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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Rocket Lab Wins NASA Lunar Mission <#0081574> - Fox Dealer Acquires Simplext Digital <#0081576> - Romeo Power Taps Former Bloom Energy Exec As President, CEO <#0081575> - Illumina Donates Sequencing Platforms To India <#0081578> - Yardi Wins Irish Rental Manager <#0081577> - Overwatch League Faces Fallout From Activision Blizzard's Harassment Issues <#0081573> *Marketplace* - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> *Monday, August 9, 2021* *Stradling <http://www.sycr.com>* Stradling, Attorneys At Law ( href="http://www.sycr.com";>http://www.sycr.com ) For more than 40 years top companies and municipalities have counted on Stradling to have the right team and skills to meet their toughest challenges 24/7, 365 days a year. *Rocket Lab Wins NASA Lunar Mission* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081574.html> Long Beach-based Rocket Lab says it has scored a contract from NASA, to launch a payload to the moon. According to Rocket Lab, it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from its launch complex in New Zealand, in Q4 of 2021, its first launch to the Moon. The NASA funded mission will place a 55 pound satellite into lunar orbit, as part of a mission by NASA to establish a long term presence on the Moon. Financial details of the win were not announced. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081574.html>) *Fox Dealer Acquires Simplext Digital* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081576.html> Pasadena-based Fox Dealer, which creates custom websites for car dealerships, says it has acquired Brea-based Simplext Digital, a provider of texting products for the automotive industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Simplext develops a tool which lets shoppers text car dealerships, enabling a direct discussion with a sales or service representative. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081576.html>) *Romeo Power Taps Former Bloom Energy Exec As President, CEO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081575.html> Los Angeles-based Romeo Power says it has appointed Susan Brennan as the company's new President and CEO, the company said on Friday. According to Romeo Power, Brennan was most recently Chief Operations Officer at Bloom Energy Corporation. Romeo Power said that its existing President and CEO, Lionel Selwood, Jr., is stepping down from both that post as well as from its board in order to "pursue new opportuniites". (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081575.html>) *Illumina Donates Sequencing Platforms To India* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081578.html> San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said last week that it is donating $1M in sequencing equipment to groups in Mumbai, India, to bolster that country's COVID-19 surveillance ability. According to Illumina, is is donating two of its newest, next-generation (NGS) platforms, reagants, and four years of service support to the Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory at Kasturba Hospital, in the Municipal Corporate of Greater Mumbai. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081578.html>) *Yardi Wins Irish Rental Manager* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081577.html> Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi reports that it has been selected by a company in Dublin, Ireland. According to Yardi, Urbeo Residential Limited has selected it as the end-to-end software provider for its 1500+ unit build to rent portfolio. Financial impact of the deal were not announced. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081577.html>) *Overwatch League Faces Fallout From Activision Blizzard's Harassment Issues* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081573.html> In further fallout from the controversy over claims of sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard, Coca-Cola and State Farm are reportedly "revisiting" their sponsorship of the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, Activision Blizzard's e-sports leagues. According to the Washington Post, the two sponsors are "re-evaluating their support" of the competition as a result of a lawsuit from regulators. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081573.html>) *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? 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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]. *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 *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. 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