*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Friday, November 19, 2021* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Elude Lands $5M For Travel Booking App <#0081947> - Electric Monster Gobbles Up Funding And A Brand <#0081944> - Fourthwall Gets $17M, Aims To Help Creators With Ecommerce <#0081942> - HONK Launches New Tools For Towing Partners <#0081943> - Raidiant Aims At Women Gamers <#0081946> - Classy Launches Cryptocurrency Nonprofit Donation Funds <#0081945> - Miva Picks Up Strategic Investment <#0081941> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <#ad752> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Stradling <#ad608> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Friday, November 19, 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 *Elude Lands $5M For Travel Booking App* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081947.html> Los Angeles-based travel startup Elude said this week that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The company said the funding came from ATX Venture Partners, and also included Mucker Capital, Unicorn Ventures, Upfront Scout Fund, StartupO, Grayson Capital, Gaingels, Maccabee Ventures and Flight VC. Elude says it has now raised over $5M in total. Elude was founded by CEO Alex Simon and CMO Frankie Scerbo. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081947.html>) *Electric Monster Gobbles Up Funding And A Brand* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081944.html> Los Angeles-based Electric Monster, a new startup which focuses on digital entertainment, said on Thursday that it has raised a "major round" of funding, and acquired React Media. Size of the funding was not announced. The company said the funding came in the form of a debt facility from Metropolitan Partners Group and equity capital from Heroic Ventures, Creator Capital, Together Venture Partners, and Vikrant Mathur & Alok Ranjan (the founders of Future Today Inc.). (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081944.html>) *Fourthwall Gets $17M, Aims To Help Creators With Ecommerce* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081942.html> Los Angeles-based Fourthwall, which is launching a service to help creators with e-commerce and other related efforts. The funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Initialized Capital, and Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six. According to Fourthwall, it is developing tools to help creators turn their passions into full time businesses. Will Baumann is co-founder and CEO of Fourthwall. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081942.html>) *HONK Launches New Tools For Towing Partners* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081943.html> Los Angeles-based HONK Technologies, which provides a virtual roadside assistance service, has launched a new, business management tool specifically for tow truck business owners. The company said the new Partner Performance Dashboard helps its partners measure such things as availability to take jobs, job completion rate, on-time metrics, and similar. HONK runs a virtual roadside assistance network, and partners with tow truck providers to offer up roadside service to users. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081943.html>) *Raidiant Aims At Women Gamers* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081946.html> Los Angeles-based esports- and gaming-media company New Meta Entertainment said this week that it has launched a new, esports website and media site, Raidiant, which is specifically aimed at women gamers. According to New Meta Entertainment, the new website will focus on celebrating and championing opportunities for women gamers, and will include educational, social, and competitive resources for gamers. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081946.html>) *Classy Launches Cryptocurrency Nonprofit Donation Funds* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081945.html> San Diego-based Classy, which develops software for nonprofits, says it has added new ways for nonprofits to receive donations in the form of cryptocurrency. According to the company, it has launched a new effort with Coinbase Commerce and The San Diego Foundation to create three new Crypto Giving Funds, which it says will make it easier for cryptocurrency holders to donate to nonprofits. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081945.html>) *Miva Picks Up Strategic Investment* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081941.html> San Diego-based Miva, which develops e-commerce software, said today that it has received a "significant equity investment" from growth equity investor Equality Asset Management. Financial details of the investment were not announced. According to the company, it will continue to be led by current CEO Rick Wilson. Miva said it was advised by First Analysis in the deal, with legal advisor Sheppard Mullin LLP. Equality was advised by Goodwin Procter LLP. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081941.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 *Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending>* Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $29 billion in assets and 70 full-service branches primarily located in California, with one in Durham, NC and another in Denver, CO. Our Venture Banking Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial and venture-backed businesses and their capital and private equity investors. We also offer Community Banking and National Lending services. For more information about the Venture Banking Group, visit www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending, or send an email to Britt Nelson at [email protected]. *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 *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]. *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. *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>* 11/18/21 Machina Labs <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103192> Los Angeles $16.30 M 11/15/21 Intelligo <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103189> Los Angeles $22.00 M 11/15/21 MingSight Pharmaceuticals <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103191> San Diego $20.00 M 11/04/21 Biolinq Inc <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103187> San Diego $100.00 M 11/04/21 Huckleberry Labs <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103186> Irvine $12.50 M 11/03/21 Hone <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103185> Encinitas $16.00 M 11/02/21 Shoreline Biosciences, Inc. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103183> La Jolla $140.00 M 11/01/21 Type:A Brands <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103182> Los Angeles $0.00 M 10/28/21 SKYRYSE, INC. <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103181> Ann Arbor $200.00 M 10/21/21 Flock Freight <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103179> Solana beach $215.00 M 10/21/21 VideoAmp <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103180> Santa Monica $275.00 M 10/20/21 Carbon Capture <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103178> Pasadena $35.00 M 10/12/21 Day-J <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103177> Los Angeles $2.00 M 10/11/21 Audio Up <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103176> Los Angeles $12.00 M ------------------------------ *Upcoming Events* Submit your events at least two weeks in advance to: http://www.socaltech.com/submitevent.html December 1, Los Angeles -- *USC Viterbi Startup Garage Presents: AWS Workshop* USC Viterbi Startup Garage Presents: AWS Workshop. 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