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MAY 4, 2021

The company said the round was led by Tiger Global Management and included TPG, Tidemark, Owl Rock Capital and Meritech Capital, along with existing investor Spectrum Equity. The investment round firmly vaunts the company into unicorn territory.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Investors: FirstMark Capital (Amish Jani)(lead), with existing investors: Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Reid Hoffman. Online peer-to-peer lending. 14.7mm in Series D.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? The other piece, is user acquisition. That''s a huge different.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, Total Server Solutions said it has just raised $23M in a combination of equity and debt for acquisition financing and growth. That funding came from Layer 7 Capital and J.P. Morgan Chase. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital today with Jason Calacanis talking about the big VC deals at the moment and talking about the VC industry. We covered the following and much more: - FourSquare ( rumors of both an $80m pre money or a $100 million acquisition ). sites still dominate. I was asked if I would pay $80 million.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Jeff is the founder of crowd-sourcing location based mapping services web sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. It has been a long 10 year drought of no IPOs and sub par M&A activity that has stifled the startup, venture capital and angel investment community throughout the US. However (More.).

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APRIL 15, 2010

I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. I think everybody heard about this acquisition. No big surprise.

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JULY 14, 2017

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

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Blip operates an online, video site focused on webseries. Financial details of the acquisition have not been announced. Blip was venture backed by Ambient Sound Investment, Bain Capital, and Lauder Partners. bliptv blip acquisition merger content network youtube studios maker' News of the sale first came via AllthingsD.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The two companies said the acquisition will "significantly expand" Clinipace's expertise, site management capabilities, and clinical operations. The companies said that Paragon was advised by Crosstree Capital Partners in the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

Pasadena-based Cramster , the online homework help site started by Aaron Hawkey, Robert Angarita and Kaveh Golabi, has been acquired by Chegg , Chegg announced today. Chegg said the acquisition will add to Chegg's textbook rental and course planning services. Chegg said Cramster has more than one million members on the site.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners has scored a quick exit at Redwood City-based Mertado , after Mertado said Friday that it has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the acquisition comes only four months after Mertado raised $2.3M

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Los Angeles-based e-commerce site JustFab announced this morning that it has raised another $40M in funding in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Shining Capital, in addition to the company''s existing investors. The new funding comes just a few short weeks after the acquisition of ShoeDazzle by JustFab. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2010

According to TweetUp, the buy also includes the acquisition of popurls , an online site which aggregates the most popular items from Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Delicious, the New York Times, and other news and social media sites. TweetUp will power the ads on both Twidroyd, as well as the popurls site. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2021

Duarte, California-based iPower, an online retailer of hydroponics equipment, has had a small IPO on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The company starts trading today on the Nasdaq Capital Market as IPW. iPower operates the Zen Hydro online hydroponics equipment supply site. Roth Capital Partners, LLC, and US Tiger Securities, Inc.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Culver City-based Uproxx Media Group , which operates the Uproxx entertainment and pop culture news site, has been acquired by Warner Music Group , the two said on Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Uproxx Media Group also provides branded content and video services to marketers.

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MARCH 17, 2014

Irvine-based Kurion , the venture-backed startup which has been contributing its technology to the cleanup of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, is setting up a new office in Tokyo, to support the company''s continued work at the devastated nuclear power site. Kurion has been involved since day one with the cleanup at Fukushima Daiichi.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable. in funding from such firms as Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, Shelter Capital Partners, Spark Capital, The Tornante Company, and Time Warner. Veoh had raised over $67.5M READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Total Beauty Media , the online fashion content site run by Emrah Kovacoglu, said this morning that it has acquired LimeLife.com , a female lifestyle and celebrity news site. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Tags: acquisition merger limelife beauty total. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2012

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. MOG, which was based in Berkeley, California, provided an online, streaming radio and music services which competes against such sites as Pandora and Slacker. Beats Electronics was co-founded by rapper Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen's Jimmy Iovine.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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DECEMBER 2, 2017

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Raising capital isn’t the be all and end all of startup success. Raising capital is a necessary step, and survival time without it grows short, or interminably long. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

lynda.com , the online learning and video instruction site based in Carpinteria, is putting some of its new funding to work, saying this morning that it has acquired video2brain, GmbH , a European online video training company, to help expand its services worldwide. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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APRIL 25, 2017

TeleSign is venture backed by Adams Street Partners, March Capital Partners, Summit Partners, and Telstra Corp. The company's services are very widely used among top tier cloud and Internet companies, to power the mobile authentication features of those sites, as well as to prevent e-commmerce fraud. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The angel group also said it made investments in OLFactor , a firm developing technology for insect repellent and trapping, HitFix , an entertainment news site, and Vokle , a live video site. Editor's note: For the TCA's investment and exit record, see the group's venture profile in our venture capital database). READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2011

Two Southern California venture capital firms have benefited from an acquisition yesterday of Mountain View-based MerchantCircle , an online local business advertising and networking site, by fellow online advertising firm Reply!

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

The companies are also heavily social, with a huge focus on posting their items on sites like Pinterest. crafts brewster soleil moon puky frye ecommerce brand acquisition merger capital venture psxo seedling' Soleil Frye Moon is an actress best known for her role as "Punky" Brewster. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based real estate crowdfunding site RealtyMogul says it has sold some technology it has developed at its research and development lab, to another company. According to RealtyMogul, it has sold the proprietary loan underwriting software it developed in its labs to Hunt Real Estate Capital , in an all-cash transaction.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Carlsbad-based Dayak , an angel-backed operator of an online recruiting and jobs site, has been acquired. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. in funding, from such backers as Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, NextStage Capital, and the Tech Coast Angels. Dayak had raised around $2.1M

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JANUARY 14, 2015

The company said it will use the new funding for accelerating acquisitions, growth, and new content intiatives. lynda.com offers up an online education site where users can learn about a huge library of topics, ranging from everything from web and graphic design software to business topics, 3D animation, and more. in the deal.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based ThisNext announced this morning that it has acquired fashion and beauty site Stylehive , and raised a Series C round of funding. As part of the acquisition and funding, ThisNext said it has created a new parent company, Curatemedia , to operate both Thisnext and Stylehive. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which operates its own e-sports competition site and community, is headed for the public markets, hoping to raise as much as $31.36M for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Super League Gaming is led by President and CEO Ann Hand. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Brand Affinity Technologies says the deal involves placing its photographers on-site to capture photos of attendees, and allowing those attendees to view, download, and share photos of themselves after the game from a website. The new deal comes thanks to the acquisition last year of the fan photography business of Printroom.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Jackson, who was one of the very early employees at PayPal, the site is now taking signups for the service. The site had previously been by invitation only. Jackson helped bootstrap marketing for PayPal, and eventually served as interim Vice President of Marketing at PayPal after its acquisition by eBay. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

El Segundo-based Internet Brands , the Internet media firm headed by Bob Brisco, has been acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners, in a deal worth approximately $640M. Internet Brands owns a wide network of online web sites in a number of verticals. The price is a premium of approximately 46.5

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities. The firm's major stockholders are Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based AdventureLink , the new adventure travel booking site run by Kelly Tompkins, announced this morning that it has acquired a competitor, Adventure Central. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to AdventureLink, the all-stock deal also included a new investment from Allegis Capital.

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