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PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.socaltech.com/pwc). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Hulu Aims At Under $40 For Upcoming Live TV Service --Neurelis Raises Series B Funding For Epilepsy Treatment --Amgen Co-Founder Bowes Passes Away --Chinese Drone Manufacturer Wingsland Sets Up Shop In LA --Lynx Technology Launches Smart Home Product --Axonics Gets Marketing Approval In Canada --Ring Launches New Ear Piercing Floodlight Cam MARKETPLACE --Safire Partners Executive Search --Introducing KeyCloud --Binary Pulse Technology Marketing --SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators --Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency RECENT JOB POSTINGS RECENT FUNDING EVENTS ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Oracle Oracle offers a comprehensive and fully integrated stack of cloud applications and platform services for small and mid-sized businesses. For more information about Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com. In Los Angeles, contact Ryan Mondillo ([email protected]). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hulu Aims At Under $40 For Upcoming Live TV Service ---- Los Angeles-based Hulu is planning on charging less than $40 a month for its upcoming, live television service, according to the company on a conference call on Tuesday. The pricing for the service was announced at a conference in Las Vegas which is running in parallel with CES. The new Hulu service will give users live access to live television, and will go up against AT&T's DirecTV Now. http://www.socaltech.com/hulu_aims_at_under_4_for_upcoming_live_tv_service/s-0068609.html Neurelis Raises Series B Funding For Epilepsy Treatment ---- San Diego-based Neurelis, a developer of a drug treatment for epilepsy, has raised a Series B round of funding, the company said this morning. Size of that funding was not announced. The funding was led by HBM Healthcare Investments, and also includes earlier investor LYZZ Capital. According to Neurelis, the funding will go towards clinical trials of its intranasal drug aimed at treating pediatric, adolescent, and adult epilepsy patients who experience acute repetitive or cluster seizures. The company said it currently is targeting an NDA application for submission in 2018. Craig C. Chambliss is President and Chief Executive Officer of Neurelis. Amgen Co-Founder Bowes Passes Away ---- William K. Bowes, Jr., the founding shareholder and chairman and treasurer of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, has died, at the age of 90. Bowes--who also founded venture capital firm USVP--died peacefully in his home on December 28th. Amgen said that "without Bowes, there would be no Amgen". The firm said that Bowes was instrumental in coming up with th eiea to launch the biotech company that would become Amgen. Bowes retired from Amgen's board in 2002. USVP has backed such companies as Sun Microsystems, New Focus, Check Point Software Technologies, and hundreds of others. Bowes founded USVP after spending nearly 25 years at investment banking firm Blyth & Co., where he was the lead underwriter for IPOs of such firms as Hewlett-Packard and Raychem. Chinese Drone Manufacturer Wingsland Sets Up Shop In LA ---- Wingsland Technology, a Chinese manufactuer of drones for the consumer market, announced on Wednesday that it has opened up its first international office, in Los Angeles. According to the company, the new office will help it service the growing U.S. market. Wingsland said it has opened up an office in the City of Industry, which will include a warehouse, local inventory, and a product, customer service team, and dedicated marketing and sales team. Local efforts of the manufacturer will be led by Brian Chacone, Director of Sales and Marketing. Wingsland offers up a number of consumer-focused, quadcopters, and just announced a "pocket drone" controlled by a user's smartphone, and specifically designed to auto-follow a user taking selfies. http://www.socaltech.com/chinese_drone_manufacturer_wingsland_sets_up_shop_in_la/s-0068606.html Lynx Technology Launches Smart Home Product ---- San Diego-based Lynx technology, a developer of software for managing media libraries and smart home devices, said today that it has launched its first product, called SmartLynx 1. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/lynx_technology_launches_smart_home_product/s-0068605.html Axonics Gets Marketing Approval In Canada ---- Irvine-based medical device manufacturer Axonic Modulation Technologies announced this morning that it has received marketing approval in Canada, from Health Canada. (More...) http://www.socaltech.com/axonics_gets_marketing_approval_in_canada/s-0068607.html Ring Launches New Ear Piercing Floodlight Cam ---- Are you sick and tired of the package thieves who have been wandering your neighborhood? The latest product from Los Angeles-based connected doorbell maker Ring might give them pause--or at least, a splitting headache. Ring said on Wednesday that it has launched a brand new product, the Ring Floodlight Cam, which features built in floodlights, two-way audio, and a 110 decibel siren. The camera--like Ring's original Video Doorbell--includes 1080 HD video, speaker, and microphone, which are sent to a user's smartphone, computer, tablet, or other device. The device also includes connectivity into Ring's cloud-based video recoding service, Cloud Video Recording. Ring was offering up the Floodlight Cam for pre-orders at $249.00 on its website. http://www.socaltech.com/ring_launches_new_ear_piercing_floodlight_cam/s-0068600.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 is a 15-person Los Angeles-based executive search firm built for SoCal's emerging companies working on ~100 searches per year. Clients cross over mobile, adtech, media, gaming, software, ecommerce, services, and consumer products. 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Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. From small sat’s and drones to headline-making rocketry by the “big guys,” our Southern California Aerospace landscape has been revitalized. With major new players as well as established companies expanding development and manufacturing, a renewed vibrancy offers a turf for entrepreneurship at all levels, especially with the US Government pushing traditional primes and sub-primes to turn to new technologies and sourcing for defense and commercial applications. Our program will look at these changes and opportunities they are creating. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25518 January 26, Santa Monica -- SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: "How to Network for Capital" with Len Lanzi. This 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-upNEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25546 January 26, Irvine -- Digital Marketing Bootcamp. SIIA and TCOSC is kicking off its Boot Camp Series in Irvine, CA. The one-day boot camp, will discuss the absolute essentials of digital marketing and effective strategies for growth. Sessions will focus on data, technology, social media, email and content marketing. Join us January 26 Irvine, CA. Use promotion code BCPTNR to get the TCOSC member rate (a $200 savings)NEW . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25545 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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