*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Tuesday, September 11, 2018* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Sonos Connects To IFTTT <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075963> - OCV Partners Leads $10M Investment In Invoice2go <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075960> - MarketCast Group Buys Turnkey Intelligence <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075962> - LiveXLive Signs Streaming Deal With Life Is Beautiful Festival <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075959> - NOVAtime Acquired By Ascentis <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075957> - CoreLogic: Hurricane Florence Threatens 759,000 Homes With Storm Damage <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075958> - Coral Launches Vacuum Robot <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075961> - Boring Company Wires Massive Tunnel Digging Machine To Game Controller <#m_-3759463555860161591_0075952> *Marketplace* - Precellerator Program Moves Offices <#m_-3759463555860161591_ad736> - Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency <#m_-3759463555860161591_ad596> *Tuesday, September 11, 2018* *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. *Sonos Connects To IFTTT* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075963.html> Want your Sonos music system to automatically play music when you get home, or for the color of your smart lights to change when the song does? Sonos has announced that its connected whole-home music players are now connected into the IFTTT service, a service which allows users to connect a wide range of devices and websites together. According to Sonos, the new link to IFTTT comes thanks to its new open API, the Sonos Sound Platform, which it announced last week. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075963.html>) *OCV Partners Leads $10M Investment In Invoice2go* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075960.html> Los Angeles-based OCV Partners, the new investment firm led by Hemi Zucker, the former co-founder and CEO of j2 Global, is the lead investor in small business invoicing startup Invoice2go. Invoice2go, which is based in Redwood City, announced a $10M funding round this morning, which it says was led by OCV Partners and also included Accel and Ribbit Capital. Hemi Zucker will join Invoice2go's board of directors as part of the funding. Invoice2go says it has now raised $60M in total. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075960.html>) *MarketCast Group Buys Turnkey Intelligence* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075962.html> Los Angeles-based MarketCast Group, which provides market research and data analytics services, said on Monday that it has acquired Turnkey Intelligence, a sports research and advisory firm headquartered in Philadelphia. Financial details of the buy were not announced. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075962.html>) *LiveXLive Signs Streaming Deal With Life Is Beautiful Festival* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075959.html> West Hollywood-based LiveXLive Media, the parent company of Slacker and provider of digital media services focused on live entertainment, said today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with the Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival. According to LiveXLive, it will be the exclusive global livestreaming platform and original content partner for the festival outside of the United States. Financial details of the win were not announced. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075959.html>) *NOVAtime Acquired By Ascentis* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075957.html> Rancho Cucamonga-based NOVAtime, a developer of time and attendance tracking software, has been acquired by Minneapolis-based Ascentis, the two companies announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the two companies, they have been in a partnership since 2012. The combined company will be headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and will have a combined workforce of over 400 employees, according to the two. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075957.html>) *CoreLogic: Hurricane Florence Threatens 759,000 Homes With Storm Damage* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075958.html> Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic says that 758,657 homes are under threat of storm surge--just one of the possible threats--ahead of Hurricane Florence, in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. CoreLogic, which provides property information, analytics, and other data, released the numbers late Monday afternoon, saying that the reconstruction value of those homes are approximately $170.2 billion. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075958.html>) *Coral Launches Vacuum Robot* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075961.html> Los Angeles-based Coral, a new robotics startup founded by Ted and George Ko, said today that it has launched pre-sales of a new, robotic vacuum cleaner called the Coral One. The company--which says it was founded in March--says its $649 robot is a "2-in-1" vacuum and offers both robotic vacuum cleaning as well as can be used as a handheld vacuum. The company says it will start shipping its robot in October. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075961.html>) *Boring Company Wires Massive Tunnel Digging Machine To Game Controller* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075952.html> In a move that will surprise no one who is familiar with the antics of Elon Musk, Musks's tunnel-digging-and-transportation-system company The Boring Company has wired its tunnel digging machines to a rather unexpected controller: an Xbox controller. In a video released by the company over the weekend entitled "Best video game ever", The Boring Company shows its tunneling machines controlled using the ubiquitous game controllers, rather than any sophisticated custom equipment. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0075952.html>) *Precellerator Program Moves Offices <https://www.newswire.com/news/sa-m-preccelerator-program-announces-milestone-tenth-class-of-companies-20587940>* The Preccelerator Program, a Santa Monica, California-based early-stage startup accelerator focused on digital media companies, is moving its Santa Monica offices as a result of its growth as it adds its milestone tenth class of companies featuring six innovative startups including AlgoPay, Checkplis, HaloLoop, Screen Door Labs, Star Metrics and UNOMI. The new Preccelerator office, located at 1316 3rd Street Promenade, both increases the co-working space for the in-house companies and increases event space. 