Month: April 2019

VC Reporter highlights CURE Pharmaceutical

Posted on April 26, 2019 by - Client News

When it comes to consumption, variety is important, especially when it comes to medicine, vitamins, etc. What can’t be taken orally by a pill can be delivered by a skin patch, injection, powder, etc. When it comes to CURE Pharmaceutical, a biotech manufacturing firm headquartered in Oxnard, one delivery method is catching on: a thin strip of film that dissolves on the tongue. Think breath strips, except for vitamins and cannabinoids and everything else in between.

CEO Rob Davidson wanted to improve the variety of medicinal delivery systems after visiting and volunteering in Haiti.

“I saw a need to serve kids and Third World countries,” said Davidson, who co-founded CURE in 2011. Patients “do less dose with same effect, more efficient, straight into blood stream.”

Read the full article: IT’S ALL IN THE DELIVERY | CURE Pharmaceutical in Oxnard expands from the vitamin world into cannabinoids (Ventura County Reporter)

Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey speaks at USC

Posted on April 23, 2019 by - Client News

On April 16, USC Marshall’s Performance Science Institute (PSI) welcomed two disruptive and iconic leaders in the fields of music and entrepreneurship for a night of entertainment and education. Philip Bailey, lead singer of the legendary group, Earth, Wind & Fire, spoke about music, mastery and philosophy and performed a few of the band’s biggest hits.

Philip Bailey is the lead vocalist, writer, and musician of Earth, Wind & Fire. As a core member of the band, Mr. Bailey added his vocal and instrumental stylings to a string of hits that established Earth, Wind & Fire as one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially successful bands in history. With 17 Grammy nominations and more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, it is no surprise Earth, Wind & Fire was awarded the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Read the full article: NAJEE’S NOTES: Philip Bailey speaks at USC (Wave Newspapers)

 

Marc Becker’s three steps to go from digital talent to bona fide brand

Posted on April 18, 2019 by - Client News

The influencer business model has been built on digital talent creating revenue streams through ads and product promotion in a pay-for-play model. But today’s savvy influencers see themselves less as “promoters” or “spokespeople” and more as their own lifestyle brands. Any talent with an engaged following has the opportunity to turn likes, follows and shares into so much more through brand extensions and licensing.

The Tangent Agency’s Marc Becker gives three steps to activate a brand through merchandising and physical products.

CURE Pharmaceutical and United Smart Cities launch healthcare initiative

Posted on April 15, 2019 by - Client News

CURE Pharmaceutical, an innovative drug delivery and development company, today announced a global healthcare awareness initiative with United Smart Cities for the purpose of educating, informing and providing the next generation healthcare solutions to the world’s 7.3 billion citizens.

Recognizing escalating healthcare costs, CURE and United Smart Cities will seek to promote education and innovation in delivering cost-effective and sustainable treatments to the world’s population.

“CURE was founded on the principles of affordability and global accessibility of medications,” said Rob Davidson, CEO of Cure Pharmaceutical. “We are driven to finding healthcare solutions for people of all ages and demographics and we are honored to be in service to this cause with United Smart Cities. Our mutual goal is to invigorate health and elevate living standards through education and sustainable new technologies.”

Tech-focused real estate firm REX moves HQ from L.A. to Austin

Posted on April 11, 2019 by - Client News

Real Estate Exchange Inc., a real estate brokerage firm, said Wednesday that it is moving its headquarters from Los Angeles to Austin.

The firm, commonly known as REX, uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to buy and sell homes. Jack Ryan, the company’s CEO and co-founder, moved to Austin last year, and other top executives like REX’s chief data scientist and national sales manager already work here.

Ryan said REX chose to move its headquarters to Austin because of the company’s success in finding and retaining talent in the city.

“It’s just a great place to hire individuals that fit our culture and fit what we’re trying to do from a business point of view,” Ryan said.

CURE Pharmaceutical to acquire privately-held Chemistry Holdings Inc., expanding its technology platform in oral drug delivery

Posted on April 8, 2019 by - Client News

Oxnard-based CURE Pharmaceutical announced plans to acquire formulation technology company Chemistry Holdings Inc. in an all-stock transaction. The deal will allow the former to gain IP and rights to the later’s pharma technology, including a chewable delivery system that will complement its CUREfilm platform — an oral thin film used to deliver active ingredients.

“[The] combined technologies expand the CUREfilm platform to enable delivery of a wider range of active ingredients at higher doses and create a highly versatile platform for both immediate and controlled-release drug delivery,” according to CURE.

CEO Rob Davidson said the deal “will create a pioneering drug delivery engine with the promise to transform patient experience and wellness.”

Carbon Lighthouse elevates sustainability at Honolulu airport

Posted on April 8, 2019 by - Client News

Hawaiian Airlines and Carbon Lighthouse, a clean energy services company, are working together on a pilot energy-saving project at the Hawaiian Airlines Airport Center, located near the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

Hawaiian Airlines bought the 14-story office building — famous for its iconic whale murals — in 2016 and leases some of the space to tenants and occupying about 20,000 square feet for office space.

To make the building more energy efficient, Carbon Lighthouse is deploying sensors throughout Airport Center to collect data on everything from air and water temperature and flow rates in HVAC equipment to lighting and occupancy.