Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'I sit through a lot of presentations. These range from companies pitching me to portfolio companies presenting at board meetings. Each of these scenarios has a team presenting. Almost always the CEO plus members of his or her management team including tech, marketing, sales and/or product. Some CEO’s are masters at communicating when team members are present.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'In a move which adds some additional capital to the Los Angeles clean technology market, utility company Southern California Gas Company said Thursday that it has created a new, $1M innovation fund to help companies develop clean technology. SoCalGas said it created the new fund with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator , to help fund startups in the area of fuel cells, renewable natural gas and distributed natural gas products.
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InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'Is One Line Enough? A version of this article previously appeared on PandoDaily. In 1908, American baseball pitcher Addie Joss threw 74pitches and completed the most efficient perfect game ever recorded (i.e., no hits, no errors, no runs). To put this accomplishment into perspective, there have only been 23perfect games recorded in major league baseball during the past 133 years, during which nearly 400,000 games have been played.
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'When we are young and early in our business lives, we feel infallible to the degree that we do not think of what might happen if we die while in office or decide to leave the company for any reason. Such thoughts just do not occur to most of us until the business is substantially far enough along in its growth to have multiple layers of management and enough employees and stakeholders that there is a board of directors and calls for key man insurance and succession planning.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
'If your first startup fails, you are about average. Most entrepreneurs fail on at least one attempt. Investors agree that an entrepreneur who has never failed probably hasn’t pushed the limits. What investors look for is not that you never fail, but that you learn from the failure, maintain a positive attitude, and work with integrity on the next one.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'In another step towards commercial spaceflight, Mojave-based Virgin Galactic announced Thursday afternoon that it has successfully completed its second, rocket-powered supersonic flight of its SpaceShipTwo reusable space vehicle. Virgin Galactic said that the flight took off at 8 a.m. Thursday morning from Mojave, with the SpaceShipTwo achieving a maximum speed of Mach 1.43, and traveling up to 69,000 feet.
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socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Does the world need another, online streaming media service for movies and television? Culver City-based M-GO (www.mgo.com) thinks so, with its own twist on providing content to consumers. We caught up with M-GO''s CEO, John Batter , to hear about where M-GO fits into the streaming media market. What''s the story behind M-GO? John Batter: M-GO was formed about two years ago as a joint venture between DreamWorks and Technicolor.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'YouMail , the provider of the advanced voicemail applications and services, reported this week that it has passed five million, registered users of its service. The service--which allows users to screen their voicemails, provide custom voicemail greetings to specific callers, transcribe their voicemails to text, and much more--said it actually passed the milestone earlier this summer.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'Santa Monica-based online publisher Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it has entered into a new, $225M credit facility, split between a $125M revolving credit facility and a $100M term loan. According to Demand Media, the new facility replaces an existing, $105M revolving credit facility. Demand Media said the new facility has an option to increase the amount to $250M.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Los Angeles-based SGN (Social Gaming Network), the mobile games startup headed by Chris DeWolfe, the co-founder of MySpace, said Thursday that it is launching an "aggressive" hiring program. According to the developer, it has more than 30 new positions it plans to fill over the next six months. SGN said the positions include openings in design, production, product management, and engineering.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'Glendora-based eGood , a startup developing a social giving platform, said today that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Wolfgang Buehler, and angel investor. According to eGood, it is using the funding to develop its mobile and in-store check-in platform. The startup is led by Zack Swire. eGood''s platform let users check into local stores, allowing a percentage of their purchases to go towards the charities they support. eGood''s site also lets users look for loc
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , headed by Chad and Ryan Steelberg, said today that it has partnered with the University of Southern California to enhance the fan experience at the USC Trojan Football games. Brand Affinity said it will deploy its FanPhotos "activation platform" at USC''s home games, taking pictures of fans and letting those fans view those photos online, add USC themes and logos, and place photo orders.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'Irvine-based Broadcom is buying a collection of assets form Tokyo-based Renesas Electronics Corporation , in a deal worth approximately $164M, the firms said today. According to the two, Broadcom is acquiring assets and shares of Renesas Electronics'' LTE modem technology subsidiaries and assets. The move came after Renesas said in June that it would stop development activities and sales of its LTE wireless modems, and work on selling the business.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'Laguna Hills-based ultrasonic cleaning device developer Sonendo announced this morning that it has received clearance from the FDA, for use of its products in root canal therapy. Sonendo, which is venture backed by OrbiMed Advisors LLC, Themes Investment Partners, Fjord Ventures, and NeoMed Management, said it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its device, which it plans to launch in 2014.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'In the latest smartphone-driven service to launch in Los Angeles, a new startup, Clutter , debuted its service Wednesday, letting any iPhone user use their phone to pack up their mess into reusable boxes, and have them carted away to storage. The startup, led by Brian Thomas, lets users order up reusable storage boxes via iPhone, and lets users store those boxes away along with a smartphone photograph of the items packed into those boxes, for retrieval anytime.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'Los Angeles-based YouTube network Maker Studios confirmed its acuqisition of Blip , the company announced Friday, two weeks after word leaked out about the acquisition. Financial terms of the deal have not been announced. Blip was based in New York. Maker Studios is venture backed by Greycroft Partners, Downey Ventures, Time Warner, M+C, and others.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy said Thursday that it has acquired a biogas project located in Colorado. EDF Renewable Energy said it has agreed to acquire the Heartland Biogas Project, a 20 megawatt anaerobic digester and renewable natural gas facility located near LaSalle, Colorado. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'Online talent management agency Digital Brand Architects , a company focused on talent management of online influencers, has raised a round of funding from Azoff Music Management. Size of the funding was not announced. Digital Brand Architects, which has offices in Los Angelse and New York, says it represents fashion, beauty, lifestyle, food, shelter, and photography bloggers.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'How much can you learn from a TV series around a zombie apocalypse? A new, massive open online course (MOOC) from the University of California, Irvine , hopes to teach students all kinds of concepts from social science, public health, mathematics and physics--all based on material from AMC''s television show, "The Walking Dead". According to UC Irvine, along with AMC and online course provider Instructure, they are launching a massive open online course which uses pop culture to talk about such
