socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Marlin Equity Partners unveiled a new company, Elenion Technologies , focused on silicon photonics. According to Marlin Equity Partners, Elenion has been in existence since 2014, and has been operating in stealth mode. READ MORE>>.

Equity 100

Equity Technology Incubator Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said this morning that one of its portfolio firms, Zywave , has acquired Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC). Insurance Technologies Corporation is a provider of marketing, rating, and agency management software for the insurance industry.

Technology 113

Technology Santa Monica Equity Acquisition 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2016

Los Angeles-based Prime Focus Technologies , a developer of ERP software for the media industry, says it has received its first round of funding from private equity investor Ambit Pragma. The company's CEO is Ramki Sankaranarayanan. The company has a significant presence in India, with headquarters here in Culver City.

Equity 145

Equity Culver City Invest Technology 145

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Newport Beach=based private equity investor L Squared Capital said on Wednesday that it has closed a new fund, L Squared Capital Partners III , at just over $500M. L Squared says its sectors of focus include education technology, tech-enabled services & software, and industrial technology & services.

Capital 113

Capital Funding Equity Education 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners was nice enough to compile some data on CTO Equity and Compensation at Venture Backed Companies for the LA CTO Forum and present last year. The data is a bit tough to deal with via a post, so I've shared it two ways: You can find a PDF with some analysis at: CTO Equity Compensation PDF.

CTO Hire 273

CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Company 273

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2021

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Diversis Capital Partners has made a "significant" growth investment in Toronto-based Adlib, a developer of software used for structuring data. The company says its customers include B2B brands and Fortune 1000 customers. Size of that investment was not announced.

Invest 113

Invest Capital Equity Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Karman Missile & Space Systems, a developer of flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space market, said Friday that it has acquired Systima Technologies, a provider of integration of mission critical space and hypersonic systems. The acquisition was supported by private equity investor Trive Capital.

Technology 113

Technology Acquisition Equity Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Santa Monica-based Wilshire Associates , which provides investment, consulting, and technology advisory services, has been acquired by a pair of private equity investors. CC Capital and Motive Partners said last week they have acquired Wilshire Associates. Financial terms of the investment were not announced.

Equity 113

Equity Santa Monica Invest Capital 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2021

San Barbara-based HG Insights, which provides information on technology installations, IT spend, and related areas, has received an investment from private equity investment firm Riverwood Capital. Size of the investment--which the companies said was a "significant growth investment"--was not announced.

Capital 113

Capital Funding Equity Invest 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Skyview Capital has acquired cybersecurity software developer Fidelis Cybersecurity a provider of network traffic analysis, digital forensics, and incident response software, the company said late Thursday. Skyview Capital says that Fidelis has over 250 employees. READ MORE>>.

Capital 100

Capital Equity Software Development Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Westlake Village-based Independent Technology Group , a provider of information technology services, including networking, storage, and security services, has been acquired by Santa Clara, California-based InterVision Systems. InterVision is owned by private equity investor Huron Capital. READ MORE>>.

Westlake Village 178

Westlake Village Technology Equity Acquisition 178

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Visio Internet , which develops Internet sites for governments, has raised a round of growth capital, according to the company. The funding came from Caltius Equity Partners. vision internet private equity government venture capital services development executive velocify' Nachman as its CEO.

Equity 174

Equity Invest Santa Monica Web Development 174

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based Mitchell International , a provider of technology and information products for the property and casualty and collision repair industries, has scored a private equity funding from Stone Point Capital. Size of the investment was not announced. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.

Equity 113

Equity Funding Technical Review San Diego 113

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , which develops mobile apps to help cities communicate with their constituents, has merged with Rock Solid Technologies , a provider of software to the government. Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital. Financial terms of the merger were not announced.

Technology 160

Technology Equity Los Angeles Mobile 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Santa Ana-based Secure Technology Company , a developer of ruggedized computers for the military and other markets, has been sold to Benchmark Electronics in a deal worth $230M in cash. Secure Technolgoy Company was owned by private equity investor Vance Street Capital. READ MORE>>.

Technology 100

Technology Company Companies Equity 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group has rolled up three companies into a new company called Calero Software , the company announced today. Clearlake Capital said that Calero is made up of the business operations of Veramark Technologies, PINNACLE, and Movero.

Capital 147

Capital Software Company Companies 147

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Santa Barbara- and New York-based Lead Edge Capital , a growth focused, technology investment fund, announced this morning that it has raised $950M in a new fund, Lead Edge Capital V, LP. The company said the funding came from over 500 existing and new limited partners, and was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap.

Capital 100

Capital Funding Santa Barbara Equity 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital announced today that it has sold off one of its portfolio firms, Calero Software , to private equity investor Riverside Partners. Clearlake created Calero in 2013, when it rolled up three companies--Veramark Technologies, PINNACLE, and Movero--into a single entity.

Capital 113

Capital Software Riverside Santa Monica 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Shamrock Capital announced on Friday that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, RBmedia , to another private equity company, KKR. Shamrock is an active investor in local technology startups, including Appetize, Maple Media, Wpromote, and others. READ MORE>>.

