LA Tech ‘Moves’: Banking App Startup Taps Discord CMO

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’: Banking App Startup Taps Discord CMO
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“Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile here—and if you're looking for ways to supercharge your recruiting efforts, find out more about Interchange.LA's white-glove recruiting service by emailing Sharmineh O’Farrill Lewis (sharmineh@dot.la). Please send job changes and personnel moves to moves@dot.la.

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Pediatric health monitoring company Miku appointed Johann Fernando as chief executive officer. Fernando previously served as FUJIFILM Healthcare’s COO.

Firststeps for Kids, Inc., an organization that applies behavior analysis (ABA) services for autistic children welcomed Matt McAlear as chief executive officer and Anne Swinney as chief operating officer. McAlear also serves as the host of the Speed Mentorship podcast. Swinney previously served as the senior vice president of payer strategy and growth at Kadiant.

Christoph Pachler joined gaming group FaZe Clan as chief financial officer. Prior to this role, Pachler was CFO, and managing director at Critical Content and divisional CFO for Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Metaverse platform LAMINA1 appointed Rebecca Barkin as president. Barkin’s past leadership roles were at Madison Square Garden Sphere and Magic Leap.

Allen Media Group hired former BET Networks senior vice president Michele Ghee as president of multicultural advertising.

Bluon Inc., a company focused on supporting the productivity and efficiency of HVAC technicians, promoted Adam Curry to senior vice president of software and data. Curry previously served as the company’s vice president of software.

Mortgage lending company Synergy One Lending welcomed Scott Engel and Steve Haddad as vice presidents of production. Engel has been a senior consultant and sales manager at New American Funding, while Haddad was a branch manager at Finance of America Mortgage LLC.

InStride, a company that partners with businesses to offer its employees with education programs, added industry veterans Mark Laret and Nancy Schlichting to its advisory board. Laret was formerly president and CEO of UCSF Health, while Schlichting served as the president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System.

Banking app Dave tapped Tesa Aragones to its board of directors. Aragones previously served as chief marketing officer at Discord Inc and VSCO. She also held roles at iconic brands including Nike, Volkswagen, Apple, XBOX, Bacardi and Universal Studios.

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LA-Based Apex Is Tapping Into the Small Satellite Market by Making Buses for Spacecraft

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Spencer Rascoff serves as executive chairman of dot.LA. He is an entrepreneur and company leader who co-founded Zillow, Hotwire, dot.LA, Pacaso and Supernova, and who served as Zillow's CEO for a decade. During Spencer's time as CEO, Zillow won dozens of "best places to work" awards as it grew to over 4,500 employees, $3 billion in revenue, and $10 billion in market capitalization. Prior to Zillow, Spencer co-founded and was VP Corporate Development of Hotwire, which was sold to Expedia for $685 million in 2003. Through his startup studio and venture capital firm, 75 & Sunny, Spencer is an active angel investor in over 100 companies and is incubating several more.

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On this episode of Office Hours, Apex founder and CEO Ian Cinnamon discusses the importance of investing in space exploration and shares his thoughts on the evolving space ecosystem in Los Angeles.


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This Week in ‘Raises’: Measurabl Snags $93M, Selva Ventures Grabs $34M

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.

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A local data management platform company lands fresh funding to help commercial real estate owners reduce carbon footprint, while one Los Angeles-based venture firm closes its second fund to accelerate the growth of emerging companies across health, wellness, beauty and personal care.

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McKinsey & Company Launches InLA Accelerator To Help Underrepresented Founders Tackle Startup Challenges

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.

McKinsey & Company Launches InLA Accelerator To Help Underrepresented Founders Tackle Startup Challenges
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In 2022, female founders saw a 28% decline in overall U.S. funding, while Black-led startups saw a 38% decline in total capital received. In an effort to increase funding for minority-led startups, global venture firm McKinsey & Company is launching InLA, an accelerator program for underrepresented founders.

“This effort is something that the firm has been really excited about for a long time,” Engagement Manager Elkhyn Rivas Rodriguez said. “There's obviously a meaningful and growing startup community out here and just from a diversity standpoint, LA is incredibly diverse and multi-ethnic and multicultural. So we think that there will be a really great pool of potential companies to partner with.”

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