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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - SpaceX Scores $886M From FCC For High Speed Rural Broadband <#0080683> - GoShare Takes On Crowdsourced Package Delivery <#0080684> - HyperX Aims New Program At Influencers, Streamers <#0080686> - GeoLinks Wins $234.8M For Broadband Rollout <#0080687> - Regulus Therapeutics Finds $19.4M In Private Placement <#0080685> - Aptera Is Back, With Solar Powered Car <#0080682> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) <#ad756> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Stradling <#ad608> *Tuesday, December 8, 2020* *A Primer on Prevention and Response to Data Breaches - 12/8/20 <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-primer-on-prevention-and-response-to-data-breaches-tickets-126877677549>* A Primer on Prevention and Response to Data Breaches Date: December 08, 2020 Location:Los Angeles A Primer on Prevention and Response to Data Breaches. Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP. We will discuss what happens before, during, and after a data breach. Moderator: Daniel A. Rozansky, Partner, Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP; Panelists: Heather Antoine, Partner, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Chair of the Trademark & Brand Protection Practice, & Co-Chair of the Privacy & Data Security Practice; Brian Levine, Managing Director, Ernst & Young Parthenon’s Strategy and Transactions Group; Marc Polansky, Chief Legal Officer, Seed Beauty. Register today! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-primer-on-prevention-and-response-to-data-breaches-tickets-126877677549 *SpaceX Scores $886M From FCC For High Speed Rural Broadband* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080683.html> Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, which is developing its own constellation of thousands of satellites to provide Internet service to earth, has been selected to receive $886M from the FCC to deploy high speed broadband to the rural United States. According to the FCC, SpaceX was among 180 companies to receive part of $9.2 billion to bring high speed broadband to underserved rural areas across the US. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080683.html>) *GoShare Takes On Crowdsourced Package Delivery* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080684.html> San Diego-based GoShare, which operates an online marketplace for truck and van owners to offer up delivery of packages, is looking to help retailers better deliver packages as the holiday season has created a surge of online orders and delivery. According to the company, led by CEO Shaun Savage, it has created a "virtual fleet" providing delivery for businesses on a pay-per-use model. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080684.html>) *HyperX Aims New Program At Influencers, Streamers* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080686.html> Fountain Valley-based HyperX, the gaming accessories division of Kingston Technology, is looking to recruit influencers and streamers to help it sell more of its products. According to HyperX, it has launched the HyperX Partner Program for those influencers and streamers, which lets them earn commissions and incentives that lead to sales at the company's online shop. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080686.html>) *GeoLinks Wins $234.8M For Broadband Rollout* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080687.html> Camarillo-based GeoLinks, a wireless Internet Services Provider (WISP) that supplies broadband Internet via high speed, wireless links, is one of the winners of a big FCC rural broadband Internet award. The company received $234.8M for providing connectivity to 128,297 locations across 3 states, part of a broader, $9.2 billion effort by the FCC to bring broadband to rural communities. Hawthorne-based SpaceX also was a winner in the broadband effort, with an $886M award, part of a total of $9. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080687.html>) *Regulus Therapeutics Finds $19.4M In Private Placement* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080685.html> La Jolla-based biopharmaceuticals company Regulus Therapeutics announced this morning that it has raised $19.4M in a private placement. The publicly traded company, which trades on the Nasdaq as RGLS, said it sold 24,341,607 shares of the Company's common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 18,256,204 shares of common stock. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080685.html>) *Aptera Is Back, With Solar Powered Car* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080682.html> San Diego-based Aptera, the latest reincarnation of an electric car maker started in 2005, has announced a new, solar powered car, which recharges from the sun, and not from a plug. The electric car maker, which had originally been founded in 2005, but went bankrupt in 2011, re-formed in 2019 under the lead of original founders Christ Anthony and Steve Fambro. Aptera announced its new Paradigm "solar electric vehicles" last week, which it says it is now offering up for reservations. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080682.html>) *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 *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 *UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) <https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/200195057>* The UK is one of the world's fastest-growing tech hubs with more than 60,000 tech companies, 30 industry clusters, and over $14 billion in investment over the last five years. The UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) team provides local 1:1 support to companies expanding internationally, helping de-risk market entry with free support services. DIT can provide tailored set-up information, including market research, legal and accounting introductions, recruitment support, policy insight, and partnership-building opportunities. As the #1 destination in Europe for inward investment and tech talent, and home to more fast-growth companies than any other European country, the UK has a lot to offer to US companies. We work with all companies, from start-ups/scale-ups through to the Fortune 500. To find out more about "Why UK," and to work with DIT's LA team, contact us at: https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/200195057 *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. 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