*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Friday, September 3, 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 * - Plantible Harvests $21.5M To Turn Duckweed Into Protein For Humans <#0081669> - EDF Renewables North America, Clean Power Alliance In Deal For Solar, Storage <#0081670> - Joshin Launches Disability Care Marketplace In LA <#0081672> - Vitalacy Aims Software At Hand Hygiene <#0081671> - Influential, TikTok Partner On Creator Discovery <#0081673> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> *Friday, September 3, 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 *Plantible Harvests $21.5M To Turn Duckweed Into Protein For Humans* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081669.html> San Diego-based Plantible Foods, a startup developing a system to use Lemna--otherwise known as duckweed--as a protein source for humans, has raised $21.5M in a Series A funding. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=103150> )(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081669.html>) *EDF Renewables North America, Clean Power Alliance In Deal For Solar, Storage* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081670.html> The Clean Power Alliance, the local renewable power provider which serves a significant number of Southern California cities, has signed a deal with San Diego-based renewable power developer EDF Renewables North America for a 300 megawatt solar project coupled with a 600 MWh battery storage energy system, the two said this morning. According to the two, the two signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) which will provide enough electricity to power more than 163,000 homes. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081670.html>) *Joshin Launches Disability Care Marketplace In LA* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081672.html> Joshin, a new, venture-backed startup developing a marketplace to connect disability care providers with families with specialized care needs, said this week that it has launched in Los Angeles and Seattle. The startup--based in Minneapolis--says it is backed by seed funding worth $3M from Anthemis Group and The Autism Impact Fund. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081672.html>) *Vitalacy Aims Software At Hand Hygiene* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081671.html> Is there a way to use software to ensure your employees are properly washing their hands? A Los Angeles-based technology company, Vitalacy, says it has created a product which provides automated hand hygiene monitoring. The company is targeting health care, hospitality, food services, and other industries with its software; the company also said it provides contact tracing, nurse rounding compliance monitoring, and more. Vitalacy is led by CEO and co-founder Nale Nour-Omid. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081671.html>) *Influential, TikTok Partner On Creator Discovery* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081673.html> Two companies, influence marketing company a href="http://www.influential.co";>Influential and social app developer TikTok, both with Los Angeles-offices, said earlier this week tahe two are in a partnership. According to Influential, it has integrated with the new TikTok Creator Marketplace API, saying that the deal will "allow Influential to enable more seamless TikTok creator discovery and glean valuable and cumulative insights on creators for their roster of Fortune 1000 brands. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081673.html>) *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. Whether you are starting your business, strengthening your business, expanding into new markets, or pursuing an exit, we have a global network of experienced resources that can take you to the next level. For more information, please contact Ryan Youhan at [email protected]. *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]. *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 ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#funding>* 9/03/21 Plantible Foods <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103150> San Diego $21.50 M 8/31/21 H Code Media, LLC <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103147> Santa Monica $0.00 M 8/31/21 Flip <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103146> Los Angeles $28.00 M 8/27/21 Bright Live <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103144> Santa Monica $15.00 M 8/26/21 Sugar Living <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103145> Santa Monica $2.50 M 8/25/21 Shield AI Inc <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103142> San Diego $210.00 M 8/25/21 Energy Vault <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103143> Westlake Village $100.00 M 8/24/21 Greenfly <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103141> Santa Monica $8.40 M 8/19/21 Apeel Sciences <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103140> Goleta $250.00 M 8/19/21 RepairSmith <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103139> El Segundo $42.00 M 8/16/21 Seismic <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103138> Solana Beach $170.00 M 8/11/21 HopSkipDrive <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103136> South Pasadena $25.00 M 8/11/21 JUNO Live <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103137> San Diego $3.50 M 8/05/21 Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103135> San Diego $29.00 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html ------------------------------ *Recent Job Postings * More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs ------------------------------ ------------------------------ *Sponsored By * Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). 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