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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Beyond Meat Adds Celebrity Investors <#m_8109288871324098407_0077412> - Locked On Podcast Expands Sport Podcasting Episodes <#m_8109288871324098407_0077413> - TaskUs Names Two New Executives <#m_8109288871324098407_0077410> - Semtech Wins Mining Equipment Developer <#m_8109288871324098407_0077411> - Hub101 Offers Up Private Offices At Coworking Space <#m_8109288871324098407_0077409> - Clutter Collects $200M More For On-Demand Storage <#m_8109288871324098407_0077405> - Procore Snags Salesforce Vet For Marketing Chief <#m_8109288871324098407_0077404> - Startups Optimistic About Business Conditions, Despite Uncertainty, Says Report <#m_8109288871324098407_0077400> *Marketplace* - Peak - OKR Planning for Growth Companies and Venture Capital Firms by Collective Genius <#m_8109288871324098407_ad741> - BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <#m_8109288871324098407_ad737> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#m_8109288871324098407_ad694> - SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators <#m_8109288871324098407_ad611> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#m_8109288871324098407_ad188> *Thursday, February 21, 2019* *Become a Socaltech Supporter!* Interested in letting Southern California's high tech community know you are here for them? Want to reach Southern California's movers and shakers? Become a SPONSOR or SOCALTECH SUPPORTER! Our sponsors and supporters are featured on our website, and online service provider directory, as well as in our newsletter multiple times per week. It's a great way to both get the word out about your services, as well as support our news coverage of local companies across the tech industry! Contact [email protected] for details. *Beyond Meat Adds Celebrity Investors* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077412.html> El Segundo-based Beyond Meat, which develops plant-based burger products, says it has added a long list of celebrities as investors in the company. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077412.html>) *Locked On Podcast Expands Sport Podcasting Episodes* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077413.html> Los Angeles- and Park City, Utah-based Locked On Podcast, which produces local sports podcasts for NBA, NFL, MLB, college, and other sports teams, says it now is producing 450 episodes weekly for its listeners, who are turning to the company for ports fans. According to the company, it is now delivering local professional and college sport podcasts in nearly sixty major metro markets in the US and Canada. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077413.html>) *TaskUs Names Two New Executives* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077410.html> Los Angeles-based customer experience and business process outsourcing provider TaskUs is expanding its executive team, saying this morning that it has named Robert Hayes as its new Chief Delivery Officer (CDO), and Curt Gooden as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO). TaskUs said that Hayes will lead its global client operations, but did not say where Hayes had previously worked, only saying he had lead "large, global teams" within the industry. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077410.html>) *Semtech Wins Mining Equipment Developer* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077411.html> Camarillo-based semiconductor developer *Semtech <http://www.semtech.com>* says it has signed up a maker of mining equipment to use its LoRa wireless networking technology. According to Semtech, Transco Industries, a developer of mining conveyer equipment, has implemented its LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology into its conveyer belt applications, for safer monitoring of those devices. Financial impact of the win were not announced.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077411.html>) *Hub101 Offers Up Private Offices At Coworking Space* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077409.html> Westlake Village-based *Hub101 <http://www.hub101.la>*, the startup coworking space which is associated with California Lutheran University, says it has begun offering up private office suites. According to Hub101, the suites start at $1299 per month, for a two-desk, lockable office. The rest of the space offers up a shared, open floor plan. Hub101 is a frequent space for technology industry gatherings along the 101 corridor.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077409.html>) *Clutter Collects $200M More For On-Demand Storage* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077405.html> Culver City-based Clutter, which offers up "on-demand" self storage of your extra stuff, has raised $200M in a Series D funding, the company announced on Wednesday morning. According to Clutter, the Series D funding was led by SoftBank Vision Fund with participation from Sequoia, Atomico, GV, Fifth Wall and Four Rivers. Clutter says it will use the new funding to accelerate expansion, grow its workforce, and other efforts. Clutter has now raised nearly $300M in total funding since 2015. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=43972>)(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077405.html>) *Procore Snags Salesforce Vet For Marketing Chief* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077404.html> Carpinteria-based cloud software developer Procore Technologies announced this morning that it has named Jim Sinai as its new Senior Vice President of Marketing. Sinai previously had been at Salesforce, where he had been for eight years. The new appointment comes as Procore has reached over 1,400 employees worldwide. Procore said Sinai will oversee global marketing for the company. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077404.html>) *Startups Optimistic About Business Conditions, Despite Uncertainty, Says Report* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077400.html> A new report issued today by Silicon Valley Bank, says that startups are generally optimistic about their business opportunities, and they plan to raise capital and expand their workforces this year, despite "economic and political" uncertainty across the globe. The Startup Outlook Report--which was issued on Wednesday--polled 1,400 startup founders and executives for its conclusions. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077400.html>) *Peak - OKR Planning for Growth Companies and Venture Capital Firms by Collective Genius <https://collective-genius.com/>* If you wanted to reach the peak of Mount Everest, you wouldn’t just gather a few friends, buy some supplies, and start hiking. 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Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum. Quantum computing is moving from lab experiments to real devices; but as with other disruptive computing innovations, what will be applications be? Will it be limited to a handful of niche scientific and government uses or will there be broad applications? And what of software platforms will be needed to leverage these devices? Our February Forum will address these questions and others with a panel of researchers, industry experts and entrepreneurs building companies in the quantum spac. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26350 February 26, Sant Monica -- *LAVA Digital: Investing with a Social Impact* LAVA Digital: Investing with a Social Impact. Wide World, Small Planet: MarTech, Brands, Philanthropic Investors Do Well by Doing Good presented by LAVA Digital Media. Digital has brought about a sea change on the economics of good works. Supporting social causes isn’t soft sophistry, but a hard business opportunity. 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