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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - TigerConnect Takes $45M More In Series D For Healthcare Communications <#0080452> - OXIGEN Raises $15M For Water Brand <#0080451> - Slingshot Aerospace Lands $2M For Space Simulation Tool <#0080450> - Aerovironment's Sunglider Sees Successful Stratospheric Test Flight <#0080453> - Cornerstone OnDemand Names Chief Diversity Officer <#0080454> - Capillary Biomedical Gets $1.5M For Insulin Infusion <#0080449> - Greycroft Partners Raises Two New Funds <#0080448> *Marketplace* - 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> - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#ad717> - Stradling <#ad608> *Thursday, October 8, 2020* *TigerConnect Takes $45M More In Series D For Healthcare Communications* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080452.html> Santa Monica-based TigerConnect, which provides collaboration and communications tools for the hhealthcare industry, says it has raised $45M more in a Series D funding round, as it has seen surging demand due to the pandemic. According to the company, the new round was led by HealthQuest Capital, and also included New Leaf Ventures, Montreux Growth Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Invus and Industry Ventures. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080452.html>) *OXIGEN Raises $15M For Water Brand* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080451.html> Vancouver, British Columbia- and Los Angeles-based Oxigen, a water brand which says it has a "ph balanced water boosted with oxygen", has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. According to the company, the funding came from celebrities and others, including Stephen Curry, Brett Eldredge (recording artist), Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers), Bryan Ezralow (The Ezralow Companies), Jonathan Glaser (JMG Capital), Michael Meldman (Casamigos Tequila, Discovery Land Co. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080451.html>) *Slingshot Aerospace Lands $2M For Space Simulation Tool* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080450.html> El Segundo, California- and Austin, Texas-based Slingshot Aerospace said this morning that it has received $2M in funding to go towards developing of a new, space training simulation tool for the U.S. Space Force. According to the company, $1M in the funding came via a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 contract from the United States Space Force, and the other $1M came from venture capital investment firm ATX Venture Partners. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=56100>)(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080450.html>) *Aerovironment's Sunglider Sees Successful Stratospheric Test Flight* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080453.html> HAPSMobile, the developer of a solar-power, unmanned aircraft system which is part owned by Monrovia, California-based Aerovironment, has seen a successful stratospheric test flight of its solar powered unmanned glider, the company said late Wednesday. According to HAPSMobile--which is a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. and minority owned by UAV developer Aerovironment--the solar power Sunglider reached an altitude of 62,500 feet on its fifth test flight. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080453.html>) *Cornerstone OnDemand Names Chief Diversity Officer* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080454.html> Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand, which develops software used for managing employee development, says it has hired its first Chief Diversity Officer, Duane La Bom. The company said La Bom is responsible for driving the company's diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. La Bom was most recently Executive Director of Global Diversity & Inclusion for Texas Instruments, and prior to that, he was the Chief Diversity Officer and VP of Talent Management for Andeavor. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080454.html>) *Capillary Biomedical Gets $1.5M For Insulin Infusion* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080449.html> Irvine-based Capillary Biomedical, a startup focused on develping new insulin pump technology, said on Wednesday afternoon that it has raised $1.5M in loan funding. The company said the funding came in the form of a loan from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley). ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080449.html>) *Greycroft Partners Raises Two New Funds* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080448.html> Los Angeles- and New York-based Greycroft Ventures, which has invested in such local companies as Scopely, Thrive Market, and Maker Studios, has raised two new venture capital funds, for a total of $678M total. The firm disclosed that it closed its early stage fund, Greycroft Partners VI, at $310M, and raised $368M in its growth stage fund, Greycroft Growth III, at $368M. Greycroft has now raised over $2 billion in total. The company is both active in the Los Angeles area, as well as nationally. 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