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JUNE 30, 2021

According to the company, the move will supplement its direct selling initiatives. Westlake Village-based warehouse robotics developer inVia Robotics says it has signed agreements with more than 10 companies who are providing technology solutions in warehouses, creating its own channel partner network.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“This spring, we will be looking at everything from snacks, meal replacement foods, drinks and supplements to software platforms for optimizing nutrition, and connected devices for collecting and managing data.”

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

These classes won’t so much replace kindergarten as provide a two-hour supplement to it. The initial cost for the two hour classes is $199 per month and there’s a supplemental program which offers additional a la carte skills-based language and learning classes for $599, Nguyen said.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2019

The company said the rebranding will help it as it creates more supplements to help treat issues with stress, focus, sleep, and anxiety, which a spokesperson for the company says makes it the "ultimate millennial company". The company says it has backing from 7/11, Urban Outfitters, and Tao Group.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2020

San Diego-based Ascus Biosciences , a developer of feed supplements for animal health and nutrition, said this week that it has raised $46M in a Series B funding round. THe funding was led by Temasek Holdings, and also included Anterra Capital, Formation 8, and Cavallo Ventures (venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis), as well as angels.

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Xconomy

MAY 26, 2020

ViaCyte is a regenerative stem cell company that is pursuing a trio of avenues to help people with diabetes who require insulin to supplement what their body produces. If all goes according to plan, Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

ViSalus , the nutritional supplements firm headed by former Los Angeles technology entrepreneur Ryan Blair, has withdrawn its IPO, according to a filing with the SEC. The firm did not say why it is withdrawing its IPO, only saying that it has decided not to proceed with the initial public offering of its securities at this time.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

If Lumen Bioscience achieves its goals, patients will be able to take its drugs the same way some people supplement breakfast: a spoonful heaped onto a bowl of cereal or mixed into juice. The startup harnesses spirulina, protein-rich cyanobacteria touted by many health enthusiasts as a “superfood.”

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The company--which has demonstrated very short, battery powered flights on a modified Robinson R-44 Raven II helicopter--says it initially plans to use the "helicopters existing powerplant" for the service, until it receives an FAA supplemental Type Certification for its new battery powered propulsion system.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Get an advisor to help supplement where there are gaps. We’ve talked about this before in Startup CTO or Developer. Is this person a CTO or a developer? Likely they will have gaps in one or the other discipline. Keep your project out of purgatory One unfortunate scenario we often see is “Project Purgatory.”

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APRIL 30, 2018

The startup is aiming at the athletic training and recovery market, with a new sports tape which incorporates supplements. Los Angeles-based NI0 , a new startup in the sports and nutrition vertical, is gearing up for launch, backed by $500,000 in seed funding from a number of tech investors.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

The physical stores, which will be in partnership with retailers such as Manhattan Motorcars, Galpin Motors and Price-Simms Automotive Group, are meant to supplement its digital strategy. Unlike the traditional dealership model, Polestar will sell or lease its cars online to customers in all 50 states.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Royal DSM is a major life sciences and material sciences company with operations in the food, dietary supplement, pharmaceuticals, and many other industries. ChromaDex provides ingredients for the dietary supplement, food, beverage, cosmetic, and pharmaceuticals market. Size of the investment was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2017

The Tech Info Group says it provides business networks, providing supplementation services for existing IT Departments, and offering strategic IT consulting. According to the companies, Capitas Partners will also invest $200,000 of growth capital in TTIG as part of the transaction. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2012

ViSalus , a nutritional supplements maker co-founded by Los Angeles-based, technology entrepreneur Ryan Blair, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $175M in an IPO. Exchange and other details of the IPO have not yet been set for the company, whose corporate name is FVA Ventures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

Build customer relationships to supplement surveys. Relationships get the body language to supplement numbers, and provide critical feelings not found in surveys. You need to treat your employees just as you expect them to treat customers. Relationships also build loyalty, get referrals, and drive more sales.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Under the broader definition are those people who become entrepreneurs out of necessity – starting their own business after losing a job, to supplement their income, or to gain the flexibility to attend to other demands in their lives. Take Joanne, for example. Joanne started. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2016

ViaSat said it received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval from the FAA to install its advanced Ka-band satellite antenna and radome on Airbus A320 aircraft, which will expand the number of aircraft it can install its new high speed Internet service onto.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2017

