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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Qualcomm, Timex Team On New Smartphone Watch --Rapt Media Sets Up Shop In LA, After $3.1M Round --j2 Global Buys MXSweep --Equal Earth Adds Samit To Board --Zingle Ties With Hotel Software Provider --CALIENT Expands In Europe --FreedomPop Launches Tablets --Cynvenio, CollabRx Team On Cancer Therapy Tool --SpaceX Plants Long Term Roots In LA --Warner Media Camp Graduates Second Class --San Diego's Mapp Bio Behind Experimental Ebola Drug MARKETPLACE --Safire Partners Executive Search --Apply Today For NewCo's Inside-Out Conference --SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Business --Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency RECENT JOB POSTINGS --VP of Business Development, Santa Monica, RampRate --Executive Assistant to the CEO, Santa Monica, RampRate --Chief of Staff & Controller, Santa Monica, RampRate --Business Development Director, Los Angeles, Colony Logic --Business Development Executive, Los Angeles, CA, Team(You), Inc. --Inside Sales Rep, Los Angeles, CA, Team(You), Inc. RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Represents The Bouqs Company SAM announced that it represented client, The Bouqs Company (TheBouqs.com), a premier cut-to-order online flower delivery service, in a $6 million Series A financing. Led by Azure Capital Partners and joined by KEC Ventures, funding will be used to accelerate growth initiatives including expanding the team, offering delivery outside the US, and scaling the company’s technology and infrastructure to keep pace with growing demand. SAM attorneys Ryan Azlein and Gaurav Krishan served as counsel for The Bouqs Company for this transaction. http://www.stubbsalderton.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualcomm, Timex Team On New Smartphone Watch ---- Tired of clunky, half-functional smart watches? San Diego-based Qualcomm and watch company Timex have just rolled out a new, smart-watch which features direct connectivity to wireless networks--without requiring another smartphone. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/qualcomm_timex_smartphone_watch/s-0056326.html Rapt Media Sets Up Shop In LA, After $3.1M Round ---- Rapt Media, a startup developing technology to help create interactive videos, said today that it is setting up an office in Los Angeles, in order to be closer to where brands, agencies, and production companies thrive. The startup said it raised $3.1M in a venture funding specifically for the move (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/rapt_media_sets_up_shop_in_la/s-0056323.html http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=58881 j2 Global Buys MXSweep ---- Los Angeles-based j2 Global said very late Tuesday that its FuseMail business has acquried the assets of MXSweep, an Irish provider of email security services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. MXSweep provides email security, archiving, and encryption for SMBs, large corporations, and government agencies. j2 Global said that the buy will help expand FuseMail's footprint across Europe. Equal Earth Adds Samit To Board ---- San Diego-based Equal Earth, which says it is a clean energy solutions provider serving the commercial and residential market, said it has tapped technology veteran Jay Samit for its board of directors. Samit was most recently CEO of SocialVibe, and also has served at Universal Studios, EMI, and Sony. Samit is very active in Southern California's startup and technology industry. Equal Earth provides solar power installation services and financing. The company is led by Andrew Duggan, the former COO of OneRoof Energy. Zingle Ties With Hotel Software Provider ---- San Diego-based business texting tools provider Zingle, which is led by Ford Blakely, said this morning that it has partnered up with Newmarket, a provider of software used by the hospitality industry. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/calient_expands_in_europe/s-0056321.html CALIENT Expands In Europe ---- Santa Barbara-based optical switching technology provider CALIENT Technologies is expanding its footprint in Europe, saying late last night that it has signed up reseller Signal Solutions Nordic Oy, which is based in Finland. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/calient_expands_in_europe/s-0056321.html FreedomPop Launches Tablets ---- Los Angeles-based free phone and data service provider FreedomPop is expanding out its service, saying this week that it has started offering up iPad Mini and Samsun Tab 3 tablets on the service. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/freedompop_launches_tablets/s-0056319.html Cynvenio, CollabRx Team On Cancer Therapy Tool ---- Westlake Village-based Cynvenio, a developer of cancer diagnostics and biomarker monitoring technology, and cloud-based expert system maker CollabRx have teamed up with a new, web-based cancer decision support application, according to the two. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/cynvenio_collabrx_team_on_cancer_therapy_tool/s-0056318.html SpaceX Plants Long Term Roots In LA ---- It looks like Hawthorne-based SpaceX is confident it will keep its headquarters in Hawthorne for quite a long time--despite setting up a commercial launch facility in Texas this week--based on details on the recent sale of the company's leased headquarters---at 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne--to a commercial real estate investment trust. