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JULY 6, 2021

Goleta-based gallium nitride semiconductor products developer Transphorm said last week that it has named a new member of its board of directors. The company said it appointed Ms. Kelly Smales to the board of the gallium nitride (GaN) power conversion device maker. Smales previously was CEO of KnuEdge (formerly Intellisis), company in the machine learning hardware and software area.

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JULY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging network operator EVgo says it has completed its business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation. The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal creates a new, publicly traded company called EVgo Inc., which is now trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as EVGO, with warrants trading as EVGOW.

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JULY 6, 2021

Clean energy developer Arevon Asset Management has installed what it says is one of the largest energy storage sites in the United States in Saticoy, California. According to Arevon, it has opened up a battery energy storage system in Saticoy, which uses Tesla Megapacks to provide 100 megawatt/400 megawatt-hour capacity to Southern California Edison.

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JULY 6, 2021

Carpinteria-based construction project management software developer Procore says it is expanding its efforts in the Middle East and North Africa, through a strategic partnership with one of its investors. According to Procore, the effort--focused on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia--is a result of an partnership with Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor and existing Procore shareholder.

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JULY 6, 2021

San Diego-based legal and accounting software provider AbacusNext, and New York-based Zola Suite said last week that the two companies are combining. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. AbacusNext is led by CEO Scott Johnson, with Zola Suite founded and led by CEO Fred Cohen. Zola provides case management, email management, integrated legal billing/timekeeping, and trust and business accounting software; AbacusNext provides practice management, case management, document automation,

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JULY 6, 2021

Redland-based mapping software developer Esri says it has linked with a provider of geocoding services, Infutor Data Solutions, to improve its geocoding services. According to Esri, it is collaborating with Infutor to improve geocoding and address matching capability in its ArcGIS World Geocoding Services in the US. Financial details of the link were not announced.

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