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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - GOAT Group Gets Strategic Investment <#0080812> - esVolta Gets Investment From Macquarie <#0080814> - Virgin Orbit Successfully Launches First Rocket Into Space <#0080813> - Canoo Sets VP Investor Relations <#0080816> - Mosaic Connects With $18.5M <#0080815> - Viant Files For IPO <#0080809> *Marketplace* - UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) <#ad756> - 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> *Tuesday, January 19, 2021* *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]. *GOAT Group Gets Strategic Investment* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080812.html> Los Angeles-based GOAT, best known for its online marketplace for sneakers, but which now also has expanded into apparel and accessories, has received a strategic investment from Groupe Artemis. Groupe Artemis is owner of the Kering luxury fashion brand. Size of the investment was not announced. GOAT said the strategic investment follows its Series E funding announcned in September of 2020, which was worth $100M, valuing GOAT at $1.75 billion. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080812.html>) *esVolta Gets Investment From Macquarie* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080814.html> Aliso Viejo-based utility-scale energy storage project developer esVolta has received an investment from Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG), Macquarie announced this morning. Size of the investment was not announced. According to Macquarie, the investment will support the continued North American expansion of esVolta and finance its portfolio of over 600 MWh of contracted energy storage projects, plus an additional pipeline of more than 2 GWh of projects. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080814.html>) *Virgin Orbit Successfully Launches First Rocket Into Space* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080813.html> Mojave-based Virgin Orbit, which is developing space launch technology which uses a modified 747 to launch rocket payloads into space, successfully launched its first rocket into space from the Southern California coast on Sunday. The company's LauncherDemo2 mission--which took off from Mojave, before launching a rocket off the coast of Santa Cruz Island--carried 9 CubeSat satellites into Low Earth Orbit. The CubeSat payloads were all delivered into space for NASA. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080813.html>) *Canoo Sets VP Investor Relations* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080816.html> Los Angeles-based electric vehicle developer *Canoo <http://www.canoo.com>* says it has named a new VP of Investor Relations. The company--which recently went public via a reverse merger--said it has named former Cars.com Director of Investor Relations, Kamal Hamid, to the post. Hamid has previously also served at Solera Holdings, in addition to experience in the sell-side equity research and corporate finance areas.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080816.html>) *Mosaic Connects With $18.5M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080815.html> San Diego-based Mosaic, a fintech startup developing software to help CFOs make financial decisions, said last week that it has raised $18.5M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by General Catalyst, and also included Felicis Ventures, Village Global and XYZ Ventures. The startup said the new funding brings its total raised to $21M. The company said it will use the funding to accelerate product development and for growing its team. Mosaic is led by founder and CEO Bijan Moallemi. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080815.html>) *Viant Files For IPO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080809.html> Irvine-based Viant Technology, a developer of advertising software, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. The IPO is being underwritten by BofA Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Canaccord Genuity, JMP Securities, Needham & Company, and Raymond James. The company is led by CEO Tim Vanderhook. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0080809.html>) *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. 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