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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - ServiceTitan Eyes IPO <#0082129> - Stratolaunch Gets Contract With AFRL <#0082128> - Koji Connects With $20M More <#0082127> - Rx Delivered Now Snags $1M In Crowdfunding <#0082126> - Neudesic Spins Off Peregrine Connect <#0082125> - Mortgage Coach Gets Strategic Investment <#0082124> *Marketplace* - Stradling <#ad608> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Wednesday, January 26, 2022* *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 *ServiceTitan Eyes IPO* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082129.html> Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, which develops software-as-a-service products to help home service and contractors manage their business and service calls, is reportedly looking to file for an IPO. According to reports, the company has "kicked off preparations" for an IPO in early 2022. Reuters cites "people familiar with the matter", and said ServiceTitan was valued at $9.5 billion earlier this year. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082129.html>) *Stratolaunch Gets Contract With AFRL* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082128.html> Mojave-based aerospace developer ,a href="https://www.stratolaunch.com";>Stratolaunch reports that it has received a research contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), to help assess feasibility of hypersonic flight tests of a wide range of Air Force experiments and payloads on a frequent and routine basis. Financial details of that contract were not announced by the company. The company said the contract is in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082128.html>) *Koji Connects With $20M More* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082127.html> San Diego-based Koji, which develops an app store for helping creators earn money, said late Tuesday that it has raised $20M in its Series B fundraising. The funding was led by Jump Capital, plus new investors HBSE Ventures, Electric Feel Ventures, Visary Capital, Metaversal, and University Growth Ventures, along with Galaxy Interactive and BITKRAFT, and and a number of angels, including Shivakumar Rajaraman, Michael Eisner, and Francis Ma. The company says it has now raised a total of $36M. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082127.html>) *Rx Delivered Now Snags $1M In Crowdfunding* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082126.html> Los Angeles-based Rx Delivered Now says it has raised over $1M in a pre-seed funding, via a crowdfunding campaign. According to the company, it is working on technology for prescription delivery, offering up deliveries for local pharmacies. The company said the fundraising came from over 900 individual investors. The company said it is currently offering up delivery of rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to local communities in Greater Los Angeles. The company's founders are Dr. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082126.html>) *Neudesic Spins Off Peregrine Connect* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082125.html> Irvine-based *Peregrine Connect <http://www.peregrineconnect.com>* announced this morning that it has spun off from *Neudesic*. Peregrine Connect develops several software products associated with Microsoft .NET, including Neuron ESB, Design Studio, Management Suite, and NetSuite PSA Add-In for Microsoft Project. Financial details of the spinoff were not announced.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082125.html>) *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>) *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. *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 *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/ *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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