Berkonomics

JULY 12, 2018

Close. At many board meetings, I can be counted upon to ask, “Where’s the bottleneck this month?” Senior management is usually prepared with an answer, and a good discussion of resource availability and application follows. Sometimes, the bottleneck is not so visible to the CEO. In those instances, I follow with: “Do you notice people waiting at your door, telling you that they were waiting for your response or decision, even if you were unaware of this?”.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

Sound Ventures , the venture capital firm run by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary , has filed to raised a new, $150M fund called Sound Ventures II. According to a regulatory filing, no commitments have yet been made to the new fund, which will be managed by Effie Epstein, Kutcher, and Oseary. Kutcher and Oseary have managed to make a number of very successful investments in technology companies, including Skype, Airbnb, Foursquare, Flipboard, Ooma, and Fab.com, just to mention a few.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 12, 2018

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 -- BizBash Live Los Angeles. BizBash Live: Los Angeles returns to the California Market Center with the most important experience for event and meeting professionals. These event organizers will connect, collaborate, and cultivate new relationships with industry vendors from across Southern California and North America, and learn from the leading names in live experiences.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said this morning that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, Pomeroy Group Holdings , to an affiliate of Getronics Group. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Clearlake has owned Pomeroy Group Holdings for the last five years. Pomeroy provided information technology services, including managed services, to the middle market and enterprise customers.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 12, 2018

Ashton Kutcher’s VC opens $150 million funding round; Cleantech and Clean Energy kick off climate-change challenge; $9.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

Semiconductor giant Broadcom , which has significant operations in Orange County, said late Wednesday that it will acquire software developer CA Technologies in a deal worth $18.9 billion in cash. According to Broadcom, it will pay $44.50 per share in cash for CA, in a move which it says will help it create a "infrastructure technology company" and add "significant recurring revenue" to the company.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

A new, startup competition, called the California Climate Cup --run by te Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) and the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF)--says it is looking to identify the most promising startups, globally, who are working on innovations for megacities for zero emission transportation and clean energy. The new competition will offer up cash prizes and an opportunity to pitch those startups to investors.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

Peer-to-peer car sharing site Turo has filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), over difficulties Turo has been having in launching at LAX. Turo said it filed a lawsuit today at the U.S. Central District Court of California in Los Angeles. Turo said that it blames its lawsuit against collusion between LAX and car rental company Enterprise to keep it out of LAX.

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JULY 12, 2018

Carlsbad-based Viasat is powering the new in-flight Wi-Fi service from EL AL Israel Airlines , the two companies said today, as El Al officially launches its new commercial in-flight Wi-Fi service. According to Viasat, EL AL was its original European launch customer. Viasat says that so far, 15 EL AL aircraft have been outfitted with its latest equipment, including Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Boeing 737-900 aircraft and Boeing 737-800 planes; Viasat says EL AL expects to have the majority of its fle

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