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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - SpinLaunch Lands $71M For Satellite Launch System <#0082919> - Theorycraft Games Gets $50M <#0082918> - Starburst Ventures Launches New Early-Stage Investment Fund <#0082916> - RLH Equity Partners Sells Portfolio Firm To Accenture <#0082917> - Alliance for SoCal Innovation Gets Sponsor For Venture Pipeline Program <#0082912> - 3D Printing Developer Sets Up San Diego Research, Development Center <#0082913> - Group Hopes To Launch Entrepreneurship Center In South LA <#0082914> - Former Broadcom Engineer Gets Eight Months For Stealing IP <#0082915> - ImmunoScape Finds $24M From Amgen, Others <#0082911> *Marketplace* - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Stradling <#ad608> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Thursday, September 22, 2022* *SpinLaunch Lands $71M For Satellite Launch System* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082919.html> Long Beach-based SpinLaunch, which is developing low cost, satellite launch systems based on mass accelerators, says it has raised $71M in a Series B funding round. According to the company, the funding was led by ATW Partners, and includes Kleiner Perkins, GV, ATMA Capital, ONA Capital, Lauder Partners, McKinley Capital, Tyche Partners, as well as John Doerr, Brook Byers, Asher Delug, Chuck Brady, Andrew Farkas, and Greg McAdoo. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082919.html>) *Theorycraft Games Gets $50M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082918.html> Los Angeles-based Theorycraft Games, an independent game studio, said this morning that it has raised an additional $50M in its Series B funding. The funding was led by Makers Fund and also included NEA and a16z. The company said it will use the funding to continue developing its first game, which it says is a team-based game focused on "adventure, creativity and high-stakes combat". (Funding Details <https://www.socaltech.com/intelligence/?action=showdeal&id=103233>)(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082918.html>) *Starburst Ventures Launches New Early-Stage Investment Fund* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082916.html> El Segundo-based Starburst Ventures, a venture capital fund which invests in aviation, space, and defense, said on Wednesday afternoon that it has launched a new pre-seed and seed fund. Size of the new investment fund was not announced by the firm. The venture capital firm said that the new fund will be led by Foudner and General Partner François Chopard, and also includes Benjamin Zeitoun as Investor, with Jacqueline Tame serving as an advisor. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082916.html>) *RLH Equity Partners Sells Portfolio Firm To Accenture* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082917.html> Los Angeles-based private equity investor RLH Equity Partners said this week that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, Inspirage, to Accenture. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Inspirage provided consulting and implementation focused on Oracle's cloud-based supply chain management software, with a focus on enterprise customers in the industrial manufacturing, oil & gas, high tech, consumer products, and life sciences sectors. Inspirage was based in Bellevue, Washington. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082917.html>) *Alliance for SoCal Innovation Gets Sponsor For Venture Pipeline Program* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082912.html> The Alliance for SoCal Innovation, a nonprofit which is focused on boosting Southern California's startup community, said this week that it has inked a deal with Pacific Western Bank, to be the lead sponsor for its SoCal Venture Pipeline program. Details on the sponsorship deal were not announced. According to the Alliance, its program connects promising early stage startups with venture capital in order to improve access to institutional capital across the SoCal region. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082912.html>) *3D Printing Developer Sets Up San Diego Research, Development Center* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082913.html> A Boston-based, 3D printing technology developer, Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) said today that it is opening up a brand new, research and development center in San Diego. According to BMF, the new BMF Research Institute is being formed specifically to develop and incubate end-product ideas that are uniquely enabled by its micro-3D printing platform. BMF says its 3D printers are specifically used in electronics, optics/photonics, medical devices, microfluidics and life sciences. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082913.html>) *Group Hopes To Launch Entrepreneurship Center In South LA* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082914.html> A group is looking to raise $2M for a new, entrepreneurship center in South Los Angeles, which it says will focus on youth and workforce development technology and entrepreneurship center. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082914.html>) *Former Broadcom Engineer Gets Eight Months For Stealing IP* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082915.html> A former engineer from Broadcom has been sentenced to eight months in prison for stealing trade secrets, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Broadcom has significant operations in Southern California, particularly in Orange County. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082915.html>) *ImmunoScape Finds $24M From Amgen, Others* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082911.html> San Diego-based ImmunoScape, a biotech company which says it is focused on discovery and development of next-generation TCR-T-cell therapeutics, has raised $14M in a funding round. The funding was led by Anzu Partners, and also included Amgen Ventures and Singapore's EDBI. The company said it is focused on discovery and in-depth characterization of rare cancer-specific T-cells at high resolution, to help develop TCR-T-celll therapies for treatment of solid cancer tumors. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082911.html>) *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 *From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice < [email protected]>* KPMG provides Bookkeeping, Audit, Tax, and Advisory services to assist you at any stage of your life cycle. Whether you are starting your business, strengthening your business, expanding into new markets, or pursuing an exit, we have a global network of experienced resources that can take you to the next level. 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