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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - RentSpree Gets $17.3M In Series B <#0082848> - NFT Genius Raises $10.5M For NFT Marketplace Tech <#0082849> - Virgin Hyperloop Moves To New HQ <#0082850> - The Good Face Project Gets $5.65M For Beauty Startup <#0082852> - Fair Square Medicare Gets $15M <#0082851> - VIAVIA Sees $8M Seed for Fashion E-Commerce <#0082847> - Avenda Health Finds $10M For Prostate Cancer Treatment <#0082845> - Stackin' Partners With MX <#0082844> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Stradling <#ad608> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> *Monday, August 29, 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 *RentSpree Gets $17.3M In Series B* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082848.html> Los Angeles-based rental management software developer RentSpree announced this morning that it has raised $17.3M in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raised to nearly $28M. According to RentSpree, the round was led by Green Visor Capital, and also included Rally Ventures, the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.), Venture MLS, ECG-Research, KEC Ventures, and Gaingels, plus existing investors 645 Ventures and Vesta Ventures. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082848.html>) *NFT Genius Raises $10.5M For NFT Marketplace Tech* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082849.html> Los Angeles-based startup NFT Genius said last week that it has raised $10.5M in a Series A funding round, for its NFT marketplace technology. The company said that its funding was led by Dapper Labs, Spartan Labs, Commonwealth Asset Management (CWAM), and Fundamental Labs, plus Spartan, One Football, and Unibanco. NFT Genius was founded by Jeremy Born, Kurt Braget, and Karl Meier. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082849.html>) *Virgin Hyperloop Moves To New HQ* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082850.html> Los Angeles-based transportation technology developer Virgin Hyperloop said this morning that it has moved its headquarters to a new, 49,862-square-foot office space in the ROW in downtown Los Angeles. The company said it signed a four-year lease on the new office. The new location is at 777 S. Alameda Street. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082850.html>) *The Good Face Project Gets $5.65M For Beauty Startup* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082852.html> San Diego-based The Good Face Project, a startup focused on providing data and technology around personal care products, including maintaining a database of ingredient-level data, said last week that it raised $5.65M in a seed funding. The funding was led by VMG Catalyst, and also included Spark Growth Ventures, REDO Ventures, Capsum, and angels, including John Heffner (Summer Fridays, Drybar), Romain Gaillard (The Detox Market), plus Andy Ballester (GoFundMe). (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082852.html>) *Fair Square Medicare Gets $15M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082851.html> San Diego-based *Fair Square Medicare <https://fairsquaremedicare.com/>*, a startup that helps seniors find Medicare coverage, said late last week that it raised $15M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Define Ventures and also included Slow Ventures, YCombinator (YC) and angel investors. The company says it has now raised $19M in total. Daniel Petkevich is Founder and CEO of Fair Square Medicare.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082851.html>) *VIAVIA Sees $8M Seed for Fashion E-Commerce* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082847.html> A new, Los Angeles-based startup VIAVIA, says it has raised $8M in a seed funding round, to launch what it calls a "fashion retail destination catered to Gen Z shoppers". The funding was co-led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Basis Set Ventures, plus Exor Seeds, Backend Ventures, and Andrew Ng's AI Fund. The company says the new funding comes on an earlier, $1.15 million pre-seed funding in February of 2022. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082847.html>) *Avenda Health Finds $10M For Prostate Cancer Treatment* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082845.html> Culver City-based Avenda Health, a startup using artificial intelligence in the healthcare area, said it has raised $10M in a Series B funding. The funding was led by VCapital, and also included Plug & Play Ventures and Wealthing VC Club. According to Avenda Health, is is developing AI-enabled patient management software that identifies and visualizes a patient's prostate cancer. The company said the funding will go towards continued clinical evidence development. Dr. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082845.html>) *Stackin' Partners With MX* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082844.html> Los Angeles-based financial application developer *Stackin' <https://www.stackin.com>* said today that it has partnered with an open finance technology company, *MX <https://www.mx.com>*. According to Stackin, the partnership enables users to securely connect their bank accounts to the app. Financial details of the partnership deal were not announced. Stackin' is led by CEO Tom Brammar.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082844.html>) *IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <http://www.socalip.com>* Patents. Trademarks. Copyrights. Trade Secrets. IP Filings. IP Strategy. IP Litigation. IP Transactions. US and Worldwide. Offices in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara. [email protected] www.socalip.com *Stradling <http://www.sycr.com>* Stradling, Attorneys At Law ( href="http://www.sycr.com";>http://www.sycr.com ) For more than 40 years top companies and municipalities have counted on Stradling to have the right team and skills to meet their toughest challenges 24/7, 365 days a year. *Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending>* Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $40 billion in assets and 69 full-service branches primarily located in California, with one in Durham, NC and another in Denver, CO. Our Venture Banking Group offers a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial and venture-backed businesses and their capital and private equity investors. For more information, visit http://www.pacwest.com/lending-solutions/venture-lending, or reach out to Britt Nelson at [email protected]. *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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