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Silicon Beach Fest is LA's biggest tech startup entertainment fest, with startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood executives on panels, startup showcase, and several networking events. Get 20% off Full, Thurs only or Friday only passes with our SoCal Tech discount code SBFSOCALTECH20 at http://sbf15.eventbrite.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activision, Bungie and Red Bull In Destiny Marketing Deal ---- Santa Monica-based Activision, along with Bungie and Red Bull, are in a major marketing partnership around the launch of the new expansion for Destiny, called The Taken King, the companies said this morning. According to the thre, Red Bull will be offering specially marked cans of the drink, offering up bonuses that can be redeemed within the game. The companies also have launched a website, www.redbullquest.com, which will feature videos, bonuses to the game, and more. The three said this is the first time, ever, that a third party brand has ever appeared on the Red Bull can. http://www.socaltech.com/activision_bungie_and_red_bull_in_destiny_marketing_deal/s-0060756.html Cornerstone OnDemand Ties Into TED Talks ---- Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand, the developer of cloud-based, talent management software led by Adam Miller, said today that it has linked with TED, the eponymous organizer of the inspirational conferences. According to Cornerstone OnDemand, it will be delivering curated TED Talks to its clients, to help in the area of professional learning and development. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Cornerstone OnDemand said its clients will be able to deliver TED Talks to their workforce, from within Cornerstone Learning. Sense360 Connects App Developers With New Sensor API, Toolkit ---- Culver City-based < b>Sense360, the new, smartphone sensor platform developer led by startup veteran Eli Portnoy, has just launched its program, saying that it is looking to make it easier for app developers to leverage sensor data from smartphones. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/sense36_connects_app_developer_with_new_sensor_api_toolkit/s-0060754.html NantCell Buys VivaBioCell, Backed By $75M In New Funding ---- Los Angeles-based NantCell, one of the companies that is part of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks, said today that it has acquired an Italian company, VivaBioCell SpA. Financial terms of the deal wer enott disclosed. VivaBioCell is based in Udine, Northern Italy. The deal was done through VBC Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of NantWorks. VivaBioCell focuses on stem cell and tissue engineering for regenerative medicine. NantCell recently disclosed a $75.0M investment in the company from a single investor, although the company has yet to announce any details of that investment. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=65084 Heal Finds $5M For On Demand Doctor's Housecalls ---- Santa Monica-based Heal, an on-demand startup offering up access to house calls from doctors via smartphone, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Slow Ventures, March Capital and Pritzker Capital, along with angels Paul Jacobs (Qualcomm); James Lassiter (Overbrook Entertainment); Stephen Rader (Clarity Partners); Jamie McCourt; Lionel Richie; and Mike Wortsman (Univision). The company says it can deliver a doctor on housecall in less than 60 minutes. Heal is led by Dr. Renee Dua. The service currently only operates in Los Angeles and San Francisco. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=65182 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- New Q1 2015 Money Tree Results! Get the latest Q1 2015 PwC SoCal MoneyTree Report Are you interested in understanding the latest trends in venture capital investments in Southern California? Want to know how the region did in terms of venture capital? PwC has just posted the results of the Q1 2015 Southern California venture deals, in its Shaking The MoneyTree presentation and update from HJ Paik, Director, Emerging Company Services Download it today for free! http://www.socaltech.com/pwc ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- KeyInfo, Wilcon:Fiber Ring Connectivity For LA and Ventura County Key Information Systems, Inc. (KeyInfo), a leading cloud and infrastructure provider offering integrated solutions to enterprises, has announced the launch of its dedicated fiber ring built in partnership with Wilcon, the premier West Coast provider of private fiber optic networks. The KeyInfo fiber ring brings high-speed, private connectivity to businesses in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Because of its characteristic high security, fiber is an ideal choice for industries with highly regulated or sensitive data requirements. 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We are always interested in meeting new candidates and potential clients, so feel free to email our Managing Partner, Todd Gitlin at [email protected]. ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free Senior Accountant, marina del rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5655 Technical Account Manager, marina del rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5654 Senior Software Engineer, marina del rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5653 DevOps Engineer, marina del rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5652 QA Automation Engineer, marina del rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5646 Product Marketing Manager, marina del rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5651 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 06/23/15 Heal $5.