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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Elon Musk Buys 9.2 Percent Of Twitter <#0082356> - LiveOne Jumps On NFT Bandwagon <#0082351> - Finhabits Aims 401k Plans At Minority Owned Businesses <#0082352> - Frontier Water Systems Acquired By Evoqua Water Technologies <#0082353> - MeridianLink Completes StreetShares Buy <#0082354> *Marketplace* - Stradling <#ad608> - Listen to Tech vs. Media from Richard Wolpert <#ad781> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Monday, April 4, 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 *Elon Musk Buys 9.2 Percent Of Twitter* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082356.html> *Elon Musk*, the CEO of Hawthorne, California-based *SpaceX <https://www.spacex.com>*, has just acquired 9.2 percent of *Twitter <https://www.twitter.com>*, according to a regulatory filing. The Schedule 13G filing by Musk indicates he now owns 73,486,938 shares of Twitter's common stock, which might make him the largest outside individual shareholder of Twitter.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082356.html>) *LiveOne Jumps On NFT Bandwagon* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082351.html> Los Angeles-based music and entertainment event and online streaming platform operator LiveOne says it is launching a new NFT platform, in a partnership with DaVinci. According to the company, it is launching a new platform called GamifyOne, which will allow users to trade music stocks, include "gamified crypto trading", NFTs, and its own token. The company said the platform will feature a slate of new interactive original show formats based on music, entertainment and artists. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082351.html>) *Finhabits Aims 401k Plans At Minority Owned Businesses* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082352.html> Los Angeles-based fintech provider *Finhabits <https://finhabits.com>* says it has launched new, 401k plans specifically aimed at minority owned business in California. The fintech company--which says it was developed "by Latinos for Latinos" says it offers up a simple, bilingual and affordable alternative to California's state-mandated 401K plan. The new fintech company is led by CEO and founder Carlos Garcia.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082352.html>) *Frontier Water Systems Acquired By Evoqua Water Technologies* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082353.html> San Diego-based Frontier Water Systems, a developer of equipment for removing selenium, nitrate, and metals in water and wastewater, has been acquired by Pittsburgh-based Evoqua Water Systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Evoqua had already a majority position in Frontier Water Systems, via an investment in October of 2019. Evoqua said Frontier delivers a biological process that safely removes metals in a proprietary, modular bioreactor. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082353.html>) *MeridianLink Completes StreetShares Buy* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082354.html> Costa Mesa-based MeridianLink, which develops software for financial instutions and consumer reporting agencies, said late last week that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of StreetShares, which develops fintech software for banks and credit unions. Financial details of the deal were not announced. 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