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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Groundswell Gets $15M <#0081981> - Surglogs Snags $10.5M For Patient Safety and Compliance <#0081977> - Coco Launches New Delivery Robot <#0081978> - LiveOne Links Into Android Automotive <#0081979> - MarketCast Sets New Chief Product Officer <#0081980> - Ember Finds $23.5M More <#0081973> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Stradling <#ad608> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> *Thursday, December 2, 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]. *Groundswell Gets $15M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081981.html> Los Angeles-based Groundswell, a fintech startup which helps companies offer up personal, donor-advised funds to their employees for charitable giving, said this week that it has raised $15M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by GV, and also included Human Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Core Innovation Capital. The startup said the funding will go towards bolstering its staff and commercialization. The company's CEO is Jake Wood. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081981.html>) *Surglogs Snags $10.5M For Patient Safety and Compliance* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081977.html> San Diego-based Surglogs, a healthcare startup developing software for managing regulatory compliance for ambulatory surgery centers and health care facilities, has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by OpenOcean, and also included Credo Ventures, 8VC and a group of angel investors from previous rounds. According to the company, it is looking to help front-line clinicians streamline and automate patient safety and compliance processes. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081977.html>) *Coco Launches New Delivery Robot* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081978.html> Los Angeles-based robot delivery company Coco said today that it has launched a new version of its delivery robot, the COCO 1. According to the company, the delivery robot--which is manufactured by Segway--says the new robot is larger, and offers up a further delivery radius, aimed at offering up larger food and grocery deliveries. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081978.html>) *LiveOne Links Into Android Automotive* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081979.html> Los Angeles-based livestreaming and on-demand audio, video, and podcasting content provider LiveOne says it has connected its long list of products into Google's Android Automotive platform. The company said its services, including LiveXLive, PodcastOne, Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records and Custom Personalization Solutions, can all be downloaded in-dash from Google Play for the Android Automotive application. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081979.html>) *MarketCast Sets New Chief Product Officer* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081980.html> Los Angeles-based research and analytics provider *MarketCast <https://www.marketcast.com>* says it has appointed its very first Chief Product Officer, naming *Carmen Palmer* to the role. Palmer was previously at NBCUniversal, on NBC's Content Distribution Digital Products team. The company said Palmer also spend nearly a decade at Yahoo! previously. MarketCast provides studios, entertainment platforms, sports, and lifestyle brands with research and analytics services.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081980.html>) *Ember Finds $23.5M More* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081973.html> Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies, best known for its temperature-controlled mugs, said today that it has raised $23.5M in a Series E funding round. The funding was led by GOLDTek Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, and also included EDBI and others. According to Ember, the new funding will go to develop new product categories and scale its brand internationally. Ember is led by founder and CEO Clay Alexander. (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showco&id=44113>)(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0081973.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 <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. *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]. *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/ ------------------------------ *Recent Funding <#funding>* 12/01/21 Ember Technologies <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103194> Westlake Village $23.50 M 11/29/21 Ablaze Pharmaceuticals <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103193> San Diego $75.00 M 11/18/21 Machina Labs <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103192> Los Angeles $16.30 M 11/15/21 MingSight Pharmaceuticals <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103191> San Diego $20.00 M 11/15/21 Intelligo <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103189> Los Angeles $22.00 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 ------------------------------ *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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