socaltech.com TechNews - Thursday, September 17, 2015 Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by:
TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments and acquisitions of growing software companies. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.socaltech.com/pwc). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (http://www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Fetch Recruiting, Inc. (http://www.fetchrecruiting.com) Technical Recruiting for LA based Startups and High-Growth Companies La Visual (http://Lavisual.com) A Branding, Product Strategy & Rapid Prototyping Accelerator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --SolarReserve Wins DoE Award --Ignyta Names New GM --Amplify.LA, TenOneTen See Exit At Mapsense, As Apple Picks Up Mapping Company --HelloTech Gets $12.5M --VUBIQUITY Buys Warner Bros. Unit --Fullscreen To Launch Subscription Video-On-Demand Service --Amazon Prime Now Expands To Los Angeles, OC --Moviepilot Raises $16M In Series B Funding --Amgen Buys Dezima For Up To $1.55 Billion MARKETPLACE -- Key Information Systems --Safire Partners Executive Search --SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators --13th Annual San Diego Venture Summit: Sept 25 RECENT JOB POSTINGS --DevOps Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign --QA Automation Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign --Release Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign --Senior Systems Administrator, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign --Senior Software Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign --Investment Officer: Technology & Media, Los Angeles, British Consulate-General, Los Angeles RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- PR For Startups - September 17 - Santa Monica PR FOR STARTUPS. SAM Preccelerator Program. SSE PR’s founder Jessica Engholm will be providing an in-depth presentation and discussion on how startups can best utilize public relations. Jessica will address the notorious questions that startups really want answered: What type of companies need PR? When is it needed? What is the ROI? How much does it cost? Will it increase sales? How long will it take to see results? How should a startup select an agency? The program will also include an overview of public relations strategies and tactics, how PR differs between mature companies and startups, DIY methods versus professional services, and the ESSE PR program developed specificaly for startups. Register today! http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-preccelerator-program-presents-pr-for-startups-with-jessica-engholm-of-esse-pr-tickets-18463854887?aff=mcivte --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SolarReserve Wins DoE Award ---- Santa Monica-based SolarReserve, the developer of utility-scale solar power projects, reported Wednesday that it has received an award from the U.S. Department of Energy, to develop advanced concentrating solar technology. SolarReserve said it will receive $2.4M from the Energy Department, and also co-fund e effort, to improve the performance and efficiency of concentrating solar power plants. The award came out of the DOE's SunShot Initiative. SolarReeserve has already been active developing molten salt energy storage systems, which use tracking mirrors to concentrate solar power onto a tower, creating heat energy, which is stored in molten salt. That energy is used to power steam generators to produce power. SolarReserve is led by Kevin Smith. Ignyta Names New GM ---- San Diego-based biotechnology developer Ignyta said this morning that it hass named Igor Bilinsky, Ph.D., as its new General Manager, Immuno-Oncology and Senior Vice President, Special Operations. Bilinsky joins from Vical Incorporate, where he had been Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Bilinsky also served at Halozyme, Androclus Therapeutics, and Boston Consulting Group. Amplify.LA, TenOneTen See Exit At Mapsense, As Apple Picks Up Mapping Company ---- Los Angeles-based startup accelerator Amplify.LA and local Los Angeles venture investment firm TenOneTen Ventures have both scored an exit, at mapping visualization technology developer Mapsense. According to multiple reports, Mapsense was just acquired by Apple, in a deal worth between $25M and $30M. Neither Mapsense, its investors, nor Apple have commented on the deal. Mapsense lists TenOneTen, Amplify.LA, AmplifyLA's Chris Olson, and Kris Bjonerud (Amplify, CrossCut) as investors; Paul Bricault, Richard Wolpert, and Oded Noy are also listed as advisors to the company, which is located in San Francisco. http://www.socaltech.com/amplify_la_tenoneten_see_exit/s-0061968.html HelloTech Gets $12.5M ---- Los Angeles-based HelloTech, the in-home, IT and technology help service founded by tech veteran Richard Wolpert, has raised $12.5M (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/hellotech_gets_____m/s-0061965.html VUBIQUITY Buys Warner Bros. Unit ---- Los Angeles-based VUBIQUITY, a content monetization service provider for the entertainment and