*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Thursday, June 27, 2019* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.socaltech.com/pwc). ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Interview with Michael Greenberg, Retina <#m_-935186675584047526_0078386> - AdQuick Names Former Awesomeness Exec As Chief Revenue Officer <#m_-935186675584047526_0078388> - BlackLine Expands Partnership Efforts <#m_-935186675584047526_0078387> - Long Beach To Gain New, 400MWh Energy Storage System <#m_-935186675584047526_0078389> - Liquid Death Turns Critics Into Creativity With Heavy Metal Death Song <#m_-935186675584047526_0078384> - Video: Fireside Chat with Jamie Siminoff, Founder of Ring <#m_-935186675584047526_0078383> - CapLinked Launches Blockchain Auditing Product, TransitNet <#m_-935186675584047526_0078380> *Marketplace* - BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <#m_-935186675584047526_ad737> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#m_-935186675584047526_ad752> - Stradling <#m_-935186675584047526_ad608> - Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency <#m_-935186675584047526_ad596> *Thursday, June 27, 2019* *Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group – Brian Weber <http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending>* Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $26 billion in assets and 74 full-service branches located throughout California and one branch in Durham, North Carolina. Our Venture Banking Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial businesses and their venture capital and private equity investors. We also offer Community Banking and National Lending services. For more information, visit http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending, or send an email to [email protected] *Interview with Michael Greenberg, Retina* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078386.html> In an age of ever increasing marketing spend to attract customers, how do you make sure you aren't spending more acquiring a company than they are worth? Los Angeles-based Retina is using machine learning and artificial intelligence to figure out customer lifetime value (CLV) for such businesses as Dollar Shave Club. We spoke with Retina's CEO, Michael Greenberg, to learn more. Retina is backed by Comcast Ventures and Crosscut. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078386.html>) *AdQuick Names Former Awesomeness Exec As Chief Revenue Officer* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078388.html> Los Angeles-based AdQuick.com, which is developing software to help marketers and agencies measure the effectiveness of both out-of-home and digital out-of-home advertising, has named Max Polisar as the company's Chief Revenue Officer. Polisar was most recently Chief Revenue Officer at Awesomeness. AdQuick said Polisar also worked with "a number of venture backed companies" working on brand endorsements for social video creators, Augmented Reality (AR), and mobile marketing and data. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078388.html>) *BlackLine Expands Partnership Efforts* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078387.html> Los Angeles-based accounting automation software developer BlackLine says it is in an effort to expand its links with its technology partners, and has extended integration with such partners as Dell Boomi, Host Analytics, OneCloud, Workato, and others. According to the company, it is looking to integrate "best-of-breed" financial application software providers, making it easier to connect their products to its financial controls and automation product. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078387.html>) *Long Beach To Gain New, 400MWh Energy Storage System* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078389.html> The City of Long Beach will be the site of a new, 400 megawatt-hour battery-based energy storage system, as part of Southern California Edison's (SCE) support of California's clean energy efforts, according to power plant operator AES Alamitos. The subsidiary of energy company AES Corporation said it has broken ground on the new, 400 megawatt-hour (Mwh) battery-based energy storage system, at part of a modernization project at the AES Alamitos Generating Station. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078389.html>) *Liquid Death Turns Critics Into Creativity With Heavy Metal Death Song* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078384.html> Liquid Death, the canned water brand which is backed by Santa Monica-based Science Inc., has released a hilarious video which turns a collection of videos of its critics into a "heavy metal death song". The brand--which is backed by Science, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone; Michael Dubin, the founder of Dollar Shave Club; and Jen Rubio, the founder of Away, among others--has so far raised $2.25M in funding. The brand is looking to gain market share through its clever, anti-establishment marketing. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078384.html>) *Video: Fireside Chat with Jamie Siminoff, Founder of Ring* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078383.html> Jamie Siminoff, the founder of Ring (now part of Amazon), talks about how he came up Ring working on projects for another startup in his backyard, the ups-and-downs of startup life, and more. Our (blurry!) video of the Fireside Chat with Scott Alderton (of Stubbs, Alderton and Markiles LLP) at the Precellerator Demo Day, June 25, 2019. (Stubbs, Alderton and Markiles LLP is a sponsor of socaltech.com). (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078383.html>) *CapLinked Launches Blockchain Auditing Product, TransitNet* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078380.html> Los Angeles-based software developer CapLinked, which is led by Eric M. Jackson, has launched a new product for helping companies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency area. According to CapLinked, the new product, TransitNet is a new software product to manage title verification, financial reporting, and corporate governance for blockchain-based securities and digital assets. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078380.html>) *BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <http://www.bdo.com>* BDO USA, LLP is a professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to publicly traded and privately held companies through more than 60 offices domestically and 160 countries globally. Our Southern California technology industry team professionals have deep experience helping online, software, hardware, and cleantech businesses in the local ecosystem to navigate the many issues affecting their businesses and to help them meet their larger strategic goals. Our team provides a wide range of guidance in the key issues effecting technology companies including, M&A advisory, initial public offerings, tax planning and consulting, intellectual property agreements, financial reporting and regulatory compliance matters. For more information, please contact our LA Technology leaders Anthony Ferguson, Tim Clackett, and Kris Kaufmann at [email protected]. http://www.bdo.com *Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <https://www.bestronics.com>* Are the great ideas stacking up faster than your engineering resources can handle? Your company needs a reliable resource of analog/digital and software engineers to understand your issues, define the problem statements and lay out a course of action to output hardware products ready for integration into your system. Our unique capabilities, used by many in the medical, scientific, military and aerospace industries, allow us to offer engineering services that result in deliverable, production ready subsystems so you can concentrate on targeting your customer base and not stressing about the right mix and numbers of engineering talent needed to see your vision become reality. Contact us at http://www.bestronics.com *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. *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. 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