Capital 100

Capital Equity Google Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

Laguna Hills-based Parallax Capital , a private equity firm headed by James Hale, said this week that it has acquired Fox Technologies (FoxT) , a developer of access management and governance software. Financial terms of the buy were not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

Capital 113

Capital Software Technology Equity 113

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2014

Laguna Hills-based Parallax Capital Partners , a private equity investor which invests in software and other technology companies, said Monday that it has raised a new, $115M fund for its investments. The company said the new fund is aimed at lower middle market companies with revenues of between $5M and $100M.

Capital 157

Capital Equity Invest Funding 157

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Osurv , a developer of mobile survey software, announced on Friday that it has been acquired by Singapore private equity investor Tan Capital Partners. The company said its tools are used by such brands as Caesars Entertainment and Casio to collect and analyze data from their customers, in real time.

Equity 124

Equity Entertainment Acquisition Mobile 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Huntington beach-based Newlight Technologies , a developer of an ocean-degradable biopolymer, which can be used like plastic but decays with exposure to seawater, has raised $45M in the company's Series F funding round. The funding came from private equity firm Valedor Partners, as well as GrayArch Partners. READ MORE>>.

Technology 113

Technology Equity Funding Product 113

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2020

Laguna Hills-based Sonendo says it has raised a new funding round, worth $85M, for its alternative root canal treatment, which uses acoustic technology to replace files in those procedures. READ MORE>>.

Technology 100

Technology Equity Capital Funding 100

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said this morning that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, Pomeroy Group Holdings , to an affiliate of Getronics Group. Pomeroy provided information technology services, including managed services, to the middle market and enterprise customers.

Capital 113

Capital Santa Monica Equity Acquisition 113

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Aviron Capital , a consortium of financiers with primary backing from by private equity investor BlackRock, said this morning that it has acquired a "substantial equity stake" in Kino Industries , the developer of an interactive movie technology called CtrlMovie. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 113

Beverly Hills Capital Equity Acquisition 113

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital reported Monday that it has acquired two, Latin American information technology system integrators. OpenGate Capital said it acquired the shares of Damovo Mexico SA de CV and Damovo Do Brasil SA, from parent the Damovo Group. READ MORE>>.

Capital 180

Capital IP Equity Acquisition 180

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone , a developer of artificial intelligence software, said it has received an unsolicited acquisition bid from private equity firm Apis Capital Management. per share in cash for the company, which it received on December 4th from Apis. per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

Artificial Inteligence 133

Artificial Inteligence Acquisition Capital Equity 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Santa Barbara-based MEMs technology developer Innovative Micro Technology (IMT) said early this morning that it has received a majority equity financing from Cerium Technology. Size and terms of the majority equity investment were not announced. IMT is currently led by CEO Craig Ensley. READ MORE>>.

Technology 133

Technology Santa Barbara Equity Invest 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2014

Paso Robles-based IQMS , a 25 year old developer of manufacturing ERP software, said Tuesday that it has raised a strategic growth equity investment from Technology Crossover Ventures and Banneker Partners. The investment is the first, institutional round of funding for the company, which was founded in 1989. READ MORE>>.

Equity 138

Equity Funding Invest Software 138

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet , which develops software used to manage maintenance and service contracts, announced Wednesday that it has raised a round of growth equity from private equity company Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. Size of the funding round was not announced.

Equity 168

Equity Outsource Development Funding Software 168

socalTECH

MAY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Caltius Equity Partners said late Wednesday that it has made a "significant" investment in Health Payment Systems , a developer of healthcare technology and services. Size of that investment was not announed.

Equity 113

Equity Los Angeles Invest Help 113

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners was nice enough to compile some data on Start CTO Salary and Equity at Venture Backed Companies for the LA CTO Forum and present last year. The data is a bit tough to deal with via a post, so I've shared it two ways: You can find a PDF with some analysis at: CTO Equity Compensation PDF.

CTO Hire 301

CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Startup 301

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Skyview Capital has sold off portfolio company Syncplicity , a developer of enterprise file sharing and synchronization software, to Axway. Skyview Capital had acquired Syncplicity from EMC back in July of 2015. Financial details of the sale were not announced. READ MORE>>.

Capital 113

Capital Equity Acquisition Los Angeles 113

socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2016

Sherman Oaks-based Processing.com , a provider of payment processing services, announced this morning that it has received a "significant" private equity investment, from LaSalle Capital. The company said the funds would go to further invest in its technology and products. Size of that investment was not announced.

Sherman Oaks 100

Sherman Oaks Equity Invest Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

Startup 106

Startup Capital Equity Funding 106

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

San Diego-based private equity investor JMI Equity has backed a developer of website security tools this morning. That funding came from both JMI Equity and existing investor Investor Growth Capital. That funding came from both JMI Equity and existing investor Investor Growth Capital. READ MORE>>.

Equity 147

Equity San Diego Tool Capital 147