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DECEMBER 1, 2020

AWS today closed out its first re:Invent keynote with a focus on edge computing. The company launched two smaller appliances for its Outpost service , which originally brought AWS as a managed service and appliance right into its customers’ existing data centers in the form of a large rack. Now, the company is launching these smaller versions so that its users can also deploy them in their stores or office locations.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

By Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo. It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. Readers may be interested to know that Tech.co has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co co-founders.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The short five-year history of Relativity Space Inc. is like something out of a startup storybook.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Most innovations come from responding to a customer’s needs, or finding a niche where products need improvement or extension. It is rare to innovate using a blank sheet of paper in a room with bare walls and no other contributors. A thought exercise. Imagine the room in which several graduate business school student groups have gathered, tasked with coming up with an idea for a business plan competition.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

It’s easy for an entrepreneur or a CEO to feel like a leader when things are going well, but the challenge is to keep that confidence and drive in the face of economic downturns, business turnarounds, and stressful personnel situations. Working twenty hours a day, losing your cool, and falling back to a no-risk strategy are not conducive to long-term success.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Los Angeles-based Boulevard , a startup which is developing business management software for salons and spas, says it has partnered with Green Circle Salons on a waste reduction effort. Green Circle Salons offers up recycling, recovering, and repurposing beauty waste from salons and spas. Boulevard said it will help increase the visibility of the Green Circle Salons initiative.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Municipal and state governments require highly secure networks to transfer sensitive information and files. They also depend on reliable networks to support providing resources to the public, such as information about voting and licenses, as well as live streaming hearings and court proceedings. . While government agencies have several network options, fiber cables are a great option due to the customizable nature of the setup, which allows them to prepare for future growth and quickly address n

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Over 600,000 new businesses were created in the last year, or over one per minute of every day.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Hollywood-based professional esports team Team 33 , which says it is developing a roster of professional e-sports players for Call of Duty, CS:60, Valorant, Wodl of Warcraft, Fortnite, and other esports leagues, says it has signed on an 8-year old for its team. According to the esports team, it signed Joseph Deen (33 Gosu) to its team, paying him a $33,000 signing bonus and providing him with a $5000 gaming setup to be part of its talent roster.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. successfully reused a first-stage rocket booster for the seventh time during a launch last week that deployed another 60 satellites as part of its ambitious Starlink program.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2020

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2020

With the availability of high-speed Internet and social media access around the world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs to assume that the world is just one big homogeneous market, and project their business will scale accordingly. Nothing could be further from the truth. Large businesses, as well as small, still fail often by not addressing the very real cultural, economic and political differences.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Elon Musk , the CEO and founder of Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , hopes to put human beings on Mars in six years, and an uncrewed landing on Mars in about two years, he said yesterday in Germany. Musk--accepting an award from media company Axel Springer in Germany yesterday--also said he hopes to get to orbit himself in the next two or three years.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Santa Monica-based mobile app developer is bringing some humor to its meditation app.

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Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The fifth generation of mobile wireless communications brings many exciting benefits for consumers and telecom carriers ranging from lower latency to faster download speeds. As 5G rolls out across the world, the technology’s ecosystem continues to expand as more telecom operators upgrade their infrastructure and expand their services to meet shifting customer demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

There has long been a big debate about the best approach to starting a new business. Some argue the only way to start is to drop everything and jump in with both feet, while others recommend an overlapped approach to the lifestyle, including not quitting your day job until you have revenue and a proven business model. I’m definitely a proponent of this latter approach.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says its Call of Duty franchise has surpassed $3 billion in net bookings over the last 12 months. The publisher recently launched a new title, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. According to Activision, over 200 million people played Call of Duty this year, with November the biggest month ever for monthly players and hours played.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Blockbuster video game franchise “Call of Duty” continues to deliver big returns for Santa Monica publisher Activision Blizzard Inc.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

San Diego-based TuSimple , which is developing camera and vision systems for use in self driving trucks, has reportedly raised $350M. The funding was led by VectoIQ, and also included Goodyear, Union Pacific, CN Rail, U.S. Xpress, Kroger, Traton Group and Navistar. TuSimple has been developing systems that use CMOS imaging sensors for self driving truk fleets.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Santa Monica-based Esports One , an online fantasy esports website, said Thursday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The funding came from XSeed Capital, Eniac Ventures, and Chestnut Street Ventures. The funding brings the company's total raised to $7.3M. Esports One lets users create their own, fantasy sports team based on esports players. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

