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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Slingshot Aerospace Creates Online Mapping Tool For Food Help <#0079957> - inVia Robotics Expands Into Asia <#0079956> - Dimer In Deal With Partnership For Airplane Disinfection <#0079955> - SpaceX Bails On Lease At Port Of Los Angeles, Again <#0079954> - Wheels Re-Launches Operations <#0079953> - Wave Adds $30M For Virtual Concerts <#0079952> - Giftaplate Lets Users Donate Meals To Familes In Need <#0079950> *Marketplace* - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Resources For UK Companies and Investors Impacted By Coronavirus <#ad762> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Stradling <#ad608> *Thursday, June 11, 2020* *Technology Management and Operational Outsourcing – PulseOne <https://pulseone.com/sct/>* PulseOne is a business services company specialized in delivering IT-enabled solutions to emerging and high growth companies. Bringing together the world's best technologies, renowned engineering design, and proven implementation, PulseOne is uniquely positioned for Central and South Coast based businesses to plan, build and manage your technology infrastructure - from strategy to ongoing support. Our scalable model allows companies to utilize the services they need as they grow, making high value outsourced IT management cost effective for your growing business. Staffed with technology specialists and lead by business veterans, PulseOne is designed to support your business needs. For more information on what we can do for you, contact us via https://pulseone.com/sct/ or email us at [email protected]. *Slingshot Aerospace Creates Online Mapping Tool For Food Help* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079957.html> Los Angeles-based Slingshot Aerospace, a startup which normally develops situational intelligence software, is helping to address some of the major issues to emerge out of the global COVID-19 pandemic, by helping to create an online mapping tool for finding food help. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079957.html>) *inVia Robotics Expands Into Asia* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079956.html> W (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079956.html>) *Dimer In Deal With Partnership For Airplane Disinfection* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079955.html> Los Angeles-based Dimer LLC, the maker of the "GermFalcon" germicidal lighting, has entered into a strategic partnership with Honeywell to the aviation market, the company said on Wednesday. According to Dimer, Honeywell will sell the GermFalcon as the Honeywell UV Cabin System for "airline recovery". Dimer's system uses ultraviolet light for disinfection of surfaces, something which has been used in the healthcare industry for years. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079955.html>) *SpaceX Bails On Lease At Port Of Los Angeles, Again* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079954.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX has bailed on a pending deal to lease space at the Port of Los Angeles, the second time it has done so in the last year. The withdrawal of SpaceX's lease comes after a massive scramble by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners to approve a 10-year agreement with SpaceX in February. SpaceX did not give a reason for withdrawing from the lease, however, it comes after Elon Musk threatened to leave California because of the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079954.html>) *Wheels Re-Launches Operations* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079953.html> Los Angeles-based Wheels, which provides on-demand, e-bike sharing services, has re-launched its operations, 3 months after pausing its operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the service, it is re-launching in Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas, Austin, and Orlando this week, after re-launching its services in Stockholm and Madrid previously. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079953.html>) *Wave Adds $30M For Virtual Concerts* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079952.html> Los Angeles-based *Wave <http://www.wavexr.com>*, which develops software and hardware to enable live, virtual reality concerts, has raised $30M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Maveron Ventures and Griffin Gaming Partners, and also included angels Alex Rodriguez and Scooter Braun. Wave is led by CEO Adam Arrigo. The company uses motion capture to power virtual, interactive concerts for music artists.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079952.html>) *Giftaplate Lets Users Donate Meals To Familes In Need* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079950.html> A new, nonprofit organizatino, Giftaplate, is working with local restaurants in Los Angeles, to allow people to donate to help both restaurants and families in need. The organization--launched by Silicon Valley startup Plate IQ, HotSchedules, and others--said it is looking to help aid restaurants and families who have been greatly impacted by COVID-19 in LA. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0079950.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? 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[email protected] www.socalip.com *Resources For UK Companies and Investors Impacted By Coronavirus <https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/>* If you are a UK company, or an investor in the UK, and the Coronavirus is affecting your business: https://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/ If you have a UK registered business this is the primary source of information regarding the British Governments response and how to access that support. This includes employee furlough support, the large business loan scheme, corporate financing facility, HMRC’s ‘Time to Pay’ tax service, and VAT deferral. >From UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) *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] *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. 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