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/spacex_plants_long_term_roots_in_la/s-0056308.html Warner Media Camp Graduates Second Class ---- What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp, the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/warner_media_camp_graduates_second_class/s-0056306.html San Diego's Mapp Bio Behind Experimental Ebola Drug ---- A San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals startup, Mapp Biopharmaceuticals, is the source of the experimental Ebola treatment that has been given to the two Americans who are being treated for the dreaded disease (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/san_diego_ebola_drug/s-0056305.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Safire Partners Executive Search Safire Partners has completed 300+ retained executive searches since 2006 working with emerging businesses in Southern California. Please visit our website to see an updated list of our clients and searches completed at http://www.safirepartners.com/. 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Join us on August 6 for a fun and informative panel discussion on building your personal professional brand, the third program in our popular 2014 series of forums on managing your personal career portfolio. Your professional identity is defined by what you do and say and perhaps most importantly, the image you portray– not only in your everyday interactions but on social media from LinkedIn to Twitter to Facebook and more. Take control of managing your image with tips and advice from our experts. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24231 August 6, San Diego -- MITEF Social. The highly anticipated MIT Enterprise Forum social is right around the corner on Wednesday, August 6, at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. The diverse 600-plus attendees from the technology and life sciences communities makes this social an ideal setting for sophisticated networking and refined conversation. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24207 August 7, Calabasas -- 11th Annual ERA So. Cal. Summer Social at the Sagebrush Cantina. Plan to attend the electronics industry 11th Annual ERA Summer Social @ the Sagebrush Cantina. Well over 100 attendees flock to the patio area for an evening of fun, food, beverages and seeing old friends and making new ones. Email bherold@conquesttechnicalsales.c. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24194 August 7, Los Angeles -- Women 2.0 City Meetup Los Angeles. Join Women 2.0 this August for our monthly City Meetup in Los Angeles. City Meetup is a Women 2.0 networking event to promote new networks amongst the entire technology ecosystem in innovative cities around the world. This event is open to those who work, start, and fund tech companies. Both women and men are invited to attend. Speaking at this month's City Meetup Los Angeles is: Dana Loberg, Co-Founder of MovieLaLa. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24223 August 7, Santa Monica -- Girls in Tech Summer Sip Mixer 2014. Girls in Tech LA's Largest Annual Summer Sip Mixer is back! Our friends at GA in Santa Monica have invited us to mix and mingle the night away on Thurs. August 7th. Enjoy the ocean sea breeze, celebrate the summer and meet fellow professionals, women leaders and the GITLA board. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24224 August 8, San Diego -- Startup Weekend Fashion Innovations. Startup Weekend Fashion Innovations is Southern California's only experiential crash-course in entrepreneurship in the fashion and technology market. M Learn about how to start your own business, meet fellow collaborators and compete for prizes in a 54-hour competition. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24083 August 13, Thousand Oaks -- CLEAN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL "Unmanned Aircraft Controversy + Opportunity" Keynote Speaker: Kate Styers, Principal Analyst, Tecolote Research, Inc. Meet sustainability start-ups, energy experts, entrepreneurs, CEO's and investors. Refreshments served.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24211 August 14, Santa Monica -- Fireside Chat with Dana Settle - Founding Partner, Greycroft Partners. Don't miss the chance to hear one of LA's leading VCs! Dana Settle a Founding Partner and the head of the West Coast office for Greycroft. Her investments span the digital media, ad-tech and e-commerce spaces -- including one of the biggest exits in L.A. tech history, Maker Studios (where she sits on the board) -- as well as others such as Scopely, Saatchi Art, ad.ly, MoVoxx, ContentNext (PaidContent), and many more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24225 August 15, San Diego -- CONNECT’s Most Innovative New Product Awards nominations deadline. Nominate your new product now for the chance to compete with 100+ companies for the exclusive title and honor of being named one of the most innovative new products in San Diego. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24196 August 19, La Jolla -- ACG SD's Annual Surfside Summer Social. Come Mix and Mingle with Members & Non-Members at our annual ACG SD Surfside Summer Social! On the Sand at the fabulous La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24230 August 26, Los Angeles -- Women In Green Forum. Want to network with LA’s top female entrepreneurs? Looking to learn about the latest trends and innovations in sustainability? Attend the 2014 Women In Green Forum, the premier conference highlighting the efforts and successes of women in the environmental arena. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24208 August 26, Santa Monica -- CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24163 August 26, Santa Monica -- CoFoundersLab Matchup Santa Monica. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24216 August 26, Los Angeles -- Women In Green Forum. 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