San Diego-based online nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy reports that nonprofits on the service raised $37.9M on Tuesday, Giving Tuesday, the highest amount raised on a single day on its platform. The company said the amount raised through the platform came from 261,000 donors, and was an increase of more than $18M over totals collected last year on the platform.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Los Angeles-based Triller , which operates a social media app which competes directly with TikTok, has linked with rapper Snoop Dogg to create what the two says is a new boxing league. The two said the new league, "The Fight Club", follows the Tyson vs. Jones Jr. event, which was producted and created by Proxima Media, the company that recently acquired Triller.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Solana Beach-based Flock Freight , a logistics provider which uses algorithms to pool shipments to reduce existing less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, has raised $113.5M in a Series C funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2, and also included SignalFire, GLP Capital Partners, GV plus Volvo Group Venture Capital.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

A new report this morning, from Bloomberg, says that Amazon is in exclusive talks to acquire Los Angeles-based podcasting publisher Wondery. Terms of the possible deal have not been released. Wondery has reportedly been looking for a buyer since early in November, seeking anywhere from $300M to $400M. Wondery is backed by Waverley Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Greycroft, BDMI, Advancit, Water Tower Ventures, and Powerhouse Ventures.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based startup Dimer , the developer of an ultraviolet light decontamination system being used for decontaminating airplanes, has been recognized by TIME as a "Best Invention"--after being thrust into relevance by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company--which, until earlier this year had been quietly working on its UV light disinfection products--has since partnered with industrial giant Honeywell, which is selling Dimer's GermFalcon as the Honeywell UV Treatment System, which is being us

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Los Angeles-baesd Clasiq said Tuesday that it has launched a new, online marketplace for buying and selling classic cars. The new startup, led by CEO and founder David Zysblat, says it does not charge a selling fee, and provides a professional car inspection and high-quality photos and videos at no cost to sellers. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Calabasas-based DTS , which develops surround sound and other audio processing technology, is branching into vehicle monitoring with a new product called DTS AutoSense. According to the company, the new product is an occupancy monitoring solution that can be designed into passenger vehicles. The company says its product provides child seat detection, child presence detection, occupant detection, emotion detection, and passenger authentication, all using on-board artificial intelligence and a sin

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Los Angeles-based short form, streaming video startup Quibi is officially dead , a mere month after saying it would sell off its assets. High flying Quibi--which raised more than $1.75 billion--was backed by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, but failed to gain any traction before its spectacular flameout. Quibi had been trying to start a service focused on original, short form videos on mobile platforms, with a major effort funding development of content.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which operates an online platform to help small businesses bring their business online, has raised $40M in a Series B funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Left Lane Capital, and also included Longley Capital, Cove Fund, Stage 2, Ankona Capital and Serra Ventures. According to the company, its service allows small businesses to manage their website, listings, reviews, messages, booking and payments, all in one platform.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Huntington beach-based SurflineWavetrak , the parent company of Surfline , the go-to site for surfing forecasts and information, has raised $30M in a funding round, the company said today. The funding came from private equity investor TCG. As part of the funding, the company said it has appointed Kyle Laughlin as CEO of the company. Current CEO Jeff Berg shifts his role to Executive Chairman.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

La Jolla-based GoSecure , a provider of cybersecurity services, has raised $35M in what it described as a growth investment round. The Series E funding was led by W Investments Group, and also included Yaletown Partners. GoSecure provides Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services helping organizations detect and respond to cybersecurity attacks.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have an article from Ivan Nikkhoo, Managing Partner at Navigate Ventures, who tells us Why Raising a Growth Round Is Getting Much Harder. Most companies that raise their seed and Series A rounds fail, primarily due to a few reasons. Lack of product-market fit and team issues are common. The most common reason, however, is the lack of access to capital, especially growth capital.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Costa mesa-based artificial intelligence software developer Veritone announced this morning that it now supports the NVIDIA CUDA platform for its AI and machine learning (ML) software. According to Veritone, its support for NVIDIA's CUDA GPU allows its customers tor un its AI and ML tasks both on-premise or in the Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) clouds.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

San Diego-based Inseego , which develops mobile hotspot hardware to provide Wi-Fi hotspots via cellular networks, has rolled out its 5G MiFi mobile hotspot devices to Switzerland. According to Inseego, its 5G MiFi M2000 device is now available in Switzerland on Swisscom's nationwide 5G network. The company said its device supports both 5G using sub-6 GHz bands, and 4G LTE networks in Switzerland.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

San Diego-based Totum Labs , a startup developing low power, satellite-based Internet-of-Things hardware, has raised $13M in its Series A funding round, the company said today. The funding was co-led by Heroic Ventures and Space Capital, and also included Qualcomm co-foudner Dr. Andrew Viterbi and strategic investor Wamcom. The company says it has now raised $15.5M in total.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Newport Beach-based Vivera Pharmaceuticals has raised $440M in a funding round, from private equity investor JR Dallas Wealth Management, according to the company. Vivera is a supplier of medical testing and supply products, including personal protective equipment. According to Vivera Pharmaceuticals, the financial backing includes both debt and equity for purchase and distribution of its testing and medical supply offerings, including masks, gloves, and gowns.

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