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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Video Interview: Cynthia Vincent, BAACAL <#0078952> - Riot Expands College League of Legends <#0078951> - Vertical Networks Acquired By Whistle <#0078950> - LegalZoom Settles Suit With LegalForce <#0078949> - Bird Finds $275M More In New Funding <#0078948> - Anduril Launches Anti-Drone Weapon, The Interceptor <#0078947> - GoGuardian Expands Into New Offices <#0078946> - X1 Finds $5.1M More For Ediscovery Efforts <#0078945> *Marketplace* - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group – Brian Weber <#ad749> - Support Our News Coverage - Become A Member Today! <#ad680> - Stradling <#ad608> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group – Brian Weber <#ad749> *Friday, October 4, 2019* *Preccelerator Class 12 Demo Day <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preccelerator-class-12-demo-day-tickets-71570269603>* Preccelerator Class 12 Demo Day. Clear your calendar - It's going down! The Preccelerator ® Program Class 12 Demo Day kicks off on October 23rd @ 6:00 pm, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. What a wild ride it has been! Preccelerator cohort companies are early stage, and we work hand in hand with them throughout their term to know their market and users, foster their leadership skills, build and test their product, avoid legal pitfalls, ensure the defensibility of their products, acquire users and partnerships and prepare them for the fundraising process. Now it's time to showcase their efforts! Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preccelerator-class-12-demo-day-tickets-71570269603 *Video Interview: Cynthia Vincent, BAACAL <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078952.html>* For our video interview this Friday, we have a chat with *Cynthia Vincent*, serial entrepreneur, fashion designer, and founder of fashion company *BAACAL* (www.baacal.com), who was at the TuesdayNights IMPACT Conference last week. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078952.html>) *Riot Expands College League of Legends* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078951.html> The Riot Scholastic Association of America, the group run by Riot Games to govern college e-sports based on its League of Legends title, is planning a big expansion of its college league, saying on Thursday that it will be expanding its League of Legends College Championship to a 32 school tournament. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078951.html>) *Vertical Networks Acquired By Whistle* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078950.html> Santa Monica-based Vertical Networks, a "mobile-first" content studio which was backed by Snap, has been acquired by New York-based entertainment and sports media company Whistle. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vertical Networks was founded by Elisabeth Murdoch. According to Whistle, the acquisition will help its expand its lifestyle video content efforts. Whistle said that, earlier this year, it also acquired another LA-based studio, New Form. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078950.html>) *LegalZoom Settles Suit With LegalForce* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078949.html> Los Angeles-based legal filings and services site LegalZoom has settled a trademark and antitrust suit filed against the company by competitor LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, the operator of a trademark and patent filing service, Trademarkia.com, according to a legal filing from the two companies this week, according to reports. Financial details of the settlement were not announced. LegalForce had sued LegalZoom after it allegedly acquired the domain name LegalZoomTrademarkia. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078949.html>) *Bird Finds $275M More In New Funding* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078948.html> Santa Monica-based scooter startup Bird has gone back to the well once more, and has raised a big, $275M Series D funding round, the company said on Thursday. Bird said the round was led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, and gives the company a $2.5 billion pre-money valuation. Bird--which offers a smartphone-driven, on-demand scooter service which is now ubiquitous among U.S. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078948.html>) *Anduril Launches Anti-Drone Weapon, The Interceptor* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078947.html> Irvine-based Anduril, a new startup co-founded by controversial Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, announced on Thursday that it has launched a new, drone weapon--called the Interceptor--which is designed to "detect and interdict" unmanned aircraft or autonomous drone systems. The company revealed its technology, which uses another, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to ram and take down either rotary or fixed wing threats. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078947.html>) *GoGuardian Expands Into New Offices* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078946.html> El Segundo-based GoGuardian, which develops software for the education market, has expanded into new offices in El Segundo, at the former Raytheon site. According to GoGuardian, the new office is in Raytheon's building R23, an industrial warehouse that previously had held engineering design and prototyping for Raytheon. GoGuardian said the new, 30,000 square foot office space includes such features as open seating, white noise speakers, and a community art wall. