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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines* - Platform Science Gets Canadian Certification <#0082232> - San Diego Angel Conference Names Finalists In Competition <#0082231> - Taoglas Names Sales VP <#0082234> - Integrated Specialty Coverages Acquires NNB <#0082233> - Wave Sports + Entertainment Snags $27M More <#0082230> *Marketplace* - Tech vs Media Episode 3: Pioneering Diversity in Asset Management <#ad783> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Stradling <#ad608> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> *Monday, February 28, 2022* *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 *Platform Science Gets Canadian Certification* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082232.html> San Diego-based connected vehicle platform developer Platform Science said last week that its Electronic Logging Device (ELD) technology--used for monitoring trucking--has been certified in Canada. Platform Science says the certification comes ahead of a June 12 deadline for all truck fleets to be equipped with a certified ELD. ELD's--which are currently used across the United States--are used to track a truck driver hours and reduce fatigue-related crashes and injuries. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082232.html>) *San Diego Angel Conference Names Finalists In Competition* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082231.html> The San Diego Angel Conference, a program run by the University of San Diego (USD) Knauss School of Business, says it has selected six finalist in an investment competition it is running for startups. The company said it selected those six companies out of a total of 90 companies nationwide. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082231.html>) *Taoglas Names Sales VP* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082234.html> San Diego-based *Taoglas <https://www.taoglas.com>*, a developer of antenna and RF components for the electronics industry, says it has named a new VP. According to the company, it has named Karen Armstrong as Vice President of Sales for Custom IoT in North America. Armstrong was mots recently Executive Director of Sales North America for Advantech Ltd; the company says she has more than 25 years of experience in the area.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082234.html>) *Integrated Specialty Coverages Acquires NNB* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082233.html> Carlsbad-based *Integrated Specialty Coverages* (ISC), an insurance program administrator which claims it uses artificial intelligence (AI) engineering and data analytics for its products, says it has acquired West Hartford, Connecticut and Medford, Oregon-based *Northeast National Brokerage (NNB)*. The company said MGA provides excess liability coverage for the petroleum distribution and trucking industries. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082233.html>) *Wave Sports + Entertainment Snags $27M More* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082230.html> Los Angeles-based Wave Sports + Entertainment (WSE), which provides sports content to Snap, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, says it has raised $27M more in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by TZP Group, and also included Crossbeam Venture Partners and GPS Investment Partners, plus Verance Capital, Nimble Ventures, NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo, Golden Ventures, Sweet Capital, Henrik Kraft, the NFL's Baker Mayfield, and sports personality Jay Williams. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082230.html>) *Tech vs Media Episode 3: Pioneering Diversity in Asset Management <https://www.curtco.com/tvm-03-mellody-hobson>* CurtCo Media Launches its Newest Podcast: Tech vs Media, Hosted by Longtime Tech and Entertainment Veteran, Richard Wolpert (Apple, Disney, RealNetworks, 4x CEO). On Tech vs Media , Richard shares the amazing lessons learned on past, present, and predictions of the future of media and technology, and how these two categories have and will continue to converge or clash. Tech vs Media Episode 3: Pioneering Diversity in Asset Management with Mellody Hobson, the Co-CEO and President of Ariel Capital, Board Director of JP Morgan and Starbucks, and former Chairman of Dreamworks. Mellody shares her perspective on the past, current, and future of the entertainment industry, as well as her perspectives on race, diversity, mental health and gender in America today. 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