*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Monday, September 25, 2017* 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. Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Make next happen now. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. Shimokaji IP (http://www.shimokaji.com) Bettering Life Through Creative Ideas Neohire South (http://www.neohiresouth.com) Scaling startups since 2007. The #1 most connected recruiting firm in LA. PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.socaltech.com/pwc). Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud ------------------------------ Dear readers: apologies for some slow news flow on tech news here, I have been doing some personal work to address a massive humanitarian crisis on the Caribbean island of Dominica (72,000 without water, food, or shelter)--massive US helivac, C-130 airlifts, and military evacuation of U.S. and other foreign nationals. Similar crisis brewing in Puerto Rico. Both due to Hurricane Maria. - Ben Kuo, Editor ------------------------------ *Headlines * - PatientSafe Solutions Raises $25M <#m_3693801828340757965_0072071> - NantKwest Names New Board Director <#m_3693801828340757965_0072073> - AdGreetz Powers Personalized Ads For Flipkart <#m_3693801828340757965_0072072> - Source Photonics Expands In China <#m_3693801828340757965_0072074> - Hyperloop One Raises $85M More <#m_3693801828340757965_0072067> - AfterNow Releases AR Tool For Filmmakers <#m_3693801828340757965_0072066> - Plenty of Fish Connects With Google Home <#m_3693801828340757965_0072065> - March Capital Partners Backs Activehours In New Funding <#m_3693801828340757965_0072062> *Marketplace* - SoCal Bio Keynote: Jonathan Norris of Silicon Valley Bank Capital <#m_3693801828340757965_ad726> - Try 2 months with better backups - KeyCloud <#m_3693801828340757965_ad723> - Square 1 Bank <#m_3693801828340757965_ad695> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#m_3693801828340757965_ad694> - Oracle <#m_3693801828340757965_ad683> *Monday, September 25, 2017* *PatientSafe Solutions Raises $25M* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072071.html> San Diego-based PatientSafe Solutions, a developer of mobile software used for clinical workflow and communications in healthcare organizations, has raised $25M more in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by HighBar Partners, and also included Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Camden Partners, Psilos Group, and TPG. The company said the funding will go to further scale operations, accelerate sales, and other efforts. Si Luo is President and CEO of PatientSafe. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072071.html>) *NantKwest Names New Board Director* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072073.html> Culver City-based immunotherapy developer NantKwest, one of the companies run by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, says that it has named Fred Driscoll, the former Chief Financial Officer of Flexion Therapeutics, to its board. According to NantKwest, Driscoll is taking the position that is being vacated by Richard Kusserow. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072073.html>) *AdGreetz Powers Personalized Ads For Flipkart* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072072.html> Los Angeles-based personalized advertising technology developer AdGreetz has been powering personalized ads for Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, according to AdGreetz. According to AdGreetz, which is led by Eric Frankel, has been deploying its personalized ads on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Google AdWords for Flipkart as part of "Big Billion Days", which AdGreetz said is the Indian equivalent of Cyber Monday in the United States. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072072.html>) *Source Photonics Expands In China* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072074.html> West Hills-based Source Photonics, a developer of Indium Phosphide lasers and components for the optical communications market, said today that it is in an expansion in China, and is opening up a new optical laser facility in the country. Source Photonics said the new facility will be established in Jintan, China, and will double its output of its InP lasers and other equipment. The new facility is in the Jintan Economic Development zone. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072074.html>) *Hyperloop One Raises $85M More* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072067.html> Los Angeles-based *Hyperloop One <http://www.hyperloop-one>*, which is building high speed, Hyperloop transportation systems, says it has raised $85M in a Series B-1 funding round. The funding brings the company's total raised to $245M since it was founded in 2014. The new funding came from Caspian VC Partners (as part of Summa Group and OurCrowd.com), DP World, WTI, as well as the company's existing investors. (Funding Details <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=87920>)( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072067.html>) *AfterNow Releases AR Tool For Filmmakers* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072066.html> Culver City-based AfterNow said this week that it has released a new application, Blocker, which helps filmmakers take advantage of Apple's ARKit. AfterNow said that the tool lets a director place virtual characters in an augmented reality environment, for blocking or storyboarding. AfterNow said the tool is aimed at helping filmmakers to accurately prepare scenes to communicate positioning of cameras and characters. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072066.html>) *Plenty of Fish Connects With Google Home* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072065.html> *Plenty of Fish <https://www.pof.com/>* (POF), the online dating company owned by Match.com--and run out of Los Angeles--says it has integrated its dating services with Google Assistant, running on Google Home, Android devices, and iPhones. According to Plenty of Fish, the integration allows users to ask Google Assistant if they have new messages on the dating services, and will read those messages aloud to the individual.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072065.html>) *March Capital Partners Backs Activehours In New Funding* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072062.html> Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners has joined in another funding round for Palo Alto-based Activehours, as part of a $39M funding. Activehours said the new, $39M investment round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Matrix Partners, Ribbit Capital and March Capital Partners. Activehours offers up a mobile-app driven service which lets people access their paychecks, even before those paychecks are deposited in their account. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0072062.html>) *SoCal Bio Keynote: Jonathan Norris of Silicon Valley Bank Capital <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/19th-annual-socalbio-conference-tickets-31817307423>* 19th Annual SoCalBio Conference - September 29, Long Beach SoCalBio is pleased to announce that Jonathan Norris of Silicon Valley Bank Capital will deliver the morning Keynote about the bioscience industry funding landscape. Mr. Norris oversees business development efforts for banking and lending opportunities as well as spearheading strategic relationships with many life science and healthcare venture capital firms. He also helps SVB Capital through sourcing and advising on limited partnership allocations. Mr. Norris' presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on "Strengthening the Funding Eco-System in Greater Los Angeles" Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/19th-annual-socalbio- conference-tickets-31817307423 *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. KeyCloud Backup and Recovery as a Service (BRaaS) is hosted on enterprise grade technology and performs “0” downtime backups, a capability unique to KeyCloud. Including software, offsite storage and support, KeyCloud BRaaS causes NO IMPACT on your daily business or production, and gives you the confidence of having a solid cloud resiliency plan in place. With KeyCloud, rest assured knowing your most important data is always protected and available, without the hassle of managing it yourself. To receive a risk free 2 month trial of KeyCloud BRaaS, visit: http://www.keyinfo.com/braas-free-trial/ *Square 1 Bank <http://www.square1bank.com>* Square 1 Bank is a division of Pacific Western Bank, a Los Angeles-based commercial bank with over $21 billion in assets. A full service financial services partner to entrepreneurs and their investors, Square 1 provides clients flexible resources and attentive service to help their companies grow. Square 1 offers a broad range of venture debt, treasury and cash management solutions through offices in top innovation centers: Atlanta, Austin, the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Durham, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC. Pacific Western Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW). For more information, visit www.square1bank.com, or send an email to [email protected]. *Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <http://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator/>* Accelerating Growth for Early Stage Innovation The Preccelerator® Program is a platform offered to select start-up companies out of the Santa Monica office of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP that provides interim office space, sophisticated legal services, mentorship and access to a strategic perks portfolio with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. The Preccelerator® Program provides these benefits to as many as 10 promising young startups in separate growth tracks. http://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator/ *Oracle <http://www.oracle.com>* 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]). ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#m_3693801828340757965_funding>* 9/22/17 Hyperloop One FKA Hyperloop Technologies <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87920> Los Angeles $85.00 M 9/21/17 Tuition.io <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87917> Santa Monica $7.00 M 9/20/17 Haawk <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87915> Studio City $2.50 M 9/18/17 Sixgill <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87881> Santa Monica $27.90 M 9/18/17 Sonendo, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87880> Laguna Hills $50.00 M 9/13/17 Happy Returns <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87794> Santa Monica $4.00 M 8/29/17 Domuso <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87238> Santa Monica $3.10 M 8/28/17 SetPoint Medical Corp <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87235> Valencia $30.00 M 8/24/17 ART19 <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87230> San Francisco $7.50 M 8/24/17 Romeo Power <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87233> Vernon $30.00 M 8/24/17 Bridg <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87229> Los Angeles $11.00 M 8/16/17 SecureLink <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87161> Austin $0.00 M 8/16/17 NuORDER, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87124> West Hollywood $8.00 M 8/14/17 Mabvax Therapeutics <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=87118> San Diego $1.30 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html September 26, Newport Beach -- *TCOSC Executive Forum: Deciphering Cyber Security* TCOSC Executive Forum: Deciphering Cyber Security. Join the TechCouncil of Southern CA on September 26th at Ten-X’s offices in Newport Beach for an evening with data security experts, thought leaders and peers. The risks associated with data and cyber security breaches continues to grow, impacting many industries across the globe. Cyber criminals are more creative than ever before and their attacks are dangerously destructive, targeting organizations of all sizes. As attacks increase in volume and complexity, it is becoming more difficult for tools and infrastructures to keep up. Come and meet experts in the cyber and data security universe as we discuss how to identify and disrupt cyberthreats and leverage innovative tools to win the war against cyber criminals……the success of your business depends on it! Enjoy good food and drinks while we decipher the complex world of data and cyber security. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25862 September 26, Playa Vista -- *Peter Coffee's Industry Forecast* Peter Coffee's Industry Forecast. AITP-LA. Peter Coffee will be looking at a number of disciplines— computing, communications, data analytics, social media, and information security among others— and illuminating the massive disruptions already taking shape around us.