media industry, said Wednesday that it is buying the Digital End-To-End Technology (DETE) unit of Warner Bros. Technical Operations. DETE is a provider of managed content technology services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. VUBIQUITY said it is acquiring DETE to help service its clients, including Warner Bros. itself. http://www.socaltech.com/vubiquity_buys_warner_bros_unit/s-0061963.html Fullscreen To Launch Subscription Video-On-Demand Service ---- Los Angeles-based Fullscreen announced plans to launch its own, subscription video-on-demand service on Wednesday, with plans to show both its own original and third party content. Details on the release date and pricing have not been announced. Fullscreen, which is led by George Strompolos, is now part of Otter Media, which is backed by AT&T and the Chernin Group. Fullscreen was acquired by Chernin Group and AT&T in September of 2014, and since then has been busy buying up other, online video and streaming companies. Amazon Prime Now Expands To Los Angeles, OC ---- Amazon.com has expanded its one hour, instant delivery service, Amazon Prime Now, to Los Angeles and Orange County, saying Wednesday that it has begun offering customers in the area with the near-instant delivery of products from Amazon warehouses to Amazon Prime members. Amazon said it will make "thousands" of products from its catalog available for delivery from four new Prime Now hubs in Southern California. In addition, Amazon said it will begin offering up local deliveries from such stores as Sprouts Farmers Market, Bristol Farms, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Fresh & Easy, Erewhon Organic Grocer and 99 Ranch Market through the delivery service. Two-hour delivery is free and one-hour delivery is available for $7.99, and requires users to be Amazon Prime members. http://www.socaltech.com/amazon_prime_now_expands_to_los_angeles_oc/s-0061957.html Moviepilot Raises $16M In Series B Funding ---- Moviepilot, the movie and entertainment website led by Tobi Bauckhage, has raised $16M to help the company expand into gaming content and social video. According to Moviepilot, the funding was led by French publisher Webedia, and also included T-Venture of America and the company's other investors. Moviepilot's entertainment site is aimed at millennials, and offers up movie-related content. The company says is now is seeing around 25 million unique monthly visitors, and around 30 million fans on Facebook and Instagram. The company says that more than 75 percent of its users are aged 35 and under. http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67380 Amgen Buys Dezima For Up To $1.55 Billion ---- Thousand Oaks-based Amgen announced Wednesday morning that it is in a deal to acquire Netherlands-based Dezima Pharma B.V., in a deal worth up to $1.55 billion. Dezima Pharma is a biotechnology company developing cholesterol-lowering drugs. Amgen said it will pay $300M in cash at closing, and up to $1.25 billion in additional payments based on development and sales milestones for Dezima. Dezima's products are in Phase 2b trails, and are used for reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the bloodstream. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------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. To learn more about Key Information Systems, Inc. or KeyCloud, visit KeyInfo.com or contact Chris Ticknor at Key Information Systems, Inc., 30077 Agoura Court, First Floor, Agoura Hills, CA 91301, USA, email [email protected] or call 1.818.737.2804. http://www.keyinfo.com ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Safire Partners Executive Search Safire Partners has completed 500+ 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/. 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------------------------------- SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators IP Litigation . IP Transactions . Patent & Trademark Prosecution . IP Strategy . Westlake Village . Santa Barbara . Irvine. [email protected] 805-230-1350 www.socalip.com ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- 13th Annual San Diego Venture Summit: Sept 25 Join San Diego’s premier venture capital networking event of the year! SDVG’s Venture Summit is the largest annual gathering of investors in So Cal. Join 600+ in the venture capital community, and visit with 40 of the coolest companies in San Diego. Come hear why Trinity Ventures Has lead two Series A rounds this year. Hear from 9 thought-provoking Industry leaders about the hottest topics in technology, innovation and venture capital! Learn more, and register today at http://www.sdvg.org ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT JOB POSTINGS More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Members post jobs for free DevOps Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5661 QA Automation Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5659 Release Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5658 Senior Systems Administrator, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5662 Senior Software Engineer, Marina Del Rey, TeleSign http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5660 Investment Officer: Technology & Media, Los Angeles, British Consulate-General, Los Angeles http://www.socaltech.com/showjob.php?id=5657 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RECENT FUNDING SUMMARY 09/15/15 Moviepilot $16.