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Contact: John Huttinger, CIC, CRM Vice President Ph#310-370-5000 Ext 3025 w Fx 310-370-5454 [email protected] ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#m_-3759463555860161591_funding>* 9/10/18 Momentum IoT <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93526> Long Beach $3.10 M 9/07/18 Daybreak Games <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93524> San Diego $0.00 M 9/06/18 OrderMark, Inc. <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93510> Los Angeles $9.50 M 9/05/18 Factual <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93494> Los Angeles $42.00 M 8/29/18 Zadara <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93402> Irvine $25.00 M 8/27/18 Rakuten Aspyrian <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93297> San Diego $150.00 M 8/22/18 Opkix <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93298> Costa Mesa $11.80 M 8/17/18 Cargomatic, Inc. <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93293> Venice $35.00 M 8/15/18 AuditBoard <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93227> La Palma $40.00 M 8/14/18 Airspace Technologies <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93223> Carlsbad $8.00 M 8/10/18 Appetize <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93222> Los Angeles $23.00 M 8/07/18 Sagewise <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93193> Los Angeles $1.25 M 8/03/18 WeeCare <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93142> Venice $4.20 M 8/02/18 inVia Robotics <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=93141> Westlake Village $20.00 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html September 11, Los Angeles -- *Mobile World Congress Americas* Mobile World Congress Americas. Mobile World Congress Americas is the premier mobile tech event of the Americas region and it’s coming to the LA Convention Center from September 12th – 14th. With nearly 1,000 exhibitors and participating companies, extensive thought-leadership and education, and the industry’s best networking opportunities, MWC Americas is where tech leaders come together to share their stories and vision, and take innovation to the next level. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26171 September 12, Camarilllo -- *BioScience Alliance Event* BioScience Alliance Event. REMD Biotherapeutics. REMD Bio Executives will give tours of their new facility and briefly discuss their company’s ongoing drug development efforts relating to Diabetes. Come tour REMD’s new facility and gather with others who are involved in our region’s life science industry. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26161 September 12, Santa Monica -- *ACGLA: Beers With Peers* Beers with Peers. ACG LA. Craft beer tasting with colleagues. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26166 September 12, Los Angeles -- *Mobile World Congress Americas* Mobile World Congress Americas. Mobile World Congress Americas is the premier mobile tech event of the Americas region and it’s coming to the LA Convention Center from September 12th – 14th. With nearly 1,000 exhibitors and participating companies, extensive thought-leadership and education, and the industry’s best networking opportunities, MWC Americas is where tech leaders come together to share their stories and vision, and take innovation to the next level. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26172 September 13, Los Angeles -- *Mobile World Congress Americas* Mobile World Congress Americas. Mobile World Congress Americas is the premier mobile tech event of the Americas region and it’s coming to the LA Convention Center from September 12th – 14th. With nearly 1,000 exhibitors and participating companies, extensive thought-leadership and education, and the industry’s best networking opportunities, MWC Americas is where tech leaders come together to share their stories and vision, and take innovation to the next level. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26173 September 14, Los Angeles -- *Mobile World Congress Americas* Mobile World Congress Americas. Mobile World Congress Americas is the premier mobile tech event of the Americas region and it’s coming to the LA Convention Center from September 12th – 14th. With nearly 1,000 exhibitors and participating companies, extensive thought-leadership and education, and the industry’s best networking opportunities, MWC Americas is where tech leaders come together to share their stories and vision, and take innovation to the next level. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26174 September 14, Pasadena -- *Venture Capital What They Are Looking For In A Startup* VENTURE CAPITAL: WHAT THEY LOOK FOR IN FUNDING A STARTUP Topic: Venture Capital – What they look for in funding a startup. Find out what venture capitalists look for in a startup and what makes a company fundable. One size does not fit all! Will also cover alternative funding sources and why venture capital isn’t right for many types of businesses. Speaker: John Waller is a partner at Okapi Venture Capital. Okapi is a local, early stage, tech venture fund. Prior to joining Okapi, he co-founded such companies as Resume.com (acquired by Adecco S.A.) and 24/7 Real Media (NASDAQ: TFSM), and was CEO for X1 Technologies, Managing Director of New Ventures Group for Idealab, and Strategic Development and M&A for Mattel. He is also the founder and Managing Director of Green Thumb Ventures.. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26177 September 15, Encino -- *First Time Entrepreneur Workshop * *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26181 September 19, Los Angeles -- *Intro to Javascript: Build A Virtual Pet* INTRO TO JAVASCRIPT: BUILD A VIRTUAL PET Learn the programming fundamentals of JavaScript by building a virtual pet (think: Tamagotchi). With each new programming concept you learn you will add new features to game – including customizing your pets, feeding them, and keeping track of their health. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26179 September 27, Newport Beach -- *OCTANE 5th Annual High Tech Innovation Awards* OCTANE 5th Annual High Tech Innovation Awards. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26133 September 28, Los Angeles -- *USC Body Computing Conference* USC Body Computing Conference. On Friday, Sept. 28, the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC), part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, will host thought leaders and innovators across medicine, military, sports, business, public policy and cybersecurity at the 12th Annual Body Computing Conference. The theme of this year's conference, The Decline of HealthCare, The Rise of LifeCare, will touch on the role of technology in all aspects of life — from ridesharing and digital health cars to combat training — and how security for digitally enabled LifeCare data has deep implications for individuals, organizations and even national security. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26164 ------------------------------ *Recent Job Postings * More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs ------------------------------ ------------------------------ *Sponsored By * TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments and acquisitions of growing software companies. Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). 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