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DECEMBER 23, 2010

Santa Ana-based CoreLogic , a provider of consumer, financial and property information, analytics and services to the real estate, mortgage, and other markets, said this morning that it has soled its Employer Services and Litigation Support business to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG). The deal was worth $265M in cash.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital. CitySourced was founded in 2009, and is led by CEO Jason Kiesel. Los Angeles-based CitySourced , which develops mobile apps to help cities communicate with their constituents, has merged with Rock Solid Technologies , a provider of software to the government.

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JUNE 5, 2019

A local, private equity investor-- Dr. David L. Paul Getty Trust board since 2009. Lee , has been named chair of the board of diretors of the J. Paul Getty Trust , which runs The Getty Center, The Getty Villa, as well as other charitable efforts. According to the Board of Trustees of the J.

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MAY 11, 2017

San Diego-based Miva , the developer of e-commerce shopping cart software, has received a growth capital funding from private equity investor Bison Capital Partners, the companies said this week. Miva will be led by new CEO Rick Wilson, who took over from former CEO Russ Carroll in April; Wilson had been President and COO sine 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles private equity investor Vance Street Capital said Monday that it has acquired Lark Engineering , a San Juan Capistrano-based designer and manufacturer of RF filters. secure communications vance street capital merger acquisition private equity lark engineering filter hardware' Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Secure Technolgoy Company was owned by private equity investor Vance Street Capital. Vance Street Capital had acquired Secure in October of 2009. Santa Ana-based Secure Technology Company , a developer of ruggedized computers for the military and other markets, has been sold to Benchmark Electronics in a deal worth $230M in cash.

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MAY 7, 2010

Advertising Age reported that The Search Agency's 2009 revenues were $20.4M, and Covario's 2009 revenues were $8.8M. The Search Agency is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity; Covario is venture backed by Dubilier & Company, FTV Capital, and Voyager Capital.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009. The Search Agency is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity. The firm said the growth came as a result of increasing demand for the firm's online marketing services. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2015

Semtech said it sold its business to Jariet Technologies , in exchange for a minority equity interest in the new company. Semtech had originally planned to divest and shut down its defense and microwave communications business, which it had acquired as part of its buy of Sierra Monolithics in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

San Diego-based International Technidyne Corporation (ITC), a provider of blood testing and other services, has been acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus , and also merged with venture backed San Diego firm Nexus Dx. Tags: international technidyne warburg pincus private equity nexusdx nexus merger acquisition lifescience.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The company--which develops software-as-a-service which helps local businesses manage scheduling, staff management, point of sale, ecommerce, marketing, and more--said the funding came from Bessemer Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Catalyst Investors, W Capital Partners and Montreux Equity Partners.

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MARCH 21, 2016

billion in Q1 of 2016--the weakest first quarter of the year since 2009. The report noted concerns about a "global economic slowdown, falling oil prices and turbulent equity markets." The report, from Ernst & Young, said that companies are likely exploring other options or waiting for confidence to return for their IPOs.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Zwelling is a serial entrepreneurs who has had some major successes, including EchoSign (acquired by Adobe) and YLighting (acquired by private equity). Convertro raised $5M in a Series A in 2009. The firm is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2013

in a loan guarantee in December of 2009, to help build an algae-to-crude oil commercial demonstration facility in Columbus, N.M. The firm said it was able to pay off the loan balance after receiving private equity funding from private investors. Sapphire Energy had been awarded $54.5M

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AUGUST 12, 2010

Swainson was CEO of CA from 2004 to 2009, and is now a senior advisor to private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Tags: board equity private lake silver semiconductor executive broadcom. Swainson also has served at IBM and General Electric, and sits on the boards of Visa, Assurant, and Cadence Design Systems. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2010

in an equity fundraising effort, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. The filing indicates that the firm is raising $136.6M, in a continuation of a round that was kicked off in November of 2009. Tags: amonix venture capital energy photovoltaic concentrating solar utility power private equity.

