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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO. Tags: southern california initial public offering exit merger acquisition.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated. Firms which successfully reached the markets in the past year include Green Dot , RealD , Maxlinear , Inphi Corp. , and ReachLocal.

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Southern California Santa Monica Legalzoom ReachLocal 162

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MAY 19, 2014

Action sports camera maker GoPro , which has a few Southern California connections, has filed for an IPO, saying Monday in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raise $100M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as GPRO. gopro camera action sports merger acquisition exit electronics hardware' READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Steamboat Ventures SoCal San Diego 196

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MAY 18, 2012

As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms. In comparison, Facebook's IPO today will raise $18.4

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Southern California Activity Legalzoom Marketing 159

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MARCH 21, 2019

A new report, issued this week by EY, says that the number of IPOs have dropped across both international markets and the US. Despite the slowdown, Southern California managed to produce three IPOs in the first three months of 2019, including the $317.0M

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Southern California has not had a major, venture backed, technology IPO since May of last year, when Active Network hit the market; it has only one IPO on the calendar this year so far, for Thousand Oaks-based Ceres, expected next week--despite a number of companies who appear to be perpetually in registration, awaiting a turn in the markets.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Southern California venture capital investors Domain Associates and Versant Venture saw a public exit of one of their portfolio companies this morning, molecular diagnostics equipment maker Veracyte. Veracyte debuted on the NASDAQ Global Market this morning at $13.00 per share, and was trading slightly down at $12.95

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Southern California Marketing Venture Capital Acquisition 159

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JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday. Tags: southern california merger acquisition gdot reald.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Financial details of the four acquisition, which all closed in the first quarter of 2019, were not announced. j2 Global said the acquisition will help it grow its global customer base, provide it with access to new markets, and will expand its product lineup.

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Company Companies Southern California Acquisition 173

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Two, Southern California tech companies-- The Trade Desk , based in Ventura, and Everbridge , which has major operations and was founded in Glendale--are on tap for IPOs this month, according to the NASDAQ's upcoming IPO calendar. The two companies are the only tech companies currently on the upcoming IPO list.

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MAY 6, 2014

Epicor still has operations through Southern California, including in Irvine, and San Diego. epicor software merger acquisition private equity exit apax' Epicor--which is now based in Austin, Texas, but which had been based in Irvine for years--was sold to Apax Partners back in 2011. Apax paid $976M for Epicor back in 2011.

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JULY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet information and services company j2 Global --one of Southern California's largest yet most unknown technology companies--said this morning that it has acquired two more companies. Financial details of those acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Company Companies Ideas 124

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). I’m more familiar with content marketing in B2B Marketing. I’ve got to imagine this makes tracking marketing spend challenging. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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JANUARY 14, 2020

The company--which is likely the most active acquirer of companies in Southern California's high tech economy--says it acquired FES IQ , a company in the digital media space, and Buffered VPN , a provider of cloud services based in Gibraltar. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Pham, a SoCal native best known for his roles at Photobucket, Billshrink, and Color, will focus on marketing and business development for Science. Pham was a critical piece of the acquisition of Photobucket for $300M by Fox interactive Media. Pham was most recently Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Trinity Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Think the IPO market is dead? Apparently, firms are still hoping the market will open up for initial public offerings, with 57 companies nationwide still in registration for an IPO, as of the end of December. Tags: california merger acquisition southern market.

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Southern California Thousand Oaks Marketing SoCal 100

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Southern California OpenX SoCal 100

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JUNE 23, 2011

In another, Southern California linked IPO, a Colorado anti-cancer firm. Clovis Oncology , has filed for a debut on the NASDAQ Global Market. on the public markets as CLVS. Clovis said it is looking to raised up to $149.5M The IPO is being underwritten by.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, and Leerink Swan. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California SoCal Invest Marketing 145

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Two Southern California venture firms are among the investors who are awaiting an expected IPO of Clovis Oncology , a developer of cancer drugs, this week. Clovis has applied to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market as CLVS. percent of the firm, and Newport Beach-based Versant Ventures , which owns 7.8 percent of the company.

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Southern California SoCal San Diego Pricing 140

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Amid hand wringing about an IPO slowdown in 2015, there's one shining region which had a banner IPO and acquisition year last year: Santa Barbara. billion acquisition of lynda.com by LinkedIn last April, and three companies-- MindBody , Appfolio , and CytomX Therapeutics (founded out of UCSB)--all had their IPO on the NASDAQ in 2015.

