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MAY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , which develops a cloud-based software platform used by residential and commercial service contractors to manage their businesses, has acquired Pointman , a New York-based company that develops software for contractors. Pointman is based in Buffalo, New York, and was founded in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

in a ongoing funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the company this week. The company was founded in 2006. Santa Barbara-based Affinity Biosensors , a startup developing benchtop, automated systems for microbiology research, has raised $5.9M The filing said the funding is part of a $10M, ongoing funding.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Wenstrup previously was Chief Medical Officer for Myriad Genetics, serving at that firm from 2006 to 2007. Epic Sciences said that Wenstrup will lead clinical development, regulatory and medical affairs strategies for the company and be responsible for advancing the company's clinical research and product development pipeline.

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Xconomy

APRIL 8, 2019

billion into startups nationally during the first three months of 2019, the second largest amount for any quarter since at least 2006, according to data released overnight by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. Companies raised only $9.66 Venture firms sent $32.6 billion through 1,648 deals.

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JUNE 11, 2014

The company--led by Dave Grannan--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Paul Jacobs, as well as Sanjay Jha of Motorola Mobility. Jacobs joins the company''s board as part of the funding. Flarion had been acquired by Qualcomm in 2006 for $805M. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

However, in many cases, acquiring companies behave less rationally than Mr. Jackson. Citrix politely approached us, told us they had an interest in acquiring our company and then asked us, “How much?”. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. VC Funding Alternative.

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APRIL 24, 2017

According to Criteria, which has been offering up pre-employment testing services to employers since 2006, its new cam allows job seekers to play a set of six, 90-second brain games, which it says are "scientifically crafted" to test key talents and cognitive abilities.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic has pledged $200,000 to financial literacy program operator Operation HOPE , the company said on Wednesday, which will go to support financial literacy programs and training. CoreLogic has been helping to support Operation HOPE since 2006.

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MAY 23, 2017

According to the company, the new funding will go towards sales and product development. Drucker was previously co-founder of Social Intelligence, and also co-founded Steel Card, an enterprise software company focused on software, which was sold to ChoicePoint in August of 2006. Carpe Data is led by Max Drucker. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Netflix said on Thursday that it has named Jessica Neal as Chief Talent Officer of the company, to head up the company's group responsible for culture, human resources, recruiting, and coaching its team, according to the company. Neal had been Chief People Officer at Scopely in Los Angeles until earlier this year.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Which companies are most at risk? The obvious companies that would suffer the most quickly are mall locations, strip mall locations, theaters, restaurants, and many many more. Take a lesson from Ford Motor Company and their prescient CFO and President in 2006 and 2007. A lesson from the recent past.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

San Diego-based online radio station and music streaming service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive , the two companies announced on Friday. LiveXLive said it will combine the content programming teams of both companies. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Novak has been Ixia''s VP of Finance since 2006, and was appointed acting CFO of the company in March. Calabasas-based Ixia , the network testing hardware and software developer, said Tuesday that it has named Brent Novak as its new Chief Financial Officer. Novak also has served at Idealab and PricewaterhouseCoopers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2018

Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the founders of Beats Electronics , the onetime Santa Monica headphone-and-music-service, are in the midst of a lqsuit--and likely, a jury decision--over a lawsuit which claims Dr. Dre and Iovine owes royalties to a businessman work worked with the company back in 2005 and 2006.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Richard had been on the company's board for periods since 2006. Pasadena-based Guidance Software reports that Stephen Richards, one of the members of its board of directors, has passed away unexpectedly. Richards was COO and CFO of McAfee, and also served as CFO of E*TRADE Group, among other positions. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

The company, which is led by Demian Sellfors, said the accelerated performance comes from such upgrades as addition of Google PageSpeed, PHP FastCGI, and use of solid state disk drives on the company''s shared database server. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Shotgun--which was founded in 2006--was co-founded by Don Parker and Isaac Reuben. Autodesk said it will help the company accelerate solutions to its creative customers. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2015

in 2006; Zhang received his a masters in 2006. The DOJ said those trade secrets were transferred to universities and companies controlled by the PRC government. Pang and Zhang both received their Ph.D.s The stolen trade secrets alleged in the indictment belong to Avago or Skyworks. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2018

An interesting post by William Hsu of Mucker Capital shows that the list is strongly weighted towards venture capitalists who have gone to Stanford University, investors who worked for McKinsey & Company, or who have worked for Morgan Stanley.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

