*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Wednesday, September 2, 2020* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
*Sponsored By * Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group (http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending) Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI <#0080302> - YouMail Acquires PhoneTag <#0080307> - Aqua Medical Gets $8.2M <#0080304> - Quest Acquires Binary Tree <#0080306> - Hydrosat Founder, JPL and Techstars Alum Jakob vanZyl Dies <#0080303> - Esri Debuts New COVID-19 Tracking Tool <#0080301> - The Skills Launches Celebrity Sports Life Coaching Startup <#0080300> *Marketplace* - Technology Management and Operational Outsourcing – PulseOne <#ad765> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - 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> - Stradling <#ad608> *Wednesday, September 2, 2020* *Virtual London Tech Week - September 8th < [email protected]>* Join the British Consulate in Los Angeles on a virtual trade mission for London Tech Week. A tailored series of virtual events starting 8th September that will include insight into the innovation landscape with the London Mayor’s Office, routes to capital with London Stock Exchange group, understanding the UK-US political landscape and free trade agreement with Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner, and practical sessions to understand the costs, opportunity, and things to avoid with growing your opportunities in the UK. Contact [email protected] for a mission brochure and information on applying. Successful applicants will join the mission and receive dedicated assistance form the UK Government global investment team. *Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080302.html> Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky, the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080302.html>) *YouMail Acquires PhoneTag* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080307.html> Irvine-based YouMail has acquired PhoneTag, a direct-to-consumer voicemail service, the company announced on Tuesday. Financial details of the deal were not announced. PhoneTag was founded in 2003, and offers up voicemail transcription services directly to consumers. According to YouMail, it now has PhoneTag's service running on its own platform. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080307.html>) *Aqua Medical Gets $8.2M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080304.html> Santa Ana-based Aqua Medical, a developer of vapor-based ablation system to treat precancerous conditions and metabolic disease such as type 2 diabetes in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, said on Tuesday that it has raised a final $8.2M in an equity investment tranche. The Series A-3 funding was led by ShangBay Capital, and also included Ithaka Partners LLC and ForMED Ventures. The company said the funding brings its total Series A funding to a total of $15.5M. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080304.html>) *Quest Acquires Binary Tree* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080306.html> Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software, which develops systems management and security software, said early this morning that it has acquired Binary Tree, a developer of Microsoft migration tools. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Quest, the move will help strengthen its position in the Microsoft modernization market. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080306.html>) *Hydrosat Founder, JPL and Techstars Alum Jakob vanZyl Dies* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080303.html> Jakob vanZyl, the founder and CEO of Hydrosat, one of the companies to emerge out of the 2019 Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator, died last Wednesday, after suffering from a heart attack on August 24th. VanZyl previously had served at NASA's Jet Propulation Laboratory, and was involved in the Juno, Dawn, Cassini, InSight Mars lander, Mars 2020 Perserverance, and other missions. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080303.html>) *Esri Debuts New COVID-19 Tracking Tool* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080301.html> Redlands, California-based GIS giant Esri--well known for powering many of the dashboards tracking the global COVID-19 pandemic--has rolled out a new tool to help people in the United States figure out how they are doing, compared with the rest of the nation. The new Esri CovidPulse tool allows the public, as well as decision makers, to track county-by-county data on COVID-19 pandemic trends. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080301.html>) *The Skills Launches Celebrity Sports Life Coaching Startup* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080300.html> Los Angeles-based The Skills, a new startup offering up subscription-based "life lessons" from celebrity athletes, launched today, saying that it is backed by Maveron, Global Founders Capital, and 8VC. The company--which did not disclose how much funding it has received--offers up subscriptions to "life lessons" from such athletes as Maria Sharapova, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Dashawn Jordan, Rachel Adams, Michael Phelps, Shaun White, and many others. The company was founded by CEO Omer Atesman. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080300.html>) *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]. *Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <http://www.preccelerator.com>* The Preccelerator® Program is an accelerator for early-stage startups offered to select companies out of the Santa Monica office of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP that provides initial capital, sophisticated legal services, interim office space, mentorship, a targeted curriculum, investment strategy counseling and access to a strategic perks portfolio with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. www.preccelerator.com *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]. *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] *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. Widely recognized for its expertise, responsiveness and outstanding client service, the Firm's size, structure, and culture allow it to provide the highest quality representation while maintaining the responsiveness and relationships commonly associated with smaller firms. ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#funding>* 8/25/20 Songtradr, Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100821> West Hollywood $30.00 M 8/24/20 Connect Biopharma <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100820> San Diego $115.00 M 7/30/20 MomentFeed <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100700> Santa Monica $10.00 M 7/29/20 Heal <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100699> Pacific Palisades $100.00 M 7/22/20 TrackStreet, Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100695> Santa Barbara $5.10 M 7/20/20 Gemist <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100579> Los Angeles $0.00 M 7/20/20 Carbonated Games <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100581> El Segundo $8.50 M 7/20/20 Ready, Set, Food! <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100582> Encino $3.00 M 7/09/20 Kernel <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100542> Los Angeles $53.00 M 7/08/20 VelosBio Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100084> San Diego $137.00 M 6/25/20 Treehouse Games <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100533> Los Angeles $2.60 M 6/25/20 Clickup <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100534> San Diego $35.00 M 6/24/20 Pipe <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100532> Los Angeles $60.00 M 6/23/20 Scalefast <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=100510> Manhattan Beach $21.58 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html September 6, Los Angeles -- *National Business Plan Competition Deadline/Pismo Ventures* National Business Plan Competition Deadline/Pismo Ventures. Pismo Ventures presents the National Venture Plan Competition (NVPC). The NVPC is a business plan competition offering startups and entrepreneurs, across the United State, a unique opportunity to present their plans to experienced investors, screen in front of multiple investor groups nationwide, win cash and in-kind prizes, and participate in an array of invaluable webinars. Most of all, the competition provides participants one of the biggest opportunities to raise capital by being fast-tracked to present to many investor groups, angels, VCs and family offices across the US. Seee https://bit.ly/2ZRkWPP. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26636 September 9, Los Angeles -- *Digital Summit LA* Out of concern for the health and safety of our attendees and staff, Digital Summit Los Angeles will reschedule our 2020 to September 9-11. Thanks!. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/26647 September 15, Los Angeles -- *Urban Tech Connect 2020 // Forward* We believe that diverse ideas from all walks of life can help expand the realm of possibility for the entire world. The Urban Tech Connect // Forward Conference is helping bridge the gap of diverse ideation in technology. You can expect: Fine tune your fundraising and marketing strategies Target angels and VCs to raise money Overcome your fears and insecurities as a founder of color Develop tactics for product growth Tap into Job Opportunities in Tech Learn more about the speakers and conference at https://utc.pluginsouthla.com/. Organizer: Plug In South Los Angeles Venue: Virtual Conference (Agenda and login instructions provided up registration). 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