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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Encantos Takes $5.7M More For EdTech Efforts <#0080621> - Green Dot To Power New Google Pay Bank Accounts <#0080625> - Newegg Teams For Charity Donations <#0080622> - Digital Colony Backs Vantage Data Centers In $1.25 Billion Funding <#0080623> - DTS Adds Lyrics From LyricFind To Connected Car Service <#0080624> - Los Angeles Sets Up Transportation Technology Zone <#0080620> - Everytable Takes $16M For Healthy Meals <#0080619> *Marketplace* - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Stradling <#ad608> - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#ad717> *Thursday, November 19, 2020* *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 *Encantos Takes $5.7M More For EdTech Efforts* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080621.html> Culver City-based Encantos, an edtech startup which helps kids with literacy, learning skills, and life skills, has raised $5.7M in a new funding round, the company announced this morning. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080621.html>) *Green Dot To Power New Google Pay Bank Accounts* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080625.html> Pasadena-based Green Dot is powering a new banking offering from Google Pay, called Plex Accounts, which will allow Google Pay customers to open up and manage a FDIC-insured digital bank account through the app, the company said today. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to Green Dot, the new Google Pay offering will roll out sometime in 2021. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080625.html>) *Newegg Teams For Charity Donations* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080622.html> Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg is teaming up with a group to make it easier for people to donate their gently used items to charity. According to Newegg, it has launched a partnership with Give Back Box, so that its customers can repack their Newegg shipping boxes with household products they no longer need, and ship them to a local charity free of charge. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080622.html>) *Digital Colony Backs Vantage Data Centers In $1.25 Billion Funding* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080623.html> Private equity investor Digital Colony, which has offices in Los Angeles, is the lead investor in a $1.25 billion funding for data center operator Vantage Data Centers, the two said this morning. Vantage Data Cetner said the equity capital funding will go towards ongoing expansion and development across North America and Europe. The company develops what it calls "hyperscale" data center campuses. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080623.html>) *DTS Adds Lyrics From LyricFind To Connected Car Service* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080624.html> Calabasas-based audio technology developer DTS, which is a subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, said today that it has added song lyrics from LyricFind to its DTS Connect Radio service. Financial details of the deal were not announced. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080624.html>) *Los Angeles Sets Up Transportation Technology Zone* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080620.html> The City of Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti said this week that it is launching a new Transportation Technology Innovation Zone, which Garcetti said will allow innovators to test their transportation technology solutions. The new zone--located in the San Fernando Valley, around Warner Center--will initially launch with a project to test a zero-emissions, last mile delivery service that connects individuals homebound by the pandemic to food from local businesses. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080620.html>) *Everytable Takes $16M For Healthy Meals* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080619.html> Los Angeles-based healthy meal service Everytable, which offers up grab-and-go, healthy meals as an alternative to fast food, has raised $16M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by Creadev, and also included Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Candide Groupe, Gratitude Railroad Ventures, Desert Bloom Food Ventures and Kimball Musk. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=101174> )(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080619.html>) *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] *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]. *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. *Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <https://www.siliconmaps.com/tech-coast/>* Include your company on the Tech Coast Map and be part of the iconic industry symbol of Technology Innovation in Southern California. The map is promoted through Print, Digital, and web with an online interactive version of the map. Take part in the effective map campaign to support your region, brand and location(s) while promoting your company as an industry leader. The custom imprinted Poster/Calendars make the perfect promotional year-end gift for stakeholders. 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