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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Monarch Energy Gets Investment For Green Hydrogen Projects <#0082337> - InCharge Energy Launches New Service Offering <#0082338> - DreamStart Labs Claims Momentum With App For Unbanked <#0082339> - Activision Blizzard Ordered To Pay $18M To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit <#0082340> - Regeneration.VC Raises $45M Climate Fund, Backed By Leonardo DiCaprio <#0082336> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Tech vs. Media: From Working in a Small Apartment to Selling Your Company for Over $100M <#ad786> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#ad724> *Wednesday, March 30, 2022* *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. *Monarch Energy Gets Investment For Green Hydrogen Projects* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082337.html> San Diego-based Monarch Energy announced this morning that it has received an investment, from Texas-based energy infrastructure company Lancium. Financial details of the investment were not announced. Monarch Energy said it is working on green hydrogen projects across North America, and provides project development, contract negotiation, acquisitions and financing to bring green hydrogen projects to market. The company's President and co-founder is Ben Alingh. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082337.html>) *InCharge Energy Launches New Service Offering* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082338.html> Santa MOnica-based electric vehicle charging station developer InCharge Energy is looking to make it easier for commercial fleets to install electric vehicle charging stations, with a new "charging-as-a-service" offering. According to InCharge Energy, the new services, InCharge as a Service, offers up EV charging stations to commercial fleets based on an uptime standard and paid for on a monthly or variable basis. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082338.html>) *DreamStart Labs Claims Momentum With App For Unbanked* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082339.html> San Diego-based *DreamStart Labs <https://www.dreamstartlabs.com>*, a fintech startup developing community banking software for emerging markets, claims that it just passed 1 million transactions with the company's "DreamSave" app. The company said the app allows unbanked people in emerging countries to save money and access loans through community savings group. The startup is led by CEO Wes Wasson. DreamStart says it has operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082339.html>) *Activision Blizzard Ordered To Pay $18M To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082340.html> Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision Blizzard has been ordered to pay $18 million, to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the company of fostering a sexist and discriminatory workplace. The ruling comes as a result of a lawsuit from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and will go towards an $18M fund for employees who experienced harassment at the company. The lawsuit is only one of several currently underway against Activision Blizzard. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082340.html>) *Regeneration.VC Raises $45M Climate Fund, Backed By Leonardo DiCaprio* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082336.html> A new, Los Angeles-based Regeneration.VC said on Monday that it has raised $45M in its inagural fund, which will focus on climate investments, backed by celebrity investor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio. The fund said it will invest in three areas: design (packaging and materials), use (products and brands), and reuse (reverse logistics and marketplaces) related to circular and regenerative materials. The fund's General Partners are Michael Smith and Dan Fischman. 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