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078946.html>) *X1 Finds $5.1M More For Ediscovery Efforts* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078945.html> Pasadena-based e-discovery software developer X1 has raised $5.1M more in a Series B funding round, the company said Wednesday, in a round led by Palisades Growth Capital. The round also included angel investor George Kadifa, the former head of HP Software. According to X1, the new funding will go to hire aggressively in development and sales. X1 is led by CEO Craig Carpenter and CTO Brent Botta. X1 says it now has more than 600,000 users in 20,000 different organizations using its products. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=30734>)(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078945.html>) *Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group – Brian Weber <http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending>* Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $26 billion in assets and 74 full-service branches located throughout California and one branch in Durham, North Carolina. Our Venture Banking Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial businesses and their venture capital and private equity investors. We also offer Community Banking and National Lending services. 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For more information, visit http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending, or send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#funding>* 10/03/19 X1 Discovery <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98441> Pasadena $5.10 M 10/01/19 Molecular Assemblies <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98369> San Diego $12.20 M 9/18/19 WhiteFox Drone Defense <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98326> San Luis Obispo $12.00 M 9/17/19 Biproxi <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98320> San Diego $10.00 M 8/26/19 Podcorn <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98098> Los Angeles $2.20 M 8/14/19 Systum <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98062> Plano $10.70 M 8/13/19 Singularity 6 <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=98060> Los Angeles $16.50 M 8/08/19 Tripalink, Corp. <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97935> Los Angeles $10.00 M 6/24/19 AFYX Therapeutics <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97538> San Diego $13.00 M 6/18/19 Elevate Services <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97508> Los Angeles $25.00 M 6/14/19 Sunbit, Inc. <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97477> Los Angeles $26.00 M 6/13/19 CreatorIQ <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97476> Culver City $12.00 M 5/30/19 Mission <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97268> El Segundo $15.00 M 5/22/19 Locana <http://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=97225> San Diego $55.00 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html October 14, Los Angeles -- *Two Bit Circus Foundation Anti-Gala* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26548 October 16, Los Angeles -- *LAVA Meet the VC* LAVA Meet the VC: Start-Ups Only Registration. The 11th annual conference will showcase 80 of the hottest early stage and emerging growth technology, life sciences and clean-tech innovators along with presentations from 40 Venture and Angel Investors. Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Annenberg Community Beachhouse. If you are a Startup seeking capital and/or partnerships, apply to attend at The 11th Annual LAVA Meet the VC, the premier venue connecting emerging growth companies with active Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Corporate VCs and Investment Firms. Presented by the Los Angeles Venture Association, The 2019 LAVA Meet the VC provides an unparalleled opportunity for startups to meet, network and showcase their innovative investment opportunities to a leading group of investors. However, this is a pitch made by the investors , not the Startups! A select group of 80 Top Innovators from the technology, life sciences and Clean-tech sectors will be chosen to “speed date” with an exclusive audience of Venture Capitalists, Private Investors, Investment Bankers, Corporate Investors, and Strategic Partners. The deadline for presenting company applications is October 6, 2019. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26512 October 21, Los Angeles -- *5G – Where Are We?* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26550 October 23, Anaheim -- *Nth Generation 19th Annual Symposium* Nth Generation 19th Annual Symposium. This year’s 19th annual technology event on October 23-24, 2019 in Anaheim, CA features 40+ showcase technologies & solutions, 600+ attendees, over 30 technology sponsors with breakout sessions, showcase booths and demos, 22+ subject matter expert keynotes & panelists, client excellence awards, executive luncheon & forum. Showcase technologies include: artificial intelligence, cloud, hyperconverged infrastructure, software defined data center, business continuity and disaster recovery, security, networking, nda sessions and more. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26504 October 23, Santa Monica -- *Preccelerator Class 12 Demo Day* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26549 October 24, Los Angeles -- *Growth Capital Conference* Growth Capital Conference. Pitch to and Network with invvestors: Angels, VCs High Net Worths,Strategic Partners and 100 entrepreneurs needing capital. DEAL DISPLAYtm showcases growing firms needing capital & counsel.View products, videos, online demos.Hot Networking Breakfast at 7:00 AM sharp. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26538 October 30, Irvine -- *25th Annual Economic Forecast Conference - Orange County Business Council* OCBC 25th Annual Economic Forecast Conference. 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