*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Tuesday, March 6, 2018* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud Singer Lewak (http://www.singerlewak.com) Accounting and Consulting for Growing and Innovative Businesses ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Google Adds Disneyland And California Adventure To Street View <#m_4060383556020616290_0073957> - SpaceX Successfully Delivers Hispasat To Orbit <#m_4060383556020616290_0073954> - ReTech Labs Names COO <#m_4060383556020616290_0073955> - Masimo Rolls Out Remote Patient Monitoring App <#m_4060383556020616290_0073956> - Triton Digital Expands Win With Broadcaster <#m_4060383556020616290_0073958> - SpaceX Sets Hispasat Launch For Tuesday Morning <#m_4060383556020616290_0073949> - BioDuro Acquires Molecular Response <#m_4060383556020616290_0073938> *Marketplace* - Recurring Revenue Conference 2018—April 12, Marina del Rey Marriott <#m_4060383556020616290_ad731> - Neohire South <#m_4060383556020616290_ad720> - Oracle <#m_4060383556020616290_ad683> - SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators <#m_4060383556020616290_ad611> *Tuesday, March 6, 2018* *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. We work with you to meet your cloud strategy needs and enable you to leverage all of the unique capabilities of the platform. To schedule an appointment, visit https://www.keyinfo.com/public-cloud/#streamone *Google Adds Disneyland And California Adventure To Street View* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073957.html> Do you wish you could wander around your favorite places in Disneyland and California Adventure all day? Well, now can you--at least, virtually--through Google's Street View. According to Google, it has added Street View imagery for 11 of Disney's parks--including Disneyland, California Adventure, Disney's Magical Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, and others--to its Street View imagery. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073957.html>) *SpaceX Successfully Delivers Hispasat To Orbit* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073954.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX successfully delivered its largest, geosynchronous satellite payload, the Hispasat 30W-6, to orbit last night, in a late evening launch from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the Hispasat 30W-6 at 12:33 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40). The Hispasat satellite will provide television, broadband, communications, and other services for corporate customers, covering Europe, North Africa, and the Americas. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073954.html>) *ReTech Labs Names COO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073955.html> San Diego-based Retech Labs, a developer of software aimed at bricks-and-mortar retailers for private brand management and other efforts, said it has named Bharat Rupani as its new Chief Operating Officer. Rupani most recently was President of Daymon Interactions. The company said Rapani has over 20 years of retail experience in the areas of private brands, experiential marketing and retail execution. ReTech Labs is led by co-founder and CEO Abhi Beniwal. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showperson&id=81736> )(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073955.html>) *Masimo Rolls Out Remote Patient Monitoring App* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073956.html> Irvine-based Masimo, the developer of patient monitoring devices, is making it easier for healthcare providers to monitor the condition of their patients, with a new application for smartphones and tablets. According to Masimo, it said it has released an app called Replica, which lets clinicians continuously monitor data for multiple patients under their care, in real time, from anywhere. Pricing on the new offering was not announced. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073956.html>) *Triton Digital Expands Win With Broadcaster* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073958.html> Los Angeles-based Triton Digital, which provides digital audio streaming and advertising services to radio and other broadcasters, said it has renewed and expanded a relationship it has with Beasley Media Group, an owner of 63 radio stations. Financial details of the win were not announced. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073958.html>) *SpaceX Sets Hispasat Launch For Tuesday Morning* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073949.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX said today that it is now targeting launch of the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite for tonight, at 12:33 a.m. EST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX--which had originally planned to launch the satellite payload in February--said the satellite will be the largest, geostationary satellite the company has ever flown. The Hispasat satellite is currently at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), with a two-hour launch window that opens at 12:33 a.m. EST, or 5:33 UTC. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073949.html>) *BioDuro Acquires Molecular Response* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073938.html> San Diego-based BioDuro, a life sciences contract research and development provider, announced this morning that it has acquired Molecular Response LLC, which provides a large collection of viable tumor specimens for the oncology market. Financial details of the buy were not announced. According to BioDuro, Molecular Response has a biobank of over 100,000 viable tumor specimens, which are used for drug discovery, oncology, and immunooncology studies. As part of thea cquisition, Thomas B. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073938.html>) *Recurring Revenue Conference 2018—April 12, Marina del Rey Marriott <http://www.recurringrevenueconference.com>* Presented by Sutton Capital Partners. Join 600+ entrepreneurs, SaaS and subscription innovators, leading VCs, private equity/angel investors and executives on April 12. 