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(http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Yardi Buys MCEnergy --TP-LINK Behind New Google Wi-Fi Router --The Retail Equation Acquired By Appriss --Guidance Software Funds Data Security Program At Caltech --Belkin Rolls Out Combo Travel Charger, Battery --GumGum Names Sales VP --Peach Raises $8M To Expand Beyond San Diego, Seattle MARKETPLACE --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing --TechCXO - Los Angeles --Deloitte --SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators -- Key Information Systems --Safire Partners Executive Search RECENT JOB POSTINGS --Senior Systems Administrator, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign --Investment Officer: Technology & Media, Los Angeles, British Consulate-General, Los Angeles RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Networking for Capital with Len Lanzi - August 20 - Register today! Networking for Capital with Len Lanzi. This SAM Preccelerator Program session will focus on techniques and ways to network in the VC and Angel Community. We will interact and share best practices on business development and promoting your start-up. Thursday, August 20, 2015 5:30pm-8:00pm **Networking and Startup Demos!** SAM Preccelerator Program participants will have demo tables where they will showcase their companies. Check them out! Register Today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-preccelerator-program-presents-networking-for-capital-with-len-lanzi-tickets-18030241939 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yardi Buys MCEnergy ---- Santa Barbara-based real estate mannagement software developer Yardi announced this morning that it has acquired MCEnergy, a developer of energy management software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Yardi said the acquisition will help it expand into the energy area. MCEnergy develops energy information and procurement software, helping property managers track energy, environmental, and sustainability data. MCEnergy was based in Valhalla, NY. TP-LINK Behind New Google Wi-Fi Router ---- San Dimas-based TP-LINK, the Southern California networking products maker, is behind the launch of the new, Google OnHub Wi-Fi router this morning--Google's answer to difficult to use, Wi-Fi equipment. Google and TP-LINK said this morning that its new OnHub device is managed by a mobile app developed by the two companies, and is designed to sit out in the open to provide fast Wi-Fi connections, and features a circular antenna design and software to optimize Wi-Fi connections. The router also features automatic software and security updates and more. The two said the router starts pre-orders today for $199.99. http://www.socaltech.com/tp_link_behind_new_google_wi_fi_router/s-0061538.html The Retail Equation Acquired By Appriss ---- Irvine-based The Retail Equation, a venture-backed startup developing tools used for retail analytics and predictive modeling, has been acquired by Appriss, a provider of data, risk, and analytics software Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The Retail Equation was owned by Norwest Venture Partners. According to Appriss, Norwest will continue to support the company by investing the proceeds of the sale into the new, combined entity. The Retail Equation had developed software used for real-time return authorization, detection of suspicious employee and consumer activity, and identification of targeted incentives that keep consumers shopping after making a purchase or valid return. The company had been led by Mark Hammond. Guidance Software Funds Data Security Program At Caltech ---- Pasadena-based Guidance Software, which makes computer forensics and digital investigation software, said today that it has funded a data security research program at the Caltech Institute of Technology (Caltech). Guidance Software did not say how much it is investing in the program, aimed at advancing cybersecurity incident response. The joint program will come out of Caltech's Center for Data-driven Discovery, led by Julian Bunn and Professor Emeritus Mani Chandy. Belkin Rolls Out Combo Travel Charger, Battery ---- Playa Vista-based consumer electronics company Belkin is taking aim at the frequent traveler, with its latest product. Belkin said today that it has launched the Travel Rockstar Battery Pack + Charger + Surge, a device which includes not only a big battery pack, but also a surge protector and two AC outlets, plus a USB charging port. The new device features a 3000 mAh battery pack and support for up to 2A of USB charging. Belkin said the new product will retail for around $59.99. http://www.socaltech.com/belkin_rolls_out_combo_travel_charger_battery/s-0061537.html GumGum Names Sales VP ---- Santa Monica-based GumGum, which operates an online digital advertising platform aimed at visual content, said Tuesday that it has named John Weisgerber as its new Senior Vice President of Sales. Weisgerber was most recently at Hearst Corp., serving as Executive Director of Digital Advertising in the area of Fashion and Luxury. He also has served at Forbes Media and Ziff-Davis Publishing. GumGum is venture backed by Morgan Stanley, NEA, Upfront Ventures, First Round Capital, and Crosscut Ventures. The company's platform is used to place advertising within visual content, such as photos. Peach Raises $8M To Expand Beyond San Diego, Seattle ---- Lunch delivery service Peach, which provides office dwellers in San Diego and Seattle with an algorithm-driven, curated lunch service, is expanding beyond its two initial markets, into Boston and DC, thanks to a new $8M funding round. Peach said the funding round comes from Madrona Venture Group and Vulcan Capital. Peach is based in Seattle, but has been in San Diego since May. Peach offers up curated lunch each day in its cities, where diners can opt in via text messaging, and get that lunch delivered to their office. 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Patent & Trademark Prosecution . IP Strategy . Westlake Village . Santa Barbara . Irvine. [email protected] 805-230-1350 www.socalip.com ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Key Information Systems Key Information Systems, Inc. (KeyInfo) is a leading regional systems integrator, with world-class compute, storage and networking solutions and professional services for the most advanced software-defined data centers. These competencies are tightly complimented by a full suite of data center capabilities including private and hybrid cloud offerings, connectivity services, colocation facilities and managed services. 