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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - VivoSense Gets $25M For Wearables <#0082345> - Yami Scores $50M For Asian Food Marketplace <#0082341> - Coco Boosts Executive Team <#0082344> - Chipotle Pilots RFID Tracking <#0082342> - Yardi Wins Restaurant Operator <#0082343> - Monarch Energy Gets Investment For Green Hydrogen Projects <#0082337> *Marketplace* - Listen to Tech vs. Media from Richard Wolpert <#ad781> - KPMG QuantumShift Program: Join an exclusive group of elite entrepreneurs <#ad778> - Stradling <#ad608> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Thursday, March 31, 2022* *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 *VivoSense Gets $25M For Wearables* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082345.html> Newport Beach-based VivoSense, a company using wearable sensors for the clinical trials market, says it has raised $25M in a Series A funding round. The roudn came from Debiopharm and the Perceptive Xontogeny Venture (PXV) Fund. The company said it is developing an informatics platform for data analysis from wearable and connected technologies. The company is led by CEO Dudley Tabakin. The company said it will use the funding to expand and refine its platform. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082345.html>) *Yami Scores $50M For Asian Food Marketplace* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082341.html> Brea-based Yami, an online marketplace for Asian food, products, and household goods, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $50M in a Series B funding round. The funding was co-led by Altos Ventures and Balsam Bay Partners and also included J.P. Morgan and GGV Capital. The startup, founded and led by CEO Alex Zhou, offers up Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian, and Chinese products for the American market. The company was founded in 2013. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082341.html> ) *Coco Boosts Executive Team* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082344.html> Los Angeles-based robot delivery company Coco said on Wednesday that it has made a number of significant additions to its executive team, as part of a nationwide expansion. According to the company , it has added Sahil Sharma as Chief Operating Officer, Pete Quinn as Vice President of Revenue and Andrea Lobato as General Counsel. Sharma has served at Snap, Google, Motorola, Amazon and Apple; Quinn was previously at DoorDash; and Lobato was at Eaze Technologies and Lyft. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082344.html>) *Chipotle Pilots RFID Tracking* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082342.html> Newport Beach-based restaurant chain Chipotle said today that it is piloting a new, RFID (radio-frequency identification) tracing system in Chicago, as part of its Chicago distribution center and 200 of its restaurants in Chicago. The chain--having been bitten in the past by food safety issues--said the system will allow it to track ingredients all the way from its suppliers to restaurants using RFID case labels. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082342.html>) *Yardi Wins Restaurant Operator* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082343.html> Santa Barbara-based property management software developer *Yardi <https://www.yardi.com>* announced today that it has scored a win with a restaurant operator in Sonoma, California. According to Yardi, Diversified Restaurant Group (DRG), which runs hundreds of restaurants locations under the Taco Bell and Arby's brand, has adopted its software for lease oversight. Financial details of the win were not annoucned. Diversified has more than 322 locations.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082343.html>) *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>) *Listen to Tech vs. Media from Richard Wolpert <https://link.chtbl.com/aKC6DpJG>* Tech vs Media: Is it a convergence or clash? Join in the conversation in CurtCo Media's new podcast, hosted by tech and entertainment veteran Richard Wolpert. 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