The company, which is led by Demian Sellfors, said the accelerated performance comes from such upgrades as addition of Google PageSpeed, PHP FastCGI, and use of solid state disk drives on the company''s shared database server. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2015

Van Nuys-based Electro Rent , which provides rental, leasing, and sales of electronics test and other equipment, said today that its CFo, Craig Jones, is retiring from the company. Jones--who is 69--has been at the company for 26 years. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 2, 2017

Veritone is backed by Newport Coast Investments and Acacia Research; Chad Steelberg and his brother, Ryan Steelberg, own the majority of the company. The two brothers previously headed up Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), and the Steelbergs had founded dMarc Broadcasting, which the two sold to Google in 2006 for what, at the time, was a $1.2

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The technology behind Hyundai’s new car-sharing service in Los Angeles is provided by a company that is largely unknown despite its ubiquity. The French-based company has been providing the underlying hardware and software needed for car-sharing services since 2006. And now, Hyundai. Meanwhile, Vulog has its own ambitions.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

LightPointe is owned by Berg & Berg Enterprises, which acquired the company in 2006. LightPointe had originally been venture backed, and was acquired after a Chaper 11 bankruptcy back in 2006. Cardon was previously at MRV Communications. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2014

Newport Beach-based Miven Venture Partners , the private investment arm of Linksys founder Victor Tsao, has scored an exit in one of its portfolio companies, A10 Networks , after that company''s successful IPO this morning. Miven had invested in A10 Networks way back in 2006, as part of a Series B funding round for the company.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

KidZui , the developer of kid-friendly Internet browsers has been acquired by children''s entertainment technology developer LeapFrog , LeapFrog said this morning, to help bolster the company''s popular line of LeapPad educational tablets. KidZui had been founded in 2006 in San Diego. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Pasadena-based people search engine provider Spokeo is up to 150 employees in its Pasadena headquarters, almost double the number of employees it had in 2012, the company said today. The site--which is led by Harrison Tang--said the growth compaes as it saw 159 percent revenue growth between 2012 and 2014. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Middleton, the founder and CEO of Nifty Games, previously served at such companies as Madefire, Pulse Entertainment, Mad Catz Interactive, and others, and was founder and CEO of Boom IN-Gme Music, which was acquired by LiveGamer in 2008. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Celigo said this morning that it has raised $8M in an expansion capital round, its first institutional funding since it was founded in 2006. Hammerslag joins the company's board of directors. A part of the funding, TVC Capital's Steven J. Celigo said the funding will go to expand sales, marketing, and product development.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

3PL Central, which was founded by John Watkins and Nancy Rohman in 2006, is used by third party logistics providers for their private warehouse management. Mainsail's Jason Payne and Stephen Wolfe will join the company's board. The funding came from Mainsail Partners. 3PL Central said it received financial advice from D.A.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Power Partners was previously owned by manufacturing company PPI. OpenGate Capital said the acquisition comes as a follow on to a prior investment it made in the transformer industry, Pacific Crest Transformers, which it acquired in 2006; OpenGate will be merging the two companies as part of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Fulgent Genetics is developing genetic testing and laboratory testing technology, and is led by Ming Hsieh, who holds the majority shares in the company. Hsieh gave $35M to the University of Southern California in 2006, which renamed its Electrical Engineering Department as the USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Frequency , the developer of mobile, web, smart TV, and other apps which let users find and view online video content, has inked a deal with a Chinese TV manufacturer, the company announced today at CES. Harrison is a serial entrepreneur, and co-founded IFILM, later selling it to Viacom in 2006. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2013

Marchese had been President of the company from 2006 until 2011, when he departed to become Senior Vice President of Marketing and Digital for Fuse Networks. Marchese takes the place of former CEO Todd Tappin--who joined SocialVibe last February--who left the company in January to become the COO and CFO at Rubicon Project.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, is keeping the faith in one of its portfolio companies, Validity Sensors , a developer of fingerprint sensors for the PC, mobile, and tablet market. Qualcomm has been an investor in Validity since at least 2006. The new round was announced Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2015

Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers. The company is led by Scott Chisolm. The funding came from Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Costa Mesa-based Emulex said Monday that it is launching a cost cutting effort, a $200M stock buyback, and that Executive Chairman Jim McCluney will exit the company''s board in February. The move comes as Emulex has been looking for a private equity buyer to take the company private. READ MORE>>.

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