TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2019

Shell, which is making the acquisition through its Shell New Energies US subsidiary, snatched the company from Energy Impact Partners, a cleantech-focused investment firm. “As For Shell, the deal adds to a portfolio of electric charging assets including the Dutch-based company, NewMotion.

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InfoChachkie

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. Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. He wanted to see all the data himself.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2010

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qlipso is backed by Jerusalem Venture Partners, and is now operating a Los Angeles office after its acquisition of Veoh. Qlipso is backed by Jerusalem Venture Partners, and is now operating a Los Angeles office after its acquisition of Veoh. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2012

The acquisition of Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software by Dell has gained approval from the Federal Trade Commission, according to the FTC, Dell is buying Quest for $2.4 The deal is worth $28.00 The deal is worth $28.00 billion, as it looks to bolster its software business. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 9, 2018

Venture capital investors poured more than $28.2 companies during the first three months of 2018—marking the strongest single quarter in at least a dozen years, according to the Venture Monitor Report released today by Seattle-based PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). billion into U.S.

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MARCH 7, 2011

El Segundo-based International Rectifier said Monday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of CHiL Semiconductor Corporation. The deal had been announced February 25th, and was worth $75M in cash.

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JANUARY 10, 2022

Financial terms of the deal were not announced. As part of the acquisition, mPulse Mobile said it has received a growth investment from growth equity firm PSG, along with existing investors Optum Ventures, OCA Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Echo Health Ventures, SJF Ventures and Bonfire Ventures.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

OVP Venture Partners , a venture firm in Oregon and Washington, is highlighting its latest "missed deal" in Aliso Viejo-based Networks In Motion. NIM, which was acquired last week for $170M, had been backed by venture firms Redpoint Ventures, Mission Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Mojave-based Virgin Orbit, which is developing space launch technology which uses a modified 747 to send rockets into space, is planning to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The deal would reportedly value Virgin Orbit at approximately $3 billion.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

According to ServiceNow, the deal will help it advanced its own artificial intelligence capabilities, including the addition of support for all major languages on its platform. Passage AI was founded in 2016 and had received funding from Blumberg Capital, Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital, 11.2 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Financial terms of the deal were not announced. The companies said the acquisition also merges existing Motive Partners portfolio companies Finantix and Tegra118. Additional investment in the acquisition and merger comes from Accenture, Citi Ventures, and FiServ.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Median valuations for early-stage valuations tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m. What is a VC To Do?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

In short: Access to great deals, ability to be invited to invest in these deals, ability to see where value in a market will be created and the luck to back the right team with the right market at the right time all matter. The right number of deals will depend on your strategy. Hint: don’t do only 2–3 deals!!

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2016

in a deal worth approximately $156M, the two companies said on Monday afternoon. VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures--who own approximately 40% of ReachLocal--said it had agreed to tender their shares to Gannett as part of the acquisition deal. ReachLocal said Gannett would pay $4.60 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. We are focused on the investment in and acquisition of software firms that are generating $2.5M

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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., in a deal that values the company at approximately $1.05 The company says it will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SNCE.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Los Angeles- and Israel-based Qlipso , a developer of online video sharing and editing tools, announced this morning that it has integrated its service into Veoh.com, after its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Veoh.com. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The sale had earlier been reported in April.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle manufacturer Faraday Future said last week that it has linked a deal with China's largest privately owned automotive group, Zhejian Geely Holdings Group. PSAC), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which is being used to deliver Faraday Future into the public markets.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Lovell Minnick Partners , a private equity investor which has one of its offices in Los Angeles, has acquired a majority of SRS Acquiom , a provider of technology-enabled services for the mergers and acquisition (M&A) market. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition wer enot announced. Alteryx said the deal will provide it with a "talented team and compelling technology", and also help it with extension into Silicon Valley. ClearStory Data develops software for the enterprise market, used for automation of large-scale data processing. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2018

In what looks to be one of the fastest Series A-to-acquisition deals in recent years, a startup backed by Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand has just been acquired by HR software giant WorkDay.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, reports said the deal was worth "tens of millions" of dollars. Music streaming service Spotify said on Tuesday that it has acquired Los Angeles-based Betty Labs, a developer of an app which lets sports fans and insiders chat about games.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Los Angeles-based Weblife , a developer of secure, employee web browsing software, has been acquired by Proofpoint , in a $66M all cash deal, the companies announced today. Proofpoint said it will use the acquisition to extend its email malware protection to users' personal email accounts. Nordic Eye said it invested $3.0M

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to Surf Air, it will use the acquisition to create a new company, called Surf Air Mobility Corporation , which it says will focus on making "flying a viable alternative to commercial airlines and driving on short routes." Surf Air--now led by CEO Sudhin Shahani--did not detail financial aspects fo the acquisition deal.

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MARCH 24, 2014

Culver City-based YouTube network Maker Studios has been acquired by Burbank-based Walt Disney Company , in a deal worth $500M, plus up to $450M in performance earn out. content hollywood network youtube acquisition merger disney studios maker' Maker operates a network of YouTube content channels--over 55,000--which gets 5.5

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Los Angeles-based companies MRC , the owner of a independent TV studios and a number of other entertainment companies and holdings--including measurement firm Nielsen Music--and Penske Media Corporation (PMC), announced late last week that they are in a new, joint venture, which will join their ata businesses.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, the deal is rumored to be around $275M. Seriously's backers include Los Angeles investor Upfront Ventures. Seriously is best known for its game Best Fiends , and had run its marketing operations out of Los Angeles, with its game development in Helsinki, Finland.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm has seen an exit at one of its Qualcomm Ventures portfolio companies, Wi-Fi mesh equipment maker Eero , which was acquired by Amazon on Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Glendale-based online legal documents provider LegalZoom has sold $200M in equity to private equity firm Permira Funds, in a secondary stock purchase deal, the companies said this morning. As part of the deal, Permira''s Brian Ruder and Dipan Patel have both been appointed to LegalZoom''s board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based ZEFR has sold its rights management and content-flagging assets--RightsID and ChannelID--to Vobile Group , a provider of video content protection, measurement, and monetization, in a deal worth $90M, the two companies annoucned late Thursday. ZEFR is backed by IVP, U.S.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. StackIQ was venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Avalon Ventures, and crowdfunding site OurCrowd. According to Teradata, the deal also includes StackIQ's team of engineers, who will join the company's R&D organization.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Fastly said that the acquisition of Signal Sciences’ business will boost its ability to provide better security for applications and APIs — the connective fabric between different services that knit different technologies together behind the scenes. Signal Sciences employees aren’t the only winners in the deal.

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Acuant was owned by Insight Venture Partners, Lightview Capital and Egis Capital Partners. Audax said it acquired a controlling interest in Acuant in the deal.

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socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

The firm said it has brought its Series A up to $2.1M, and added new investors Conversion Capital, Inflection Ventures, The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). FF Angel, Siemer Ventures, 500 Startups, and Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), and others.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, reports say the deal was worth around $100M. Ansible was venture backed by Menlo Ventures, and was led by Michael DeHaan. Anssible had only raised around $6M in funding. DeHaan had previously worked at Red Hat. READ MORE>>.

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