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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Chipotle Launches Bitcoin Giveaway <#0081091> - UberMedia Becomes UM <#0081090> - IBH Acquires Uprise <#0081092> - VIZIO Closes IPO <#0081093> - Fortis Therapeutics Gets $40M For Cancer Treatments <#0081089> - ChargerHelp Connects With $2.75M For EV Charging Repair <#0081088> *Marketplace* - Get Counted in the Inclusion Impact Indexes Project <#ad773> - 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> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Stradling <#ad608> *Tuesday, March 30, 2021* *Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <http://www.networkthinking.com>* Network Thinking Solutions provides DevOps and Managed Services for Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. NTS helps development teams for CI/CD, Load Balancing, Docker and Auto Scaling technologies. NTS implements these technologies and also monitors and maintains, on an as needed basis. Desktop Managed Services are a key to our tools for your business team which includes antivirus, threat protection, ransomware detection, and inventory management. Please reach us at [email protected] to start a conversation. *Chipotle Launches Bitcoin Giveaway* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081091.html> Newport Beach-based Chipotle is jumping into the Bitcoin craze, saying today that it is launching a promotion where it will give away $100,000 in Bitcoin, plus another $100,000 in free burritos, as part of a "National Burrito Day" on April 1st. According to Chipotle, the promotion focuses on attempting to guess a valid, six-digit code for a chance to win a free burrito or up to $25,000 in Bitcoin. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081091.html>) *UberMedia Becomes UM* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081090.html> Pasadena-based UberMedia, which develops business intelligence and data analytics software, announced this morning that it has rebranded itself to UM, saying that the new brand will reflect its mission to "deliver best-in-class business intelligence and data analytics solutions across various industries." The rebranding is the latest makeover for UberMedia, which got its start way back in 2010 as an alternative client software for Twitter. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081090.html>) *IBH Acquires Uprise* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081092.html> Irvine-based population and digital health services provider IBH announced this morning that it has acquired Uprise, a provider of personalized digital health software for manging mental health. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Uprise, Uprise provides its health services through self-guided modules, live coaching, and in-person therapy. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081092.html>) *VIZIO Closes IPO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081093.html> Irvine-based VIZIO said it closed its successful IPO on Monday, selling 12,250,000 shares of its Common Stock at $21.00 per share. The company--which started trading on March 25th, now trades under the symbol VZIO. The IPO was underwritten by J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Guggenheim Securities, Needham & Company, Piper Sandler, and Roth Capital Partners. VIZIO's largest Class A shareholders are AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.; Q-Run Holdings Ltd. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081093.html>) *Fortis Therapeutics Gets $40M For Cancer Treatments* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081089.html> San Diego-based Fortis Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing treatments for late-stage prostate cancer and multiple myeloma, has raised $40M in a Series A financing, the company said on Monday. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081089.html>) *ChargerHelp Connects With $2.75M For EV Charging Repair* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081088.html> Los Angeles-based ChargerHelp, a new startup focused on offering up repair to electric vehicle charging stations, has raised $2.75M in a funding round, the company disclosed on Monday. The startup, founded by Kameale C. Terry, said the funding came from Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. ChargerHelp said it offers up on-demand repair of EV charging stations, using a local workforce which has been trained on EVSE maintenance. Terry was previously at EV Connect. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081088.html>) *Get Counted in the Inclusion Impact Indexes Project <https://bit.ly/2NUvJ8P>* We’re excited about teaming up with Socos Labs and StartOut and extending an invitation to our U.S. founders to get counted in the Inclusion Impact Indexes survey. Entrepreneurs help create many jobs and make an enormous contribution and the study looks at entrepreneurs' economic impact in terms of job creation, patents, financings, and exits. Data from this important Diversity & Inclusion survey provides important insights on contributions and unrealized potential. 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