TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2021

I’m a big fan of the old adage "There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers." We have all heard questions that begin, "This may be a dumb question, but …" used effectively by smart people who are not afraid of risking ridicule by challenging a questionable assertion from an intimidating speaker. Most people in business seem to expect their leaders just to give orders.

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MARCH 31, 2021

San Diego-based K2 Insurance Services, which owns a number of insurance services companies, said it has acquired software developer Loss Run Pro. Loss Run Pro develops subscription-based software that helps request, track, and manage loss runs. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Loss Run Pro is based in Missoula, Montana, and was only founded in early 2020.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Los Angeles-based GoGuardian, which offers up software which helps protect students from harmful and distracting content, as well as manage mental health, says it will offer up its student mental health offering for free to school districts through the remainder of the school year. The company said the product--GoGuardian Beacon, helps identify students who are at risk of suicide or self-harm and will alert those who can help.

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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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MARCH 31, 2021

The Call of Duty League, the e-sports league run by Santa Monica-based Blizzard Activision, has signed up eyewear brand Zenni in a partnership deal, the two said on Wednesday. According to the two, Zenni is now the Official Eyewear of the Call of Duty League. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The two said that the partnership will feature Zenni's Blokz blue-blocker lenses, which are designed to reduce eye strain by blocking blue light from digital screens.

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MARCH 31, 2021

San Diego-based Erasca, which is working on treatments for cancer--backed by more than $320 million in financing from ARCH Venture Partners, City Hill Ventures and Cormorant Asset Management, along with others--said it has added two members to its board of directors. The company said it added Bihua Chen and Julie Hambleton, M.D., to board. Ms. Chen is a portfolio manager at Cormorant Asset Management, and Dr.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and Rodeo Therapeutics Corporation announced late Tuesday that Amgen has agreed to acquire Rodeo, a Seattle-based biopharmaceuticals company which is developing small molecule therapies to promote regeneration and repair of multiple tissues. According to the two, Amgen will pay $55M upfront, plus up to an additional $666M in cash in contingent milestone payments.

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