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Santa Barbara Malibu Southern California Marketing 100

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APRIL 2, 2014

in its first day on the markets, after its debut as RUBI on the New York Stock Exchange. All three exits will help bolster Southern California''s reputation as a technology startup hotbed. rubicon project merger acquisition exit oculusvr oculus facebook maker studios' and Mayfield. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Clearstone Santa Monica Acquisition 153

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Financial details of the two acquisition were not announced, although the company said the financial impact of those acquisition is not expected to be material to the publicly held company.

Company 133

Company Companies Southern California Acquisition 133

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Despite a cool reception for the IPO of social games maker Zynga Friday, the IPO of the company still rewards a couple of Southern California investors. to $10.00; the firm was trading slightly down near close of market, and had ranged from $9.00 Zynga priced at $10.00 per share in trading Friday. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California SoCal Avalon San Diego 145

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We don''t spend a lot of time there, except that we''re active investors and bankers who are affected by what''s happening in the IPO market. That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. That''s why the IPO markets coming back is so critical. How about mergers and acquisitions? READ MORE>>.

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

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JUNE 2, 2011

Southern California has had its own share of IPOs over the last year, including Demand Media, Active Network, and Boingo Wireless. However, a number of Southern California firms have been rumored to be seeking IPOs, who have not yet filed. Why: Rumored to be very profitable, waiting on market. Those firms are: 1.

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Southern California Legalzoom eHarmony SoCal 171

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everbridge , a developer of emergency notification tools which was founded and still has major operations in both Glendale and Pasadena, has had an IPO, raising $90M for the company and marking another major, SoCal linked technology startup exit in what has been a busy year for deals.

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Glendale Marketing SoCal Southern California 100

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , which develops specialized seeds for the biofuels industry, is planning to hit the market on February 9th, according to the NASDAQ IPO calendar. Ceres has applied to list as CERE on the NASDAQ Global Market. Ceres recently estimated its IPO pricing at between $21.00 and $23.00 READ MORE>>.

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Thousand Oaks Marketing Southern California Pricing 153

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JULY 16, 2010

With the IPO of Los Angeles-based RealD , which starts trading this morning on the NYSE as RLD, Southern California now has three successful IPOs on record. Tags: financing public market acquisition merger reald. RealD said last night that it had priced its IPO at $16.00, and is selling 12.5M shares of its common stock.

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Westlake Village Woodland Hills Thousand Oaks ReachLocal 145

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JUNE 26, 2014

per share, and will start trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market as GPRO. gopro camera action sports merger acquisition exit electronics hardware consumer' Action sports camera maker GoPro priced its IPO at $24.00 The company priced its IPO at the high end of its estimated initial IPO range, which was between $21.00 and $24.00

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Pricing Steamboat Ventures San Diego Southern California 157

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

A new report today released by PwC finds that the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) has jumped significantly in 2010, with volumes exceeding both 2008 and 2009 levels. PwC tallied up 154 IPOs completed this year so far, raising $37.5 IPO market to generate liquidity for their investors.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Marketing Report Southern California 190

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Westlake Village-based online advertising company Conversant --which until recently was known as ValueClick--is now officially part of Alliance Data , after the completion of Alliance Data''s acquisition deal with the company. conversant valueclick merger acquisition alliance data alliancedata advertising online marketing'

Westlake Village 138

Westlake Village Southern California Advertising Acquisition 138

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Monrovia-based Xencor , the developer of biopharmaceutical technology headed by Bassill Dahiyat, delayed its IPO Friday, citing poor market conditions for the offering. The company had hoped to IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. xencor biopharma biopharmaceuticals merger acquisition exit' READ MORE>>.

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Monrovia Southern California Social Network Acquisition 147

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AUGUST 11, 2016

based arm of Samsung Electronics, said late Wednesday that it is acquiring luxury home appliance maker Dacor , which is based in Southern California. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Dacor is based in Industry, California, which encompasses parts of Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire.

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Orange County Southern California Acquisition Los Angeles 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Software 150

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MAY 5, 2021

the lifestyle brand offering up baby, skin, and household products, debuted in its IPO on Wednesday, raising $413M for the company--and bringing yet another Southern California startup to the public markets. Los Angeles-based Honest Co., priced its IPO last night at $16.00 per share, at the midpoint of its $14.00 per share.

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Southern California Los Angeles Pricing Product 113

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Automotive electronics manufacturer HARMAN , which has major operations in Southern California, has been acquired by Samsung Electronics for approximately $8.0 Samsung said the acquisition will help boost its presence in the infotainment, telematics, and sound management areas. billion, the two announced this morning.

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