technologists for this unique, conversational conference in the heart of Califo

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