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This free webinar will feature Tony Cristiano of Pivotal Arc. Tony will discuss seven of the most important business components to consider as a startup or when expanding your business into an adjacent segment, from a flagship sales & marketing perspective. Preccelerator® U Workshop With Tony Cristiano of Pivotal Arc Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:00-1:30 PM PST See https://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator-u-the-7-imperatives-of-startup-scaleup-funding/ *Tom Brady, Richard Rosenblatt Get $170M More For NFT Venture* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082109.html> Autograph, the NFT ageny which was co-founded by longtime Los Angeles technology veteran Richard Rosenblatt, alongside NFL quarterback Tom Brady, has raised $170M mor follow up investments from 01A and investments from LIghtpeed Partner e in its Series B funding, according to the company. The funding was led by a16z and Kleiner Perkins, as well as a fund run by Nicole Quinn of Lightspeed Venture Partners and Katie Haun. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082109.html>) *ImmPACT Bio Lands $111M For Cancer Therapy* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082106.html> Camarillo-based ImmPACT Bio, a company developing cancer therapies, said this week that it has raised $111M in a Series B financing round. The funding was led by venBio Partners, along with Foresite Capital and Decheng Capital, plus Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), OrbiMed, Novartis Venture Fund, RM Global Partners (RMGP), and Bukwang Pharmaceutical. According to the company, the new funding will go to advance its next-generation CAR T-cell therapies. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082106.html>) *Untapped Ventures Launches Early Stage VC Fund* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082105.html> Los Angeles-based Untapped Ventures said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, early-stage venture capital fund, which it says invests in companies that "help people live the best version of themselves, personally and professionally." The size of the new fund was not announced. The venture capital fund is led by Founding General Partner George Bandarian. According to the fund, it is "dedicated to helping humanity achieve its untapped potential. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082105.html>) *Nativo Names CFO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082107.html> Los Angeles-based *Nativo <https://www.nativo.com>* said this week that it has appointed technology veteran *Rob Leff* as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Leff was most recently at VideoAmp, and also was CFO at OpenX, CFO at Fandango, and previously served at Countrywide Financial Corporation (purchased by Bank of America), Tanner & Haley Resorts, Intel and America West Airlines. Nativo offers up native advertising technology.( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082107.html>) *BioTheryX Names Chief Business Officer* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082108.html> San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals company *BioTheryX <https://www.biotheryx.com>* said today that it has named Sahm Nasseri as Chief Business Officer. Nasseri was previously CEO of PYC Therapeutics, an RNA therapeutics company based in the United States and Australia. In addition, Nasseri served at Merck & Co., serving as interim Vice President and Global Product Leader for Merck's HPV Vaccines, and also was at McKinsey & Company.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082108.html>) *Parallel Systems Picks Up $49.55M For Autonomous Trains* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082104.html> Culver City-based Parallel Systems, a startup developing autonomous train and transportation technology, said today that it has raised $49.55M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Anthos Capital, and also included Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures and Embark Ventures. The company is led by CEO Matt Soule. The company's founders are engineers from SpaceX, Google, and Tesla. 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