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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. For more information, please contact Ryan Youhan at [email protected]. *AcuraStem Snags $7M In Grant Funding for ALS, Dementia Treatment* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083818.html> P (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083818.html>) *Haven Energy Gets $7M For Virtual Power Plants* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083817.html> Los Angeles-based Haven Energy, a company which focuses on selling home battery storage systems for "virtual power plants", has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Giant Ventures, and also included Lerer Hippeau and Raven One Ventures, plus Comcast Ventures, LifeX, TO VC, and Habitat Partners. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083817.html>) *Compa Collects $10M* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083815.html> Newport Beach-based Compa, a provider of compensation market data, has raised $10M in a Series A funding round, the company said Monday. The funding was led by Storm Ventures, and also included Penny Jar Capital, HR Tech Investments (an affiliate of Indeed), NJP Ventures, Base10 Partners, and Acadian Ventures. The company says its customers include Airbnb, NVIDIA, Stripe, Instacart, Block, DoorDash, Autodesk, and others. Charlie Franklin is co-founder and CEO of Compa. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083815.html>) *Sonos Names New Board Member* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083816.html> Santa Barbara-based *Sonos <https://www.sonos.com>* said Monday that it has named Jonathan Mildenhall, who is Chief Marketing Officer of the Rocket Companies, to its board of directors. Mildenhall was previously co-founder of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, and also was Chief Marketing officer at Airbnb, in addition to serving at Coca-Cola Company. Mildenhall is also on the board of Fanatics. Sonos is a developer of whole home audio systems.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083816.html>) *IDrive Gets SOC Certification* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0083814.html> Los Angeles-based cloud backup provider *IDrive Backup <https://www.idrive.com>* says it has received a new certification for its line of products. According to the company, it has received SOC 2 Type 2 certification, conducted by a third party auditing firm, covering its IDrive Online Backup, IBackup, IDrive e2 Object Storage, IDrive 360 endpoint backup, IDrive BMR and RemotePC products. 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