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Eric Larson, at Rivera Partners, a search and recruiting firm which operates both in Silicon Valley and Southern California, says that graduates do not have to look too far for a job, given the growth activity in the technology industry here. He explains in his article: Out of the top 20 schools for engineering, five of those are located in Southern California, but many of the graduates of these schools have felt the need to move north to pursue their careers. It's no secret that the that Silicon Valley has played host to the vast majority of hot--and hiring--technology companies over the past ten years. However, there's a new trend emerging that's full of good news for tech workers who want to stay in sunny Southern California, and that's the continued appearance of promising startups such as Hulu, Age of Learning, Snapchat and Scopely, not to mention high visibility exits and IPOs such as Maker Studio, EdgeCast and the Rubicon Project. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/insights_calling_all_engineering/s-0055262.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nix Hydra Gets $5M For Video Games ---- Los Angeles-based Nix Hydra, a startup video game development company led by Lina Chen and Naomi Ladizinsky, said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding. The funding came from the Foundry Group, as well as angel investor Mike Lazerow. Nix Hydra develops video games aimed at young women, including Egg Baby and (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/nix_hydra_video_games/s-0055263.html Resonant Prices IPO ---- Santa Barbara-based Resonant, which is developing radio frequency filters (RF) used for mobile devices, has priced its IPO, saying it is offering up 2,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $6.00 per share. The company is slated to start trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market as RESN today. Resonant's IPO was underwritten by MDB Capital Group. The company is a spinout of another Santa Barbara company, Superconductor Technologies. The IPO raises only $16.2M for the company. Gimbal Completes Spinout From Qualcomm, Gets Funding Round ---- San Diego-based Gimbal, formerly known as Qualcomm Retail Solutions (QRS), said Wednesday that it has completed its transition to a standalone company, and scored funding from a set of investors. Gimbal said it received funding from i-Hatch LBS Fund, AEG, SK Planet and Zebra Technologies Corporation. Size of the funding was not disclosed. Gimbal develops geofencing and proximity beacons. Gimbal said that Qualcomm Technologies remains a substantial investor in the new company. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=57206 Everbridge Expands To IT Alerts ---- Glendale-based emergency communications and alert provider Everbridge said late Wednesday that it has launched a new product, aimed at the information technology industry. According to Everbridge, it has launched IT Alerting, a new product which is aimed at automatically alerting IT personnel about issues and automatically handling escalation of issues for organizations. The company said the IT Alerting product contacts IT personnel via email, phone, SMS, pager, and mobile applications, and then automatically escaltes those alerts to the next person until a confirmation is received. Pricing on the new product was not announced. Everbridge's communications products are best known for use in mass notification and emergency alert systems. uSamp Names New VP ---- Los Angeles-based uSamp, the developer of market research products and services, said yesterday that it has named Joe Jordan as its new Vice President, Panel Operations. Jordan was most recently Strategic Account Director, Media & Entertainment, for Networked Insights. He also has served at Troy Research and other companies. uSamp said Jordan will help it expand its online and mobile panel products. Apple Confirms $3B Beats Electronics Acquisition ---- Apple confirmed Wednesday that it has acquired Los Angeles-based Beats Electronics, in a deal worth $3 billion. According to Apple, Beats' brand will remain separate from Apple's own brand, and it will continue to offer both Beats' popular line of headphones and Beats new subscription music service, Beats Music. Apple said that Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple as part of the buy. Apple CEO Time Cook, in a statement on the acquisition, said that music "holds a special place within our hearts at Apple" and drove the acquisition. The deal is split between $2.6 billion upfront and $400M in vesting over time. Apple said it expects the deal to close in Q4. Broadcom Rolls Out Wireless Charging Chip ---- Irvine-based Broadcom rolled out a systems-on-a-chip (SoC) Wednesday, hoping to fix the problem of too many standards for wireless charging. (More...) California Technology Ventures Gets Exit An AngioScore ---- Pasadena-based venture capital firm California Technology Ventures has scored an exit at one of its portfolio firms, selling cardiac catheter maker AngioScore, to medical device firm Spectranetics. Spectranetics said it would pay $230M plus earnout for AngioScore, which was backed by California Technology Ventures, Innomed Ventures, Linkagene LP, Pelion Ventures, Psilos Group Management, QuestMark Partners, Saints Capital and Telegraph Hill Partners. California Technology Ventures has been an investor in AngioScore since at least 2004, as part of the company's Series B funding. EnTouch Controls Sets Up Shop In LA ---- EnTouch Controls, a startup that develops cloud-based, energy management software for the lighting and HVAC market, said today that it has set up a new office in Los Angeles. The Texas startup, which is backed by NRG Energy, SJF Ventures, and Trailblazer Capital, said the new office will serve as its West Coast sales office, and will be headed by Michael Block. Block, the company's new director of sales, joins the company from Lumenergi. EnTouch Controls is backed by NRG Energy, SJF Ventures, and Trailblazer Capital. Idealab Startup Aims At $149 3D Printer, Gets Funding ---- A new, Pasadena-based startup out of Idealab, the startup incubator headed by Bill Gross, is hoping to bring 3D printing to the masses for $149. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=57809 Ecwid Scores $5M In Series B ---- San Diego-based e-commerce software developer Ecwid said this morning that it has closed a $5M, Series B funding round. According to Ecwid, the funding was led by iTech Capital, and also included Runa Capital. Ecwid said that Gleb Davidyuk of iTech Capital joins the company's board with the funding. Ecwid said it will use the funding for further developing its product, expanding global distribution, and for sales and marketing. Ecwid develops e-commerce software specifically aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses built their own, e-commerce stores. The firm got its start as X-Cart, a PHP shopping cart. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=57806 BlackLine Systems Hires Chief Marketing Officer ---- Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems has hired its first, Chief Marketing Officer, the company announced today. BlackLine said it has hired David Downing, most recently the Chief Marketing Officer of NetSuite, as its first CMO. Downing also previously served at such companies as SAP, Informatica, Oracle, Adobe, Seagate and Hill and Knowlton. BlackLine Systems develops software used for handling the financial close for companies. The company is backed by private equity firm Silver Lake. OpenX Names Chief Customer Officer ---- Los Angeles-based online and mobile advertising technology provider OpenX announced this morning that it has named Tish Whitcraft as the company's new Chief Customer Officer. Whitcraft was most recently Chief Customer Officer at Tagged, and also was an executive at MySpace/Fox Interactive Media, in addition to serving as an executive at Yahoo. OpenX said that Whitcraft will head up OpenX's partner services team, which includes support, sales engineering, and customer operations. OpenX is venture backed by Accel Partners, Index Ventures, SAP Ventures, and Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, among others. Semtech Aims At Energy Management, Smart Meters With Certification ---- Camarillo-based analog and mixed signal semiconductor supplier Semtech is targeting the energy management and smart metering market, through the certification of one of its development kits. Semtech said it has received Wi-SUN Alliance certification for a wireless transceiver development kit, which specifically covers interoperable energy management and smart-utility network applications. Semtech's kit, the SX1272, is used by companies to develop IEEE 802.15.4g, low-power, wireless networks. That standard is being used for machine-to-machine, automated meter reading, and other applications. Esri Pledges To Donate $1 Billion In Software For STEM Efforts ---- Redlands-based geographical information systems (GIS) software developer Esri is putting up $1 billion in its software, to help bolster STEM education, as part of a White House initiative, the company said Tuesday. Esri said it will provide a grant to make its advanced, cloud-based mapping software available to more than 100,000 elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States, for free. Esri said the move is part of the White House ConnectED initiative, which was recently announced by President Barack Obama. Esri is offering up its Amazon, AWS-cloud based software, ArcGIS Online, to all K-12 schools in the United States. ArcGIS is widely used by government agencies and organizations for mapping data. Esri normally charges more than $10,000 for a license to ArcGIS Online. Ranker Debuts Polling Widget ---- Los Angeles-based Ranker, the online site which lets users create their own list of rankings to share with others on any topic, said today that it has launched a new, online polling widget aimed at helping website owners increase user engagement. The company--which is led by Clark Benson--said the new widget lets site owners embed interactive polls, lists, and slideshows on their website, whichit says can increase user engagement, times on sites, and comments. The new widget is free. uSamp Rolls Out New Products ---- Los Angeles-based uSamp, which develops surveying and sampling technology and services for the market research industry, said this morning that it has rolled out a set of new products. The company sai dit has launched tow mobile products, uSamp Mobile In-Home and uSamp Mobile In-Store, which help market researchers access consumers on demand in those two locations. Pricing on the new products were not announced. uSamp is venture backed by DFJ Frontier, Dupont Capital, Greycroft Partners, OpenView Venture Partners, and Webtigo. Interview with Michael Aleles, Quippi ---- Southern California in recent years has become a hotbed of financial startups, and for years has been a destination for companies looking also to address companies across the border in Mexico and Latin America. (More...) XCOR Aerospace Raises $14.2M More ---- Mojave-based space vehicle maker XCOR Aerospace said this morning that it has raised $14.2M in a Series B funding round. The company--which is in the midst of developing a reusable, rocket-powered vehicles for launching people into space--said the funding came from Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) of The Netherlands. As part of the funding, SXC is adding Michiel Mol and Mark Hoogendoorn to XCOR's board of directors. XCOR said it will use the new funding to help to bring its Lynx suborbital spaceplane to market. XCOR Aerospace has yet to launch its suborbital space vehicles into space. