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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - RealDefense Acquires STOPzilla <#0081808> - Cellibre Snags $11.5M For Cannabis Biotech Effort <#0081807> - Rocket Lab Acquires Advanced Solutions <#0081806> - Optimad Media Acquires DSPolitical, UNTU <#0081809> - Allied Esports Names New CFO <#0081810> - SUMA Wealth Raises $2M For Financial Apps <#0081801> *Marketplace* - Stradling: Westlake Village Offices Have Moved <#ad776> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#ad717> *Wednesday, October 13, 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 *RealDefense Acquires STOPzilla* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081808.html> Santa Monica-based RealDefense, which runs a number of different companies focused on security, privacy, and optimization software, said Tuesday that it has acquired STOPzilla. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. STOPzilla is a developer of cybersecurity software. RealDefense also owns such brands as IOLO, MyCleanID, MyCleanPC, USTechSupport, CyberDefender, VirusFix, and WarrantyStar. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081808.html>) *Cellibre Snags $11.5M For Cannabis Biotech Effort* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081807.html> San Diego-based Cellibre, which says it is developing ways to produce cannabinoids using pharmaceutical cell lines rather than traditional agriculture, has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding. The company said the funding was led by Merida Capital Holdings, and also included Scott Gordon, Flatiron Venture Partners, L2V, Entourage Effect Capital, and Delta Emerald Ventures. The company said it has developed proprietary cells which produce pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids via fermentation. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081807.html>) *Rocket Lab Acquires Advanced Solutions* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081806.html> Long Beach-based space launch provider Rocket Lab said on Tuesday that it has acquired Advanced Solutions, Inc., a Colorado-based aerospace engineering which provides space software, mission simulation and test systems. According to Rocket Lab, it is paying $40M for the company, with a potential for an additional $5.5M in earnout. The companies said that Advanced Solutions's spacecraft flight software has been used across more than 45 spacecraft for aerospace prime contractors, the U.S. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081806.html>) *Optimad Media Acquires DSPolitical, UNTU* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081809.html> Los Angeles-based Optimad Media, a performance marketing company focused on the consumer packaged goods and film and entertainment market, says it has acquired majority stakes in two companies, DSPolitical and UNTU. Financial details of those acquisitions were not announced. DSPolitical was based in Washington, DC, and offered up advertising for political candidates and public affairs campaigns. UNTU was based in New YOrk, and focused on healthcare digital media campaigns. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081809.html>) *Allied Esports Names New CFO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081810.html> Irvine-based esports company *Allied Esports Entertainment <https://www.alliedesports.com>* says it has named a new CFO, saying on Tuesday that it has named *Roy Anderson* to the post. Anderson replaces prior CFO Anthony Hung, who had been at the company since September of 2019. Allied Esports was most recently a partner with accounting firm Mazars USA, where he served as an audit, tax and advisory partner in the TMT Group of Mazars.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081810.html>) *SUMA Wealth Raises $2M For Financial Apps* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081801.html> Los Angeles-based SUMA Wealth, a fintech startup which is aiming its apps and platform at U.S. Latino youth, is annoucning this morning that it has raised an additional $2M in pre-seed funding. The company says the new funding was led by Samara Hernández, founding partner at Chingona Ventures, with participation from Marcos Gonzalez at Vamos Ventures, the Kwanza Jones & José E. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081801.html>) *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. 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