Berkonomics
AUGUST 3, 2017
First customers are critical. Greatly exceed expectations at all costs. There is so much history behind this insight, and so many stories that illustrate this point. Your first customers for any product or service form your reference base, the important group of allies that your marketing and sales people rely upon when attempting to create buzz and make a mass market for a new product.
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Los Angeles-based Zynx Health , a developer of healthcare software and content, said this morning that it has opened up access to its content via a new API. The company said the Zynx Health API is aimed at third -party solution providers, allowing them to leverage its content to help healthcare organizations with delivery of patient care. Zynx said its API returns content using the standard, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) format.
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L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 3, 2017
Science Inc. launches $100 million blockchain fund, Kryptos Logic researcher who stopped WannaCry arrested, Tesloop tests out electric freight shipping, and rumors of $30 billion Google buyout of Snap Inc. that never closed.
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Los Angeles-based upscale, luxury confections brand Sugarfina announced on Thursday morning that it has raised $35M in a growth equity funding, from private equity investor Great Hill Partners. According to Sugarfina, the new funding will go towards further developing its e-commerce and mobile platforms, as well as international expansion. Sugarfina has now raised more than $50M in funding.
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Xconomy
AUGUST 3, 2017
ScoreStream, a San Diego area startup providing a crowdsourced social media platform for reporting high school sports scores, said Thursday it has agreed to distribute high school game scores under a new collaboration agreement with The Associated Press. Under their agreement, this fall ScoreStream will begin distributing and publishing high school football scores across 42 states through the AP and other media networks (including ScoreStream’s own website).
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Santa Monica-based startup studio Science is making a move into the world of Blockchain, saying on Thursday that it plans to run its own "initial coin offering" (ICO) worth up to $100M, to raise money to invest in blockchain-related startups that it will incubate. Science--led by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones--is the company behind such startups as Dollar Shave Club.
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socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
A report on Thursday said that Google offered to buy Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , in a deal worth $30 billion. The report , from the Business Insider, cited "three people" including people "inside and close to the company" for the information. It's unclear if the information is leaking because Snap is looking for an acquirer--as is often the case with rumors or if details on the talks are just making it outside now.
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Los Angeles-based EVgo , the operator of a public network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, says that San Diego is tops in terms of the amount of use of its electric vehicle charging network. According to EVgo, it is seeing more than 6,000 charging sessions on an average month in San Diego, or the equivalent of more than 455,400 miles of driving in the city.
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Los Angeles-based SPOT , a new startup founded by filmmaker Oren Peli and Oren Zbeda, said it has launch a new app which lets users find, join, and create events in their local area, to meet new people with similar interests. According to SPOT, its app is focused on connecting users through real-life events focused on their hobbies, sports interests, other community interests, and singles events.
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Irvine-based Western Digital claimed a legal win in its ongoing battle with Toshiba , saying the California Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of its SanDisk subsidiary, and lifted a temporary restraining order (TRO) which had been granted to San Disk. Western Digital said the ruling prohibits Toshiba from preventing certain employees from accessing shared databases and servers and from refusing to ship certain engineering wafers and samples to the company in Milpitas.
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2017
Marcus Hutchins , the malware researchers who was credited with stopping the rampant "WannaCry" ransomware attack ealrier this year, has been arrested by the U.S. Department of Justice in Las Vegas. Hutchins is an employee of Los Angeles-based security research company Kryptos Logic. According to Motherboard , Hutchins was arrested for his "role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan", citing a spokesperson from the USDOJ.
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