*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Wednesday, September 22, 2021* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
*Sponsored By * Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group (http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending) Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. Technology. Law. Vision. KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Interview with Richard Wolpert, Acrew Capital <#0081732> - Acrew Adds Richard Wolpert As Venture Partner <#0081733> - Just Insure Picks Up $8M <#0081734> - Bird Links With Local Bike Sharing Services In LA, Elsewhere <#0081736> - BayWa r.e. Supports Hurricane Ida Relief <#0081735> - CreatorIQ Acquires Tribe Dynamics <#0081730> *Marketplace* - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - Stradling: Westlake Village Offices Have Moved <#ad776> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Wednesday, September 22, 2021* *UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) <https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/200195057>* The UK is one of the world's fastest-growing tech hubs with more than 60,000 tech companies, 30 industry clusters, and over $14 billion in investment over the last five years. The UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) team provides local 1:1 support to companies expanding internationally, helping de-risk market entry with free support services. DIT can provide tailored set-up information, including market research, legal and accounting introductions, recruitment support, policy insight, and partnership-building opportunities. As the #1 destination in Europe for inward investment and tech talent, and home to more fast-growth companies than any other European country, the UK has a lot to offer to US companies. We work with all companies, from start-ups/scale-ups through to the Fortune 500. To find out more about "Why UK," and to work with DIT's LA team, contact us at: https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/200195057 *Interview with Richard Wolpert, Acrew Capital* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081732.html> Our interview this morning is with Richard Wolpert, a longtime Los Angeles venture and angel investor. Wolpert has been at Accel Partners as a Venture Partner, in addition to being involved with such efforts as Amplify LA, his own startup, HelloTech, and hundreds of angel deals. We spoke to him about his move to Acrew Capital (wwww.acrewcapital.com), and got some of his thoughts on how best to get a funding deal done. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081732.html>) *Acrew Adds Richard Wolpert As Venture Partner* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081733.html> Acrew Capital, a Bay Area venture capital investor, said this morning that it has added longtime Los Angeles venture investor Richard Wolpert as a Venture Partner at the firm. Wolpert spent the last 16 years as a venture partner at Accel, has his own seed investment fund, Chance Technologies, and has made investments in such companies as Scopely, Replicated, The Immortals, Snap Credit, SteadyMD, inVia Robotics, Volley, Looped Live, Scener, and Lunar Crush, as well as Bridg (acq. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081733.html>) *Just Insure Picks Up $8M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081734.html> Los Angeles-based Just Insure, which offers up a pay-per-mile auto insurance service that uses telematics to offer lower rates to safe drivers, has raised $8M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding came from CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments. The company said the new funding round brings its total raised to $15.3M. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081734.html>) *Bird Links With Local Bike Sharing Services In LA, Elsewhere* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081736.html> Santa Monica-based micro mobility provider Bird announced this morning that it has begun offering up integration between its app and local bikeshare services in Los Angeles, as well as Oslo, Austin, San Antonio, and Milkwaukee. According to Bird, it will feature bicycles available in LA's Metro Bike program directly in its app. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081736.html>) *BayWa r.e. Supports Hurricane Ida Relief* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081735.html> Irvine-based renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. said this week that it has donated $20,000 to the Footprint Project, a nonprofit which is deploying solar power trailers and portable charging stations into Louisiana to help with Hurricane Ida relief. According to the renewable energy developer, the donation comes as a result of the cancellation of a big trade industry show, Solar Power International, which was to be held in New Orleans. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081735.html>) *CreatorIQ Acquires Tribe Dynamics* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081730.html> Los Angeles-based influencer marketing company CreatorIQ announced this morning that it it has acquired Tribe Dynamics, a developer of marketing analytics software. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. CreatorIQ said the buy will create a company with over 450 customers, 250 employees, and $90 million in funding. Igor Vaks is founder and CEO of CreatorIQ. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081730.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? 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 *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 *Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <http://www.networkthinking.com>* Network Thinking Solutions provides DevOps and Managed Services for Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. NTS helps development teams implement, manage and monitor CI/CD, Load Balancing, Docker and Auto Scaling technologies. NTS also provides Desktop Managed Services for your business team which includes Antivirus, Threat Protection, Ransomware Detection and Zero Trust Policies. Please reach us at [email protected] to start a conversation or visit our website https://networkthinking.com/devops/ *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 *Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <http://www.pixelgate.net>* We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. http://www.pixelgate.net ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#funding>* 9/21/21 Assembly <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103161> Los Angeles $0.00 M 9/20/21 WurkNow <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103158> Riverside $10.00 M 9/20/21 9am.health <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103159> Encinitas $3.70 M 9/20/21 Omaze <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103160> Venice $85.00 M 9/17/21 Outer <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103157> Santa Monica $50.00 M 9/17/21 Whatnot <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103156> Los Angeles $150.00 M 9/16/21 Chargezoom <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103155> Irvine $2.00 M 9/14/21 TruePic Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103154> San Diego $26.00 M 9/08/21 Tiled, Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103151> San Diego $13.70 M 9/08/21 Jam City <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103153> Culver City $350.00 M 9/08/21 Replicate Bioscience, Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103152> San Diego $40.00 M 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 ------------------------------ *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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