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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Mortgage Coach Gets Strategic Investment <#0082124> - Bird Eyes Expansion In Europe <#0082123> - Amazon Plans Automated, Cashless Store In LA Suburbs <#0082122> - Section 32 Names New Team Member <#0082120> - Phonexa Names VP <#0082121> *Marketplace* - KPMG QuantumShift Program: Join an exclusive group of elite entrepreneurs <#ad778> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Stradling <#ad608> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Tuesday, January 25, 2022* *Preccelerator U: The 7 Imperatives of Startup, Scaleup & Funding - Jan 25 <https://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator-u-the-7-imperatives-of-startup-scaleup-funding/>* Join Preccelerator U for our next workshop: The 7 Imperatives of Startup, Scaleup & Funding. 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/ *Mortgage Coach Gets Strategic Investment* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082124.html> Corona, California-based a href="https://www.mortgagecoach.com";>Mortgage Coach, which operates a service which helps homebuyers better understand the difference between different kinds of mortgage loans, has received a strategic investment from private equity investor LLR Partners. Financial details of the investment were not announced. LLR Partners announced the deal alongside an investment in a Baltimore, Maryland company called Sales Boomerang. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082124.html>) *Bird Eyes Expansion In Europe* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082123.html> Los Angeles-based micromobility provider Bird is eyeing more expansion in Europe, saying it is expanding its micro-electric vehicle sharing service in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. The company also said it has recently launched in Bordeaux, France and Rome, Italy, and has plans to launch a bike sharing service in Sesto Fiorentino, a town in the metropolitan area of Florence, Italy, among other European expansion efforts. The company said it now has operations in 350 cities globally. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082123.html>) *Amazon Plans Automated, Cashless Store In LA Suburbs* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082122.html> Amazon is planning to open up one of its new, fully automated, cashier-less stores somewhere in the Los Angeles suburbs, according to reports today. USA Today says that Amazon's new "Go" store in LA comes alongside a similar store in Silicon Valley, in Mill Creek. The new stores use machine learning and computer vision detection to see what shoppers have picked up, automatically charging you for those items when you leave the store. Amazon has not yet said where the LA location is located. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082122.html>) *Section 32 Names New Team Member* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082120.html> San Diego-based venture capital investor *Section 32* said today that it has added a new team member at its Los Altos location. The company said that it has added Carlos Solórzano, Ph.D., as Senior Principal at the firm. Solórzano was previously a Senior Associate for Pivotal bioVenture Partners, and also had served at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Deutsche Bank and Oppenheimer & Co. Section 32 was founded by Bill Maris, who was previously founder and CEO of Google Ventures.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082120.html>) *Phonexa Names VP* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082121.html> Glendale-based *Phonexa <https://www.phonexa.com>*, which develops marketing automation software, said it has name Mohd Abbas as Vice President of Onboarding and Client Success. Abbas was previously Director of Onboarding and Customer Success at the company, where he has been at since September 2020. Phonexa said that Abbas will oversee its Onboarding and Customer Success teams.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082121.html>) *KPMG QuantumShift Program: Join an exclusive group of elite entrepreneurs <https://info.kpmg.us/quantumshift.html>* SHIFT TO A NEW LEVEL OF SUCCESS Welcoming America’s most innovative and promising CEOs to the University of Michigan’s campus in Ann Arbor for a five-day (May 1-6, 2022) learning and peer-to-peer networking experience. QuantumShift is led by faculty from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and aims to help entrepreneurs improve their leadership approach, inspire their people, and maximize their growth opportunities. Interested in joining the class of 2022? Please apply here: https://info.kpmg.us/quantumshift.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. 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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]. *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>* 1/13/22 Masters <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103199> Los Angeles $2.70 M 1/13/22 HeyRenee <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103200> Los Angeles $4.40 M 1/12/22 Jaanuu <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103198> El Segundo $75.00 M 1/04/22 Liquid Death <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103197> Santa Monica $75.00 M 12/17/21 Elementary Robotics <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103196> Los Angeles $30.00 M 12/16/21 AvantStay <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103195> Los Angeles $160.00 M 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 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 Huckleberry Labs <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103186> Irvine $12.50 M 11/04/21 Biolinq Inc <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103187> San Diego $100.00 M 11/03/21 Hone <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103185> Encinitas $16.00 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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