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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - FightCamp Lands $90M Round <#0081446> - Accel Robotics Claims Successful Deployment In San Diego <#0081447> - Clearlake's nThrive Names New CEO, CFO <#0081445> - ServiceTitan Acquires Aspire, Raises $200M More <#0081444> - Quizizz Connects With $31.5M <#0081443> - inVia Robotics Links With Channel Partners <#0081441> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#ad724> - Stradling <#ad608> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> *Thursday, July 1, 2021* *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 *FightCamp Lands $90M Round* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081446.html> Los Angeles-based FightCamp, which develops an interactive, at-home training system for boxing and kickboxing, said on Wednesday that it has raised $90 in a venture capital funding round. The funding was led by NEA and Connect Ventures, and also included angel investors like Iikka Paananen (Supercell), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Usher, and Katheryn Winnick, as well as boxers Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Georges St-Pierre, and Francis Ngannou. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081446.html>) *Accel Robotics Claims Successful Deployment In San Diego* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081447.html> San Diego-based Accel Robotics, which develops automated checkout systems designed for retail stores, claims it is seeing growth and success at its first rollout of "Valet Market", an automated store its has deployed ata a luxury, San Diego apartment building. The company--which opened the store on Jun 11th--says that so far over two thirds of the building's 679 units have downloaded its apps, and about one third of all of its transactions being done by deliveries to residents' door. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081447.html>) *Clearlake's nThrive Names New CEO, CFO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081445.html> nThrive, the healthcare revenue cycle management software developer which is owned by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital, has both a new CEO and CFO, the companies said today. nThrive said it has named Hemant Goel as Ceo, and James Evans as CFO of the newly acquired company. Clearlake made an investment and carved out nThrive earlier this year. Goel was most recently CEO of Capsule Technologies, and also had served at Spok and Siemens Health Services. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081445.html>) *ServiceTitan Acquires Aspire, Raises $200M More* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081444.html> Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, which provides software used by contractors and the trades to manage their business, has acquired another company, Aspire Software, which develops software for the commercial landscaping business. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Aspire Software is based in St. Louis, Missouri. According to ServiceTitan, the acquisition came alongside a new, $200M investment from private equity investor Thoma Bravo. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081444.html>) *Quizizz Connects With $31.5M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081443.html> Santa Monica-based Quizizz, a developer of software which gamifies teaching with quizzes and interactive lessons, said on Wednesday that it has raised $31.5M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Nexus Venture Partners, GSV Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, plus Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. According to Quizziz, its product is now being used in over 120 countries, and at more than 80 percent of U.S. K-12 schools. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=102972> )(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081443.html>) *inVia Robotics Links With Channel Partners* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081441.html> Westlake Village-based warehouse robotics developer inVia Robotics says it has signed agreements with more than 10 companies who are providing technology solutions in warehouses, creating its own channel partner network. According to the company, the move will supplement its direct selling initiatives. 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