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=65182 06/23/15 Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics $8.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=65179 06/22/15 Dollar Shave Club $75.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=65164 06/18/15 Sikka Software $10.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64712 06/18/15 Visage $2.1M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64711 06/17/15 IRIS.TV, Inc. $5.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64710 06/17/15 Cynvenio $25.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64709 06/17/15 Informed Data Systems $8.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64707 06/17/15 Transphorm, Inc. $70.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64693 06/16/15 Rayton Solar $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64606 06/16/15 ServiceTitan $18.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64605 06/16/15 Connectifier $6.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64604 06/15/15 Looklist $0.2M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64603 06/12/15 BioAtla $30.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64599 06/08/15 TaskUs $15.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64553 06/04/15 Orbitera $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64545 06/04/15 CALHOUN VISION INC $69.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64544 06/02/15 Entropix $1.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64539 05/29/15 Snapchat $537.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64433 05/28/15 GumGum $26.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64430 05/27/15 Manta Instruments $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64428 05/26/15 HelloTech $2.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64359 05/26/15 Enervee $3.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=64358 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 June 24, Marina Del Rey -- Silicon Beach Fest. socalTECH.com is a returning media partner for Silicon Beach Fest, this June 24-27 at the new Marina Del Rey Hotel. Silicon Beach Fest is LA's biggest tech startup entertainment fest, with startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood executives on panels, startup showcase, and several networking events. Get 20% off Full, Thurs only or Friday only passes with our SoCal Tech discount code SBFSOCALTECH20 at http://sbf15.eventbrite.comNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24760 June 24, Westwood -- First Look LA: First Look L.A. supports, nurtures and stimulates our unique culture in Southern California, while furthering L.A.s position as a center for start-ups and emerging technology. In addition to the presenters, venture capitalists and early stage angel investors attend the event, along with local elected officials, business leaders and senior administrators from local universities.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24724 June 25, Culver City -- Mobile Strategy & Development. AITP-LA. Your organization should already have mobile functionality and a mobile presence. How should your company best address its mobile needs, or improve upon its existing mobile presence or deployment? A panel of Los Angeles area experts will discuss the impetus for going mobile, and how they mapped out and executed upon this need for their own firms. Elements include business needs, analytics, requirements gathering, developing technical specs, platform needs, building teams, and the tradeoffs and pitfalls of farming out the development work. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24716 June 25, Marina Del Rey -- Silicon Beach Fest. socalTECH.com is a returning media partner for Silicon Beach Fest, this June 24-27 at the new Marina Del Rey Hotel. Silicon Beach Fest is LA's biggest tech startup entertainment fest, with startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood executives on panels, startup showcase, and several networking events. Get 20% off Full, Thurs only or Friday only passes with our SoCal Tech discount code SBFSOCALTECH20 at http://sbf15.eventbrite.comNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24761 June 26, Marina Del Rey -- Silicon Beach Fest. socalTECH.com is a returning media partner for Silicon Beach Fest, this June 24-27 at the new Marina Del Rey Hotel. Silicon Beach Fest is LA's biggest tech startup entertainment fest, with startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood executives on panels, startup showcase, and several networking events. Get 20% off Full, Thurs only or Friday only passes with our SoCal Tech discount code SBFSOCALTECH20 at http://sbf15.eventbrite.comNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24762 June 27, Playa Vista -- Big Data Day LA 2015. Join us and countless others for the third annual Big Data Day LA, held in none other than Los Angeles, of course! Big Data Day LA is the largest conference of its kind as well as the only free big data conference in Southern California, packed with informational speakers. This year will feature talks from City of Los Angeles, Cloudera, Couchbase, Databricks, Datastax, Fandango, Hortonworks, LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, MapR, Microsoft, MongoDB, Netflix, Oracle, Teradata, Toyota and many more. This only happens once a year and tickets go fast, so don’t miss out. