*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Friday, December 8, 2017* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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The offices are: Newport Beach, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco - SOMA, San Francisco - Financial District, Sacramento, Reno, Denver, Seattle. The Firm’s corporate, litigation and public law practices are well known for their expertise and depth. Stradling's clients include emerging and high growth public and private companies as well as private equity funds, venture capital groups and their respective portfolio companies. Widely recognized for its expertise, responsiveness and outstanding client service, the Firm's size, structure, and culture allow it to provide the highest quality representation while maintaining the responsiveness and relationships commonly associated with smaller firms. *Tech Scenes: Andrew Blackmon of The Black Tux* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073035.html> Welcome to Tech Scenes where we explore what makes tech founders and the cities they live in thrive. In this solo episode we meet up with Andrew Blackmon Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about The Black Tux, why entrepreneurship, building a company from a personal experience, Los Angeles over New York, and the challenge of logistics and technology. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073035.html>) *Everipedia Names Wikipedia Co-Founder To Exec Team* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073034.html> Los Angeles-based Everipedia, an online, open source wiki network which is basing its system on Blockchain, said this week that it has named Dr. Larry Sanger as the company's new Chief Information Officer. Sanger was one of the co-founders of Wikipedia. According to Everipedia, Sanger coined the name "Wikipedia" and formulated much of the site's original policies. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073034.html>) *LeadsMarket.com Donates $10,000 To Hurricane Ravaged St. Croix* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073033.html> Los Angeles-based LeadsMarket.com, a technology company which operates an online platform for buying and selling leads, calls, and clicks for consumer financial products, said it has donated $10,000 to benefit the island of St. Croix and the Virgin Islands, which was devastated by Hurricane Irma in September. According to LeadsMarket, the donation went to the Cane Bay Cares Initiative, which provides direct relief to Cane Bay Partner's employees and to the citizens of St. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073033.html>) *Verizon Provides Unlimited Text, Data For SoCal Wildfire Areas* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073032.html> Wireless carrier Verizon said on Thursday it is offering up free unlimited talk, text, and data for customers currently in specific zipcodes affected by the rash of wind-driven wildfires in Southern California. According to the carrier, the free unlimited talk, text, and data only runs from December 7th through December 10th, and only applies to customers in zip codes covering Sylmar, Sunland, Tujunga, La Canada Flintridge, Santa Paula, Ventura, Oak View, and Ojai. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073032.html>) *Movie Pilot Acquired By Webedia* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073027.html> Los Angeles-based Movie Pilot has been acquired by Paris-based publishing group Webedia. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to the two, Webedia has acquired the majority of both Movie Pilot and its "distributed video channel for nerd culture", Super News. Webedia was already an investor in Movie Pilot, and been part of Movie Pilot's $16M, Series B funding in September of 2015. Movie Pilot had been led by CEO and Co-Founder Tobi Bauckhage. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073027.html>) *Metacrine Lands $22M For Metabolic Disease Treatments* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073024.html> San Diego-based *Metacrine <http://www.metacrine.com>*, a biotechnology firm which is developing drugs for treating metabolic disease, has raised $22M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and also included ARCH, Polaris, venBio, and Alexandria Venture Investments. NEA Partner Carol Gallagher will join the company's board as part of the funding. The company says it has now raised a total of $60M. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=89091> )(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073024.html>) *Odonate Therapeutics Prices IPO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073022.html> San Diego-based Odonate Therapeutics, a pharmaceuticals startup focused on chemotherapy drugs, has priced its IPO, saying on Wednesday afternoon that it has priced its IPO at $24.00 per share. The $24.00 per share was on the low end of its initial estimated pricing range of $24.00 to $27.00. The company is selling 6,250,000 shares of its common stock in the offering, which will raise $150M for the company. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073022.html>) *Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency <+johnhuttin...@pacificunified.com>* We are a commercial insurance broker working with startup and early stage technology and E-Commerce companies to implement cost effective strategies for their insurance and risk management programs. We provide guidance and strategic planning during various phases and also advise regarding employee benefit structures to assist in employee recruiting and retention. Coverage placements include D&O, Property, Liability, Workers Comp, E&O, Cyber/Network Security and Employee Benefit Programs. Contact: John Huttinger, CIC, CRM Vice President Ph#310-370-5000 Ext 3025 w Fx 310-370-5454 johnhuttin...@pacificunified.com *SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators <http://www.socalip.com>* IP Litigation . IP Transactions . Patent & Trademark Prosecution . IP Strategy . Westlake Village . Santa Barbara . Irvine. i...@socalip.com 805-230-1350 www.socalip.com *Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Info <https://www.keyinfo.com/public-cloud/#streamone>* Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Information Systems A major downfall of a hybrid or multi-cloud environment is the difficulty in monitoring and maintaining numerous instances across several accounts and platforms. Add that to deployment complexity and capacity issues, and your business will struggle to reap the benefits of cloud. A multi-cloud consolidation platform from KeyInfo solves these issues and more! KeyInfo provides top notch multi-cloud services, management capabilities and tailored support. We enable customers to procure cloud services from a single source, allowing for the access and management of a full range of industry-leading IaaS cloud providers including Amazon Web Services, IBM, Microsoft and more. 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In Los Angeles, contact Ryan Mondillo (ryan.mondi...@oracle.com). ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#m_8909635722805428085_funding>* 12/07/17 Metacrine <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89091> San Diego $22.00 M 12/06/17 Prevoty <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89090> Los Angeles $13.00 M 12/06/17 Asilomar Bio <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89088> San Francisco $12.25 M 12/04/17 NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89085> San Diego $10.00 M 11/30/17 Enjoius <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89081> Los Angeles $1.40 M 11/30/17 TetraVue <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89082> Vista $0.00 M 11/29/17 Transphorm, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=89079> Goleta $15.00 M 11/22/17 Divergent3D <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=88983> Los Angeles $65.00 M 11/21/17 HopSkipDrive <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=70908> South Pasadena $7.40 M 11/16/17 Inboard Technology <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=88941> Santa Cruz $8.00 M 11/15/17 Hopscotch Mobile <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=88940> Los Angeles $5.00 M 11/09/17 ScoreStream, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=88930> San Diego $0.00 M 11/07/17 Tear Film Innovations <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=88846> San Diego $9.00 M 11/07/17 PROGENITY, INC. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=88857> San Diego $125.00 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html December 11, Dana Point -- *AIMed* AIMed: Artificial Intelligence In Medicine. 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