*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Tuesday, August 8, 2017* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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Powers Sets Chief Digital Officer <#m_-3075345676299182344_0071481> - HBO Hackers Leak Executive Emails <#m_-3075345676299182344_0071477> - AppFolio Swizzles CEO <#m_-3075345676299182344_0071476> - Netflix Acquires Comic Book Publisher Millarworld <#m_-3075345676299182344_0071471> - March Capital Partners Seeks $300M In Two New Funds <#m_-3075345676299182344_0071468> - Faraday Future Leases New Factory In San Joaquin Valley <#m_-3075345676299182344_0071463> *Marketplace* - Try 2 months with better backups - KeyCloud <#m_-3075345676299182344_ad723> - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#m_-3075345676299182344_ad717> - Oracle <#m_-3075345676299182344_ad683> - Binary Pulse Technology Marketing <#m_-3075345676299182344_ad649> *Tuesday, August 8, 2017* *Triple Taps Augmented Reality To Sell Furniture* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071475.html> Los Angeles-based Triple, a startup developing augmented reality applications, said today that it has launched a new app to let users shop for furniture--and see how that furniture looks like in their home or office. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071475.html>) *Vance Street Capital Backs Acquisition By A&E Medical* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071480.html> Los Angeles-based private equity investor Vance Street Capital said this morning that its existing portfolio firm, A&E Medical Corporation, has acquired RTI Surgical's Cardiothoracic Closure business. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition is the second acquisition for A&E Medical. Vance Street Capital acquired A&E Medical in February of 2016. Vance Street said it was advised by Paul Hastings LLP in the deal, with RTi being advised by Stephens Inc. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071480.html>) *Solarflare Rolls Out Support For New Fabric Protocol* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071479.html> Irvine-based networking equipment maker Solarflare said today that it has demonstrated a new Ethernet fabric protocol, NVMe over fabric, along with Samsung Semiconductor and Supermicro. According to Solarflare, its support of NVme over TCP on its XtremeScale network interface cards (NICs) will be commercially available on September 30th. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071479.html>) *JMI Equity Promotes Two* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071478.html> San Diego- and Baltimore-based private equity investor *JMI Equity <http://www.jmi.com>* announced this morning that it has made two promotions. The company said it has named Larry Contrella as Principal at the company, and named Paul Chang as Vice President. Contrella is based in Baltimore, and has been at the firm since 2010. Chang is in San Diego, and has been at JMI Equity since 2013. Contrella previously was at Merrill Lynch & Co.; Chang was previously at Jeffries LLC.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071478.html>) *J.D. Powers Sets Chief Digital Officer* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071481.html> Costa Mesa-based J.D. Power, the consumer analytics company best known for collecting data on consumer satisfaction in the automotive industry, said it has named Bernardo Rodriguez as its new Chief Digital Officer. J.D. Power said the new position will focus on its "digital transformation", and specifically on new product development, branding, marketing and mergers and acquisitions. Rodriguez joins the company from digital agency Huge, where he was Managing Director of Strategy. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071481.html>) *HBO Hackers Leak Executive Emails* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071477.html> The hack over at HBO--which already has seen an early release of four upcoming Game of Thrones episodes--appears to be getting worse, as those hackers have released a month's worth of an executive's emails to The Hollywood Reporter and others. Those emails reportedly include significant confidential emails and scripts. HBO is insisting that its email systems "as a whole" have not been hacked. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071477.html>) *AppFolio Swizzles CEO* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071476.html> Santa Barbara-based software developer AppFolio announced on Monday afternoon that it has named Jason Randall as the company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as new member of the company's board. Randall is replacing President, CEO, and director Brian Donahoo, who AppFolio says is retiring from the company. Randall has been at AppFolio for the last nine years, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, AppFolio Property Manager. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071476.html>) *Netflix Acquires Comic Book Publisher Millarworld* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071471.html> Netflix, the online television streaming and entertainment company, said Monday morning that it has acquired Millarworld, the comic book publisher behind such characters as Kick-Ass, Kingsman, and Old Man Logan. Netflix, which has significant operations in the Los Angeles area, did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. Netflix and Millarworld said they would bring Millarworld's portfolio of characters to life through films, series and kids' shows available exclusively to Netflix. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071471.html>) *March Capital Partners Seeks $300M In Two New Funds* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071468.html> Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners, the local venture capital investment fund led by Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery, is looking to raise a total of $300M in two new funds, according to regulatory filings from the firm released today. Those filings indicate March is looking to raise $150M in its second fund, March Capital Partners II, L.P. as well as another $150M in March Capital Opportunity Fund II, L.P.. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071468.html>) *Faraday Future Leases New Factory In San Joaquin Valley* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071463.html> Los Angeles-based electric vehicle designer Faraday Future said this morning that it has leased a new, manufacturing facility--located in the San Joaquin Valley--where it plans to start up production of its first production vehicle, the FF 91. According to Faraday Future, it has begun the process of cleaning up the site, which is based in Hanford, California, in preparation for moving in manufacturing equipment for the company. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071463.html>) *Try 2 months with better backups - KeyCloud <http://www.keyinfo.com/braas-free-trial/>* Right now, sign up for 2 months FREE Cloud Backup and Recovery services with KeyCloud. The most important part of your backups isn’t the taking of that backup, but the guaranteed ability to recover and restore. 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See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25855 August 9, Los Angeles -- *DTLA Tech Happy Hour* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25854 August 11, Pasadena -- *How to Network with Investors* How to Network with Investors. Friday Coffee Meet Up. ow to network with investors – the right way. What does that mean? It means knowing what not to do in front of potential investors and how to maximize your potential at networking events. During this presentation you’ll learn about how investors think and how to navigate in their world. You’ll be able to identify and attend the right events for your startup and set achievable networking goals for each event. You’ll work on some good examples of elevator pitches and other strategies for making the most out of each networking event you attend. Finally, you’ll learn how to follow up after the event. Speaker: Matt Crowley. 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Through six conference tracks and four “journeys” tailored to specific roles, you’ll learn how to: Build data and analytics architectures Leverage DevOps to increase data center agility Create scalable security and identity architectures Develop innovative software architectures and practices Formulate and execute your IoT strategy Make sense of blockchain and how to use it Understand the impact of AI and machine learning Take mobility from strategy to execution Achieve digital workplace productivity Explore public and hybrid cloud strategies and cloud-native solutions. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25849 August 24, Los Angeles -- *XMAS In August* XMAS In August/ Get in front of LA media in one amazing night of demo's at XMAS in August. Early bird registration ends on July 13th. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25842 August 29, Santa Monica -- *Better Living Through Analytics - Strategies for Data Decisions* *NEW* . 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See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25845 September 7, Los Angeles -- *Startup UCLA Summer Accelerator Demo Day* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25859 ------------------------------ *Recent Job Postings * More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Product Engineer I <http:///showjob.php?id=5697> Aerovironment Head of CRM Marketing <http:///showjob.php?id=5696> Thrive Market Accounts Payable Specialist <http:///showjob.php?id=5695> Snap Inc. Hardware Development Manager <http:///showjob.php?id=5694> SpaceX Cloud Management Architect <http:///showjob.php?id=5693> Withheld CFO <http:///showjob.php?id=5692> Tech Startup Engineering Mgr, Electrical Hardware. Aerospace. 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