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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --3D Robotics Helps You Design Your Own, Personal Drone Aircraft --Boingo Wins Three Norwegian Airports --Regulus Gets $80.9M In Financing Efforts --Life Technologies Buys Advanced Microscopy Group --Fallbrook Technologies To Move HQ To Texas --Mindspeed In Chinese Small Cell Rollout --Stacking Up Southern California's Cheap/Free 4G Wireless Providers --Boingo Extends VPN Support To Windows, Mac --Friday Tech Video Roundup for Southern California for November 2, 2012 --Nanoogo Gets Funding To Spur Creativity In Kids --Tech Coast Angels Top Angel Group Investments In First Half MARKETPLACE --Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! - Nov 1 & 7, La Jolla & Glendale --PwC Emerging Company Zone --Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator --Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Lead Mobile Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial, Inc. --Lead Data Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial --SQL Reporting Analyst, Norwalk, Search Solutions --Senior Linux Systems Engineer, Agoura Hills, Search Solutions --Senior Perl Developer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost --Junior Security Engineer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Safire Partners Executive Search Safire Partners has completed 150+ retained executive searches since 2006 working with emerging businesses in digital media, Internet, eCommerce, software and clean technology across Southern California. Please visit our website to see an updated list of our clients and searches completed at http://www.safirepartners.com/. We are always interested in meeting new candidates and potential clients, so feel free to email our Managing Partner, Todd Gitlin at t...@safire.la. We can also always be a friendly source for investor introductions and general market / compensation intelligence. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D Robotics Helps You Design Your Own, Personal Drone Aircraft ---- Looking for your own, personal drone aircraft? San Diego-based 3D Robotics, is looking to let anyone develop and operate their own personal, drone aircraft, and is currently selling parts, instructions, and more for hardware hackers to create their own remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The firm came to light last week when the editor of Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson, said he was leaving the magazine to work full time on 3D Robotics (which is doing business as DIY Drones). Drone aircraft have become a staple of the military, particularly in such locations as Afghanistan and Iraq; however, they've been costly and unavailable to civilians. http://www.diydrones.com Boingo Wins Three Norwegian Airports ---- Boingo Wireless reported another airport win this morning, saying it has been selected to manage and operate Wi-Fi services at three, Norwegian airports. Boingo said it was selected by Oslo Lufthavn Tele & Data AS (OLTD) to operate the Wi-Fi networks at Oslo Airport (OSL); Bergen Airport, Flesland (BGO); and Stavanger Airport, Sola (SVG). The three airports serve more than 30 million passengers a year. Financial details of the win were not announced. Boingo said it now manages Wi-Fi services at 20 European airports, serving 275 million passengers; the company says is now manages Wi-Fi at more than 60 airports worldwide. Regulus Gets $80.9M In Financing Efforts ---- La Jolla-based biopharmaceuticals firm Regulus Therapeutics, which is developing microRNA-based biopharmaceuticals aimed at oncology, fibrosis, hepatitis C and metabolic diseases, said it has raised $80.9M in total proceeds from its IPO, a private placement, and convertible note. The firm said $50.9M came from its sale of common stock, $25.0M in a private placement to AstraZeneca AB, and $5.0M from a convertible note sale to Biogen Idec. The firm said those funds will enable it to "executive its current strategic objectives" for the foreseeable future. Life Technologies Buys Advanced Microscopy Group ---- Carlsbad-based life sciences equipment company Life Technologies announced today that it has acquired Advanced Microscopy Group, a developer of imaging systems for research microscopy. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Life Technologies said that Advanced Microscopy Group (incorporated as Westover Scientific, Inc.) will become part of its Flow Cytometry and Imaging business unit. Fallbrook Technologies To Move HQ To Texas ---- San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies, which develops continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmissions for the electric bicycle and automobile market, said today that it is moving its headquarters out of San Diego to Cedar Park, Texas. The firm said the move comes because the "vast majority" of its staff is already located in the area. Fallbrook announced the move with the appointment of a new CFO, John K, Penver, who replaces current CFO Nicole T. Nicks. Penver was previously CFO of Active Power, a Texas developer of battery backup systems. Mindspeed In Chinese Small Cell Rollout ---- Newport Beach-based Mindspeed reports that its baseband systems-on-a-chip (SoC) is being used in a TD-SCDMA small cell rollout in China. The firm said its chips are being used by China Mobile Group, Jiangsu Company, Ltd., Suzhou Branch to deliver wireless access for residential and enterprise