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MAY 17, 2021

The companies say that Healthcaresource is symplr's twelfth acquisition in the past six years. Symplr is buying HealthcareSource from another private equity firm, Francisco Prtners. HealthareSource is a provider of software for talent management for the healthcare industry.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to America's Charities, the acquisition will help it further strengthen its support of the "social good" sector. Causecast was founded and led by CEO Ryan Scott. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. BJG Electronics Group said the deal came alongside another acquisition, of Intro Corporation, a distributor of connectors, contacts and accessories to the commercial aviation and aerospace industry. BJG Electronics says it has now acquired three companies in the past three months.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Overreliance on acquisitions drains resources and de-motivates internal teams.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. Types of business buyers expanded.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2020

You will recognize the value of these for any business, even if they have not been in common use in the past. CACR (Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio). The lower the ratio, the more successful the customer acquisition campaign. CPA (Cost per Acquisition). Some of these are also applicable to non-Internet businesses.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led both the Series D and E rounds for the company, which says it has seen 100% growth year over year and a tripling in revenue over the past 18 months. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

We thought it might be interesting to talk with one of the fund's managing directors, Jeb Spencer about the fund's success in technology investments, plus how it managed to raise another fund in this kind of environment, plus its unique goal of getting companies to an acquisition--and not an IPO.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In another big, software acquisition for California's Central Coast, Paso Robles-based IQMS , a developer of ERP software for the engineering and manufacturing industry, has been acquired by French software giant Dassault Systemes. IQMS develops manufacturing ERP software which are used by manufacturers to manage their business processes.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition is the company's fifth acquisition in the past three years, including the recent acquisition of LA's FreeConference.com. iotum is led by Jason Martin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Overreliance on acquisitions drains resources and de-motivates internal teams.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2018

Accruent said the acquisition is its seventh in the past 24 months. La Jolla-based Connectiv , a developer of cloud-based, mobile software used by biomedical and clinical engineering groups to manage and control their medical devices and equipment, has been acquired by Austin, Texas-based Accruent. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. It's unclear how much of a stake Qualcomm held in Eero; Eero had seen at least one "down round" in the past, so it's possible some of those investors did not see much of a return.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

AT&T had been a shareholder in Hulu for the past two years as a minority share owner, via its acquisition of Time Warner. AT&T and Hulu said the deal values Hulu at $15 billion. Hulu did not say what the source of financing was for the deal.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market). And reset they must.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to J2, the acquisition grows its annualized, monthly revenue run rate for cloud backup services to over $40M. j2 Global said it will open up a new office in Paddington, UK--where LiveDrive was based--as part of the acquisition. The company is led by Hemi Zucker.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization company run by Frank Addante, has made another acquisition this morning. Details and size of the acquisition were not announced. The buy is the fourth ad technology acquisition by Rubicon Project in the past three years.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

Aliso VIejo-based UST Global , a provider of IT services and outsourcing, said today that it has acquired four different companies over the past six months expanding its workforce in the US, ASia, India, Europe, and Latin America. Financial details of those acquisitions were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nintamed was Dexcom's exclusive distributor in those countries for the past six years. Dexcom said Nintamed will work closely with its international headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

“Lawyers and legal professionals who had hesitated to adopt technology in the past were suddenly forced to rapidly adapt to this new reality. In 2018, Clio made its first acquisition with its buy of Lexicata, a Los Angeles-based legal tech startup. The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

“In a global mobile games market that is consolidating, Jam City could not be more proud to be working with JPMorgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Silicon Valley Bank, SunTrust Bank and CIT Group to strategically support the financing of our acquisition and growth plans,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2016

Platinum Equity said the acquisition is its second in Asia in the past 18 months. FPS supplies protective packaging, insulation and component products to the consumer electronics, automotive, medical and other end-markets, and FCS provides valves, fittings, sensors, and related components. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2018

According to the report, Levinsohn was accused of sexual harrassment in the past--with two settlements--and also rated the relative "hotness" of female colleagues and used vulgar epithets against gays, among other behavior. Levinsohn was behind Fox Interactive Media (FIM)'s acquisition of MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2019

Is one of the bigger biopharma acquisitions of the year in trouble? This past week, antitrust regulators once again delayed Roche’s planned $4.8 billion buyout of gene therapy developer Spark Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ONCE ).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2018

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. 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. Uproxx Media Group also provides branded content and video services to marketers.

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Berkonomics

MAY 10, 2018

Long term debt is taken on for the acquisition of fixed assets such as equipment, cars, facilities and acquisitions of companies or their assets. Typically, companies may arrange to borrow between 70% and 80% of those non-government receivables that have not aged past 60 days from invoice, up to a maximum amount, or “credit line”.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Well, even though that acquisition is still playing itself out on the field of battle, it appears quite clear that the new parent has directed its new subsidiary to abandon the lower end of the market and focus upon the larger sales, corporate customers, and major brands.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The acquisition was announced on Thursday, as part of a major strategic shift by GrubHub to not only enable to-go orders for restaurants, but a shift where GrubHub itself will deiver those orders. restaurantsontherun orange county grubhhub merger acquisition delivery service aliso viejo restaurant ordering deliver' READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 12, 2012

NTS said the acquisition is the third for the company in the past 12 months. Garwood has facilities in Pico Rivera and San Clemente, and services the commercial, defense, space, medical, aviation and transportation industries. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

EPM Live's staff and CEO Joe Larscheid will join Silverback as part of the acquisition. Silverback most recently acquired Visoinael, Tenrox, and PowerSteering Software, with EPM Live being that company's fourth buy in the past 15 months. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

First off, on our original article, we identified a number of people in the industry we specifically said did not qualify for the list -- because they had successfully exited companies in the past and who are proven entrepreneurs. award acquisition merger exit enterepeneur socaltech50' So then, how did our actual list do? READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2015

Santa Monica-based The Mobile Majority --which recently zoomed past $50M in revenues--has acquired a Brazilian web development company called Elastic , according to the company. themobilemajority mobile majority growth jobs hiring advertising technology merger acquisition brazil elastic expansion' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2012

FInancial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. OpenGate said the acquisition is its third in the past six months, and is the third telecommunications business in its portfolio. Getronics LATAM provides data center and consulting services, and other services to large enterprise customers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The company said it has increased its revenues by more than 50 percent annually for the past six years, with revenues up 55 percent in the first half of 2013. blackline systems revenues accounting software financial merger acquisition private equity' BlackLine is headed by Therese Tucker. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

in the past, but now we really want to focus on expanding there,” he said. Vaish is already in talks with a handful of other startups and is open to more acquisitions, he said. “We have done some business in the U.S. For that, we need team and dedicated operation there. You can’t expand in the U.S. sitting in India, or on a plane.”.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2013

You will recognize the value of these for any business, even if they have not been in common use in the past. CACR (Customer Acquisition Cost Ratio). The lower the ratio, the more successful the customer acquisition campaign. CPA (Cost per Acquisition). CHURN (% customer cancelling each month).

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