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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - SpaceX Gets Approval For Another Crew Launch On April 22nd <#0081158> - SWARM Engineering Snags $2.7M For Food Supply Software <#0081157> - Amgen Completes Five Prime Therapeutics Deal <#0081159> - FloQast Names Chief Marketing Officer <#0081156> - Triller Buys Two Companies <#0081154> *Marketplace* - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Stradling <#ad608> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Friday, April 16, 2021* *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 *SpaceX Gets Approval For Another Crew Launch On April 22nd* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081158.html> Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has gotten approval to launch another crew into space for NASA, with a launch targeted for April 22nd. According to NASA, it has given the "go" for an April 22 launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The launch time is set for 6:11 a.m., with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081158.html>) *SWARM Engineering Snags $2.7M For Food Supply Software* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081157.html> SWARM Engineering, a new startup which is focused on developing supply and demand forecasting software for the food supply chain, has raised $2.7M in its seed funding round. The funding was led by S2G Ventures, and also included Serra Ventures via their new AgTech fund, Harvard Business School Alumni, Wells Street Capital, VTC Seed Fund, and Rinvest, along with angel investor Soren Schroder (Bunge). (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081157.html>) *Amgen Completes Five Prime Therapeutics Deal* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081159.html> Thousand Oaks-based *Amgen <http://www.amgen.com>* said this morning that it has successfully completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of *Five Prime Therapeutics*, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing immuno-oncology and targeted cancer therapies. Amgen paid $38.00 per share in cash for Five Prime Therapeutics. Five Prime's programs include bemarituzumab, a Phase 3 trial-ready, first-in-class program for gastric cancer.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081159.html>) *FloQast Names Chief Marketing Officer* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081156.html> Los Angeles-based FloQast, which develops workflow automation software for the accounting industry, says it has named a new Chief Marketing Officer. According to the company, it has named Edward (Ed) Brice to the position, reporting to CEO mike Whitmire. Birce was most recently Chief Marketing Officer at Vendavo, and prior to that was at Lumension Security. FloQast has been in expansion mode. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081156.html>) *Triller Buys Two Companies* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081154.html> Los Angeles-based TrillerNet, the parent company of social video app developer Triller, has acquired two companies, including a live event and pay-per-view (PPV) company, and a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company. According to TrillerNet, it acquired FITE, a global live-event and Pay-Per-View, SVOD and AVOD and streaming platform for sports and entertainment, and separately, also acquired Amplify.ai, a developer of conversational AI tools for brands and others. 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