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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - NASA Plans Launch On Rocket Lab Today <#0083543> - Westlake Village BioPartners Raises $450M Fund <#0083542> - Readout AI Gets Funding For Clinical Trial Software <#0083541> - Mangomint Aims At Salons, Spas <#0083540> - LunarCrush Lands $5M For Crypto, Media Analytics <#0083539> - Nuvve Gets Win In New England <#0083538> *Marketplace* - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad796> - From Idea to IPO - KPMG’s Emerging Growth Practice <#ad760> - IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <#ad750> *Monday, July 17, 2023* *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 *NASA Plans Launch On Rocket Lab Today* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083543.html> NASA said today that it is launching four satellites today, on a rocket from Long Beach-based Rocket Lab. According to NASA, the NASA Starling CubeSat mission will send four "cereal-box-sized" satellites into low Earth orbit, in order to test "autonomous spacecraft swarm technologies". The launch is targeted for 7:30pm PST, with a launch from New Zealand. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083543.html>) *Westlake Village BioPartners Raises $450M Fund* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083542.html> Los Angeles-based Westlake Village BioPartners said this morning that it has raised a new, $450M fund, its third fund. According to the firm, the new fund brings its total raised to $1.3 billion. As part of the new fund, the firm said it has added David Allison, Ph.D. as a Managing Director, alongside current Managing Directors Beth Seidenberg, M.D., and Mira Chaurushiya, Ph.D. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083542.html>) *Readout AI Gets Funding For Clinical Trial Software* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083541.html> Los Angeles-based Readout AI has raised a pre-seed funding round, which will help it "turbocharge the biostatistical and medical writing tasks associated with clinical trials." Size of the funding was not announced. According to the company, the funding was led by Meridian Street Capital, with participation from Mucker Capital, Necessary Ventures, and angel investor Ryan Fukushima (COO of Tempus and CEO of Pathos). (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083541.html>) *Mangomint Aims At Salons, Spas* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083540.html> Los Angeles-based software developer *Mangomint <https://www.mangomint.com>* said it has launched a new feature for its software, which lets its customers offer up "service customizations". The company claims the new features allow salon and spa owners to "create upsell opportunities strategically" and generate increased revenues per appointment. Pricing on the new feature was not announced. Mangomint is led by CEO Daniel Lang.( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083540.html>) *LunarCrush Lands $5M For Crypto, Media Analytics* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083539.html> Los Angeles-based analytics software developer LunarCrush said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A fundraising round. The funding was led by Draper Round Table / INCE Capital, plus Blockchain Founders Fund, Draper Associates, WWVentures, TRGC, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Draper Goren Holm, Side Door Ventures, MoonPay, EMURGO, LBANK Labs, FUNFAIR Ventures, and Techstars. The company said that David Bleznak and Francisco Oliva-Velez Cancel also invested in the round. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083539.html>) *Nuvve Gets Win In New England* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083538.html> San Diego-based Nuvve Holding, which is developing vehicle-to-grid technology, says it has scored a DC fast charger win in New England. According to the company, it will supply 25 bi-directional rapid charging stations to Lawrence Pubic Schools in Lawrence, Mass. Financial details of the win were not announced. The company's chargers are designed to also help balance grid power, by using charged electric vehicles as a way to store and deliver excess power when they are not in use. 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