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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - SpaceX Plans First Billionaire Space Tourism Launch Today <#0081704> - Truepic Takes $26M For Photo Verification <#0081699> - Bobacino, Backed By Wavemaker, Eyes Facial Recognition For Boba Machines <#0081701> - Insightful Sciences Acquires FC Express <#0081703> - symplr Acquires Halo Health <#0081700> - i2020 Accelerator Launches Two Oncology Startups <#0081702> *Marketplace* - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Stradling: Westlake Village Offices Have Moved <#ad776> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Tuesday, September 14, 2021* *IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <http://www.socalip.com>* Patents. Trademarks. Copyrights. Trade Secrets. IP Filings. IP Strategy. IP Litigation. IP Transactions. US and Worldwide. Offices in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara. [email protected] www.socalip.com *SpaceX Plans First Billionaire Space Tourism Launch Today* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081704.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX is planning its first ever, all-civilian space launch today, saying it is targeting a five hour launch window opening at 8:02 p.m. EDT. The company said it the "Inspiration4" mission will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission purports to be focused on the "study of the human body in space", but is one of a series of space tourism efforts by a number of companies. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081704.html>) *Truepic Takes $26M For Photo Verification* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081699.html> San Diego-based Truepic, a startup that provides photo verification technology, said today that it has raised $26M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by M12, and also included Adobe, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV1, Heart Ventures, and individuals from Stone Point Capital. According to the company, the funds will go to secure its technology. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=50914>)( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081699.html>) *Bobacino, Backed By Wavemaker, Eyes Facial Recognition For Boba Machines* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081701.html> A new, Santa Monica-based startup, Bobacino--which is backed by Wavemaker Partners, Wavemaker Labs, and Embark Ventures--said this morning that it is partnering with PopID, a developer of facial recognition payment technology, to offer up no-touch ways to pay for their boba. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. The two said the deal will offer up on-site contactless ordering and payment on Bobacino machines. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081701.html>) *Insightful Sciences Acquires FC Express* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081703.html> San Diego-based scientific and laboratory software maker Insightful Science announced this morning that it has acquired De Novo Software, the maker of FCS Express, flow cytometry data analysis software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. The companies said that FCS Express will continue to be available as a standalone product, as well as have integrations with the Insightful Science platform. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081703.html>) *symplr Acquires Halo Health* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081700.html> Symplr, the enterprise healthcare software company owned by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group, said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Halo Health, a provider of clinical communication and collaboration software. Financial details of the transaction were not announced. The deal was backed both by Clearlake and Charlesbank Capital Partners. Clearlake has been rolling up a number of companies underneath the symplr brand. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081700.html>) *i2020 Accelerator Launches Two Oncology Startups* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081702.html> San Diego-based i2020 Acclerator, a startup accelerator company which is backed by Torrey Pines Investment, announced this morning that it has launched two new startups. The company said that it has launched Gwynant Therapeutics and Celyn Therapeutics, both of which will focus on oncology, bringing proprietary small molecule products to the clinic targeting cancer. 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