8am-5:30pm followed by cocktail reception. Speaker lineup includes keynote Therese Tucker, Founder & CEO, Blackline. Register and use Promo Code: SocalTECH for 20% discount. Register at: http://www.recurringrevenueconference.com Questions: n...@suttoncapitalpartners.com *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. Whether you’re building your team or searching for a job you love, we want to understand your unique needs and goals to create an incredible fit for your future. http://www.neohiresouth.com *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 (ryan.mondi...@oracle.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 ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#m_4060383556020616290_funding>* 3/01/18 Scalefast <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90444> Manhattan Beach $8.00 M 2/23/18 Intellisense <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90293> Torrance $0.00 M 2/22/18 Vision Esports <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90294> Beverly Hills $38.00 M 2/22/18 FanAI <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90289> Santa Monica $2.50 M 2/21/18 Lindora <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90258> Costa Mesa $0.00 M 2/16/18 NGD Systems <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90188> Irvine $12.40 M 2/15/18 Lumi <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90182> Los Angeles $9.00 M 2/15/18 Workast <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90185> Santa Monica $1.85 M 2/15/18 Miso Robotics, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90181> Pasadena $10.00 M 2/15/18 SaltStack <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90187> Lehi $15.50 M 2/15/18 DroneBase, Inc. <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90180> Los Angeles $12.00 M 2/13/18 Tipalti <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90097> Palo Alto $30.00 M 2/08/18 GOAT <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90089> Los Angeles $60.00 M 2/07/18 ZipRecruiter <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=60250> Santa Monica $50.00 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html March 7, Camarillo -- *Lifelong Happiness: Your Secret Weapon at Work and In Life* Lifelong Happiness: Your Secret Weapon at Work and In Life. Russell Fischer Business Collection, Camarillo Library. What would your life feel like if you could be 98.6% stress-free, and you were able to exude complete confidence and happiness everywhere you go on a daily basis? The good news is you can stop wondering and start experiencing this for yourself immediately. Ricky Powell, an International speaker, coach, and author of the book, Happiness Rocks, will be sharing his most important hacks with you during this awesome, engaging seminar.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26004 March 7, Santa Monica -- *LA Blockchain Developers Night In Santa Monica* LA Blockchain Developers Night In Santa Monica. Calling all Software Engineers, or anyone wanting to build applications using the blockchain! Join us on Wednesday, March 7th from 7pm to 9pm in Santa Monica for dinner and technical talks from community members. Attendees will have the opportunity to do some networking and hear from 3 engineers who are currently working on projects that interface with the blockchain. This event is perfect if you are looking to be inspired or want to see, on a technical level, how people are building applications with the various blockchains. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26024 March 7, Camarillo -- *Annual Update: California's Food & Agriculture Industry* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26028 March 7, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* The Montgomery Summit. The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors, and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels, and salons at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26015 March 7, Los Angeles -- *USC Startup Career Fair Spring 2018* USC Startup Career Fair Spring 2018. Small Companies, HUGE Opportunities. · 20+ Startups· Full-Time and Internship Positions· Opportunities for ALL majors: DESIGN, MARKETING, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS, FILM, ETC.· Wednesday, March 7th, 10 AM – 2 PM in Viterbi E-Quad. Our mission is to connect talent on campus with the hottest startups in Los Angeles and beyond. Students will have the opportunity to engage in informative discussions with recruiters and apply for both full-time and internship positions. We’ll also be showcasing some of USC’s best student startups. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26014 March 8, Santa Monica -- *LA CEOs* LA CEOs presents: eSports. Our special guest speaker is Andy Babb, Head of Games at Super League Gaming, the premiere amateur esports organization in the United States. Super League has built community-based, branded esports teams in 16 cities which compete against each other in “City Champs” competition. Investors include Softbank, Cinemark, Nickelodeon, and several professional sports team owners. This sponsor supported event is restricted to qualified CEOs & CFOs only. Confirmed RSVP required. Service providers not admitted.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26011 March 8, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25960 March 8, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* The Montgomery Summit. The Montgomery Summit gathers an invited group of entrepreneurs, senior investors, and leading executives to discover the most important innovations in business and technology. The event features two days of presentations, keynotes, panels, and salons at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26016 March 8, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* The Montgomery Summit. The Montgomery Summit is an invitation-only event that gathers leading entrepreneurs, venture and growth investors, institutional investors, and industry executives from around the world. The Montgomery Summit has been held annually since 2004, and it has grown into the country’s largest private company investment conference, annually featuring presentations from the CEOs of 150 exceptional private companies, world-class keynote speakers and engaging panels and discussions. Big themes this year will center on AI/Machine Learning, IOT and how technology is transforming a range of industries.