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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> - Thankful Takes $12M For AI Efforts <#0081747> - Dozuki Lands Strategic Funding <#0081748> - Karman Systems Acquires Systima Technologies <#0081749> - Beyond Meat Expands Beyond Chicken Tenders To Markets <#0081750> - Landsat 9 Satellite Launch Scheduled For Today At Vandenberg <#0081751> - JAM Fund, Led By Tinder's Mateen, Raises $247.5M <#0081745> *Marketplace* - Support Our News Coverage - Become A Member Today! <#ad680> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> *Monday, September 27, 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. *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>) *Thankful Takes $12M For AI Efforts* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081747.html> Venice, California-based Thankful, a new artificial intelligence software startup focused on customer service, announced this morning that it has raised $12M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Bonfire Ventures, Ten-One-Ten, Greycroft, Omega, and Miramar Ventures. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081747.html>) *Dozuki Lands Strategic Funding* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081748.html> San Luis Obispo-based Dozuki, a developer of software that provides training to the manufacturing workforce, has raised a strategic growth investment round, the company said today. Size of the investment was not announced. The funding came from Marlin Equity Partners. According to Dozuki, it will use the funding to further its position in the manufacturing software market. Dozuki was founded by co-founder and CEO Eric Doster. The company said it was advised by Vista Point Advisors. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showco&id=64065>)( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081748.html>) *Karman Systems Acquires Systima Technologies* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081749.html> Los Angeles-based Karman Missile & Space Systems, a developer of flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space market, said Friday that it has acquired Systima Technologies, a provider of integration of mission critical space and hypersonic systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition was supported by private equity investor Trive Capital. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081749.html>) *Beyond Meat Expands Beyond Chicken Tenders To Markets* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081750.html> El Segundo-based Beyond Meat, the developer of plant-based meat products, is expanding availability of its Beyond Chicken Tenders beyond restaurants, and into retail markets, the company said this morning. The company said that its Beyond Chicken Tenders will be available at Walmart stores and other retail chains across the US, starting in October. The product had previously only been available for the food service business, and in particular at Panda Express and A&W Canada. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081750.html>) *Landsat 9 Satellite Launch Scheduled For Today At Vandenberg* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081751.html> A launch of an Atlas V rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base is scheduled for today, to take a new Landsat satellite into space for NASA, according to NASA. The launch is currently targeted at 11:11am from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, which is north of Los angeles near Lompoc. According to launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA), the launch will also include multiple CubeSats, which will be released after Landsat 9 separation. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081751.html>) *JAM Fund, Led By Tinder's Mateen, Raises $247.5M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081745.html> A new, Los Angeles-based venture capital fund, JAM Fund, led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, has raised $247.5M for what appears to be its second fund, JAM Fund 2, L.P.. The funding was detailed in a regulatory filing this week. The filing indicates that the firm has 15 limited partners in the fund. Mateen is the only General Partner listed on the fund. 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