*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Monday, March 2, 2020* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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Smith, Croquet <#0079581> - Relativity Space Secures New HQ In Long Beach <#0079578> - HyperX Rolls Out New Mechanical Gaming Keyboards <#0079580> - ViewSonic Donates $500,000 Towards Youth, Education Efforts <#0079579> - Gretel Gets Seed Funding For Data Sharing Startup <#0079576> - Oblong Gets Win With Major Mining Firm <#0079577> *Marketplace* - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#ad694> - Stradling <#ad608> - Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency <#ad596> *Monday, March 2, 2020* *From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice < [email protected]>* KPMG provides Bookkeeping, Audit, Tax, and Advisory services to assist you at any stage of your life cycle. Whether you are starting your business, strengthening your business, expanding into new markets, or pursuing an exit, we have a global network of experienced resources that can take you to the next level. For more information, please contact Ryan Youhan at [email protected]. *Interview with David A. Smith, Croquet* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079581.html> For today's interview, with talked with David A. Smith, the founder of Croquet (www.croquet.io), a new Los Angeles startup which actually has its roots at the very beginning of the modern computing era. Croquet is developing software for collaborative applications, which has applications in virtual worlds and augmented and virtual reality. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079581.html>) *Relativity Space Secures New HQ In Long Beach* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079578.html> Los Angeles-based Relativity Space, which is venture backed by Bond, Tribe Capital, Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, Phillip Spector formerly of Intelsat, and Mark Cuban, says it has secured new headquarters space in Long Beach, where it will set up its business operations and manufacturing. The company--which is using 3D printing, using additive manufacturing and robotics for building launch vehicles--said its new headquarters is at 3500 E. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079578.html>) *HyperX Rolls Out New Mechanical Gaming Keyboards* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079580.html> Fountain Valley-based HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, says it has released two new gaming keyboards, the HyperX Alloy Origins and Alloy Origins Core keyboards. According to the company, the new mechanical keyboards feature a new switch, the "HyperX Aqua". The keyboards also include RGB exposed backlit keys, which are popular with gamers. HyperX said that the HyperX Allows Origin has an MSRP of $109.99, and the Alloy Origins Core an MSRP of $89.99. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079580.html>) *ViewSonic Donates $500,000 Towards Youth, Education Efforts* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079579.html> Brea, California-based display giant ViewSonic says it has donated $500,000 in products to help youth and education efforts, as part of an expansion of the cmpany's corporate and social responsibility efforts. According to ViewSonic, it donated the $500,000 in products through a partnership with the Orange County United Way, which will go towards underserved schools. ViewSonic said the products will go to STEM/STEAM labs, SCALE-UP classrooms, robotics workshops and eSport clubs. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079579.html>) *Gretel Gets Seed Funding For Data Sharing Startup* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079576.html> San Diego-based Gretel has raised a seed round of funding, to go towards its development of software which helps developers and engineers access and share anonymized data for developing applications. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Greylock Partners and Village Capital. The startup is led by Alex Watson, who serves as founder and CEO. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079576.html>) *Oblong Gets Win With Major Mining Firm* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079577.html> Los Angeles-based Oblong Industries, the developer of futuristic data collaboration and virtual meeting tools--which is owned by Glowpoint, Inc.--said this morning that it has scored a big win with an un-named, global mining, metals, and petroleum company. Name of the customer, and financial impact of the win were not announced. According to Glowpoint, the un-named customer has deployed Oblong to a new office complex in Southeast Asia. The new solution is integrated with Cisco Webex. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079577.html>) *Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <https://www.bestronics.com>* Are the great ideas stacking up faster than your engineering resources can handle? Your company needs a reliable resource of analog/digital and software engineers to understand your issues, define the problem statements and lay out a course of action to output hardware products ready for integration into your system. Our unique capabilities, used by many in the medical, scientific, military and aerospace industries, allow us to offer engineering services that result in deliverable, production ready subsystems so you can concentrate on targeting your customer base and not stressing about the right mix and numbers of engineering talent needed to see your vision become reality. Contact us at http://www.bestronics.com *IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <http://www.socalip.com>* Patents. Trademarks. Copyrights. Trade Secrets. IP Filings. IP Strategy. IP Litigation. IP Transactions. US and Worldwide. Offices in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara. [email protected] www.socalip.com *Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending>* Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $26 billion in assets and 76 branches primarily located in California, with one in Denver, Colorado and another 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. For more information about the Venture Banking Group, visit www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending, or send an email to Brian Weber at [email protected] *Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <http://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator/>* Accelerating Growth for Early Stage Innovation The Preccelerator® Program is a platform offered to select start-up companies out of the Santa Monica office of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP that provides interim office space, sophisticated legal services, mentorship and access to a strategic perks portfolio with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. The Preccelerator® Program provides these benefits to as many as 10 promising young startups in separate growth tracks. http://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator/ *Stradling <http://www.sycr.com>* Stradling, Attorneys At Law ( href="http://www.sycr.com";>http://www.sycr.com ) Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (“Stradling”) is a premier business law firm with over 125 attorneys and 10 offices in the western US. The offices are: Newport Beach, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco - SOMA, San Francisco - Financial District, Sacramento, Reno, Denver, Seattle. The Firm’s corporate, litigation and public law practices are well known for their expertise and depth. Stradling's clients include emerging and high growth public and private companies as well as private equity funds, venture capital groups and their respective portfolio companies. 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The Montgomery Summit is an invitation-only event that gathers leading entrepreneurs, venture and growth investors, institutional investors, and industry executives from around the world. The Montgomery Summit has been held annually since 2004, and it has grown into the country’s largest private company investment conference, annually featuring presentations from the CEOs of 150 exceptional private companies, world-class keynote speakers and engaging panels and discussions. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26613 March 5, Pasadena -- *SCALE 18x* SCALE is North America's leading open source community conference. Held annually in the greater Los Angeles area the conference draws over 3500 attendees from around the globe. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26575 March 5, Santa Monica -- *The Montgomery Summit* Montgomery Summit 2020. 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