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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Autonomy Expands EV Subscriptions To Florida <#0083027> - XPRIZE Awards $8M In Avatar Competition <#0083029> - Virtual Dental Care Signs Cigna <#0083028> - $3.3 Billion In Stolen Bitcoin Found In A Popcorn Tin <#0083026> - Xeal Gets $40M In Series B To Combine EV Charging, Blockchain <#0083025> *Marketplace* - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Become a Socaltech Supporter! <#ad724> *Tuesday, November 8, 2022* *Autonomy Expands EV Subscriptions To Florida* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083027.html> Santa Monica-based Autonomy, the electric vehicle subscription service run by longtime auto and tech veteran Scott Painter, says it is expanding its services beyond California. The company said it has debuted its service in Florida, allowing its users to subscribe to Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y vehicles. Autonomy's service allows users to access electric vehicles without a long term lease or need for a loan. Painter cited Florida's adoption rate for EVs. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083027.html>) *XPRIZE Awards $8M In Avatar Competition* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083029.html> XPRIZE, the Los Angeles-based organization which organizes prize-based competitions to advance technology in the areas of "humanity's greatest challenges", said it has named a winner of its four-year ANA Avatar XPRIZE. According to the group, it awarded $5M in a grand prize to NimbRo of Bonn, Germany, with $2M going to Pollen Robotics of Bordeaux, France and $1M to Team Northeastern, based in Boston. The award winners were selected from a total of seventeen finalist teams. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083029.html>) *Virtual Dental Care Signs Cigna* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083028.html> Irvine-based *Virtual Dental Care <https://www.virtualdentalcare.com>*, a developer of virtual dental services, said it has teamed up with *Cigna* to provide dental referrals via video, text, chat, and email. The company said it offers up 24/7 video consultation for urgent situations such as pain, infection, and swelling, offering up prescriptions and referrals to local ,in-network providers for appointments. Financial details of the win were not announced.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083028.html>) *$3.3 Billion In Stolen Bitcoin Found In A Popcorn Tin* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083026.html> According to the U.S. Department of Justice, $3.3 billion worth of stolen Bitcoin was recovered from "a single-board computer that was submerged under blankets in a popcorn tin stored in a bathroom closet". The stash was located by the Los Angeles office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The US DOJ said that the Bitcoin was stolen from Silk Road by defendant James Zhong, who pled guilty to wire fraud on November 4th. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083026.html>) *Xeal Gets $40M In Series B To Combine EV Charging, Blockchain* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083025.html> New York- and Los Angeles-based Xeal, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, said last week that it has raised $40M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Keyframe Capital, and also included ArcTern Ventures, Moderne Ventures, Ramez Naan, plus Nexus Labs, Wind Ventures, and Alpaca VC. Xeal says it also received $10M in a credit line from Bridge Bank. Xeal's EV charging products are deployed in conjunction with building developers and owners. 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