*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Monday, July 12, 2021* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Billionaires In Space: Branson Succeeds In Space Launch <#0081474> - Omaze Offers Up Chance At Virgin Galactic Flight <#0081475> - HyperX Names Twitch Streamer As New Brand Ambassador <#0081476> - LiveXLive, The Associated Press Link On News Streaming <#0081477> - Popshop Live Picks Up $20M <#0081473> - Stamps.com To Go Private In $6 Billion Private Equity Deal <#0081472> *Marketplace* - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#ad724> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> *Monday, July 12, 2021* *Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending>* Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $29 billion in assets and 70 full-service branches primarily located in California, with one in Durham, NC and another in Denver, CO. Our Venture Banking Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial and venture-backed businesses and their capital and private equity investors. We also offer Community Banking and National Lending services. For more information about the Venture Banking Group, visit www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending, or send an email to Britt Nelson at [email protected]. *Billionaires In Space: Branson Succeeds In Space Launch* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081474.html> Sir Richard Branson successfully launched himself into space on Sunday, stepping aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket powered plane and rocketing to 53 miles above the earth, on the Unity 22 mission. The launch--the first of a billionaire into space on his own vehicle--also signals the upcoming start of paying, space tourists for Virgin Galactic, which has been developing its technology in Mojave, California, since 2004. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081474.html>) *Omaze Offers Up Chance At Virgin Galactic Flight* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081475.html> On the heels of the successful launch of billionaire Sir Richard Branson into space on Sunday, Culver City-based charity fundraising software company Omaze says has launched a sweepstakes to win a seat to space on one of the first Virgin Galactic commercial flights. Omaze said the sweepstakes supports an effort to raise money for Space for Humanity, a nonprofit which intends to send citizen astronauts of diverse racial, economic, and disciplinary backgrounds to space. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081475.html>) *HyperX Names Twitch Streamer As New Brand Ambassador* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081476.html> Fountain Valley-based HyperX, the gaming peripherals maker which recently was sold by Kingston Technology to HP Inc., has signed on Twitch game streamer Tim "TimTheTatman" Betar has a "brand ambassador" for the company. According to HyperX, Betar will be involved in marketing activities, including virtual streams and developing original content. Financial details of the deal between HyperX and TimTheTatman were not announced. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081476.html>) *LiveXLive, The Associated Press Link On News Streaming* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081477.html> Los Angeles-based LiveXLive, which owns PodcastOne, Slacker Radio, React Presents, and Custom Personalization Solutions, says it has teamed up with The Associated Press to provide news programming on Slacker Radio. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to LiveXLive, it will offer up a user-curated "AP News" station, where listeners can skip, play/pause, and personalize their own unique news/talk experience. LiveXLive said the deal replaces ABC News. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081477.html>) *Popshop Live Picks Up $20M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081473.html> Los Angeles-based livestreaming shopping service Popshop Live said this week that it raised $20M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Benchmark, and also included TQ Ventures (Andrew Marks, Schuster Tanger, and Scooter Braun), Mantis VC (The Chainsmokers), Access Industries and SV Angel, plus Floodgate, Abstract Ventures and Long Journey Ventures, along with angels Sophia Amoruso, Baron Davis, Jim Lanzone, Kevin Mayer, Vivi Nevo, Michael Ovitz, Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081473.html>) *Stamps.com To Go Private In $6 Billion Private Equity Deal* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081472.html> Los Angeles-based online postage provider Stamps.com is going private, in a private equity acquisition by Thoma Bravo, the two said on Friday. According to the two, Thoma Bravo will pay $330 per share in cash for Stamps.com, which currently trades on the Nasdaq as STMP. The offer is a 67 percent premium over Stamps.com's price on close Thursday. Stamps.com allows small businesses and other print out postage directly on a printer. Stamps. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081472.html>) *Become a Socaltech Supporter!* Interested in letting Southern California's high tech community know you are here for them? Want to reach Southern California's movers and shakers? Become a SPONSOR or SOCALTECH SUPPORTER! 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