*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Friday, March 27, 2020* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - GoodRx Launches Marketplace For Online Doctor's Visits <#0079687> - Seek Thermal Rolls Out Temperature Screening System <#0079686> - Chipotle Shifts eSports Competition Online <#0079685> - Zovio Boosts Hiring In San Diego <#0079684> - Slingshot Aerospace Gets $3M <#0079682> - XPRIZE Launches Pandemic Alliance To Tackle COVID-19 <#0079681> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <#ad737> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#ad694> - Stradling <#ad608> *Friday, March 27, 2020* *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 *GoodRx Launches Marketplace For Online Doctor's Visits* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079687.html> Santa Monica-based online healthcare marketplace operator GoodRx, which operates online marketplaces for prescriptions, doctors, and other healthcare services, is expanding its marketplace to include online doctor's visits (telehealth). The company said the GoodRx telehealth marketplace will make it easier for patients to find online medical providers. GoodRx said the service will let patients compare prices, review prescription delivery options and receive discounts. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079687.html>) *Seek Thermal Rolls Out Temperature Screening System* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079686.html> Santa Barbara-based Seek Thermal, which develops thermal imaging products, says it has rolled out a new, low-cost thermal imaging system which automates temperature screening using skin temperature. The company said its new product, Seek Scan, delivers accurate skin temperature measurements, automatically detecting faces, and alerts if someone is warmer than a customizable alarm temperature. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079686.html>) *Chipotle Shifts eSports Competition Online* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079685.html> Newport Beach-based restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill says it is shifting its eSports competition, the 2020 Chipotle Challenger Series, into an online tournament format. The eSports tournament--which was in person in Dallas, Texas last year--will include both professional gamers and celebrities, and will offer up $50,000 in prizes and free Chipotle for a year. The company said the eSports tournament will have a finale on April 25th, which will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079685.html>) *Zovio Boosts Hiring In San Diego* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079684.html> Chandler, Arizona-based Zovio, a provider of education technology services, says it plans to boost hiring in San Diego, as well as in Chandler, Arizona and Denver, Colorado, as a result of soaring unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it provides personalized learning products for higher education institutions. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079684.html>) *Slingshot Aerospace Gets $3M* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079682.html> Los Angeles-based Slingshot Aerospace, a developer of software which combines satellite, aerial, drone and other data, has raised $3.0M in a combination of venture capital and a Small Business Innnovation Research contract, the company said on Thursday. According to the company, it received $1.5M in funding from ATX Venture Partners and Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, and $1.5M from the U.S. Air Force via the SBIR contract. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showco&id=56100>)( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079682.html>) *XPRIZE Launches Pandemic Alliance To Tackle COVID-19* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079681.html> Marina del Rey-based XPRIZE has launched a new effort, the XPRIZE Pandemic Allaince, which it says will help scale the impact and promise of solutions to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Acording to the group--which normally runs competitions to spur development in technology--says the new group is open to the world's innovators, clinicians, researchers, data scientists, institutions, and experts, to help push breakthroughs, research, tap into a network of supports and partners, and more. 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Our team provides a wide range of guidance in the key issues effecting technology companies including, M&A advisory, initial public offerings, tax planning and consulting, intellectual property agreements, financial reporting and regulatory compliance matters. For more information, please contact our LA Technology leaders Anthony Ferguson, Tim Clackett, and Kris Kaufmann at [email protected]. http://www.bdo.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. 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