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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer FloQast said today that it has named Amit Nayar as its new Vice President of Engineering. FloQast, which develops close management software for accountants, said Nayar was most recently Vice President and Head of Technology at ConsumerTrack, and also had served as Vice President of Engineering at GoDaddy, Director of Cloud Architecture at American Apparel, and Director of Software Engineering at Quark Software.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Thursday, May 3, 2018 -- LA CEOs. The Entrepreneurial Operating System to Achieve Results Josh Holtzman will share simple, practical tools you and your leadership team can begin using right away to get better results. Josh is a fourth generation entrepreneur that helps people get what they want from their businesses. Since beginning his career during the first Santa Monica dot.com boom in 1999, Josh has built and sold his company twice, and along the way managed to pick up accolades such as beco

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based NI0 , a new startup in the sports and nutrition vertical, is gearing up for launch, backed by $500,000 in seed funding from a number of tech investors. The startup is aiming at the athletic training and recovery market, with a new sports tape which incorporates supplements. NI0 says its seed investors include Tim Chen of HTC, Trill Ventures (which has invested in Jarvish and 23 and Me); Eddy Chan (an investor in PayPal and SpaceX), Charles Huang (founder of Red Octane, the comp

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APRIL 30, 2018

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 -- Strategic Partnerships and Business Development Tactics. Join us as Stuart Halperin, founder of Hollywood Online (now Hollywood.com), discusses tactics for business development and strategic partnership creation when building your early stage startup company.

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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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APRIL 30, 2018

San Diego-based Scientist.com , which operates an onlin emarketplate for outsourced research for the life science industry, has jumped into the world of Blockchain. According to the company, it has launched a new platform it calls DataSmart, which will ensure data and information integrity, and which is based on its own, proprietary blockchain technology.

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L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 30, 2018

LeaseLock lands $10 million; Disney inks deal with Twitter; Hyperloop for cargo in the works.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Just across the Potomac river from our nation’s capital sits Arlington, Virginia, a beautiful city filled with bustling businesses, thriving tech startups , and an innovative vibe that is drawing founders to this growing region. . Within its tech ecosystem, these five Arlington startups are making moves in big data, AI, and more, and need to stay on your radar.

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APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. Cholawsky was most recently CEO of Support.com in the Bay Area, and also was an executive at Citrix Systems.

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APRIL 30, 2018

After demonstrating in 2016 how its synthetic biology technology could produce new biologic drugs , San Diego’s Synthorx today revealed that its lead drug candidate is an improved version of interleukin-2, an anti-cancer drug of intense commercial interest in the 1980s. Synthorx said its improved version of interleukin-2, known as Synthorin IL-2, is at the vanguard in a portfolio of enhanced cytokines the company plans to advance with $63 million in a Series C financing round disclosed today.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One , the advanced transportation technology startup which is now backed by Sir Richard Branson, has inked a deal in the country of Dubai , to launch a new startup called DP World Cargospeed. According to the companies, the new startup will develop a hyperloop system specifically designed for transporting cargo. In a launch in Dubai of the new company, Branson said he hopes to have those systems up and running within three years.

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APRIL 30, 2018

In cities across the United States, the benefits of bike-sharing and electric scooters that can be easily rented with a smartphone app have often been overshadowed by controversy. In Dallas , Los Angeles , and Washington, D.C. , for example, complaints flooded into city offices earlier this year about the proliferation of “dockless” bikes cluttering sidewalks, handicap parking, and other public spaces.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based LeaseLock , a new startup that offers up an insurance product which eliminates the need for a security deposit for renters--in exchange for a monthly payment--has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The company said the funding came from Wildcat Venture Partners, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, American Family Ventures, Moderne Ventures.

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