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The #1 most connected recruiting firm in LA. ------------------------------ *Headlines * - A Chat With The Montgomery Summit's Jamie Montgomery <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073991> - Atom Tickets Finds $60M More <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073992> - March Capital Backs Mandal's The Fabric <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073995> - LiveXLive Media Ties With Insomniac In Streaming Media Deal <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073993> - AdGreetz Names Former Facebook Exec As Advisor <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073994> - Amplify Adds Two New Companies To Portfolio <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073990> - Surf Air Extends To OC, Via Helicopter <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073989> - Camera IQ Gets $4.3M <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073988> - Rockley Photonics Gets $40M <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073984> - Disney to Launch New Entertainment Technology Effort, Disney StudioLAB <#m_-6883089624537059103_0073974> *Marketplace* - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#m_-6883089624537059103_ad188> - Stradling <#m_-6883089624537059103_ad608> - SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators <#m_-6883089624537059103_ad611> - Oracle <#m_-6883089624537059103_ad683> - Recurring Revenue Conference 2018—April 12, Marina del Rey Marriott <#m_-6883089624537059103_ad731> *Thursday, March 8, 2018* *Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency <[email protected]>* 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 [email protected] *A Chat With The Montgomery Summit's Jamie Montgomery* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073991.html> The Montgomery Summit (www.montgomerysummit.com), which kicked off on Wednesday, and continues today in Santa Monica, is one of the biggest gathering places for venture capital, private equity investors, and technology executives from around the globe. This year, speakers have included billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, former Cisco CEO John Chambers, Microsoft Ventures' Peggy Johnson, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, and many others. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073991.html>) *Atom Tickets Finds $60M More* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073992.html> Santa Monica-based movie ticketing service provider Atom Tickets announced this morning that it has raised over $60M in a new, Series C funding round, which was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, and which also included Lionsgate, Disney, and Twentieth Century Fox Film. Atom Tickets said that it tripled its users and ticket sales the year following its rollout in 2016. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=47414>)(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073992.html>) *March Capital Backs Mandal's The Fabric* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073995.html> Los Angeles-based March Capital Partners has joined Verizon Ventures in backing a new, early stage investment accelerator--called The Fabric--whose co-founders include Sumant Mandal, a Managing Partner at March Capital Partners, and former Managing Partner at Clearstone Ventures. The Fabric says it has raised $15M in a funding round, which came from Verizon Ventures and March Capital Partners, for its efforts to co-create, fund and accelerate companies in the cloud/IoT infrastructure space. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showco&id=42586>)( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073995.html>) *LiveXLive Media Ties With Insomniac In Streaming Media Deal* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073993.html> Los Angeles-based LiveXLive Media, which provides digital media streaming focused on live music and entertainment, has inked a deal with music festival producer Insomniac, which is also based in Los Angeles. According to the two, they are launching a new Insomniac Channel on its video streaming platform, and will provide livestreaming, video-on-demand, virtual and augmented reality, and other content for Insomniac's more than 50 festivals and events. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073993.html>) *AdGreetz Names Former Facebook Exec As Advisor* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073994.html> Los Angeles-based AdGreetz, a developer of advertising and video personalization software, said Wednesday that it has named Umang Bedia, former Managing Director of Facebook India and South Asia, as an advisor to the firm. Bedia is currently President of Dailyhunt, a publisher of news and content in India, and prior to that had been at Facebook. Umang also has served at such companies as Adobe, Intuit, and Symantec, all in India and South Asia. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073994.html>) *Amplify Adds Two New Companies To Portfolio* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073990.html> Venice, California-based Amplify LA, the startup investor which got its start as one of LA's first startup accelerators, said this week that it has added two new companies--Kulagy and Tapcart--as part of its portfolio of companies. Financial details of any investment in the two startups were not announced. Kulagy helps connect physical therapists with patients, and bills itself as the "world's first mobile physical therapy clinic". (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=33329>)( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073990.html>) *Surf Air Extends To OC, Via Helicopter* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073989.html> Los Angeles-based subscription airline Surf Air is extending its service into Orange County, with a new partnership with helicopter charter firm BLADE, the company said on Wednesday. According to Surf Air, the partnership will connect customers in Orange County via an ultra-short helicopter flight from John Wayne airport, to Hawthorne, with flights running Monday, Thursday, and Friday. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073989.html>) *Camera IQ Gets $4.3M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073988.html> Santa Monica-based *Camera IQ <http://www.cameraiq.co>*, which is developing technology focused on the "camera experience", says it has raised $4.3M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Betaworks, Homebrew and WndrCo, Shasta Ventures, Presence Capital, Brilliant Ventures, Greycroft Tracker Fund, Silicon Valley Bank, Act One and Noname Ventures. According to Camera IQ, its technology integrates OS platforms, AR toolkits and native apps into a "single fabric" for brands.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073988.html>) *Rockley Photonics Gets $40M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073984.html> Pasadena, California- and Oxford, UK-based Rockley Photonics, a new startup focused on integrated optics for high-density digital systems, has raised $40M in a funding round, the company said on Wednesday morning. The company says it has now raised a total of $100M. The newest round goes to expand the design and production of its high performance optical networking solutions, according to the firm. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073984.html>) *Disney to Launch New Entertainment Technology Effort, Disney StudioLAB* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073974.html> Walt Disney Studios and Accenture are in an effort to harness emerging technology in the area of entertainment, with a new effort they are calling Disney StudioLAB, the two said on Tuesday. According to the companies, StudioLAB will be dedicated to "reimagining, designing and prototyping" entertainment experiences and production capabilities, using cutting-edge, innovative technologies. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0073974.html>) *Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <http://www.pixelgate.net>* We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. http://www.pixelgate.net *Stradling <http://www.sycr.com>* Stradling, Attorneys At Law (<a href="http://www.sycr.com";>http://www.sycr.com) Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (“Stradling”) is a premier business law firm with over 125 attorneys and 10 offices in the western US. 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. *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. [email protected] 805-230-1350 www.socalip.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 ([email protected]). *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 2 keynotes: Therese Tucker, Founder & CEO, BlackLine and Rick Stollmeyer, CEO & Co-Founder, MINDBODY, Inc. Register and use Promo Code: SocalTECH for 20% discount. Register at: http://www.recurringrevenueconference.com Questions: [email protected] ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#m_-6883089624537059103_funding>* 3/08/18 Atom Tickets <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90658> Santa Monica $60.00 M 3/07/18 Camera IQ <http:///intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=90657> $0.30 M 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 ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html 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. 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