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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Forward Slope Gets Investment <#0083061> - Web3 Working Group Launches Nonprofit <#0083062> - TigerConnect Bolsters Board <#0083060> - Greycroft Backs FrankieOne <#0083059> - Midnight Lights Up With $7.5M <#0083058> - Pogo Health Aims At Chronic Pain <#0083056> - Winnow Launches New Banking Law Product <#0083057> - Virgin Orbit Abandons Securities Offering <#0083055> *Marketplace* - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> - Network Thinking Solutions - DevOps and Managed Services <#ad774> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - Pacific Western Bank, Venture Banking Group <#ad749> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Thursday, December 1, 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 *Forward Slope Gets Investment* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083061.html> San Diego-based Forward Slope, a provider of software for the defense industry, has received an investment from private equity investor Trive Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. Forward Slope provides tactical visualization systems, geospatial mapping tools, data science, cyber security, and other products to the Navy and other national security customers. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083061.html>) *Web3 Working Group Launches Nonprofit* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083062.html> San Luis Obispo-based Web3 Working Group said it has launched a new, 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on educating people on web3 infrastructure. According to the nonprofit, it has received $2M from donors and partners like Arweave, The Graph, Livepeer, and Akash for its efforts. The nonprofit said it was co-founded by creators of Open Index Protocol, Amy and Devon James. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083062.html>) *TigerConnect Bolsters Board* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083060.html> Santa Monica-based *TigerConnect <https://www.tigerconnect.com>* said on Wednesday that it has bolstered its board of directors, adding *Adrienne Kirby* to the body. According to the company, Kirby is the former executive chairman and CEO of Cooper University Health Care, and also served as the President of MedStar Franklin Square Hospital Center. TigerConnect is a provider of a healthcare communication solution.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083060.html>) *Greycroft Backs FrankieOne* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083059.html> Los Angeles-based venture investor *Greycroft Ventures* is backing a Melbourne, Australia-based startup, *FrankieOne <https://www.frankieone.com>*. According to FrankieOne, it has raised $15.4M (US) in its Series A+ round, which was led by Greycroft and AirTree Ventures, and also included Reinventure, Tidal Ventures, Apex Capital Partners, Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures. The company develops an API platform for identity verification and fraud detection.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083059.html>) *Midnight Lights Up With $7.5M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083058.html> Los Angeles-based gaming startup Midnight announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M in its seed funding round. The funding came from Shima Capital, blockchain platform Forte, gaming community SNACKCLUB, guild and mod platform Overwolf, plus the founders of gaming companies Illuvium and investors Woodstock Fund, FJ Labs, Bixin Ventures, among others. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083058.html>) *Pogo Health Aims At Chronic Pain* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083056.html> Los Angeles-based *Pogo Health <https://www.pogo-health.com>* said today that it is aiming to address chronic pain through a new virtual healthcare service. According to the company, it has begun offering up three different programs to help people manage chronic pain, by providing virtual health coaches, pain physicians, and mental health therapists. The company is led by CEO Dr. Hunter Vincent. The company did not say how it is backed or funded.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083056.html>) *Winnow Launches New Banking Law Product* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083057.html> A (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083057.html>) *Virgin Orbit Abandons Securities Offering* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083055.html> Mojave-based *Virgin Orbit <https://www.virginorbit.com>*, the Sir Richard Branson-linked company which is working on launching satellites into space from a modified 747, is abandoning its efforts to sell more stock in the now public company. According to a statement from the company, it has "elected not to proceed with an offering", citing "current market conditions".(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083055.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. 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