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Santa Monica-based Demand Media has launched a brand new, craft-focused channel on its how-to site, eHow , featuring resources and information on all kinds of arts and crafts. According to Demand Media, the new Crafts Channel on eHow will feature step-by-step text articles, videos, illustrations and photography, and much more around various crafts. eHow has been in the midst of a big expansion into the crafts area, having also acquired online arts and crafts learning service Creativebug earlier
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Irvine-based Local Corporation , which operates a number of local directory and related Internet sites, said this morning that it has signed a agreement with Microsoft to provide location-based, local product data for the Bing search engine. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. Local said its Krillion shopping data will help power Bing''s local product search results.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'San Diego-based Qualcomm is getting into the smart watch market, with the launch of a new, Android-connected smart watch designed to serve up information wirelessly from your smartphone. According to Qualcomm, it new Qualcomm Toq smartwatch features its low power Mirasol display technology, wireless charging, Bluetooth audio, and more, and is designed to serve as a second display to Android phones.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'Culver City-based M-GO , the online movie and television streaming service which is a joint venture of DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor, has rolled out the latest release of the service, adding a number of features aimed at making it easier for consumers to use the service. The updates include the ability to create collections of shows called "Cards", personalized show recommendations, easier links to users'' favorite shows, and more.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'Enterprise IT cloud sofwtare developer ServiceNow reports this morning that one of its customers has scored a big award in Australia. According to ServiceNow, Orica, a provider of. commercial explosives and blasting systems to the mining and infrastructure markets, just received the ITSM Project of the Year Award from IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) Australia, for its user of ServiceNOw''s software-as-a-service.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'San Diego-based Fate Therapeutics , which develops stem cell technology, said today in a regulatory filing that it is looking to sell 4,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $14.00 and $16.00 per share. The firm said it hopes to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market as FATE. Fate Therapeutics is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Partners, Venrock, and OVP Venture Partners.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'Santa Monica-based content delivery network provider EdgeCast Networks is expanding its services to Taiwan, with a deal with Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. According to EdgeCast, it has entered into a partnership with Chunghwa Telecom''s Data Communications Business Group (HiNet), to help build a high performance CDN within Taiwan. Financial details of the deal were not announced.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Los Angeles-based mobile advertising technology firm Gradient X , which is led by Brian Baumgart, has been acquired by digital advertising firm Amobee , Amobee announed this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Amobee, the acquisition adds new, real-time bidding functionality and support for video and HTML5 to its platform.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said late last night that it has tied with MerchantCicle.com , and will add MerchantCircle to its online booking network. ReachLocal said the link allows it customers to automatically integrate booking functionality into their MerchantCircle profiles. ReachLocal''s latest push has been to enable the rest of the customer transaction--in this case, booking and scheduling appointments--for its small business customers.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'San Diego-based Triton Algae Innovations , a new startup whose founders include the co-founders of Sapphire Energy, Dr. Steve Mayfield and Dr. Jason Pyle, is announcing today that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Heliae Technology Holdings. According to Triton Algae Innovations, the funding will go towards research and development programs and expansion and commercialization of its platform.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'In a huge shift, Zorik Gordon , the CEO and founder of Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , has resigned, the company said this morning, and the company has launched a search for a new CEO. ReachLocal, which provides online advertising services to small and medium sized businesses, said that Gordon has resigned both as CEO and member of the company''s board.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'A local, Santa Monica-based company, ICS Mobile , which promotes mobile apps, said last week that it has linked with talent agency ICM Partners to use celebrities to help drive users to new apps. ICS Mobile, which runs FreeAppADay.com , said that the partnership will use "A-list talent" from film, television, music, sports and publishing industries, to launch a new app called the AppXChange platform.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'Carlsbad-based satellite communications operator ViaSat said yesterday that it has filed another lawsuit against Space Systems/Loral , over patent infringement. ViaSat claims that Space Systems/Loral has violated its patents related to technology it developed for its 100+ Gbps ViaSat-1 satellite. ViaSat said it is seeking monetary damages and a permanent injunction in the lawsuit.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
'San Diego-based Qualcomm is targeting the connected home and "internet of things" market today, with the launch of a new set of low-power, Wi-Fi chips. According to Qualcomm, its subsidiary, Qualcomm Atheros, has launched a new set of low-power, Wi-Fi chips specifically aimed at being included in major home appliances and consumer electronics. The firm said the chips are specifically targeted at washing machines, air conditioners, hot water heaters, consumer electronics, and home lighting, secu
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'San Diego-based server side caching software developer Proximal Data has inked a deal with LSI Corporation , where LSI will integrate its server-side caching technology with a PCIe flash application acceleration product. LSI''s product is used to accelerate the performance of VMware applications, via flash storage caching. Financial details of the deal were not announced.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'San Diego-based life sciences equipment provier Illumina said this morning that it has entered into an agreement with Natera , a provider of genetic testing services, to supply sequencing instruments and consumables. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. Illumina said it will supply its HiSeq 2500 sequencing system and consumables for performing non-invasive, prenatal testing.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
'San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Otonomy announced this morning that it has raised $45.9M in a Series C, equity funding. According to the company, the funding was led by OrbiMed Advisors, and also included Aperture Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, as well as Avalon Ventures, Domain Associates, Novo Ventures, RiverVest Venture Partners and TPG Biotech.
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