*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Wednesday, November 4, 2020* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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VRAINS <#0080564> - Voxox Expands Reach In Costa Rica <#0080563> - Lytx Signs Parent Firm Behind United Van Lines, Mayflower <#0080562> - Viasat Wins Deal With UK's Royal Navy <#0080561> - Boingo To Provide Cellular Network For San Diego State Stadium <#0080560> *Marketplace* - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#ad724> *Wednesday, November 4, 2020* *Preccelerator U Presents: Financial Modeling & Fundraising - Nov 10 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preccelerator-u-presents-financial-modeling-fundraising-with-mark-wald-tickets-126484064241>* Preccelerator® U Presents: Financial Modeling & Fundraising with Mark Wald. November 10, 12pm - 1:30pm Online Mark Wald, owner of Supporting Strategies Santa Monica, will deliver this casual talk and combine it with a Q&A. To attract professional investor capital, you need to be in control of your financials and projections. Every entrepreneur looking to expand their business should join us for this workshop by one of the leading financial accounting firms in town, Supporting Strategies Santa Monica. Over a 90-minute workshop you can expect to get a glimpse into financial modeling and fundraising for startups, KPIs and how to use them, and more! Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preccelerator-u-presents-financial-modeling-fundraising-with-mark-wald-tickets-126484064241 *Cinedigm's Pluto TV Gets Rights To Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080564.html> Los Angeles-based Cinedigm, and its free streaming television service, Pluto TV, said that they have secured exclusive rights to the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. Financial details of the licensing deal were not announced. The anime series is based on the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! collectiveble trading card game. Pluto TV said it will launch a branded channel in the U.S. later this month, with Latin America to follow. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080564.html>) *Voxox Expands Reach In Costa Rica* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080563.html> San Diego-based cloud communications provider Voxox reported this week that it has expanded its reach in Costa Rica, via a new partnership with business phone systems provider RING.CR. The company said that RING.CR will white label its Voxox Cloud Phone service, and will offer it up to its small business customers in Costa Rica. The two said they will offer up local numbers to those businesses, letting those businesses place and receive calls, manage call activity, and other features. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080563.html>) *Lytx Signs Parent Firm Behind United Van Lines, Mayflower* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080562.html> San Diego-based machine vision and fleet telematics provider Lytx reported this week that it has signed up UniGroup, the $1.6 billion company behind United Van Lines and Mayflower. Lytx said that UniGroup will adopt is Compliance Service program, which offers up web-based tools to handle Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance needs and help fleets reduce compliance, safety, and accountability (CSA) violations. Financial impact of the win was not announced. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080562.html>) *Viasat Wins Deal With UK's Royal Navy* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080561.html> San Diego-based satellite communications provider Viasat reported a win with the UK's Royal Navy this morning, saying it will provide the ultra high frequency satellite communications equipment on a Royal Navy Type 31 Frigate. Financial details of the contract were not announced. The company said it will provide Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) for the new Type 31 frigates, to be delivered by Babcock Team 31, for the Royal Navy. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080561.html>) *Boingo To Provide Cellular Network For San Diego State Stadium* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080560.html> Los Angeles-based Boingo says it has been selected to provide the cellular network infrastructure for the new, San Diego State Aztec Stadium. According to Boingo, it has been selected to design, build, operate and maintain a 5G-ready, neutral host cellular DAS network for the new stadium. Financial details of the deal were not announced. The new stadium is expected to be complete for the 2022 NCAA football season. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080560.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? 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. 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