TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. “It has always lagged hotels by a wide margin.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros.

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

A new, Santa Monica startup, CampaignEQ , is hoping to help marketers better attribute increases in mobile customers and traffic to their marketing campaigns, with a new product. Belk was previously Head of Product at Beachmint, and was the company''s first employee; McGregor was Beachmint''s Dierctor of Acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

In my role of business advisor to startups, I often recommend these to increase initial brand identity and market penetration. With the rate of market change today, and the advent of worldwide competitors, you need every strategy you can muster to keep up, and respond quickly to new threats.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Finally, podcasting is a growing market.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

Greenfly says the new funding will go towards technology, user acquisition, marketing initiatives, and new hires. The company said its platform helps consumer brands by tapping into a network of endorsers, staff, and consumers across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 10, 2022

Amazon could substantially expand their dominance over the ecommerce market, as the Seattle-based tech giant has announced the acquisition of Veeqo, a UK-based ecommerce startup. Everyone knows that Amazon has been pretty acquisition happy over the last few years. What does this mean for the ecommerce market?

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

How can marketers make better decisions and get better results from their online marketing? Pasadena-based Smartify (www.getsmartify.com)''s CEO, Carla Bourque , recently talked to us about the company''s online marketing platform, and how it differentiates itself from a lot of other competitors in the market.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Karman Missile & Space Systems, a developer of flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space market, said Friday that it has acquired Systima Technologies, a provider of integration of mission critical space and hypersonic systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

symplr, a developer of healthcare governance and compliance software, has acquired Phynd Technologies, a provider of a centralized provider data management platform for the healthcare market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Yardi announced this morning that it has acquired 42Floors.com, an online marketing platform for tenants and brokers. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. 42Floors will become part of Yardi's CommercialEdge network of marketplaces.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2019

Image via Pixabay Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. Ric Dragon, an expert in online marketing, in his classic book. Obviously, the platforms and how you use social media would be different for lead generation versus service and support.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops partnership management software, said this morning that it has acquired ACTIVATE , an influencer marketing platform which provides influencer discovery, program workflow, measurement, and analytics. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition came through American Vanguard's operating subsidiary, AMVAC Chemical Corporation. AMVAC said the portfolio of products from Agrinos will complement its Greenplants liquid nutrition products, which are in use in the Central American market. READ MORE>>.

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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. Seismic has now raised $440M in total funding.

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socalTECH

MAY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based InvestCloud, which develops software for the financial planning and banking market, said late Wednesday that it has acquired Advicent, a provider of cash flow, trust ,and tax financial planning technology. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Advicent was backed by Vista Equity.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. Pardot to Redefine Marketing Automation.

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2019

San Diego-based BVAccel , a provider of e-commerce website design and development, optimization, marketing services, and other services, said today that it has acquired the internal commerce agency of WebLinc Corp. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2019

Costa Mesa-based Experian announced this morning that it has acquired MyHealthDirect , a developer of a "digital care coordination platform" used for healthcare administration. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. MyHealthDirect is based in Nashville, TN. MyHealthDirect was led by CEO Tom Cox. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

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. billion of purchases made through the Klarna platform. Klarna has entered six new markets this year alone, including France and New Zealand, where it just launched this week.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based CrowdfundX , which provided direct-to-investor retail marketing of digital securities, said on Thursday that it has been acquired by Issuance , the developer of a private placement and capital formation platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2021

We caught up with Jamey to learn more about the company, and also its recent move to merge with another company, Uphealth, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). We created this in 2003 for the medical interpreting market, but since then, we've expanded the platform so that it's not just about language.

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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.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

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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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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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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

MAY 31, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition by Foursquare came after it raised a new $150M investment from the Raine Group. As part of the acquisition, Foursquare said that Placed founder and CEO David Shim becomes President of Foursquare. had acquired Placed in 2017, paying $135.2M READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. The next thing that entrepreneurs need to realize is that the process and framework for making social media marketing work are different from traditional marketing, and trial and error certainly doesn’t work.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer CapLinked , which develops secure document sharing software for the business market, has linked with secure identification software developer Civic , the two companies said this week. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ringrevenue’s call performance marketing platform enables ad networks, agencies, advertisers & publishers to generate more inbound sales calls.”.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2020

PCH) announced on Wednesday that it has acquired both alcohol delivery and logistics platform Saucey , as well as cannabis delivery and retail software developer Emjay. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. A new, Los Angeles-based operating and holding company, Pacific Consolidated Holdings Group Inc.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Quest, the move will help strengthen its position in the Microsoft modernization market. Binary Tree was founded in 1993, and offers up software for migrating to-and-from various platforms to Office 365, and got its start providing migration from Notes and Domino.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

“What we are seeing is that there’s a significant appetite from public market investors to interactive entertainment as a category,” said Scopely co-chief executive Walter Driver. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.” ” LA-based gaming studio Scopely raises $200M at a $1.7B ” .

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Santa Monica-based Retina , a startup developing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics tools, is integrating its software into the popular Shopify e-commerce platform, the company is announcing this morning. Retina is backed by Comcast Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

Mumbai-based Haptik, which operates a conversational AI platform , has already won several high profile clients in India. Now the five-year-old firm, with newly found significant capital in the bank , is attempting to replicate its success in international markets. so for us that market is critically important,” he said. “For

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