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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way. The acquisition is not the first for SpotOn, which also acquired SeatNinja earlier this year.

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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. According to Kyriba, the investment will help it accelerate innovation and growth of its platform. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

in a Series B funding, the company said today. According to Greenfly, the funding round was led by Alpha Edison, and also included Iconica Partners, Elysian Park, and Corazon Capital. in funding. Greenfly says the new funding will go towards technology, user acquisition, marketing initiatives, and new hires.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

With the latest funding, Clio claims that it’s the “first legal practice management unicorn” globally. Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said.

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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. The Series G round was led by Permira and also included JMI Equity, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jackson Square Ventures, Ameriprise, and funds and accounts advised by T.

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JULY 9, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. CerraCap Ventures said it made its investment in Totient out of its second fund, CerraCap II LP. The venture investor says the exit is the second for tht fund.

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APRIL 10, 2010

The same is true of Twitter, and as a VC I would personally never fund a company that looked to simply plug a functional gap in Twitter. I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. But in any platform community this happens.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. Since launching the platform in 2018, startups from the Snap accelerator have gone on to acquisition (like Stop, Breathe, and Think, which was bought by Meredith Corp.)

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JANUARY 28, 2020

According to ServiceNow, the deal will help it advanced its own artificial intelligence capabilities, including the addition of support for all major languages on its platform. Passage AI was founded in 2016 and had received funding from Blumberg Capital, Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital, 11.2 READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But today a startup that’s tackling a different aspect of the market — addressing the supply chain that subsequently turns the wheels of the bigger food distribution machine — is announcing a big round of funding as it continues to grow. The funding is coming from a wide mix of investors. software platform.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based Together, a startup which enables community acquisition of property, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding came from Caffeinated Capital, Eric Wu, CEO of Opendoor, Balaji Srinivasan, Homebrew, Form Capital, Bobby Lo, and several other angels.

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MAY 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Science 37, a developer of software used for managing clinical research projects, has gone public in a merger with LifeSci Acquisition II Corp., According to Science 37, the deal will provide it with a $250M balance sheet to fund its technology platform and extend into new markets.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Move Your Mountain , an online crowd-funding site which competes against GoFundMe, has been acquired by Tustin-based Cornerstone Payment Systems , Cornerstone said. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Cornerstone Payment Systems is a independent sales organization in the merchant processing industry. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.”

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Thrive Global, the acquisition will go to help it build a behavior change technology platform which leverages data collection and the application of the latest science to end the stress and burnout epidemic and help individuals and organizations unlock their full potential.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

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. in funding in total. anametrix merger acquisition marketing analytics software' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2018

in seed funding. The funding came from Alphabit Fund, Translunar One, Kenetic Capital, NextProtocol Ventures, and BKCM. The new funding comes as CapLinked has started focusing on developing a software platform for managing "token" securities, called TransitNet. CapLinked's founders are CEO Eric M. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. Source tell us it is now between $400 million and $500 million.

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APRIL 30, 2019

According to the companies, Quality Built uses its own software platform and a proprietary database to mitigate risk, limit construction defect claims and allow builders to analyze and track the progress of individual projects in real-time. Quality Built is led by CEO Brian Kramer and President Beth Michaelis. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Greenwave said the acquisition will help it enhance its platform with real-time, visual analytics, and also help it bolster its industry talent and team. Greenwave said that the acquisition will bring it to a headcount of over 280 employees worldwide. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Even if you work every day in the world of new-venture funding, as I do, the options are confusing, and their meanings seem to change on a regular basis. Crowdfunding is rapidly becoming the major source of funding for seed-stage startups. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the move comes to help the company get ready for the "platforms of tomorrow." Oculus VR is led and was co-founded by Brendan Iribe, and had raised around $91M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, Matrix Partners, and Spark Capital. The company had been founded in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2013

MySocialCloud develops an online, cloud-based platform for managing the passwords, logins, and data of users. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Reputation.com, the strategic acquisition adds a valued platform, team, and new capability and customers to its portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2013

As part of the acquisition, EMN8 said it raised $50M in a new funding, to both acquire Snapfinger and expand its platforms. The new funding was led by Sid R. emn8 snapfinger merger acquisition venture capital restaurant ordering dining food point sale' EMN8 is led by Perse Faily. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. in its seed funding round. disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the funding, Livefyre said it will be opening up a new San Diego office, and all of Realtidbits'' team will join the company as part of its product, engineering, and design teams. Livefyre will migrate users of Realtidbits'' various software products to its own platform.

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MAY 23, 2012

According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Bankrate said that it will combine wallaby''s product family and technology with its existing credit card distribution platform, including its CreditCards.com online credit marketplace. Wallaby was venture backed by Founders Fund Angel, Karlin Ventures, MuckerLab, SLP Ventures, and WI Harper Group. in funding in total.

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JULY 7, 2014

disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' Disney is providing $120,000 in investment capital to startups to help them develop their ideas, and also provide mentoring from Disney executives. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Anaphore said it acquired RuiYi to gain access to the Shangai-based firm's biologics drug discovery platform, targeting G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). In addition, Anaphore said it has closed on $15M in new funding, which is the second tranche of its $38M Series A financing round. Financial details of that buy were not disclosed.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Verizon said the buy would bring a "world-class" software platform and new distribution relationships to its telematics efforts. The company appears to have raised around $160M in funding since it first was found in 2009. become part of Verizon Telematics. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2015

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. WD said the move will help the company expand into higher value data storage platforms. in funding. western digital amplidata merger acquisition hgst storage object software' and Swisscom, and had raised at least $25.0M READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio, Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new funding to carry that out. This $145 million in new financing empowers Jam City to further our position as a global industry consolidator.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Google said it will continue to make Orbitera available to other software vendors, in addition to using the company's technology to improve the support of software vendors on Google Cloud Platform.

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