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Scientist.com Raises $24M for “Pharma Markets” that Outsource R&D

Xconomy

The company, which operates a network of online markets for outsourcing biomedical research services and supplies, has raised $24 million in a new round of venture funding. Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

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Cartwheel Collects $1M From Portillo's, Others For On-Demand Delivery

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Cartwheel, a startup that develops on-demand delivery management software, says it has raised $1M in a seed funding round, which came from TenOneTen Ventures, Act One Ventures, as well as famed hot dog restaurant chain Portillo's Hot Dogs, along with other angels.

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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

socalTECH

Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference. One area with headwinds are non-mission critical SaaS niche solutions showing slower growth.

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Reflections on 2018: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

socalTECH

Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference, which we co-host every year. We continue to focus on companies with Recurring Revenue (SaaS, Subcription) and in FinTech.

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socalTECH Jobs: Monday Morning Job Highlights

socalTECH

We were recently named Top 10 IT Outsourcing Advisor and Top 5 Boutique Sourcing Advisory recently. Funded B2B SaaS is looking for a VP, Engineering. RampRate Sourcing Advisors is a leading IT sourcing advisor with a proprietary index and close network of partners designed to perform fast, efficient IT services transactions.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. What do we build in-house or outsource? What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy? How will we address these without significant cost? When will key hires come on?

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

Those cultural normals are established through human connections: the night we all stayed late to get that release out the door, the day we celebrated our funding round or the day we landed our first big account. If they’re not I won’t fund. What about outsourcing? I’m against it in almost all situations.