LA Tech ‘Moves’: Inspectiv Lures New CEO, Game1 Taps Hollywood Producer

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

LA Tech ‘Moves’: Inspectiv Lures New CEO, Game1 Taps Hollywood Producer
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Cybersecurity startup Inspectiv appointed co-founder of fraud prevention service Telesign Ryan Disraeli as CEO. Prior to this, Disraeli had served as CEO of Telesign.

Marketing automation platform Phonexa promoted director of engineering Alexey Sidora to chief technology officer.

Biotechnology startup Vivera Pharmaceuticals tapped Guido Jouret as Interim chief technology officer and to the company's board of advisors. Dr. Jouret previously served as Plume Design's chief development officer.

Consumer ecommerce platform Boosted Commerce appointed Martin Dunstheimer as chief financial officer. Dunstheimer previously held the title for TOMS shoes and Lucky Brand Jeans.

Sports content studio Game1 hired Ben Bitoni as chief creative officer and head of unscripted programming. Bitoni previously served as executive vice president, non-fiction television and alternate programming at 101 Studios, and has held positions at Asylum, Entertainment One, and NBC Universal.

IP commerce management platform Rightsline welcomed Melanie Nelson as chief marketing officer and Jason Cheverton as chief strategy officer. Nelson previously served as vice president at Samsung Electronics and Sony Corporation, while Cheverton held leadership positions at Lone Wolf Technologies and Mi9 Retail.

Creative content research platform Pilotly tapped former HBO vice president of content research Kevin Ivey as head of research.

Web3 company Vatom welcomed Steve Machin as global director of entertainment and Vicenc Marti as managing director of Vatom Europe. Marti previously served as the president of EDM event company elrow, while Machin held senior positions at Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

WELL Health, a SaaS digital health platform hired JP Knapp as vice president of sales and Justin Widlund as general counsel. Knapp served as vice president of sales at Vocera Communications, while Widlund has 17 years of legal experience advising various companies including Freshworks, Microsoft, Apigee (acquired by Google), and NetSuite (acquired by Oracle).

Correction: An earlier version of the post misstated Ryan Disraeli's new title at Inspectiv.

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Astrolab's New SpaceX-backed Rover Could Change Space Exploration Forever

Lon Harris
Lon Harris is a contributor to dot.LA. His work has also appeared on ScreenJunkies, RottenTomatoes and Inside Streaming.
Astrolab's New SpaceX-backed Rover Could Change Space Exploration Forever
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Local Los Angeles-area startup Astrolab Inc. has designed a new lunar vehicle called FLEX, short for Flexible Logistics and Exploration Rover. About the size of a Jeep Wrangler, FLEX is designed to move cargo around the surface of the moon on assignment. It’s a bit larger than NASA’s Mars rovers, like Perseverance, but as it’s designed for transport and mobility rather than precision measurement, it can travel much faster, at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour across the lunar surface.

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Meet the Creator Economy’s Version of LinkedIn

Kristin Snyder

Kristin Snyder is dot.LA's 2022/23 Editorial Fellow. She previously interned with Tiger Oak Media and led the arts section for UCLA's Daily Bruin.

Meet the Creator Economy’s Version of LinkedIn
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LinkedIn hasn’t caught on with Gen Z—in fact, 96% rarely use their existing account.

Considering 25% of young people want to be full-time content creators and most influencers aren’t active on LinkedIn, traditional networking sites aren’t likely to meet these needs.

Enter CreatorLand.

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This Week in ‘Raises’: Total Network Services Gains $9M, Autio Secures $5.9M

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

This Week in ‘Raises’: Total Network Services Gains $9M, Autio Secures $5.9M
This Week in ‘Raises’:

It has been a slow week in funding, but a local decentralized computing network managed to land $9 million to accelerate deployment of its new product called Universal Communication Identifier (UCID™). Another local company that secured capital included Kevin Costner’s location-based audio storytelling platform and the funding will go toward expanding the app’s content library and expanding into additional regions in the United States.

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