TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 billion. Rumors swirled in recent weeks that Klarna had raised more money at a valuation north of $40 billion. But the Swedish buy now, pay later behemoth and upstart bank declined to comment until now.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 10, 2021

Reorder your priorities for maximum impact. There are two reasons to consider reordering your priorities to attack your most critical issues first, before the easiest ones to knock off the list. First, you are fresher at the start of a day, and your best efforts should come when you are best prepared to address these issues. Remember how easy it is to put off those final decisions at the end of a tiring and long day?

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

Ulrich Kranz, the Los Angeles area auto executive who has served at BMW, Faraday Future, and Canoo, has joined Apple to head up its automotive team, according to Bloomberg. Kranz was at BMW for 30 years, and headed up the team behind the BMW i3 electric vehicle. Kranz then became Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Faraday Future, before it ran into financial issues, and then went on to co-found another Los Angeles EV maker, Canoo.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 10, 2021

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Mythical Games said this week that it has raised $75M for its NFT gaming startup efforts. The startup--which says its founders are from Activision, Oculus, EA and Zynga, plus Stubhub and Charles Schwab--said the funding was led by WestCap. The round also included 01 Advisors and Gary Vaynerchuk's VaynerFund, along with Galaxy Digital, Javelin Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, and Struck Capital.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 10, 2021

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

San Diego-based electricity and energy provider Sempra Energy announced this morning that it is in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Financial details of the deal were not announced, however, Sempra Energy said the two will continue current work researching and developing "innovative solutions" to help shape a lower-carbon future.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based venture investor Trousdale Ventures announced this morning that it has made an investment in Preamble, a startup offering up "ethical artificial intelligence" moderation to social networks. Size of the seed funding round was not announced. Trousdale said that the seed funding will go to further develop Preamble's platform, as well as for collaboration with non-profits.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

Los Angeles-basd private equity investor K1 Investment Management has made a $120M investment in New York- and London-based >ComplySci, the two companies said this morning. ComplySci is a developer of regulatory and compliance software for the financial services sector. According to ComplySci, it will use the new funding to support new and enhanced solutions for its customers.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2021

San Diego-based Onchilles Pharma said this morning that it has raised $7M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from LYZZ Capital, and also included $500K from the University of Chicago's Startup Investment Fund. According to the company, it is working on an anti-cancer protein released by human neutrophils that activates cell death pathways specifically in cancer cells.

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