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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate management software developer Yardi Systems has acquired a German company, iMS Immobilien Management Systeme GmbH , a developer of commercial property management software, the companies said very late last night. Financial terms ofthe acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Santa Barbara-based MEMs technology developer Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) said early this morning that it has received a majority equity financing from Cerium Technology. Size and terms of the majority equity investment were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Below is a talk on New Venture Investing from the University of California Santa Barbara’s Technology Management Program, by Jim Andelman. In this video Jim Andelman explores venture capital investing and the emergence of capital efficient businesses.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos surged more than 25 percent in early trading on its first day as a public company on Thursday, after pricing its IPO on Wednesday evening at $15.00 per share, indicating less institutional investment interest in the IPO than the company had hoped. Sonos was trading. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based crowdfunding site InvestedIn is announcing this morning that it has acquired Santa Barbara-based MyNewFinancialAdvisor , and is launching a new, invite-only site for premium investment opportunities. investedin merger acquisition mynewfinancialadvisor crowdfunding crowdsource' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. begreen packaging cleantech recyclable riverside merger acquisition ecofriendly recycle compost' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2013

FastSpring , the fast growing Santa Barbara-based e-commerce payment services provider headed by Dan Engel, said today it has scored a funding round from Pylon Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. The investment is the first, outside investment in the company since it was founded in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems said Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired PropertyShark , a real estate data website providing property reports, foreclosure listings, sales listings, and other data. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Mindflash.com , a provider of online training software for small businesses, said today that it has named Donna Wells as its new President and CEO. Mindflash said it has received funding from Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB), although it did not disclose financial terms of that funding.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate investment management and property management software, said late Tuesday that it has acquired RentGrow , a developer of resident screening services for the property management industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara. There is a mythology amongst some LPs (funds that invest in VCs) and some VCs that “entry price doesn’t matter – only investing in the absolute best entrepreneurs.” Both can hurt you in an acquisition.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

A number of Southern California angel investors are undoubtedly breaking out the champagne this morning, after the successful IPO of CytomX Therapeutics , a developer of cancer therapeutics which was spun out of UC Santa Barbara. CytomX was founded by UC Santa Barbara professor Patrick Daugherty. in morning trading.

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JUNE 21, 2012

The $135M funding for Santa Barbara-based wireless music system maker Sonos appears to be just that, rewarding such investors as Andreas von Blottnitz, and undoubtedly co-founders John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen. When part of that funding is used to pay off early investors. Elevation Partners, and Redpoint Ventures.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I'd rather invest time investing in social media to drive traffic to our site. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost! Love the minis!

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JANUARY 3, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Channel Technologies Group , a manufacturer and supplier of piezo-electric ceramics, transducers along with systems and services, has been acquired by private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital Partners. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Channel Technologies Group has approximately 250 employees.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate investment management and property management software, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired Multifamily Insurance Group , a provider of renters insurance products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 19, 2015

Appfolio--which is led by Brian Donahoo--is venture backed by Investment Group of Santa Barbara and BV Capital, along with such local angels as Andreas von Blottnitz and Klaus Schauser. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Pacific Crest Securities, and William Blair.

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APRIL 4, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate investment and property management software, said today that it has acquired Lead Tracking Solutions , developer of the PopCard lead tracking and lead management software products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Greathouse: Great products and companies that came out (of) Santa Barbara. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. There is a well-worn adage in the world of mergers and acquisitions that, “companies are not sold, they are bought.” My House Is Not For Sale.

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APRIL 1, 2013

You can watch Marten tell his entertaining story in the following 15-minute excerpt from his UC Santa Barbara talk. They all invested. We took an investment of 2M Euros. The second major challenged faced by MySQL was the surprise acquisition of one of its key partners, InnoDB, by Oracle. You must not pull out now.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

As noted in Success, Santa Barbara Style , my definition of success includes living where you want to live and making money doing what you love. For many entrepreneurs in Santa Barbara, achieving such success would be much more difficult if it weren’t for the emergence of an innovative airline – Surf Air.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. Want To Sponsor?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

In the startup world, the former happens when a VC makes a bad investment, and the latter occurs when they miss a great opportunity. In contrast, low-volume, high-conviction investors like Rincon only invests in a handful new companies each year, making it much more costly (in dollars and effort expended) to invest in a loser.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

As an Instructor of entrepreneurship at UC Santa Barbara, I welcomed the chance to read Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer And Venture Capitalist. Also, consider asking for a carve-out for acquisitions.” Such detailed, practical counsel can prove to be priceless.

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JULY 20, 2015

Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. From Lynda.com ’s recent $1.5 Share and Enjoy.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. He received a B.S.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I review these tenets with my entrepreneurial students at UC Santa Barbara at the beginning of each quarter to reinforce many of the key topics we will cover in the following weeks. Because of his grounding as an investment banker, Jeff appreciated the value of hard data. it was instantly broadcast to its competitors.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Mike continues to be actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high. Customer acquisition costs can be as much as $200 an hour. We knew customer acquisition costs were a low lower than that value. The second thing, is tools.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

He holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a JD from Southwestern University, and suffers from an addiction to cheeseburgers. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Dinesh earned his B.S. in Computer Science and his MBA from UC Irvine.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. Thanks for the time today. We really believe in the market.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. To bolster our negotiating position, we engaged an investment banking firm to explore the IPO market. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Get Out Of The Zone.

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