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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 Systems Administrator, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5662 Release Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5658 QA Automation Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5659 Senior Software Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5660 DevOps Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5661 Investment Officer: Technology & Media, Los Angeles, British Consulate-General, Los Angeles http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5657 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 08/14/15 The Honest Co. $100.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66332 08/13/15 Soothe $10.6M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66330 08/07/15 JenaValve Technology Inc $26.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66271 08/06/15 CLUTTER INC. $1.3M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66269 08/06/15 GovX, Inc. $11.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66268 08/06/15 Skyroam $24.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66267 08/06/15 MediaPlatform FKA Interactive Video Technologies $12.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66266 08/05/15 AdtoApp $6.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66264 08/05/15 Virtium $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66261 08/05/15 IQMS $40.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66260 08/04/15 Chewse $5.8M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66108 08/04/15 Seriously $18.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66106 08/03/15 Cylance $42.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66105 07/31/15 FreedomPop $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66100 07/30/15 Fuisz Media $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66096 07/28/15 Kareo $55.4M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66088 07/27/15 Dealstruck $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66084 07/23/15 SGN FKA MindJolt FKA Platform G, Inc. $130.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66079 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 August 19, Pasadena -- TechSparks #SummerBreak Entrepreneur Mixer. Need a break? So do we! TechSparks invites you to kick back and enjoy a beer with us at Barney’s Beanery for our first ever #SummerBreak Entrepreneur Mixer. The TechSparks community, full of bright minds and innovative ideas, is here to help you along your path of discovery. Have an idea, product or company you'd like to pitch? Join us for a well-needed summer break, network, share ideas and get valuable feedback from the community in a casual and relaxed environment.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24831 August 19, San Diego -- EvoNexus MarketLink Program: Private Meetings With Huawei Executives. MarketLink is an EvoNexus program that facilitates hour-long, private meetings between multinational corporations and emerging technology companies. Huawei is a global leader of ICT solutions. Continuously innovating based on customer needs, we are committed to enhancing customer experiences and creating maximum value for telecom carriers, enterprises, and consumers. Deadline to apply is July 17th. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24811 August 20, Altadena -- JUMPSTART! Lunch Speaker Series. Producer: Louis Dienes, Ballard Spahr LLP Pasadena Angels MONEY PERFORMANCE: This 1-hour lunch program will address a number of money questions entrepreneurs ask (or should ask) to help them reach their business objectives, including: Better ways to get money for your company More effective ways to use money for business growth Keeping better control of money matters Next steps Jim Schaefer CPA MBA, MSA Consulting LLP is chair of the BTC Mentoring Committee and a founding member of Pasadena Angels, Southern California’s premier angel investment group. He taught “Advanced Entrepreneurship” at Cal State Long Beach and currently teaches “Financial Tools for Business Growth” through UCLA Extension. He has worked with dozens of early stage companies helping them grow and become successful. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24832 August 20, Costa Mesa -- LaunchPad Open House 8/20/15. If you're an entrepreneur looking to get funding or an investor looking to make your next big deal, come to the LaunchPad Open House to learn more about how we can help you. We will take a deep dive into the highly tested and effective LaunchPad process as well as open up the floor to Q&A. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24806 August 20, Santa Monica -- Networking for Capital with Len Lanzi. This Preccelerator Program session will focus on techniques and ways to network in the VC and Angel Community. We will interact and share best practices on business development and promoting your start-up. Thursday, August 20, 2015 5:30pm-8:00pm **Networking and Startup Demos!** SAM Preccelerator Program participants will have demo tables where they will showcase their companies. Check them out. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24835 August 20, Irvine -- On Demand Demos & Drinks. Tech in Mtoion. Whether it's a ride home after a night out or getting a visit from the doctor, there's pretty much an app for everything these days. Tech in Motion Orange County is excited to showcase the service providers that are disrupting the system with apps and technology to make our lives just that much easier. Featured Demos: beGlammed, Clutter, DoorDash, Edyza, GigTown, Handstand App, Heal, LAbite, Wype App, Zeel. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24829 August 20, San Diego -- EvoNexus MarketLink Program: Private Meetings With Huawei Executives. MarketLink is an EvoNexus program that facilitates hour-long, private meetings between multinational corporations and emerging technology companies. Huawei is a global leader of ICT solutions. Continuously innovating based on customer needs, we are committed to enhancing customer experiences and creating maximum value for telecom carriers, enterprises, and consumers. Deadline to apply is July 17th. