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AUGUST 27, 2021

Are you one of those people who believe that happiness at work is an oxymoron? If so, maybe it’s time to rethink your perspective, and perhaps start enjoying work for a change. As an advisor to new entrepreneurs and new ventures, I’m seeing a refreshing new focus by Millennials on work and successful new companies with a purpose, and more productivity through happy employees.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

San Diego-based cloud-based finance software provider Kyriba said this week that it has tied with Openpay Group Ltd, a payments fintech company, to provide new B2B payment options to Kyriba's clients. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Openpay's software is used by B2B management of payments to buyers and suppliers. The two said that the partnership is Openpay's first expansion into the United States.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

UTA, the talent, entertainment, and sports agency, said this week that it has linked with Rally, a new "social token fan engagement and monetization platform", to help its creators, artists, celebrities, athletes, and to launch their own social tokens. According to UTA, UTA Marketing will UTA Digital Assets division to educate and facilitate talent onboarding onto the Rally platform.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Bright said on Thursday that it has raised $15M in a celebrity-packed funding round, for its online, livestreamed classes. The company said that the funding roudn was led by Sound Ventures, RIT Capital, and Regah Ventures, along with Marc Benioff's TIME Ventures, Globo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Jeff Lawson (Twilio co-founder), Rachel Zoe, Drew and Jonathan Scott, Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Amy Schumer, Bethenny Frankel, Ryan Tedder, Shawn Mendes and his manager Andrew

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Los Angeles-based Coco, a new startup focused on delivery robots, said this week that it raised $36M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Sam Altman, Silicon Valley Bank, Founders Fund, Sam Nazarian, Ellen Chen, and Mario Del Pero. The company, led by co-founder and CEO Zach Rash, is developing autonomous delivery robots, and wa sformerly known as Cyan Robotics.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Silicon Valley Bank and nonprofit the National Equity Fund said this week that SVB will commit $110M for affordable housing in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area, to go towards creating affordable housing in high rent California districts. The two said the deal will allow Santa Rosa, Coachella, Los Angeles and San Jose low-income residents will soon have new options for affordable housing.

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