July 14, 2021
THE FRESH SQUEEZE
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BLOOMBITES
Summertime is seeing a steady flow of fundings, especially in the consumer space! B2C is even hotter now that hybrid life has become the norm, especially for anything for the outdoors and have a technical connection to your phone or subscription/recurring business model. OC is poised to do well with B2B2C between LA’s deep B2C & D2C roots/marketing reach and all the B2B technical engineering talent in OC and SD. 

Also check out these M&A deals. There are some massive ones in the telecom space including $7B+ for Ingram (yet doing $45B+ in sales?) and Mobilitie for $1.7B. Hoping this capital stays in the region and helps build the next versions of these companies as well.

See our Deals and Acquisitions sections below for more details.

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PODCAST
In this episode of Operate podcast, Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA), goes over his spectrums of experiences leading companies through rapid growth to IPO and repositioning companies for high-value exits. As the CEO of a rapidly growing digital asset technology company, Fred has many unique and relevant lessons and experiences that he shares.
JOBS SPOTLIGHT
ReShape Lifesciences Inc. (San Clemente)

VaynerX (Costa Mesa)

UC Irvine (Irvine)

Planet Technology (Orange County)
Houzz (Irvine)

QSC (Costa Mesa)

Jobot (Anaheim)

Funraise (Costa Mesa)
EVENTS & DEADLINES
July 15

July 21

MedInnovation Exchange - July 21

UCI Beall Applied Innovation - July 27

OC Startups Now - July 28

OCBJ - August 28

Pismo Ventures - September 30
FUNDINGS
FightCamp, boxing and HIIT at-home workout, $90 million Series B round with Connect Venture, New Enterprise Associates, Mike Tyson, and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Kadenwood, CBD-focused consumer products lifestyle, $50 million Series B round with Arcadian Capital, The Craftory

TOCA Football, soccer technology, $40 million Series E round with D2 Futbol Investors, WestRiver Group, RNS Capital

Kolkin, cloud-based care coordination solution, $2.7 million venture round with an undisclosed list of investors

Mammogen, breast cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment, $2 million Seed round

Mica Energies Corporation, RF energy extraction, $180,000 Seed round

Virtuoso Infotech, software development, undisclosed amount in a corporate round with HDFC Bank

SelfDecode, personalized health reporting service, undisclosed amount in a pre-seed round with Knockout Capital

ACQUISITIONS
Ingram Micro Inc., electronics distributor, by Platinum Equity for $7.2 billion

Mobilitie, telecommunications infrastructure, by BAI Communications for $1.7 billion

SemiDice, wafer and bare die component supplier, by Micross Components for an undisclosed amount

Juxto, secure Real-Time Communications (RTC) services, by Synoptek for an undisclosed amount

VFS Fire & Security Services, fire sprinklers, design, and construction services, by Fortis Fire & Safety for an undisclosed amount
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