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24812 August 25, Santa Monica -- Women in LAVA "PITCH PITCH AND AWAY" Working Sessions. LAVA. Every entrepreneur needs a polished pitch deck to present to investors and an elevator pitch that rolls off their tongues at networking events. We want to help get yours to perfection. This year we will be hosting a series of working sessions for women entrepreneurs to develop their pitch presentation, practice the pitch, and get invaluable feedback from mentors and colleagues. These sessions will lead to the chance to present to a panel of women-focused investors at our Investor Panel Event in December. Participation in at least one of these events will qualify you to apply for our pitch competition.https://generalassemb.ly/education/women-in-lava-pitch-pitch-and-away-working-sessions/los-angeles/11207. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24546 August 25, Santa Monica -- Amplify produces Intimate invitation only events designed to foster long term relationships with trans-industry, peer professionals. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24827 August 26, Los Angeles -- 6th Annual Women In Green Forum (Los Angeles): TreePeople Hilltop Conference Center & Retreat Locale The 6th Annual Women in Green Forum will bring together an international audience focused on the latest green innovations. Join us in Southern California to meet face-to-face with those framing the environmental industry! You will experience a day unlike any other high above the City of Los Angeles at TreePeople's 45-acre Coldwater Canyon Park (right off Mulholland Drive in the Santa Monica Mountains) offering nature trails and experiential education. Thank you for your support of the Women in Green Forum!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24767 August 27, Westlake Village -- Katherine Wertheim, a Certified Fund Raising Executive and WEV client, is an expert in teaching people how to ask for money and get it. She has raised millions of dollars for dozens of organizations and has taught fundraising to thousands of people all over the world. She is one of only 242 Master Trainers with the Association of Fundraising Professionals in the world. She will share her entrepreneurial journey and how WEV has supported her through the growth of her business. www.werth-it.com https://www.callutheran.edu/management/events/?event_id=3539. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24825 September 2, Costa Mesa -- Emerging Business – Growth, Strategy & Exit Planning. When most businesses think about strategy, they think about how they focus people, systems and processes on delivering customer value and ultimately growth. While this strategy is successful for some, focusing upon a broader set of activities delivers far more sustainable growth. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24807 September 10, Santa Monica -- LA CEOs. Virtual Reality:Today, Tomorrow, the Future - Philip Lunn CEO Nurulize. This event is restricted to qualified CEOs & CFOs only a confirmed RSVP is required. NO Service providers allowed. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24834 September 14, St Louis -- 2015 Ag Innovation Showcase. The Ag Innovation Showcase, Ag's premier industry event, is looking for innovative & cutting-edge startups to present at this year's Showcase. Since 2009, presenters have raised $400M post-Showcase. Apply today and take your company to the next level! #AgInShow201. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24813 September 15, St Louis -- 2015 Ag Innovation Showcase. The Ag Innovation Showcase, Ag's premier industry event, is looking for innovative & cutting-edge startups to present at this year's Showcase. Since 2009, presenters have raised $400M post-Showcase. Apply today and take your company to the next level! #AgInShow201. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24814 September 15, Aliso Viejo -- Startup Accounting: Virtual Accounting Tools for the Lean Startup. Think you need to be in the office to get your Accounting "done?" Have a hi-tech company but your Accounting is stuck on manual mode? You have options - from bank downloads into your QuickBooks file to CEO Dashboards that tell the story behind your numbers. Learn the Top 5 Elements that Investors look for in your financial statements and what this means for your business. This workshop is designed for CEOs of Startups and Pre-Commercial companies who would like to get to their financials quicker and have "investor-ready" financials each month. Various apps and best practices will be reviewed with an emphasis on cloud-based and hosted solutions for growing businesses. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24808 September 16, Santa Barbara -- Remember vinyl, 8-track tapes and cassettes? MP3, Napster, the thumbwheel iPod? Downloads and Streaming: iTunes, Rhapsody, XMSatellite, Sonos, Pandora, Spotify? Now Beats Music and iTunes Radio and more coming! And the artists are clamoring for changeNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24836 September 16, St Louis -- 2015 Ag Innovation Showcase. The Ag Innovation Showcase, Ag's premier industry event, is looking for innovative & cutting-edge startups to present at this year's Showcase. Since 2009, presenters have raised $400M post-Showcase. Apply today and take your company to the next level! #AgInShow201. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24815 September 17, Costa Mesa -- Startup Boot Camp: How to Establish, Protect and Grow Your Company. According to a recent study by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Los Angeles-Orange County area remains the fourth-most-active region for startup business when compared with 40 other major regions across the nation. With this amount of activity, it is crucial to provide your company with a solid foundation from start to exit to ensure its success. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24809 September 17, Phoenix -- Synapse Workshop 2015. A 3-day workshop event taking medtech ideas from mind to matter. Have you been sitting on an idea that can improve healthcare? Explore your idea further, protect it and take it to the next level. Only 10 attendees will be accepted for the full workshop DEADLINE TO APPLY: JULY 31, 2015. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24816 September 18, Phoenix -- Synapse Workshop 2015. Synapse Workshop 2015. A 3-day workshop event taking medtech ideas from mind to matter. Have you been sitting on an idea that can improve healthcare? Explore your idea further, protect it and take it to the next level. Only 10 attendees will be accepted for the full workshop DEADLINE TO APPLY: JULY 31, 2015. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24817 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). SoCal-based executive search for emerging growth companies Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (http://www.binarypulse.com). 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