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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud Shimokaji IP (http://www.shimokaji.com) Bettering Life Through Creative Ideas ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Tech Scenes: Nick Green of Thrive Market <#m_9132853972330087512_0073180> - Faraday Future Reportedly Raises $1 Billion In Funding <#m_9132853972330087512_0073181> - SpaceX Targets Launch From Vandenberg At 5:27 p.m. <#m_9132853972330087512_0073175> - Ignyta To Be Acquired By Roche For $1.7 Billion <#m_9132853972330087512_0073177> - FabFitFun Launches TV App, Expands Video Efforts <#m_9132853972330087512_0073176> *Marketplace* - Neohire South <#m_9132853972330087512_ad720> - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#m_9132853972330087512_ad717> - Square 1 Bank <#m_9132853972330087512_ad695> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#m_9132853972330087512_ad694> - Oracle <#m_9132853972330087512_ad683> - Support Our News Coverage - Become A Member Today! <#m_9132853972330087512_ad680> *** Dear Readers: We will not be sending out our email between Christmas and New Year's; however, we will be posting breaking news to our website, as well as featuring our traditional end-of-the-year reflections on the year from movers and shakers in Southern California's tech industry. Happy Holidays! Ben *Friday, December 22, 2017* *Tech Scenes: Nick Green of Thrive Market* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073180.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 Nick Co-Founder and Co-CEO and talk about Thrive Market, affordable healthy living, learning how to mange 'insane' growth, giving back, providing engineers a good reason to migrate south to Los Angeles, and as an entrepreneur solving a problem you care about. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073180.html>) *Faraday Future Reportedly Raises $1 Billion In Funding* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073181.html> Los Angeles-based Faraday Future, the troubled electric car maker, has reportedly raised $1 billion in new funding, according to a Chinese publication. The company has not announced the alleged funding round in the United States, and there has been no additional confirmation of the funding. Faraday Future recently lost its chief designer, along with three other key executives, and employees apparently had stopped showing up for work sometime in November. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073181.html>) *SpaceX Targets Launch From Vandenberg At 5:27 p.m.* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073175.html> If you are anywhere along the Central Coast tonight, up near Santa Barbara, don't be surprised if you see a spectacular flame from the North, as Hawthorne-based SpaceX launches a payload of satellites into space just after sunset. According to SpaceX and military officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base, in Lompoc, SpaceX is slated to lift off 10 satellites from Iridium from Space Launch Complex 4E at 5:28 p.m. PST. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073175.html>) *Ignyta To Be Acquired By Roche For $1.7 Billion* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073177.html> San Diego-based precision medicine developer *Ignyta <http://www.ignyta.com>* has agreed to be acquired by biopharmaceuticals giant *Roche <http://www.roche.com>*, in a $1.7 billion deal, the two said late Thursday evening. According to the two, they are in a definitive merger agreement, where Roche will acquire Ignyta for $27.00 per share in cash, or $1.7 billion. The companies said the price is a premium of 74% on Ignyta's closing price on Thursday.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073177.html>) *FabFitFun Launches TV App, Expands Video Efforts* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073176.html> West Hollywood-based online lifestyle brand FabFitFun said on Thursday that it is planning to "significantly" expand its video content, with the launch of a new FabFitFunTV App and more videos and content for its streaming service, FabFitFunTV. The company said the app is launching initially on Apple TV and Amazon Fire, and will roll out on Roku next year. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073176.html>) *Neohire South <http://www.neohiresouth.com>* Your source for the most sought-after startup jobs. At Neohire South, we take our relationships seriously. We apply years of industry experience to assess and curate our talent pool - connecting only top-notch tech candidates with the most exciting startups in the industry. 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