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JANUARY 25, 2017

OfferPad , a startup which operates an online service which provides instant home buying offers to homeowners, is planning to launch its service in Los Angeles, after raising $260M funding. The funding is split between $30M in equity and $230M in debt. The company says it is launching in Los Angeles this month.

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MARCH 2, 2015

This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Your Startup and many others. And then how do you move them through your pipeline?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners (RLH Equity), the private equity investor founded by former LA mayor Richard Riordan and former USC Athletic Director Pat Haden, along with J. Christopher Lewis, have made a private equity investment in Utegration , a provider of SAP consulting and implementation services.

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JULY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based CreatorIQ which develops influencer marketing software, has raised $24M in a Series C funding round, the company said on Wednesday. The funding was led by Kayne Partners Fund, a private equity fund managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. Igor Vaks is the Founder and CEO of CreatorIQ.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners has acquired business intelligence and analytics software developer Logi Analytics , the two said Thursday morning. Marlin Equity has more than $6.7 Financiald details on the transaction were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2012

As part of the funding, Moviepilot is setting up an office in Los Angeles, and has moved its CEO, Tobi Bauckhage, to LA. The funding was led by DFJ Espirit, and also included T-Venture, Grazia Equity and VC Fund Creative Industries Berlin. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Los Angeles-based private equity and investment firm Marlin Equity said on Friday that it has completed its take-private acquisition of Tangoe, Inc. , Both companies operate as part of the technology lifecycle management (TLM) market. Malin Equity had said earlier it would pay $6.50 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Last week, we talked about about the “de-stonkifying” of the market. The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review ! Image Credits: TechCrunch.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability. One more deal soon followed.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave said this morning that it is going public, via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., According to the company, the deal will take the company public under the ticker symbol DAVE, and give it a pro forma, fully-diluted equity value of approximately $4 billion.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Platinum Equity announced today that it has acquired two Chinese businesses from Broadway Industrial Group Limited. Platinum Equity said it acquired Foam Plastic Solutions (FPS) and Flow Control Devices (FCD) from Broadway Industrial. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based NKP Medical Marketing , a provider of digital marketing and search engine optimization services focused on the specialty medical area, has been acquired by private equity investor MB Growth Advisors. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners announced this morning that it has acquired 6N Systems , a developer of financial and clinical software aimed at the long-term and post-acute care market. Marlin Equity Partners manages over $2.6 Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investors Gores Group and Platinum Equity said this morning that they have backed Data Blue , an Atlanta provider of storage, backup and server virtualization and consolidation solutions for the enterprise market. Size of the investment was not announced.

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MARCH 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Platinum Equity said last week that it has sold NESCO , a provider of fleet equipment rental, sales, and services for the electrical transmission and distribution market, to Energy Capital Partners. private acquisition merger partners capital energy nesco equity platinum'

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Lone View Capital said this morning that it has made an investment in Trend Health Partners, a developer of products in the credit balance management and payment accuracy market. Fnancial details of that investment were not announced.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based crowdfunding site StartEngine said on Friday that so far, it has raised $800,785 in the equity crowdfunding for itself. StartEngine launched that equity crowdfunding effort back in September.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based ProducePay , which operates a fintech startup to help farmers better manage their cash flow, has raised $77M in funding, split between $7M in equity and $70M in debt. The funding was led by CoVenture, and also included Menlo Ventures, Arena Ventures, CoVenture, Red Bear Angels and Social Leverage.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners is acquiring Tellabs , a provider of mobile backhaul, optical networking, and other products for the telecommunications networking market, in a deal worth $891 million. According to Marlin Equity, it will pay $2.45 Tellabs was based in Chicago.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based digital marketing agency Wpromote said on Wednesday that it will be offering up free training to nonprofits, as part of its second annual Wprobono: Digital Day In LA. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. Ghost itself closed on a Series A equity round of $13 million, along with $7 million in debt, in June. Syrup Tech bags $6.3M

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MAY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems has hired its first, Chief Marketing Officer, the company announced today. BlackLine said it has hired David Downing, most recently the Chief Marketing Officer of NetSuite, as its first CMO. The company is backed by private equity firm Silver Lake.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The two spent months pounding the pavement in Los Angeles pretending to be college students doing research on the industry. Los Angeles-based Boulevard has raised $11 million for its software to manage salons and spas. billion transaction by Vista Equity Partners.

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JUNE 29, 2017

As the firm looks ahead to its own future, Suster and the firm he's helped grow remain committed to the future of Los Angeles. The two are paired, and these days if an investor is #LongLA (to use the hashtag the firm coined), it looks like limited partners are saying that it pays to be long on Upfront, as well. .

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JUNE 29, 2017

As the firm looks ahead to its own future, Suster and the firm he’s helped grow remain committed to the future of Los Angeles. The two are paired and these days if an investor is #LongLA (to use the hashtag the firm coined), it looks like limited partners are saying that it pays to be long on Upfront as well. Read More.

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DECEMBER 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity said late Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Ulticom, Inc. , Platinum Equity said it paid $2.33 Platinum Equity said it paid $2.33 The deal takes Ulticom private; it had previously been traded on the NASDAQ Global Market as ULCM.

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MARCH 27, 2021

That’s how much Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , a startup founded just eight years ago is worth now, thanks to some massive tailwinds around homebuilding and energy efficiency that are serving to boost the company’s bottom line and netting it an unprecedented valuation for a vertical software company, according to bankers.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based influencer marketing startup CreatorIQ has raised $40M more in funding, according to the company. The startup offers up brands ability to reach out to influencer and measure the impact of those marketing efforts; the company says its customers include such brands as AB InBev, Disney, Sephora and Unilever.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Los Angeles-based banking app developer Dave will start trading on the Nasdaq Global Market as DAVE, starting Thursday, January 6th, after stockholders of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III approved the deal to merge with Dave in a SPAC deal. Dave says it currently has more than 11 million customers using its banking app.

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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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JANUARY 10, 2022

Los Angeles-based mPulse Mobile, which develops conversational AI software for the healthcare industry, says it has acquired HealthCrowd, a provider of healthcare communications services for the Medicaid market. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Details of that funding were not announced by the company.

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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. The company was acquired by Platinum Equity in December 2019. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed, which develops location-based services and location marketing software for bricks and mortar retailers to better manage information on their locations, hours, and other information, has been acquired by Uberall, a Berlin-based provider of marketing software.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Funding rounds for London impact companies involving North American investors in 2020 include a $118 million growth equity round into Arrival by BlackRock, an $80 million Series B round for COMPASS Pathways and a $25 million Series C funding for Tractable. Arrival is now operating in Los Angeles, while Octopus Energy launched in the U.S.

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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. Klarna has entered six new markets this year alone, including France and New Zealand, where it just launched this week. in markets such as New York and Los Angeles.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based Encompass Digital Media , a provider of digital media services to the broadcast and cable television market, said this moring that it is in a deal with private equity Court Square Capital Partners, where Court Square will acquire a majority interest in the company.

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MAY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management said this morning that it has entered into an agreement to sell San Diego-based FMG Suite to another private equity ivnestor, Aurora Capital Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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