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25879 September 26, El Segundo -- *TS2 Presents: Unlocking the Secrets of Scaling and Monetization* TS2 Presents: Unlocking the Secrets of Scaling and Monetization Some of the biggest challenges faced by founders and CEOs of growing technology companies involve how to effectively monetize their IP and create sound strategies for growth. Hear firsthand from our panel of LA area business leaders who have spent their entire careers successfully growing advertising, games, mobile and financial tech companies. This educational session will provide you with key insights and proven techniques you can put to use immediately in your technology business. Guest panelists include: Chris Wise, CEO, Wise Profits (Strategic Growth Consultant) Ron Scott, CEO, Vueality (AR/Games) Alex Rubalcava, Partner, Stage Venture Capital (VC/Funding). See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25895 September 26, Los Angeles -- *How To Get Your Startup Funded - Tips From Entrepreneur and Renowed Angel Investor Jason Calacanis* How To Get Your Startup Funded - Tips From Entrepreneur and Renowed Angel Investor Jason Calacanis. Jason Calacanis founded Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs Inc, Mahalo, and Inside.com. He turned down a $20 million offer for Silicon Alley Reporter. Then the dotcom bubble burst, and he wound up with a net worth of negative $10,000. Calacanis bounced back and founded Weblogs, which he sold to AOL after 18 months for $30 million. But most of Jason's money has been made by angel investing. He placed an early bet on Uber that paid off, and he’s now a professional investor with his own syndicate. Calacanis' new book is called, "Angel: How to invest in technology startups —Timeless advice from an Angel Investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25896 September 27, Los Angeles -- *Los Angeles VC and Angel Investor Roundtable* Los Angeles VC and Angel Investor Roundtable. FundingPost. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Los Angeles? Join FundingPost for our 400th Conference on Wednesday, September 27, 2017!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25891 September 27, Venice -- *Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice* Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice. Join the fastest growing startup and tech community in Los Angeles! Meet new people and participate in lively discussions with outstanding names in the Silicon Beach community. Register immediately for an early bird ticket. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25874 September 28, Newport Beach -- * Orange County VC and Angel Investor Conference* Orange County VC and Angel Investor Conference. FundingPost. Interested in meeting and pitching to early-stage Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists in Orange County? Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, September 28th, 2017. At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25892 September 28, Santa Monica -- *How Machines Understand Text - NLP, Machine Learning in Practice* How Machines Understand Text - NLP, Machine Learning in Practice. We have a great session planned that will use two case studies of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to explore opportunities that businesses have with understanding text. Come join us for a moderated session led by Dr. Jon Morra as he guides us through in depth use cases of NLP and their applications in predictive analytics. The session will consist of two presentations by leading experts in the fields of NLP and machine learning, and will be followed by a moderated Q and A session. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25881 October 10, San Diego -- *San Diego Tech Summit* San Diego Tech Summit. Join your peers by registering now. Gather the key IT knowledge needed to be indispensible. This year's Tech Summit agenda is carefully designed to provide you with the latest IT trends and knowledge needed to make the best possible decisions on behalf of your organization. It will allow you to see the best practices other leading companies have adopted, key IT challenges they are facing, and new solutions that are solving these challenges. The available seating is limited so be sure to sign up as soon as possible to ensure you will have a seat. You are welcome to invite other key people on your team.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25848 October 10, Los Angeles -- *The Entrepreneurs Journey: Show Some Grit or Time to Quit* The Entrepreneurs Journey: Show Some Grit or Time to Quit. USC Alumni Society. Entrepreneurs often face many challenges, many frustrations, and many victories. The entrepreneurial journey is not for everyone and it definitely is not for the faint of heart. “The Entrepreneurs Journey: Show Some Grit or Time to Quit” is an opportunity for USC alumni to hear from dynamic speakers about their personal entrepreneurial stories and what they did to persevere. This empowering session on entrepreneurship will reveal tips, tricks and real life stories from USC alumni who’ve been there and done that! Find out what steps they took to make success their final destination. Contact Nicole Gordillo [email protected] . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25894 October 11, Los Angeles -- *The IT Summit Los Angeles* The IT Summit is the executive technology conference series returning to Los Angeles for our eleventh annual event on October 11th, 2017. The purpose of the summit is to provide educational and networking resources for the IT leaders in Southern California. The conference is driven by an Executive Board of regional IT professionals that directs the content of the conference. The IT Summit is designed to address the real-world opportunities and challenges faced by today's executives. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25831 October 11, Venice -- *Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice* Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice. Join the fastest growing startup and tech community in Los Angeles! Meet new people and participate in lively discussions with outstanding names in the Silicon Beach community. Register immediately for an early bird ticket. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25875 October 19, Los Angeles -- *Women Founder's Network 2017 Fast Pitch* Women Founder's Network 2017 Fast Pitch Competition Deadline. Women Founders Network (WFN) is a virtual accelerator that connects women building high-growth businesses with the tools and resources they need to achieve business success. Our flagship event is an Annual Fast Pitch Competition, which takes place on October 19, 2017. 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