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=54599 Vitesse Gets Design Win In Taiwan ---- Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor reported a win today, with a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer. Vitesse said that Planet Technology Corporation is using its Ethernet switch technology and software, as part of a smart Ethernet switch. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Vitesse said that Planet Technology is using its SparX and E-StaX Ethernet switch technology and SMBStax software, for a managed Layer 2/Layer 3 Ethernet switch aimed at the SME, Enterprise, and Internet-of-Things market. MSC Software Used In Tidal Energy Project ---- Newport Beach-based MSC Software, which develops simulation and design software, said its software has been used in the design of what is the largest tidal turbine in the world. The company said its software was used by Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd (SRTP), in the Orkney Islands, for the rotor blade design and analysis in that project. Malauzai Software Gets $6.5M More For Banking Apps ---- Malauzai Software, a developer mobile banking apps for community financial institutions which has a number of its top executives located in Los Angeles, said this week that it has raised $6.5M in a Series C funding ronud. The funding came from Wellington Capital Management. Malauzai is based in Austin, Texas, but has links to Los Angeles via its executive team, many of whom had worked at Calabasas-based Digital Insight before it was acquired by Intuit. Malauzai said it would use the funding to grow its organization and further develop its mobile apps. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=57707 FreedomPop Adds LTE Phones ---- Los Angeles-based free wireless phone and broadband service provider FreedomPop said Thursday that it has added support for LTE, and now supports the Samsung Galaxy S4, S3, and Samsung Victory. FreedomPop said its new, LTE phones will offer up the same, free service it had been offering via WiMax, with 500MB of free data, 200 voice calls, and 500 text free each month. FreedomPop also said it would offer up unlimited talk, text ,and data for $20 per month on the new LTE phones. In conjunction with the expansion into using LTE, FreedomPop also said it has released a new, Android app offering up free calls, text, and voicemail. BakeSpace.com iPad App Gets Award ---- Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com, the online food and recipe community founded by Babbette Pepaj, has received an awards for its iPad app, Cookbook Cafe. BakeSpace.com's app scored the award as part of the 2014 Appy Awards. The app apparently was given the "Best App for iPad Publishing" award. Cookbook Cafe is BakeSpace.com's app which allows anyone to create, market, and distribute their own, iPad and web-based cookbook. 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The L.A. Tech Agenda. Our fireside chat series brings some of biggest names from the VC, angel, and startup worlds from across the nation to Los Angeles. The event series is called The Campfire -- a place for entrepreneurs and leaders in tech startup community to come together, hear stories & advice from prominent VCs and entrepreneurs, and reflect and recharge for the journey ahead.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24136 May 29, Santa Clarita -- Ole Eichhorn: Tips to Creating a Startup in 2014. Ole Eichhorn has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, software engineer, architect, and manager. In 2013 he founded eyesFinder, a company developing leading-edge Visual Search solutions. In 2011 he co-founded DoubleBeam, which develops mobile payments solutions, and currently serves as their CTO. Ole was the founding CTO of Aperio in 2001, the leader in digital pathology solutions, and actively participated in developing applications of this technology for patient care. Previous to that Ole served as SVP/Engineering at PayPal, GM of Online Billpay at Intuit, VP/Engineering for Digital Insight, and Director of Technology for XP Systems. Topics to be covered: • Fund raising: Friends, Angels, VCs, Strategics, Convertible debt, Priced rounds • Building a Great Team: Partners, Roles / CEO vs VPs, Titles / motivation, Compensation / benefits, Hiring plan, Interns, Contractors • Marketing: Essentials: name / logo / URL / identity, Positioning / tagline / elevator statement, Differentiators, Online: website / LinkedIn / Facebook / Twitter, Referrals, Cost of sales. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24132 May 29, Los Angeles -- The Israel Conference. Mark your calendar to be at The Israel Conference™ for our sixth annual business and technology event. Co-chaired by Yossi Vardi, renown for Instant Messaging, this is a highly regarded tech conference with over 70 speakers and 700 attendees. The Israel Conference™ is a high-energy nexus point for great networking with the minds and money responsible for the most innovative solutions and services of tomorrow. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23863 May 30, Los Angeles -- The Israel Conference. Mark your calendar to be at The Israel Conference™ for our sixth annual business and technology event. Co-chaired by Yossi Vardi, renown for Instant Messaging, this is a highly regarded tech conference with over 70 speakers and 700 attendees. The Israel Conference™ is a high-energy nexus point for great networking with the minds and money responsible for the most innovative solutions and services of tomorrow. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/23864 May 31, Santa Monica -- America's Startup Live! Expo. America’s Startup LIVE! Expo Celebrates Entrepreneurs with Inspiring Speakers, Distinctive Marketplace and Hollywood Twist. Speaker Series, Panel Discussions, Shopping, Beta Testing and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24122 May 31, Los Angeles -- LA Technology Job Fair. Join Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti at the First Technology and Innovation Conference - a one day event to connect job seekers with employers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24107 June 3, San Diego -- CONNECT Design & Innovation Showcase. Join us June 3rd at the Design & Innovation Showcase, preceding Connect with CONNECT at Mintz Levin. Explore how the power of good design is key to being at the forefront of your industry. Hear mini TED Talks from Qualcomm Technologies and MindFlow Design as they discuss leading-edge technologies, what’s trending with design, and their reflection on how good design is intricately linked to successful innovation and brand building. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24120 June 4, San Diego -- CONNECT’s Frontier’s in Science & Tech - Topera’s A-Fib Diagnostics Story. Join us at our upcoming Frontier’s in Science and Technology – Standard of Care Game-Changer: Topera’s A-Fib Diagnostic Story on June 4th at the UC San Diego Medical Education Telemedicine Building. Hear about the creation of Topera’s 3D heart analysis workstation, RhythmView and how this novel diagnostic tool is changing heart-mapping. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24134 June 5, Santa Monica -- LA CEO presents: Peter Marx, LA's first Chief Innovation Technology Officer. Please join us for a fireside chat and informative round table, led by Mark Landay, Dynamic Synergy Executive Recruitment. This exclusive breakfast event is restricted to CEOs & CFOs only. A confirmed RSVP required. No service providers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24100 June 5, Los Angeles -- International Trade Outlook - June 5, 2014 - Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. GAIN INSIGHT INTO TRADE OUTLOOK * Trade to Accelerate Over Next Two Years * Will You Need More Logistics Capacity? PANAMA CANAL IMPLICATIONS * How Will the Canal Widening Impact L.A. Trade? CHINA REPORT * Less Scrap More Goods and Services – Capitalize on the Transformation of Exports to China. * Is Increased Chinese Tourism Creating Business and Export Opportunities? * China Rising to Top 3 for Los Angeles Tourism, Exports, and Direct Investment?. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24103 June 11, San Diego -- MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego. Case Study Presentation with Achates Power. What does reduced emissions, better fuel efficiency, and lower manufacturing costs have in common? Answer: Achates Power. Join the MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego on June 11th to learn more about Achates Power and how their disruptive engine technology has Detroit on their heels.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24115 June 11, Thousand Oaks -- Clean Technology Council Workshop and Wine Tasting Mixer. Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Will It Always Be The Fuel Of The Future? Can hydrogen become the dominant energy source? Honda, Hyundai and Toyota fuel cell vehicle launches •R&D startups and promising hydrogen energy technology David Raney 29 years of senior management and engineering experience with Honda, Deere & Co., Saab-Scania AB and General Motors. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24133 June 12, Los Angeles -- 2014 IP and the Internet Conference. This popular full-day conference returns with its traditional exploration of the nexus between IP law and technology. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24094 June 12, San Diego -- CONNECT Nearsourcing Initiative presents: Bringing your Innovation to Life. Join us for this informative panel workshop with IP experts Sughrue Mion and industry leaders from Leardon Solutions and Avacen as they give you insights on this process,. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24119 June 26, San Diego -- CoFoundersLab Matchup San Diego. CoFoundersLab Matchup San Diego is aimed at helping entrepreneurs find co-founders, advisers & interns and to build strong, core founding teams. Get started networking now with a potential core team member by creating a free profile on CoFoundersLab.com. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24121 June 26, Los Angeles -- The Future of Mobile. As part of Tech in Motion's mobile summer series, we have invited a panel of mobile developers to discuss what the future holds for all things mobile. 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