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26026 March 8, Los Angeles -- *TechFair LA 2018* TechFair LA 2018. LA's Largest Technology Job Fair will be returning to LA for an even bigger and better event for the second year in a row, co-hosted by Comparably, Annenberg Foundation and Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti. Over 250 most prominent tech companies in attendence along with 10,000+ job-seekers in Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, Design and more attending. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25987 March 9, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25961 March 9, Long Beach -- *CSULB VR Day - Long Beach, CA* CSULB VR Day. The California State University Long Beach Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is proud to sponsor the first campus-wide Virtual Reality (VR) Day on March 9, 2018. VR Day is an interdisciplinary collaboration amongst the colleges of the Arts, Engineering, Health and Human Services, and Liberal Arts. The full day event includes a keynote, faculty and practitioner panels, demos, short films, a VR career readiness workshop presented by the Career Development Center, and two screenings of the exciting and innovating VR film UTURN. Mirroring the diversity which is the hallmark of the university, the goal of VR Day is to highlight intellectual, gender, and racial diversity within the industry as well as prepare our majority minority students to become strong contributors to the burgeoning VR industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26018 March 10, Santa Monica -- *Mobile LAVA: Silicon Beach Ecosystem * Mobile LAVA: Silicon Beach Ecosystem. Come learn from VCs and Angel Investors about funding for your Mobile company, moderated by Peter Cowen. Our panel will discuss what their investment appetite is for 2018, what has changed recently with criteria and pitches, where they see deals coming from, and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26023 March 10, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25962 March 11, Pasadena -- *SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo.* SCALE 16x. The Sixteenth Annual Southern California Linux Expo. SCaLE 16X – the 16th annual Southern California Linux Expo – will take place on March. 8-11, 2018, at the Pasadena Convention Center. SCaLE 16X expects to host 150 exhibitors this year, along with nearly 130 sessions, tutorials and special events. SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It is held annually in the greater Los Angeles area. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25963 March 13, Santa Monica -- *LA Female Founder Office Hours* LA Female Founder Office Hours. This is the first in a series of Female Founder Office Hours, staffed by female partners from a collective of VC firms. For our first event, we'll be focused on helping seed-stage female founders with their pitches. We'll be offering forty 1:1 office hour slots with 10 female VC partners from Benchmark, Canaan, Cowboy, Forerunner, Freestyle, Lux, Sequoia, and Reach. There will also be a talk by two former female founders-turned-VCs on how to fundraise, based on their experiences from both sides of the table. The event is also a great opportunity for female founders to meet, mingle, and share advice with one another. Our goal is for every female founder to walk away with a bit of advice from some female investors and a few new female founder friends that they can count on. We hope to use this to kickstart a virtuous cycle and community of women helping women.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25988 March 15, Los Angeles -- *R.E.D. Talks - Fireside Chat with Joanna McFarland* Fireside Chat with Joanna McFarland. LAEDC. While attending a kids birthday party, Joanna was commiserating with other moms about the challenge of getting their children to and from after school activities safely and on time. Joanna turned this challenge into an opportunity, and before long, the ride share service, HopSkipDrive for kids was born. Join us as Joanna shares the entrepreneurial journey she and her two co-founders have been on as they’ve grown a stable and successful business.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26019 March 15, Irvine -- *TCVN Workshop: How to Build a Revenue Machine* TCVN Workshop: How to Build a Revenue Machine. Many startups and small businesses view online advertising as an expensive, risky, and confusing undertaking. However, it is actually very inexpensive to test and can be highly profitable if managed correctly. In this workshop, Alex Jewett will demystify the workings of Google Adwords and show you the simple steps to getting started with a search pay-per-click advertising campaign. You will walk away knowing how to do keyword research, set up a campaign, and track results. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26027 ------------------------------ *Recent Job Postings * More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs CFO or VP Finance <http:///showjob.php?id=5698> withheld 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 Engineering Mgr, Electrical Hardware. Aerospace. Valencia <http:///showjob.php?id=5691> withheld Sr. DevOps Engineer near Hollywood, CA at Awesome Startup <http:///showjob.php?id=5690> ZestFinance Director, Product Management, Video <http:///showjob.php?id=5689> OpenX Vice President, Investor Relations <http:///showjob.php?id=5688> Rubicon Project Senior Accountant, Technical Accounting <http:///showjob.php?id=5687> Snap Inc. Development Test Engineer <http:///showjob.php?id=5686> SpaceX Quality Assurance Engineer <http:///showjob.php?id=5685> Leaf Group Associate Recruiter <http:///showjob.php?id=5684> Safire Partners Senior Product Development Manager <http:///showjob.php?id=5680> Belkin ------------------------------ ------------------------------ *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. PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.socaltech.com/pwc). Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud 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. 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