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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - SpaceX, Dish Scuffle Over Frequency Usage <#0082635> - System 9 Scores $5.7M <#0082632> - San Diego To Deploy Eight Microgrids <#0082633> - ViewSonic Jumps On Metaverse Bandwagon With Education Product <#0082634> - Upfront's Valence Acquired By Greenwood <#0082629> *Marketplace* - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Tech vs Media Episode 7: From Audio to Video to Movies and More <#ad787> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Friday, June 24, 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 *SpaceX, Dish Scuffle Over Frequency Usage* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082635.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX and satellite television operator DISH are in scuffle over 5G frequency usage at the FCC, with SpaceX saying that Dish's play for 5G expansion would "severely impact" Starlink. According to SpaceX, its customers "will experience harmful interference more than 77 percent of the time and total outage of service 74 percent of the time, rendering Starlink unusable for most Americans" if Dish is allowed to use the 12Ghz signals it is requesting for use. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082635.html>) *System 9 Scores $5.7M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082632.html> Los Angeles-based *System 9 <https://www.system9.io>*, a startup in the crypto token market, says it has raised $5.7M in a funding round. The funding was led by Capital6 Eagle (C6E), plus Kronos Asset Management, C2 Ventures, Gate Ventures, Ascendex Ventures, along with others. System 9 says it is providing software-based trading services to token issuers and digital asset exchanges, and is led by co-founder and CEO Peter Sokolow.( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082632.html>) *San Diego To Deploy Eight Microgrids* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082633.html> The City of San Diego is deploying eight "microgrids", individual power generating sites located at recreation centers, fire stations, and police stations, according to renewable energy contractor Industria Power. According to Industria Power, it is building eight microgrids for the City of San Diego, which are scheduled to be installed by December 2022. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082633.html>) *ViewSonic Jumps On Metaverse Bandwagon With Education Product* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082634.html> Brea-based ViewSonic said it is launching a metaverse for education, called UNIVERSE, which it says will provide a 3D virtual environment for education including virtual learning spaces such as classrooms, lecture halls, and collaborative spaces. According to ViewSonic, the virtual learning site includes such features as private and group chats, emojis, and true-to-life spatialized audio, screen sharing, pop quizzes, and more. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082634.html>) *Upfront's Valence Acquired By Greenwood* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082629.html> Los Angeles-based Valence, the Black professional networking site created by Upfront's Kobie Fuller, has been acquired by Atlanta-based Greenwood, Greenwood announced on Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. 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