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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Protest, Rioting, Looting Come To Silicon Beach <#0079912> - SpaceX Dragon, With Crew, In Historic Launch And Docking <#0079913> - Maple Media Acquires NOAA Hi-Def Radar App <#0079911> - SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test Firing <#0079910> - Ascus Biosciences Finds $46M For Animal Health, Nutrition <#0079908> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#ad694> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> *Monday, June 1, 2020* *** Dear Readers: I hope you are all safe in these difficult times. If your business sustained damage or were affected by the rioting in Santa Monica or elsewhere over the weekend, please let us know as we'd like to be able to update everyone on how everyone has fared through the civili unrest. Stay safe! Ben Kuo, Editor *Protest, Rioting, Looting Come To Silicon Beach* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079912.html> In a sad testament to the difficult times that have come to the United States, the heart of Silicon Beach--the Third Street Promenade and surrounding areas in Santa Monica--were hit by looting and destruction, even as peaceful groups nearby protested the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079912.html>) *SpaceX Dragon, With Crew, In Historic Launch And Docking* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079913.html> In a historic first, Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX had a successful launch, and subsequent docking, of a SpaceX Dragon capsule--the Endeavor--with the International Space Station. The launch on Friday went off without a hitch, and the SpaceX Dragon docked with the ISS, delivering Astronauts Bob Behnken and Col. Doug Hurley to the ISS at 10:16 a.m. ET. The successful launch and docking is the first time that the United States has delivered astronauts from its own soil, using U.S. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079913.html>) *Maple Media Acquires NOAA Hi-Def Radar App* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079911.html> Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Maple Media says it has acquired the mobile application NOAA Hi-Def Radar, which provides weather information, from The E.W. Scripps Company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. NOAA Hi-Def Radar had been acquired by Scripps in 2014, after Scripps acquired WeatherSphere. According to Maple Media, NOAA Hi-Def Radar is one of the highest grossing weathers apps on the App Store, and provides radar, forecasts, and alerts. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079911.html>) *SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test Firing* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079910.html> H (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079910.html>) *Ascus Biosciences Finds $46M For Animal Health, Nutrition* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079908.html> San Diego-based Ascus Biosciences, a developer of feed supplements for animal health and nutrition, said this week that it has raised $46M in a Series B funding round. THe funding was led by Temasek Holdings, and also included Anterra Capital, Formation 8, and Cavallo Ventures (venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis), as well as angels. 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