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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Fair Technologies Pivots, Plans 2022 Relaunch <#0081659> - Radicle Growth Teams With UPL On $1.25M Startup Challenge <#0081662> - C3 Launches New Virtual Restaurant Brand, Radical Rooster's Chicken <#0081660> - indie Semiconductor Acquires TeraXion <#0081661> - TutorMe Donates $100K To Wisconsin School District <#0081663> - Invoca Claims Record Results, Says It Will Hit $100M Revenues By EOY <#0081658> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Wednesday, September 1, 2021* *Stradling: Westlake Village Offices Have Moved < [email protected]>* Stradling: Solutions at the speed of now Our Westlake Village office has moved to a new location: 3075 Townsgate Road, Suite 330 Westlake Village, CA 91360 805-730-6830 Brent Reinke Shareholder [email protected] 895-730-6825 *Fair Technologies Pivots, Plans 2022 Relaunch* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081659.html> Beverly Hills-based Fair, which was most recently focused on letting people lease vehicles on as short as a month-to-month basis, said Tuesday that it has adopted a new strategy, and plans to change its name for an early 2022 relaunch. According to the company, it is pivoting to launch a launch an end-to-end e-commerce marketplace that offers consumers inventory and comprehensive financing, insurance and extended warranties. The company said it will officially be called Fair Technologies. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081659.html>) *Radicle Growth Teams With UPL On $1.25M Startup Challenge* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081662.html> San Diego-based Radicle Growth, which focuses on incubating early stage agriculture and food technology, and agriculture giant UPL said today that the two are in a new partnership, which will invest $1.25M in two startups that can "positively impact and reduce the carbon footprint and improve soil health of the food value chain." The two said they have launched the Radicle Carbon and Soil Challenge by UPL, where it will invest $1M in a winner and $250K in a second place winner. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081662.html>) *C3 Launches New Virtual Restaurant Brand, Radical Rooster's Chicken* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081660.html> Los Angeles-based C3 (Creating Culinary Communities), the virtual restaurant effort which was founded by Sam Nazarian, said it is launching a new, entirely virtual brand, Radical Rooster's Chicken. The company said fried chicken brand is being launched in partnership with GrubHub, and will launch initially in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081660.html>) *indie Semiconductor Acquires TeraXion* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081661.html> Aliso Viejo-based indie Semiconductor, a developer of semiconductors for the automotive industry, says it has signed a definitive agreement to acquired TeraXion, a designer and manufacturer of photonic components. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. TeraXion is based in Quebec, and was founded in 2000. The company produces low noise lasers, Bragg gratings and integrated photonic elements which are used for automotive light detection and ranging (LiDAR). (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081661.html>) *TutorMe Donates $100K To Wisconsin School District* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081663.html> Los Angeles-based online tutoring company *TutorMe <https://www.tutorme.com>* says it is donating $100,000 in tutoring services to the Racine Unified School District (RUSD) in Racine, Wisconsin. According to the company, the donation will give students int he district free 24/7 access to live tutors in more than 300 subjects. TutorMe did not say why it decided to provide that particular district with the donation.( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081663.html>) *Invoca Claims Record Results, Says It Will Hit $100M Revenues By EOY* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081658.html> Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops call tracking and other customer tracking software, says it is on the path towards $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of its fiscal year. The company did not disclose its current revenues, but said it has seen "record growth" in the first half of FY21. The company has raised $116M in venture capital, from such investors as Accel, Upfront Ventures, H.I.G. Growth Partners, Morgan Stanley, and Salesforce Ventures. 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