Soylent--which has the backing of such Silicon Valley heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Ventures--unfortunately named the company after the dystopian movie Soylent Green , featuring Charleston Heston, where the hero finds (to his horror) that the high tech, nutritional supplement of the future is actually made from people.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2013

According to the firms, Auspex has received a term loan to supplement the firm's working capital while entering Phase 3 clinical trials. San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Auspex Pharmaceuticals has scored a new credit facility, from Square 1 Bank, the firms announced today. Financial details and size of the term loan were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

And Stackin has raised $4 million in new cash from Experian Ventures, Dig Ventures and Cherry Tree Investments, along with supplemental commitments from new and previous investors including Social Leverage, Wavemaker Partners, and Mucker Capital.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2012

According to StartEngine, the list of startups include Afterschool.me (social marketplace for kids activities); Contur (email software client); DormInk (printer ink delivery); Enplug (interactive TV box); FixKit (subscription nutritional supplements); Flinja (job and internship marketplace); Hoonto (business dashboard); Motion Dispatch (video distribution); (..)

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2018

billion in yearly revenue and sell a variety of pain relief products, vitamins, mineral supplements, skin. GSK (NYSE: GSK ) will hold 68 percent of the new company, with Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) getting the remaining 32 percent. The combined company will have some $12.7 Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Irvine-based Dr. Sears Family Essentials , a maker of all-natural snacks, beverages and supplements, said Tuesday that it has raised $5.6M in a venture funding round. The round came from Intuitive Venture Partners, and will go towards growth and branding of its line of products. Dr. Sears Family Essentials is headed by Tom Hicks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

I’m not suggesting that you abandon traditional advertising and image building efforts, but definitely it’s time to supplement them to address the following changes that I recommend: Meeting next generation expectations is key to survival. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One in three people have paid for supplemental care out of pocket from a holistic health provider.”. Nonetheless, patients across the globe are turning to non-traditional methods. There’s been a massive shift in the zeitgeist in the way people look at health,” she adds.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2012

The company is aiming at both developing a nutritional supplement as well as a product specifically for patients with Type 2 diabetes. The new funds will go towards clinical trials for its two product candidates. Elcelyx is working on compounds which address the sense of fullness that patients feel in their gut. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Human-experience design always supplements technology-driven design, and environmentally sustainable design. The total experience design begins with a common vision, but then must cross the borders between product, packaging, marketing, customer support, and many other disciplines. Explicitly integrate customers, tasks, and environments.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2011

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , which develops wireless equipment for the commercial aircraft market, said Wednesday that it has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The firm said the approval allows it to equip commercial aircraft in Europe with its products.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

Gal started working on Ezra’s cancer-screening toolkit last year, with patient data taken from the National Institute of Health and supplemented with 150 cancer screens from additional patients.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2012

Cricket said it will use Clearwire's 4G LTE network to supplement its own, LTE network and to provide capacity off-load services. Clearwire has recently begun building out an LTE network, after the firm's failed gambit of pursuing the alternative technology, WiMAX. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2023

Acquiring business skills is not rocket science; they can be learned on the job, as well as supplemented by coaching from an experienced team and advisors. The sooner it's done, the happier you all will be. “I I just don’t have the business skills I need to compete.” Half the fun lies in the learning challenge, so don’t quit now.

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2017

Of course, there are nearer-term goals as well, such as supplementing (and even replacing) bulky, expensive MRI machines. She leads a startup called Openwater , which is developing a new kind of wearable imaging device that might one day enable communication by thoughts alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others. Business financial aid alternatives. These days, if you can’t find money, you haven’t tried hard enough or maybe your idea isn’t a good one.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2010

The firm said it has opened up a new office in Connecticut, and also started up operations in India to supplement its existing California operations. Encino-based uSamp , the venture backed online surveying and panel firm, said today that it has opened two new offices in an expansion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Here are a few of their conclusions relative to product differentiation, supplemented by my own recommendations from recent experience and other experts: Work on perceptions, as well as reality. As well as having great academic credentials, these guys traversed the USA getting lessons from real small businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2023

I found some practical guidance to supplement my own recommendations in a new book, “ Be Human, Lead Human ,” by Jennifer Nash, PhD. I’m sure you feel this change, and if you are, or want to be, in a leadership role, you need to focus on how to be more human and lead humans.

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