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JANUARY 25, 2017

San Diego-based Ad-Juster , a developer of automated reconciliation and reporting software for the digital ad market, was recently acquired by Chinese investor Innotech Capitals. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition was announced last week. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of information technology service management software which has major operatinos in San Diego, has acquired Mountain View-based Passage AI , a developer of conversational AI tools. Passage AI was founded in 2016 and had received funding from Blumberg Capital, Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital, 11.2

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AUGUST 6, 2021

San Diego-based private equity investor HCAP Partners said this week that it has scored an exit at one of its portfolio companies, 8ebar, a provider of patient education for the clinical trial and other areas. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has scored an exit this morning, at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) software developer Divide. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Qualcomm Ventures was an early investor in Divide, back when it was known as Enterproid.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

San Diego-based private equity firm TVC Capital , which is led by Jeb Spencer and Steven Hamerslag, has closed on a new, $75M growth equity and buyout fund, the firms said today. The new fund, TVC Capital II came from private equity fund of funds, institutional asset managers and family offices.

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MAY 29, 2019

San Diego-based Black Mountain Systems , a developer of software for credit investors and alternative asset managers, has been acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based treasury and finance software developer Kyriba announced late Wednesday that it has raised $160M in a growth funding round, from private equity investor Bridgepoint. Kyriba said that existing investors Daher Capital, Iris Capital and Kyriba Chairman and CEO Jean-Luc Robert will remain as investors in the company.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. TVC Capital has also been a big supporter and sponsor of socaltech over the years. You can see all of our holiday reflections here.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

San Diego-based venture capital investor Mission Ventures has seen an exit in its venture portfolio this morning, at data science and Hadoop software developer Alpine Data. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. in funding.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 16, 2021

San Diego-based sales and marketing software developer Seismic has raised $170M in a Series G funding round, the company said this morning, and is now valued at $3 billion. Financial details of that acquisition were not announced. Rowe Price, according to the company. Rowe Price, according to the company.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2017

San Diego-based StackIQ , a developer of "bare metal" provisioning software, has been acquired by Teradata , Teradata said on Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. StackIQ was venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Avalon Ventures, and crowdfunding site OurCrowd.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

San Diego-based marketing analytics developer Anametrix has been acquired by Silicon Valley company Ensighten , according to the companies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ensighten said it will use the acquisition to accelerate the next generation of its open marketing platform. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has scored an exit this morning, after IBM said it has acquired Boston-based Cloudant , a developer of a NoSQL-based, cloud-based database. cloudant venture capital merger acquisition exit cloud software nosql database' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Not long after ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT ) acquired San Diego-based LonoCloud in 2013 , former LonoCloud executives Tom Caldwell and Hossein Eslambolchi met for coffee at the Specialty’s Café and Bakery in University City. Webroot also plans to expand in San Diego, and Caldwell said he plans to stay on.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2013

San Diego-based Proximal Data , which develops serve-side caching software for accelerating I/O access to virtualized machines, said this morning that it has raised $2M in a Series B round of funding. The firm's software works with virtualized servers to optimize access to storage to eliminate bottlenecks. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The software of Portfolium, a San Diego startup that hosts online portfolios for students trying to showcase their achievements to potential employers, is set to join the portfolio of Utah educational software company Instructure. Instructure (NYSE: INST ) has agreed to acquire privately held Portfolium.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2014

San Diego-based DivX , the developer of digital video encoding and decoding technology has been acquired by private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group , the companies said yesterday, in a deal worth $75M in cash plus earnout. DivX said that it was assisted int he deal by San Diego''s Karmel Capital.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County. Software startups made up nearly 63 percent (255 companies created) of all new high-tech ventures created in 2015, a trend fueled chiefly by software app development, according to the report.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

Today, we have some thoughts from Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital , a private equity investment company in San Diego. 2014 was the most active year in TVC history as measured by the number of investments/acquisitions/follow-ons/exits we completed. spencer capital 2014 reflections venture' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Moonshots Capital , which is led by Kelly Perdew, has seen a big exit via the acquisition of San Diego's Harvest.ai in Harvest.ai, which develops cybersecurity software aimed at data loss prevention. by Amazon Web Services. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2019

San Diego-based Kyriba , which develops cloud-based software used for treasury and finance management by international companies, has completed the $160M majority funding round it first announced in March, giving private equity investor Bridgepoint a majority stake in the company. The funding values the company at $1.2

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AUGUST 23, 2013

San Diego-based XIFIN , which develops cloud-based financial software for the healthcare industry, has acquired Irvine-based PathCentral , a developer of software for the pathology community, the company announced Thursday afternoon. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2021

San Diego-based TuSimple, which is developing self driving truck technology, has filed for an IPO, saying it is looking to raise up to $100M in a public offering. TuSimple says its software and hardware enables autonomous vehicles which are Level 4 autonomous, and work both on highways and surface streets.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2014

San Diego-based XIFIN , a developer of cloud-based software for the healthcare diagnostics market, has been acquired by private equity investor GTCR. billion GTCR Fund XI, with additional funding provided by GE Capital and CapitalSource. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based Email Copilot , which develops visualization, monitoring, reporting, and analysis of email deliverability data, has been acquired by Return Path , a New York-based developer of email data software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Al Bsharah, was co-founder and CEO of Email Copilot.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

San Diego-based life sciences investor Domain Associates has yet another company that has filed for an IPO, after the S-1 yesterday of protein analysis tools developer Protein Simple. proteinsimple life science merger acquisition venture capital exit lifescience health protein analysis tools software' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

San Diego-based Emotient , a developer of facial expression recognition software, has been acquired by Apple , Apple disclosed on Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. The firm's investor was San Diego-based TVC Capital , which invested only $4M in total in Accordent before it was acquired.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2009

San Diego-based BakBone Software has acquired email infrastructure provider ColdSpark, in a deal worth approximately $15.9M, the firm said Thursday. ColdSpark develops email transport software for the enterprise, and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The funding is coming from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Venture Partners, Marubeni Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Mojo Partners alongside with previous investors GGV Capital, WI Harper Group, Digital Garage, CentreGold Capital , Scrum Ventures, and other unnamed participants.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

San Diego-based Omnitracs , the developer of fleet management products and services for the transportation and logistics market, said this morning that it has agreed to acquire XRS Corporation , a fellow developer of fleet optimization software. omnitracs corporation merger acquisition fleet logistics' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

San Diego-based Concerro , the developer of workforce management and scheduling software-as-a-service, has been acquired by private equity firm Francisco Partners. According to Francisco Partners, the acquisition came via its portfolio firm API Healthcare. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

San Diego-based Nervana Systems , a developer of artificial intelligence and "deep learning" technology, has been acquired by Intel , in a deal that is reportedly worth $350M. Nervana will continue to operate out of its headquarters in San Diego. Nervana was working on artificial intelligence software and hardware.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2011

San Diego-based Del Mar Datatrac , a developer of mortgage origination software, has been acquired by Ellie Mae , in a deal worth $25.2M. Ellie Mae said the buy will expand the firm's customer base, and broaden the functionality of its own software. The deal is split between $17.2M over the next three years.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of March 2019, continues San Diego-based ResMed’s (NYSE: RMD ) “connected healthcare” push that began about five years ago, as Xconomy chronicled last year. [ Updated 12/3/18, 3:30 pm, with CEO comments.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

San Diego-based Accelerys and Santa Clara-based Symyx announced this morning that the two are in a all-stock merger to create a new, scientific information software firm. The combined firm will be headquartered in San Diego. Tags: aceelrys symyx merger acquisition scientific software lifescience.

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