*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Friday, June 10, 2022* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News <https://www.socaltech.com/News> ------------------------------
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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Just Women's Sports Scores $6M <#0082591> - Activision Blizzard Plans Union Negotiations At Raven Software <#0082590> - Stratolaunch Completes Sixth Flight Test <#0082589> - TuSimple Co-Founder Launches New, Self Driving Hydrogen Truck Startup <#0082588> - Resilience Takes $625M In Series D Round <#0082586> - Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Raises Second Fund, Worth $64M <#0082584> - Revolution RE Snags $3M For Rental Property Data <#0082585> *Marketplace* - Recurring Revenue Conference - June 23, 2022 <#ad791> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Friday, June 10, 2022* *Investor 360 Roundtable Interview with Jed Leidheiser of March Capital <http://stubbsalderton-6641104.hs-sites.com/march-capital>* Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 for our next Investor 360 roundtable interview with Jed Leidheiser of March Capital! Jed will speak about March Capital’s investment thesis, current investment climate, startup advice, and more. There will be ample opportunity for questions at the end of the webinar! Investor 360: Monthly Investor Roundtable Interview Featuring Jed Leidheiser of March Capital Wednesday, June 15, 2022 12:00 – 1:00 PM PDT http://stubbsalderton-6641104.hs-sites.com/march-capital *Just Women's Sports Scores $6M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082591.html> Los Angeles-based Just Women's Sports, a startup which provides a media platform for women's sports, said this week that it has raised $6M in a funding round. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082591.html>) *Activision Blizzard Plans Union Negotiations At Raven Software* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082590.html> Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard says it pans to start negotiations with the Communications Workers of America, related to the 27 quality assurance employees at Raven Software. Raven Software's QA employees voted to join a union in May, the first in the industry to attempt to unionize. Activision Blizzard subsequently raised pay--it says "significantly increased starting pay for QA specialists" after the unionization vote, but excluded all Raven Software employees from that pay raise. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082590.html>) *Stratolaunch Completes Sixth Flight Test* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082589.html> Mojave-based Stratolaunch has completed its sixth flight test of its aircraft, the Roc--which is currently the world's largest flying aircraft. According to Stratolaunch, the Roc flew for 1 hours and 26 minutes over the Mojave desert on the test flight on Thursday. Stratolaunch recently pivoted from developing a launch platform for satellites, to providing a platform for testing hypersonic vehicles. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082589.html>) *TuSimple Co-Founder Launches New, Self Driving Hydrogen Truck Startup* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082588.html> One of the co-founders of self driving truck company TuSimple, Mo Chen, said today that he has launched a new company, Hydron, which will develop, manufacture, and sell hydrogen-powered, self-driving (Level 4) trucks. Hydron did not say how it is being funded. The company said it intends to both develop the trucks, as well as operate its own hydrogen refueling infrastructure for large fleets and leading carriers in the future. Hydron is based in Los Angeles. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082588.html>) *Resilience Takes $625M In Series D Round* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082586.html> San Diego-based National Resilience, a biomanufacturing company, said this week that it has raised $625M in a Series D funding round. The company said the $625M comes on top of an earlier, unannounced $600M Series C funding it completed in August of 2021. Resilience did not say who provided the funding, only saying that it came from venture capital funds, public mutual funds, pension funds, biopharma companies, sovereign wealth funds and private family offices, and others. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082586.html>) *Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health Raises Second Fund, Worth $64M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082584.html> Pasadena-based healthare technology investment fund Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health announced this morning that it has raised its second fund, worth $64M. According to WaveMaker Three-Sixty Health, its Fund II is nearly four times the size of its first fund, and will be used to invest in 40-50 early-stage companies in the areas of health-tech, digital health, medical device, telehealth, artificial intelligence, pharma-tech, science and marketplaces. Wavemaker 360's first fund was raised in 2018. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082584.html>) *Revolution RE Snags $3M For Rental Property Data* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082585.html> Los Angeles-based real estate data and software provider Revolution RE has raised $3M in a funding round, according to the company, to go towards its software-as-a-service for data aggregation and analytics for the residential rental real estate market. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082585.html>) *Recurring Revenue Conference - June 23, 2022 <https://bit.ly/3LLZhhG>* Recurring Revenue Conference Scaling SaaS & Subscription Businesses June 23, 2022 Culver City or virtually Join 500+ entrepreneurs, executives, and investors June 23 at the Culver City Hilton. Whether you are a SaaS or subscription business, or if customer retention is critical for your success, this is the premier Southern California event to learn from the tech pioneers. Hear from experts who are successfully growing their industry leading companies, as well as from the investors backing them. Can’t make the in-person event? Join us virtually. Enter the Promo Code below to save 10% on your ticket! Register at https://bit.ly/3LLZhhG Promo Code: SoCalTech10 Enter Promo Code before registration details *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. 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