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67380 09/15/15 ThinkHR $12.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67378 09/15/15 Enevate $30.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67377 09/09/15 The Black Tux $25.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67087 09/09/15 Cool Planet Energy $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67086 09/08/15 SetPoint Medical Corp $15.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67011 09/03/15 MACRO $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=67007 09/02/15 Saucey $4.5M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66995 09/01/15 Super League $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66911 08/28/15 Yuneec $60.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66904 08/27/15 Strive $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66900 08/27/15 Workpop $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66899 08/26/15 ReShape Medical $38.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66877 08/26/15 HelloTech $10.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66872 08/25/15 Pinsight $0.7M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66865 08/22/15 FEM, Inc. $0.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66681 08/19/15 Ring FKA Doorbot $28.0M http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=66424 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 September 17, Brentwood -- Singular Research Small Cap Conference. Silicon Beach Tech Companies And Health Presenting. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24878 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, Santa Monica -- Celebrate London and Partners Launch in LA. We will show why London attracts such massive international investment from around the world and how they can help your business find success from a London base. SEe https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-london-and-partners-launch-in-la-with-fieldfisher-and-fitzgerald-law-registration-18295647775. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24864 September 17, Santa Monica -- SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: "PR for Startups" with Jessica Engholm of ESSE PR. SSE PR’s founder Jessica Engholm will be providing an in-depth presentation and discussion on how startups can best utilize public relations. Jessica will address the notorious questions that startups really want answered: What type of companies need PR? When is it needed? What is the ROI? How much does it cost? Will it increase sales? How long will it take to see results? How should a startup select an agency? The program will also include an overview of public relations strategies and tactics, how PR differs between mature companies and startups, DIY methods versus professional services, and the ESSE PR program developed specificaly for startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24868 September 17, West Hollywood -- Gay Geeks - LGBT Founders & Funders Panel Curious about how Founders and Funders of some leading companies got to where they are now? Are you considering launching a business, but unsure if it will get funded? Do you want to know how Funders connect with new startups, what tolerated risks they invest in, and what they look for when funding a startupNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24889 September 17, Santa Monica -- When & How to Scale Your Mobile App. When do you start to seriously think about scaling your Mobile App? Do you do it as you’re building your app or when your user base grows and you see the need to increase resources? Want to learn more? Join Lukas Sliwka, the CTO of Grindr, who helped to design Grindr’s current system which enables 2 million daily active users to connectNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24890 September 22, San Diego -- Advertising insertion into video content used to be a straight forward proposition… until now. Now, with the advent of ad supported OTT networks like Crackle.com and Hulu, ad supported VOD and TV Everywhere, the challenges of getting the right ads to the right place on the right platform have taken on a new complexity. The EvoNexus Digital Media Group examines the state of the media technology challenges that are a result of this new world and will discuss the challenges and predict the future of where ad placement will require new and improved technologies to make it successful. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24867 September 22, San Diego -- How To Leverage RegA+ to Fund Up to +$50M to Grow and Scale Your Business. FundAthena. A MUST ATTEND CEO WORKSHOP. Under Regulation A+ of the JOBS Act of 2012, small and midsize private companies can raise up to $50 million in growth capital from both accredited and non-accredited investors in a “mini-IPO.” In this workshop series, FundAthena, a division of Manhattan Street Capital, Inc., will help attendees learn what it takes to get their company approved under RegA+ to gain access to growth capital to grow and scale their business. Participants will network exclusively with founders, CEOs, CFOs, and other executives of promising pre-IPO companies in a variety of industries. FundAthena’s on-site workshop will take place in San Diego, on September 22nd or October 20th from 5:30pm to 8pm (PT), dinner is included. For those unable to attend in person, an online webinar is available on October 28th from 10:30am to 12noon (PT). See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24882 September 23, Thousand Oaks -- Combating Cyber-Crime. Meeting the Information Security Management Challenge in the Cyber-Age. Keynote from Dr. Stan Stahl, President of Citadel Information Group. Statistics show that as many as 800f these crimes did not need to happen. Dr. Stahl has provided technology-sophisticated information security services to the White House, Department of Defense, NASA, and middle-market companies. Event will include a wine tasting mixer, refreshments and free parking.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24855 September 23, Marina Del Rey -- Chris Sacca Interviewed by USA TODAY talkingtechLIVE at JibJab HQ. Watch legendary tech investor Chris Sacca in a live recording of USA TODAY tech columnist Jefferson Graham's no. 1 ranked TalkingTech podcast at JibJab's studio in Marina del Rey. The event begins at 6:30, and the show runs from 7-8. Hurry, tickets will go quickly and are expected to sell out. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24859 September 24, San Diego -- The IT Summit San Diego. Our 4th Annual San Diego event, providing educational and networking resources for the IT leaders in the Southern California area. The IT Summit is designed to address the real-world opportunities and challenges faced by today's executives, by facilitating face-to-face interaction and networking among information technology peers. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24852 September 25, San Diego -- 13th Annual San Diego Venture Summit: Sept 25. Join San Diego’s premier venture capital networking event of the year! SDVG’s Venture Summit is the largest annual gathering of investors in So Cal. Join 600+ in the venture capital community, and visit with 40 of the coolest companies in San Diego. Come hear why Trinity Ventures has lead two Series A rounds this year. Hear from 9 thought-provoking Industry leaders about the hottest topics in technology, innovation and venture capital. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24885 September 26, Newport Beach -- Orange County Summit on Aesthetics & Dermatology. This program will review the trends and technologies that are shaping the future of aesthetic medicine. We will hear from industry luminaries, review state of the art aesthetic medicine technologies, receive company presentations from emerging high growth companies, and see panel discussions from leading clinicians in facial aesthetics, body shaping and augmentation, skin care and other technologies shaping the look of the future. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24804 September 29, San Pedro -- PortTech Pitch. The 6th annual PortTech Pitch featuring innovative cleantech startups from all over North America. The Pitch program helps promising startups create and deliver compelling narratives before a diverse audience of business executives, investors, entrepreneurs, community leaders, regulators, policy advocates and academics. This is an invitation only event, contact the PortTech office for details. . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24858 September 29, Los Angeles -- FWDMonthly - Immigrant Entrepreneur Pitchfest + Happy Hour. Are you looking for a way to get involved in Social Innovation? Each month, FWD hosts guest speakers and recruits social innovators. And we hope you can join us... September Guests: At our next FWD.us LA Chapter event on Tue. September 29, we are hosting an Immigrant Entrepreneur Pitchfest + Happy Hour at Kolabs. It will be a great event to meet our chapter members and find out some of the projects they are working on.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24880 October 1, Aliso Viejo -- OCTANe Open House. Join OCTANe and TechSpace on the evening of October 1 for a night of networking. Create business connections with over 100 attendees in the business community. The audience will consist of entrepreneurs, business leaders, academicians, and startup companies.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24873 October 8, Costa Mesa -- High-Tech Innovation Awards Event. The 22nd Annual High-Tech Innovation Awards event. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/24678 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Fetch Recruiting, Inc. 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