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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Better Brand Chomps Down On $2.5M For Food Brand <#0081800> - Audio Up Gets $12M For Podcasting Play <#0081799> - Sonendo Files For IPO <#0081797> - Ziff Davis Spins Out Consensus Cloud Solutions <#0081795> - Dylish Targets Restaurants With Delivery, Take-Out System <#0081798> - Crown Electrokinetics Buys IBM Smart Glass Patents <#0081796> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Stradling: Westlake Village Offices Have Moved <#ad776> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Monday, October 11, 2021* *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]. *Better Brand Chomps Down On $2.5M For Food Brand* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081800.html> Los Angeles-based Better Brand Bakery, which is behind the "Better Bagel", said last week that it raised $2.5M in a funding round. The company said the funding was led by Seven Seven Six, the venture investment firm from Alexis Ohanian, and also included Soma Capital, VERSO Capital, Cruise founder Kyle Vogt, and actor Patrick Schwarzenegger. The company says it has now raised $4M in total. Better Brand is led by Aimee Yang. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081800.html>) *Audio Up Gets $12M For Podcasting Play* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081799.html> Los Angeles-based Audio Up, a podcasting and audio entertainment production studio, has raised $12M in funding, led by SiriusXM, according to SiriusXM Holdings. According to SiriusXM, the investment comes alongside a new creative programming and strategic agreement with Audio Up, where the company will develop new original scripted podcasts and audio entertianment concepts for the satellite radio company. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/index.php?action=showdeal&id=103176> )(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081799.html>) *Sonendo Files For IPO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081797.html> Laguna Hills-based dental technology company Sonendo filed for an IPO on Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Sonendo said it has applied to list as SONX. The IPO is being underwritten by BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co., as well a s Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. Sonendo develops systems which are used for cleaning and disinfection during root canal procedures. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081797.html>) *Ziff Davis Spins Out Consensus Cloud Solutions* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081795.html> Los Angeles-based Ziff Davis (which until recently was known as J2 Global) has spun out its cloud computing business, Consensus Cloud Solutions, into a new, publicly traded company. According to Consensus, it began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol CCSI on Friday. Consensus is being led by CEO Scott Turicchi. Ziff Davis/J2 Global continues to also be publicly traded on the Nasdaq as ZD. Consensus said the spinout was made through a pro-rata distribution to Ziff Davis stockholders of 80. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081795.html>) *Dylish Targets Restaurants With Delivery, Take-Out System* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081798.html> A new, Los Angeles-based startup, *Dylish <https://about.dylish.com/>*, has launched a new online ordering platform to handle delivery and take out orders, the company said this morning. The company said its platform provides customized webpage, marketing materials, social media presence, customizable iOS and Android apps, QR codes, tablet and printer, and more. The company said it is offering up its software via monthly subscription, starting at $49.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081798.html>) *Crown Electrokinetics Buys IBM Smart Glass Patents* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081796.html> Los Angeles-based *Crown Electrokinetics Corp. <https://www.crownek.com>*, a company that is developing smart glass technology, said this morning that it has acquired 10 patents from *IBM Corporation*. Financial details of the patent acquisition were not announced. According to Crown, it now has a patent portfolio including 34 patents and applications in the smart glass technology area. Crown is led by CEO Douglas Croxall.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081796.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 *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 *IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <http://www.socalip.com>* Patents. 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