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Vision. ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Video Interview: FreeGen Technologies And How Its Robots Can Clean The Oceans <#m_4542071428935432800_0078403> - Biological Dynamics Gets Funding From Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation <#m_4542071428935432800_0078404> - Rocket Lab Launches Another Mission Into Space <#m_4542071428935432800_0078402> - Verifi Acquired By Visa <#m_4542071428935432800_0078405> - SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021 <#m_4542071428935432800_0078407> - Illumina Sues Complete Genomics, Others Over Patent Infringement <#m_4542071428935432800_0078406> - Study: Tinder, Snapchat Users More Accepting Of Cosmetic Surgery <#m_4542071428935432800_0078401> - Restaurant365 Finds $88M In Funding <#m_4542071428935432800_0078400> - Video Interview: Evan Brandt, VideOMS <#m_4542071428935432800_0078396> - Insights: How to Build Your Innovation Community <#m_4542071428935432800_0078397> *Marketplace* - BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <#m_4542071428935432800_ad737> - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#m_4542071428935432800_ad724> - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#m_4542071428935432800_ad717> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#m_4542071428935432800_ad750> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#m_4542071428935432800_ad188> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group – Brian Weber <#m_4542071428935432800_ad749> *Monday, July 1, 2019* *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 *Video Interview: FreeGen Technologies And How Its Robots Can Clean The Oceans* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078403.html> What if you could reate a roaming band of autonomous, ocean going robots, to help clean up the problem of plastic in our oceans? San Diego-based FreeGen Technologies has developed robot technology which is aimed at automatically cleaning up trash, especially plastic, from the ocean using a fleet of cooperative robots. The company's founders, Saakib Akbany (CEO) and Casey Fitzpatrick (CTO), spoke with us about what the very early stage startup is hoping to do. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078403.html>) *Biological Dynamics Gets Funding From Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078404.html> San Diego-based Biological Dynamics, a startup that is developing a biomarker testing platform which is smartphone-enabled for use in countries with limited access to testing labs, says it has received a grant award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Amount of that award was not announced. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078404.html>) *Rocket Lab Launches Another Mission Into Space* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078402.html> Newport Beach-based Rocket Lab launched another set of satellites into space over the weekend, on its seventh launch of its Electron rocket. Rocket Lab places its "Make It Rain" mission into space from its launch complex in New Zealand on Saturday at 04:30 UTC, deploying a payload of satellites booked onto the rocket by satellite ride sharing company Spaceflight. According to Rocket Lab, it was able to successfully deploy all of the payloads on the seventh Electron launch. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078402.html>) *Verifi Acquired By Visa* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078405.html> Los Angeles-based Verifi, a developer of financial software tools used to reduce chargebacks for merchants, has been acquired by Visa, in order to boost Visa's tools for reducing chargebacks. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Verifi develops dispute resolution tools used to help buyers and sellers resolve disputes. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078405.html>) *SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078407.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company, and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. All three of those customers would use the new platform to send satellites into orbit. Starship and its Super Heavy launch system are eventually aimed at delivering passengers into space and an eventual mission to Mars. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078407.html>) *Illumina Sues Complete Genomics, Others Over Patent Infringement* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078406.html> San Diego-based Illumina said it has filed three more, patent infringement suits, related to its fight against BGI, this time in Switzerland, Turkey, and the US. According to Illumina, it filed suit against Complete Genomics, Inc. and other BGI entities in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078406.html>) *Study: Tinder, Snapchat Users More Accepting Of Cosmetic Surgery* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078401.html> Users of social media applications such as Tinder and Snapchat are far more willing to consider cosmetic surgery--a side effect of the popularity of "filters" on those apps--according to a new report from the JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery journal. According to the study, there is an "increased consideration of cosmetic surgery" from users of social media platforms, and specifically those who had used specific applications, such as YouTube, Tinder, and Snapchat photograph filters. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078401.html>) *Restaurant365 Finds $88M In Funding* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078400.html> Irvine-based Restaurant365, a developer of cloud-based accounting software specifically aimed at the restaurant industry, has raised $88M in a Series C funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by ICONIQ Capital, and also included Tiger Global Management and Bessemer Venture Partners. As part of the funding, ICONIQ Partner Will Griffith has joined the company's board of directors. Restaurant365 is led by co-founder and CEO Tony Smith. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078400.html>) *Video Interview: Evan Brandt, VideOMS* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078396.html> For our Friday video interview, we have Evan Brandt, the CEO of VideOMS ( www.videoms.com), an early, seed stage startup offering up a videos, drone shots, photography, and more of real estate property listings nationwide, through a network of drone operators. VideOMS is based in Westlake Village, California. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078396.html>) *Insights: How to Build Your Innovation Community* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078397.html> For our Insights and Opinions section today, where we share contributed articles from the Southern California technology community, we have Eric Eide, of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation, a nonprofit that recently has been working on trying to help support the local entrepreneurial community across the region. 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