Friday, July 31, 2020 Rakuten To Shut Down Former Buy.com Operations Rakuten is planning to shut its U.S. retail efforts--formerly known as Buy.com according to a report, citing a "source familiar ...

Rakuten medical, a company developing precision therapies for treating cancer, has raised $119M in a Series E funding round. The company said the new funding came from Hikma, a global pharmaceutical ...

San Diego-based Measurabl, which develops software used by real estate managers to manage the carbon footprint of their properties, has raised $93M in a fourth round of funding, the company said this ...

Dollar Shave Club, the subscription razor delivery service headed by Michael Dubin, has raised $9.8M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Venrock, and also included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ...

Los Angeles-based Selva Ventures announced this morning that it has raised $34M in a second fund, which it will use to invest in "consumer brands that promote healthier living". According to the firm, ...

Friday, June 18, 2021 Former Avast CEO Steckler Dies Unexpectedly In Irvine Vince Steckler, the former CEO of cybersecurity software developer Avast, has unexpectedly died in a car accident in Irvine, ...

San Diego-based ZeaKal, a biotechnology startup which is looking to increase yields of plants by improving their ability to photosynthesize, has raised $5.3M in a Series B financing, the company said ...

San Diego-based Firestorm Labs, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), says it has received $12.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Lockheed Martin Ventures, as well as Decisive ...

Carlsbad-based Viasat has had two of its satellites delivered to space -- to provide Internet access to the Artic. According to Viasat, two of its satellites were successfully launched by SpaceX from ...

Belgium-based Aerospacelab, a manufacturer of satellites, said it has set up a new facility in Torrance. According to the company, the new facility will increase the production of its satellite ...

Los Angeles-based LegalMation, a company that is developing generative AI powered software for high volume litigation in the legal industry, says it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The ...

In the third, separate piece of news from Pasadena-based UberMedia today, the firm said it has completed a financing round from Accel Partners this morning. The firm raised $17.5M in the new funding ...