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24741 June 27, Marina Del Rey -- Silicon Beach Fest. socalTECH.com is a returning media partner for Silicon Beach Fest, this June 24-27 at the new Marina Del Rey Hotel. Silicon Beach Fest is LA's biggest tech startup entertainment fest, with startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood executives on panels, startup showcase, and several networking events. Get 20% off Full, Thurs only or Friday only passes with our SoCal Tech discount code SBFSOCALTECH20 at http://sbf15.eventbrite.comNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24763 June 30, Santa Monica -- Upfront Ventures' Kara Nortman - Fireside Chat. TechFire will be hosting a fireside chat with Kara Nortman, Partner at Upfront Ventures, L.A.'s leading VC firm. Kara joined Upfront Ventures as a partner in November 2014. She is currently the Chairman of Seedling which recently merged with Moonfrye where she was co-founder and CEO. Prior to starting Moonfrye, Kara spent close to seven years at IAC where she acted as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Urbanspoon and Citysearch. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24753 June 30, Camarillo -- Clay Clark Presents - Thrive: How To Move From Surviving To Thriving. Camarillo Public Library. Clay is the founder of Thrive15, serial entrepreneur, and the former "U.S. SBA Entrepreneur of the Year" who has been described by the folks at Yahoo as the "Jim Carey of Entrepreneurship." As the result of his tireless tenacity and work ethic, he's been able to found or co-found several successful companies. Clay will teach specific action steps that have been proven to work in his own life and the lives of millionaire business owners around the world. Learn how to not just survive, but actually make your life epic every step of the way as your company begins to thrive. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24745 June 30, Santa Monica -- Mobile LAVA: Alternative Accelerators & Start-Up Resources. On Tuesday, June 30th, at ROC we'll be having our next installment of Mobile LAVA: Alternative Accelerators and Start-Up Resources. Today, start-ups have more choices for accessing business resources and seed funding than ever. This is especially true for first-time and early-stage entrepreneurs not yet ready to pursue venture capital or who lack certain critical capabilities. To meet these needs are emergent alternative accelerators, incubators and precelerator models. The next Mobile LAVA will present some of these different equity partners available to start-ups in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape. Panelists include: Jeff Scheinrock, President and CFO of Originate; Matthew Pierce, Founder and CEO of O Labs; Cauri Jaye, CEO at Rhubarb Studios; Benoit Vatere, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Science, Inc. and Ryan Azlein, Director of the Preccelerator Program at Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24755 July 6, San Diego -- Marketing Mondays "Marketing Automation" Every other Monday we will be gathering at the Downtown EvoNexus offices to talk about startup marketing challenges. There will have be a brief presentation that leads into a discussion about marketing tactics and difficulties. Examples of topics will include: branding, positioning, creative, landing pages, testing, engagement, scaling, email, research, etc.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24758 July 8, Irvine -- Hatchwork, K5, and EvoNexus Fundraising Series : From Handshake to Exit: An Inside Look at the Startup/Investor Relationship Have you ever wondered what it's like to be funded? Questioning what the relationship between you and an investor should look like? Want to learn about the path to investment? Get the inside view of the relationship between a startup and their investor. Gain an understanding of the path from meeting an investor to getting investment.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24756 July 9, Rancho Santa Margarita -- 5th Annual OCTANe Golf Tournament: You’re invited to OCTANe’s 5th Annual Golf Tournament! Team up with your colleagues or come solo, either way you are sure to meet many new business contacts and friends. Tournament will fill up fast, so reserve your spot today!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24734 July 20, Irvine -- Marketing Mondays "Marketing Automation" : EvoNexus is excited to launch Marketing Mondays @ The Vine! This has been a successful event at our San Diego location and we are thrilled to be able to have OC entrepreneurs reap the benefits of this monthly presentation and discussion from seasoned marketing experts, Chris d’Eon and Randy Gerson. Join us the third Monday of each month for networking, beverages, and a quality discussion surrounding various marketing strategies!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24757 July 23, Anaheim -- Vidcon. Online video conference for creatives and industry professionals. Keynote by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, a dditional speakers including Jim Lanzone of CBS Interactive, Ze Frank of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, Albie Hecht of HLN, Mark Terbeek of Greycroft Partners, and David Beebe of Marriott International, among othersThe annual three-day conference will connect more than 300 of the most innovative and influential YouTube creators with more than 20,000 attendees for performances, workshops, discussions and networking. see http://vidcon.com. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24727 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Make next happen now. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Safire Partners (http://www.safirepartners.com). 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