customers, serving 10 million subscribers. MIndspeed did not say of fiscal impact the deployment has. Stacking Up Southern California's Cheap/Free 4G Wireless Providers ---- A number of services have emerged in Southern California in the last few months, offering up free, or very inexpensive, 4G wireless connections. All of the providers are leveraging the 4G wireless network of Clearwire, the 4G wireless firm closely linked to Sprint, and most of those firms are looking to provide very fast, 4G wireless service for lots less than typically charged by cell phone carriers for access. We've stacked up three of the services below for comparison. (More...) http://bit.ly/RzDsRN Boingo Extends VPN Support To Windows, Mac ---- Boingo Wireless, the Wi-Fi network operator, said Friday that it has added virtual private network (VPN) support to the Mac and Windows version of its Wi-Finder app. The new feature helps users protect themselves from possible security issues when using wireless networks. Boingo's VPN features have been available in the company's iOS applications since this summer. Virtual private networks are used to encrypt data being transmitted over wireless and other networks. Boingo said VPN support is free for all of its users. Friday Tech Video Roundup for Southern California for November 2, 2012 ---- Some of the highlights from this week from socalTECH's video section, where we're currently featuring community videos from and about local startups: (More...) http://bit.ly/SzyzrH Nanoogo Gets Funding To Spur Creativity In Kids ---- Nanoogo, an online service focused on helping encourage creativity in kids, has scored a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels, according to a report Friday from the group. Size and timing of the round was not announced. Nanoogo operates an online website which lets kids share their talents--photos, drawings, and creations--online in a social forum. The firm was one of a number, previously unannounced investments by the Tech Coast Angels. Nanoogo has been working with K5 Launch, the business accelerator which has been focused on funding companies in Orange County. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=46435 Tech Coast Angels Top Angel Group Investments In First Half ---- The Tech Coast Angels was the most active group in the first half of the year, in terms of investments, the group said Friday, citing a the HALO Report from Silicon Valley Bank, Angel Resource Institute and CB Insights. The Tech Coast Angels also released new figures on its investment activity, saying that for the first three quarters of 2012, it invested in 23 deals, worth approximately $5M in direct TCA investment. Those deals included investments in such firms as Garden Organics, SignNow, AnyMeeting, Nanoogo and mSIGNIA. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! - Nov 1 & 7, La Jolla & Glendale How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? Corent Technology, the emerging leader in Software to SaaS transformation is offering a complimentary and informative breakfast session hosted by IBM at IBM La Jolla office on Nov. 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00. 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Register today at http://www.CorentTech.com! ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- PwC Emerging Company Zone Visit the Emerging Company Zone, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, for access to the latest MoneyTree venture capital report; thought leadership articles, information on IPOs and more. http://www.socaltech.com/pwc ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) - Business Incubator The Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) is a high-tech business incubator located in downtown Ventura, CA. V2TC offers a creative environment where high-tech start-ups and entrepreneurs can network, brainstorm, and grow their business. Work-spaces are affordable, flexible and scalable in order to allow companies the ability to manage their growth effectively and efficiently. Learn more at http://www.v2tc.com ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. http://www.pixelgate.net ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Lead Mobile Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial, Inc. http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5418 Lead Data Engineer, Pasadena, Wallaby Financial http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5442 SQL Reporting Analyst, Norwalk, Search Solutions http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5441 Senior Linux Systems Engineer, Agoura Hills, Search Solutions http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5440 Senior Perl Developer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5438 Junior Security Engineer, Los Angeles or San Francisco, DreamHost http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5437 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 11/02/12 mSIGNIA $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46436 11/02/12 Nanoogo $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46435 11/02/12 AnyMeeting FKA Freebinar $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46434 11/02/12 SignNow $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46433 11/02/12 Garden Organics Inc. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46432 11/01/12 Atara Biotherapeutics $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46423 11/01/12 MindBody Software $35.