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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Gym Class Snags $8M <#0082761> - Brian Lee Departs ZipRecruiter's Board, Two New Board Members Added <#0082760> - Paradigm Sports Backs Huupe <#0082757> - Geno Names Chief Legal Officer <#0082758> - LookinLA, Clearco In Partnership <#0082759> - Faze Clan Launches Series With NFL <#0082756> *Marketplace* - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Tuesday, August 2, 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 *Gym Class Snags $8M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082761.html> Los Angeles-based *Gym Class <https://www.gymglass.com>*, a startup developing virtual reality basketball apps, says it has raised $8M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and also included Y Combinator. The company says it is developing a VR basketball app on meta Quest App Lab, and will launch in Fall of 2022. Gym Class was founded by Matthew Harris, CEO, Justin Hubert, Chief Creative Officer, and Paul Katsen, Chief Product Office in 2019.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082761.html>) *Brian Lee Departs ZipRecruiter's Board, Two New Board Members Added* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082760.html> Veteran Los Angeles area entrepreneur and investor Brian Lee is departing the board of directors of ZipRecruiter, the company said on Monday, as the company adds two new members to the board, Yvonne Hao and Emily McEvilly. Lee had been on ZipRecruiter's board since 2015. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082760.html>) *Paradigm Sports Backs Huupe* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082757.html> Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment agency Paradigm Sports said today that it has made an investment in Huupe, which makes a "smart" basketball hoop. Size of the investment was not announced. According to Paradigm Sports, it led the seed funding in Huupe, in an investment which also included F Street Ventures, Reform Ventures, JB Fitzgerald, Tundra Angels, and Ball Tek Ventures. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082757.html>) *Geno Names Chief Legal Officer* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082758.html> San Diego-based Geno (Genomatica) says it has hired its first Chief Legal Officer, to help the company with its growth. According to the company, it has appointed Shawnte Mitchell to the new position. Mitchell was previously Executive Vice Presdient, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Zogenix, and also had served at Aptevo Therapeutics. Geno says it is developing and scaling sustainable materials derived from plant- or waste-based feedstocks instead of fossil fuels. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082758.html>) *LookinLA, Clearco In Partnership* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082759.html> Los Angeles-based marketing agency LookinLA has partnereds with e-commerce investment firm Clearco, the companies said on Monday. Clearco provides investments for e-commerce businesses, and according to the two, has funded more than 7,000 businesses, and investing over $3 billion. Clearco was co-founded as Clearbanc in 2015 by Michele Romanow from Canada's Shark Tank (Dragons' Den), and according to the companies was the youngest ever entrepreneur to join the show Dragons' Den. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082759.html>) *Faze Clan Launches Series With NFL* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082756.html> Los Angeles-based gaming lifestyle and media company *Faze Clan <https://www.fazeclan.com>* said last week that it is working with the *National Football League* (NFL) to feature Donald De La Haye "FaZe Deestroying" across the country during the NFL preseason. The company said its NFL preseason "10N1" series will feature competitions where wide receivers and defensive backs will go head-to-head in multi-stage competitions.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082756.html>) *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. 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