socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2021

VIZIO will start trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VZIO. Irvine-based VIZIO priced its IPO last night, saying it will sell 12,250,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 The price is at the low end of its earlier estimated IPO range of $21.00

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. But where can a total newbie get started? Here, we'll offer a quick overview of how you can start your own podcast for free (or at least, as cheaply as possible).

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Start by building just enough of your product to get early CAC and CLV signals (they won’t be perfect). This isn’t a simple, first-cut acquisition pipeline! What does the business do?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". The exit is also a huge win for technology insider Sean Moriarty, who was Chairman of the company; Metacloud was started by Sean Lynch, former Sr. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2013

Goodreads , the online book review and social networking site which started in Santa Monica, represents the heart of a battle between giants Amazon.com and Apple , according to a report Thursday: who will become the keeper of your digital goods? goodreads amazon merger acquisition book review community reviews amzn apple itunes'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Ultimately to become defensible the client application would want to diversify its “stream&# so would start supporting Facebook, MySpace and perhaps even IM products. I said this many times publicly before it ever started happening with Tweetdeck and Seesmic. No, I don’t think so. Two things : 1) when I invested in Ad.ly

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

That big acquisition of Los Angeles family tree site Geni had an unwanted side effect: it took down the site for nearly five hours, Geni reports. Geni said it suffered unexpected downtime, starting at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, running until 10:40 a.m.,

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2021

San Diego-based TuSimple priced its IPO last night, saying that it will sell 33,783,783 shares of its Class A common stock at the price of $40.00 per share, raising just over $1 billion for the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. Getting started: o Matt founded LowerMyBills.com in Dec 99, exited to Experian in Jan 05 for $400M. o CPM model gave him control over the information in the acquisition cycle so he focused on that. -

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. And I feel that this skill is invaluable in both building a start-up company and in being a VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. But if you ask anyone in the ecosystem of customer acquisition?—?founders, and you’ll hear the same thing: customer acquisition (CAC) is getting harder and more expensive.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2012

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Wittlebee (www.wittlebee.com) announced the acquisition of its own, clothing company--Cottonseed Clothing Company--as it continues to build out its subscription, children's clothing service. Tell us about the acquisition of Cottonseed, the clothing company. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc.,

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2021

Aliso Viejo-based Indie Semiconductor, a developer of automotive semiconductors and software focused on edge sensors for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems including LiDAR, connected car, user experience and other areas, has gone public via an acquisition via a special purpose acquisition company( SPAC).

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Fox Interactive Media, has officially started at Yahoo heading up its Americas Region, according to the company. Levinsohn--who until recently was heading up venture capital firm Fuse Capital in Los Angeles--was responsible for Fox Interactive Media's acquisition of MySpace.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2014

topera abbott life sciences lifescience biotech merger acquisition cardiac atrial fibrillation' Topera was venture backed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), which led a $25M Series C financing for the company back in April of 2013, when the company was still based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future is now a publicly traded company, after a successful acquisition by a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Property Solutions Acquisiton Corp., the company said on Wednesday afternoon. Faraday Future will begin trading today under the ticker symbols FFIE and FFIE.WS.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.”. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2016

TrueCar, which provides upfront pricing on vehicles to automotive buyers, has already been tracking similar metrics for new cars; the new data and awards comes thanks to the acquisition of ALG, a provider of automotive residual value projections, back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle company Faraday Future is claiming additional progress on its efforts to start manufacturing vehicles, saying it has started construction of the foundation for its plant in Hanford, California. The company claims it will start production at the plant in July of 2022.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2021

Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch technology company which is related to Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism business, says it will become a publicly traded company through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). Virgin Orbit said that, once complete, it will start trading under the symbol VORB.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The company's long history--it was founded in 1999--includes the acquisition of MySpace in 2011, a 60% acquisition by Time Inc. in 2018, and the acquisition of Adelphic in 2017. Viant got its start as Specific Media. Viant is led by technology veteran Tim Vanderhook, who founded Viant with brothers Chris and Russ.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2022

NextCar recently made an $83M acquisition of the Autonomy brand, Autonomy.com, and related trademarks and brand IP.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2022

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Polystream's technology helps reduce the size of game client software and allows players to more quickly start playing a game, rather than waiting for a long download. Mythical's recent Series C raise valued the company at $1.25 billion, according to the company.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company originally was in the business of developing social apps, and was part of Idealab, having started way back in 2010. Los Angeles-based UberMedia--which only just recently renamed itself UM, was recently acquired by Near.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2020

announced Thursday afternoon that it has completed the business combination deal it had with Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. SPAQ), a special purpose acquisition company formed by Apollo Global Management, nad will start trading this mroning on the New York Stock Exchange. READ MORE>>.

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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

MAY 17, 2021

According to Faraday Future--which has yet to start delivering vehicles to the public--its FF 91 will include a 27 inch rear passenger display, which can be raised and lowered using voice commands. The company said the new feature will allow "in-vehicle video conferencing while commuting."

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 14, 2013

Krishna will share his experience on ”What Makes a Startup Attractive for Acquisition” There will be plenty of FREE Pizza & Drinks ! Topic: What Makes a Startup Attractive for Acquisition. The post TZ Presents: What Makes a Startup Attractive for Acquisition | Chat with Krishna Gupta appeared first on TechZulu.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. This relates to another great post Freemium Founders: Start Charging for Things Today!

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

The firm will start trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market as PSMI. San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor priced its IPO last night, saying that it will offer up 5,500,000 shares of its common stock at $14.00 Peregrine priced at the low end of its initial estimated pricing range, which was $14.00

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Semiconductor maker Inphi , which develops high speed interconnect semiconductors--and which was started in Westlake Village, where it continues to have major operations--is being acquired by fellow semiconductor company Marvell. Marvell said the acquisition will be accretive to its revenue growth, gross and operating margin.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2021

Fisker recently hit the public markets via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), even as it has yet to start shipping its vehicles. --the latest incarnation of Fisker Automotive--says it expects to have operating expenses of between $490M and $530M this year, as it looks to deliver its first product to market.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

According to Phunware , a developer of mobile application lifecycle management software, it has been acquired by Stellar Acquisition II , which is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

Preparing for the game… If you have been following our recent insights, you’ll be up to speed knowing that professional investors negotiate tough terms, from provisions of control over asset acquisition, eventual sale of the company, future investments, forced co-sale when others attempt to sell their shares and more.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The company--which recently went public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)--said its new Multi Purpose Delivery Vehicle is based on the same platform as its subscription-only van. The company claims it will be able to deliver the new vehicle in 2022, with a starting price of $33,000. READ MORE>>.

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