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46422 11/01/12 Dollar Shave Club $9.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46421 11/01/12 TripleThread $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46420 11/01/12 Invested.in $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46424 11/01/12 Club W $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46428 11/01/12 Chewse $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46426 10/30/12 Reflexion Health $4.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46162 10/30/12 Rexter $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46171 10/24/12 Laffster $0.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46103 10/24/12 NantHealth $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46105 10/24/12 Health Essentials $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46106 10/23/12 Tradesy $1.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46102 10/22/12 Intelli-Touch $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46099 10/18/12 CEBIX INC $30.9M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45320 10/18/12 Adhoc Labs $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=46089 10/16/12 Textplus FKA Gogii $18.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45949 10/15/12 Topfloor $6.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45942 10/15/12 Metacloud $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45943 10/11/12 Ritani $15.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45935 10/09/12 Anametrix $4.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45846 10/09/12 Flud $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45848 10/09/12 Lonestar Heart, Inc. $20.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=45851 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events This Month http://www.socaltech.com/Calendar socaltech.com Calendar of Southern California High Tech Events Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html November 5, Santa Clarita -- Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk. SCV Meetup. Drawing from what's worked (and what hasn't) for oDesk during the company's rise to becoming the largest global online workplace, Swart will discuss: -What to look for in the best hires to ensure your company's success -How to build the most effective teams -What a good leader owes his organization Among Swart's many tips, he'll cover how most businesses look for the wrong things when hiring, and why companies need to hire different types of talent for each stage of evolution - from the jungle to the dirt road to the highway. Immediately following will be a Q&A to answer all our Startup questions. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22844 November 7, Westlake Village -- How to Grow your Business in Tough Economic Times. Celebrate after Election Day at our Clean Technology Council workshop. Our keynote speaker is Ken Norland. His organization helped create 67,098 new jobs in 2011. Ken will present break though strategies in business planning, staffing and funding…powerful support services you can use at little or no cost…ways to discover opportunities though mentors and advisors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22885 November 7, Glendale -- Turn Your Software App into SaaS in Days! How do you turn your software application into a fully operational, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), without investing a lot of time, programming resources, and money into the effort? Corent Technology, the emerging leader in Software to SaaS transformation is offering a complimentary and informative breakfast session hosted by IBM at IBM La Jolla office on Nov. 1 and IBM Glendale office Nov 7, both from 8:30-10:00. Corent's software enables practically any Software Application to become a fully operational SaaS in just days with flexibility to run on ANY Cloud including IBM, Azure, Amazon, and Rackspace to name a few. Corent was named the 2012 Cloud Product of the Year at the High Tech Innovation Awards Conference. Whether you are a software vendor or already offering a SaaS solution you will benefit from the information shared at this session. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22924 November 7, Pomona -- Poly Founders Hosts Travelstrings @ Cal Poly Pomona. Join Poly Founders as we host Melanie Gin and the co-founders of Travelstrings for a night of stories, questions, and networking. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22908 November 8, Santa Monica -- Enhancing User Engagement for Faster Growth. Coloft. You’ve developed your product and you’re ready for growth, or so you think. Growth preparation is one of the most important steps at any startup and failing to properly prep for it can have devastating effects. In this class Sean Ellis, the man behind marketing efforts at Dropbox, LogMeIn, Lookout and Xobni, will explain how you can experience faster growth through enhanced user engagement. We’ll be covering fundamentals, best practises, and tools.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22865 November 13, Santa Monica -- All Things D Co-Executive Editor, Kara Swisher - Startups Uncensored #32. This Month's Startups Uncensored will feature a Fireside Chat with All Things Digital Co-Executive Editor, Kara Swisher and Docstoc CEO, Jason Nazar. Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau in 1997. Her column BoomTown originally appeared on the front page of the Marketplace section and also online at WSJ.com. