socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2018

Santa Barbara-based IT monitoring software developer LogicMonitor has been acquired by private equity investor Vista Equity Partners , from its existing owner, Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the companies said on Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. I often answer the same way … * “First, yes, nearly every corner of our market is over-valued. By definition?—?I’m dot-com bonanza.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 24, 2012

Kim Kovaks, Founder and CEO OptionEase , recently spoke to a class of emerging entrepreneurs at UC Santa Barbara. With over 700 customers, OptionEase has become the leading enterprise class SaaS solution for stock option and equity compensation tracking and compliance. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Getting Fired.

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