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MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. . They also avoid Reg D.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase , the stock options tracking and accounting software firm headed by Kimberly Kovacs, reports today that it had what it calls "significant growth" in 2009. According to OptionEase, the growth came because of "strong market demand" for its software for streamlining equity administration and compliance.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization service firm headed by Frank Addante, is claiming this morning that the firm saw 270%, year over year growth in 2009. The firm is backed by $42M in funding from Clearstone Ventures, Mayfield, IDG Venturs, and the GE/NBC Universal Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

The firm said the acquisition will be funded by approximately $20M in equity from Court Square Capital Partners, plus approximately $200M in incremental debt. The firm said the acquisition will create a firm with pro forma, 2009 revenues of approximately $1 billion. Department of Defense.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Peregrine Semiconductor is venture backed by Morgenthaler Partners, Ridgewood Peregrine, Palisades Ventures, TVP, Advanced Equities, and others. in 2009, and a net loss of $2.5M According to the firm's S-1, the company had a net loss of $7.4M on revenues of $70.5M on revenues of $67.6M for the nine months ended September 25, 2010.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Life Technologies said the deal is not expected to have a material effect on its financials in fiscal year 2009. and was venture backed by Catalyst Health and Technology Partners, CB Health Ventures, Vox Equity, BioFrontier Partners, Echelon Ventures, Excel Venture Management, and Fletcher Spaght, Inc.

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JUNE 15, 2010

in a new equity funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday afternoon. Zag said in March that it had sold 100,000 cars, and has been profitable since August of 2009. Santa Monica-based Zag , the online auto buying software firm headed by Scott Painter, has raised $11.1M READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

The University of Southern California is reporting today that spinouts out of the school have raised $148m in the last two calendar years (2008-2009), and that there are now at least 24 USC spinouts currently in business. USC also reported that it owns equity in 32 startups, though none of those startups were identified.

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JULY 21, 2009

The firm said today that it closed its fiscal year on June 30, 2009, with more than $28M in recurring revenue, and 280 customers. The company--which is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity--said it had a 105 percent increase in revenues from 2008, and has been cash flow positive for more than two years. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2011

Although dollars were up, the number of deals (736 nationally in Q1 vs. 827 deals last year) was the lowest in a single quarter since Q3 of 2009. Nationally, venture capital investment up slightly, at $5.9 billion in 736 deals in the first quarter vs. $5.6 billion a year ago. in San Diego. Associates , all with three deals each.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online ad optimization firm, said today that its analysis finds that online spending in Q4 of 2009 was up, resulting in an increase in CPMs by 34%. The firm is venture backed by $42M in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

We caught up with Sam Altman, the firm's founder, to hear more about the company, and how we went from working in private equity to heading up a company all about finding nightlife. Sam Altman: We launched in November of 2009. We launched in November of 2009, an dit's been an amazing experience to date. What is PartyEarth?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Rubicon also said in its announcement that it had year-over-year growth of 270%, and that during 2009 it made its first acquisition, of technology firm Others Online. Rubicon has raised over $42M in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the firm had a net loss of $21.9M The firm's major stockholders are Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M in the first six months of 2010.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

According to the filing, the fund is being managed by Steven Dietz, Brian McLoughlin, Yves Sisteron, and Mark Suster, and has just started fundraising efforts. GRP last closed on a fund--GRP III, L.P.--in GRP's investments include TrueCar, GOGII, Ad.ly, GumGum, among others. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2017

I tragically lost my mom to cancer, my girlfriend (who I was living with at the time) and I broke up, and then my team and I were laid-off when the market crashed in 2009. Until I was fortunate enough to secure a job with Ron Burkle at the end of 2009. The first three years were fantastic, but my fourth year was very tough.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

As a result of that, in August of 2009, I gained agreement from our board to go out and consider fundraising. We prepared a presentation to go out to the private equity community, to investigate opportunities to put money into Language Weaver. They were quite attracted to Language Weaver and started to deploy our solutions.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

I thought I would be an investment banker, and I decided I was probably going to move to San Francisco to enter private equity, venture capital, or a startup. Igneous is a student title, which won the Independent Game Festival Student Showcase in 2009, and Nitronic Rush is currently an Independent Game Festival finalist.

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JUNE 20, 2012

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.

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MARCH 1, 2012

That was a rocket ride as well, and that took us to a top 10 website, and NBC took an equity steak in the company. in 2009, and through that process I learned a lot about local businesses, and about customer acquisition pain points. I then moved on to Infoseek, which at the time was just a search engine.

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JUNE 18, 2009

What I feel like now, in 2009, is that to be an entrepreneur who dabbles both in entertainment and technology, you need to be able to talk tech, and talk entertainment, and be pretty well versed in both languages. We're now building a web site, and believe that base will become attractive to a Series A investor or private equity firm.

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