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22926 November 13, Costa Mesa -- PMI-OC November 2012 Dinner Meeting. Mike Sanders, PMP and IT Manager at Southern California Edison, will discuss multitasking in today’s fast-paced work environment at the Nov. 13, 2012, meeting of the Project Management Institute’s Orange County Chapter. Sanders will discuss how multitasking works, what it can do for you, and what it can do to you. He also will present proven methods and tools to improve task performance and measurements for advanced multitasking or “powertasking.”. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22921 November 13, Santa Monica -- iOS Development. Coloft. Want to learn how to make iOS apps from scratch? If so, this hands-on 4 day training course is for you. This comprehensive course is instructed by veteran iOS expert Justin Junda (more about Justin at the bottom of this page). During the 4 day course (9AM-5PM) you will learn iOS programming through step-by-step instructions and many hands-on exercises. We’ll be using XCode 4. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22866 November 14, Costa Mesa -- Private Equity Buyouts Making a Comeback! OCTANe. Who is doing deals? How are they getting done? And what are the advantages of partnering with the right firms? Please join us as we discuss current M&A activity, hot sectors, deal valuations, the availability of deal financing and the advantages of partnering with a private equity fund. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22784 November 16, Santa Monica -- Next Generation Entrepreneurship & Global Crowdfunding Forum. The Forum is an unprecedented and exclusive gathering of active entrepreneurs, angel investors, VCs, accelerators, and crowdfunding experts. This dynamic and high-powered group will discuss current trends shaping the future of entrepreneurship, and brainstorm around crowdfunding and the best financing solutions for innovative startups and emerging ventures. Please note that the format of the Forum is highly interactive, so we’ve structured the program to be fast-paced, fat-free, and high impact, with no accommodation for long speeches and sleep-inducing PowerPoint presentations. In fact, most of the sessions will move quickly from brief introductions into an active and open dialogue in Q&A format to engage all participants. In short, this should be a lot of fun! Plus we all want to walk away with not only valuable insights and business contacts, but also real actionable solutions that we can use to advance new ventures immediately.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22843 November 16, Santa Monica -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22870 November 17, Pasadena -- TEDxPasadena. Experience an inspirational TED Event focused on creating an invigorating, purposeful life at TEDxPasadena Salon. Following up on our successful inaugural event last Fall, TEDxPasadena presents its first Salon focusing on “Living a Life of Purpose” where we’ll explore the power of possibility for individuals, groups, and communities. TEDxPasadena Salon will address three critical aspects of purpose: INTENT, CHOICE, and FOCUS. This engaging and interactive event will include Live Speakers, TED Talks, and Experiential Events; all addressing the connection between who we are and who we can become. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22918 November 17, Santa Monica -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22871 November 18, Santa Monica -- Startup Weekend Los Angeles. Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 400 past events in 100 countries around the world in 2011. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22872 November 27, Irvine -- Venture Science, UCI Calit2. Moving fundamental research from the lab to the commercial marketplace requires a major team effort that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Nowhere is "venture science" more beneficial than at the intersection of science, medicine and technology. Learn how these bold collaborations are producing innovative solutions to society's challenges. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22912 November 28, Los Angeles -- Startup Venture Summit. For High Growth Startups Seeking Funding or Partners. All Stages Welcome: PreLaunch, Early and Mid Stage. Pitch to serious multi million dollar investors and angels. Hear from successful entrepreneurs who share their lessons learned. Network with prospective corporate customers and clients in your market niche. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22898 December 1, Santa Monica -- AngelHack Fall 2012 LA. Ready to take your big idea to the next level? Then join us for LA's next AngelHack, where winning teams will receive 6-8 weeks of mentorship and be flown into Silicon Valley for a weekend of events including a Global Demo Day to A-list investors and media, Site visits to, Google, Facebook, Google Ventures, VIP dinners, and ragging parties with the Valley startup community. This is not your typical weekend hackathon! This is the big leagues! This is AngelHack and you can't afford to miss it. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/22925 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Clearstone Ventures (www.clearstone.com). Venture capital for innovators. Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. 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