socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Jitterbug , which operates a wireless service aimed at seniors and others, said today that it has acquired MobiWatch , a developer of mobile, personal emergency response services. According to Jitterbug, it will offer a mobile personal emergency response service (M-PERS) based on MobiWatch's products in late 2010.

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San Diego Training Mobile Acquisition 133

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , the developer of CMOS RF integrated circuits, updated its S-1 filings Friday, saying that it had a net loss of $1.0M for the similar quarter in 2010. Pacific Crest Securities , and RBC Capital Market. on revenues of $21.2M for the three months ended March 26, 2011. READ MORE>>.

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.Net San Diego Equity Marketing 153

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

San Diego-based Active Network has filed for an IPO, saying in its S-1 that it is looking to raise up to $150M. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Allen & Company LLC, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, ThinkEquity LLC, and WR Hambrecht+Co. The firm said it had a net loss of 37.8M

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Activity Networking .Net San Diego 168

Xconomy

MARCH 20, 2017

Japan’s Murata Manufacturing has acquired Arctic Sand Technologies of Burlington, MA, and plans to combine Arctic Sand’s low-power semiconductor technology with its San Diego-based subsidiary, Peregrine Semiconductor. The purchase price was $68 million, according to a Peregrine spokeswoman.

San Diego 63

San Diego Mobile Pricing Technology 63

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

San Diego-based wireless broadband technology firm NextWave Wireless said today that it has scored a new, $100M debt financing for the firm's business, and made cuts in its staff, along with hiring an investment banker. The debt comes from Avenue Capital Management II, L.P.

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San Diego Invest Sales Funding 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags. I think that there might be cash toward the end of 2010 or 2011, where IPOs might be reasonable. Congrats on funding. Explain what your products do? Venrock was behind Intel and Apple.

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Startup CTO Hire Resource Venture Capital 113

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Acquisition. Venture capital. With LaunchPad’s help, more than 61 Orange County companies have raised more than $97 million in startup capital, seed, and series A investments — and much of that money comes from Valley investors betting on their neighbors to the south. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Enterprise.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were now set to close at $46 million in new capital. I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. We were based in London.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Conference 308