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MAY 14, 2014

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said this morning that it is in an agreement to acquire ConvergeOne , a Minnesota-based provider of communications and managed services to the enterprise market. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based private equity firm Clearlake Capital said this week that it has acquired the Retail Solutions Group of Agilisys , a provider of technology and managed services for the retail market. agilisys clearlake capital private equity merger acquisition consulting' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group has scored an exit with one of its portfolio companies, Chicago-based Inventus Solutions. Inventus develops e-discovery services to the Fortune 1000, global law firm, and government agency markets. Inventus has been acquired by RPX Corporation.

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MAY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar has priced its IPO, saying last night that it will sell 7.8 TrueCar is trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as TRUE. truecar true buying service scott painter' million shares of its stock at $9 per share. The pricing was below the company''s earlier, estimated IPO range of $12.00

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JULY 18, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network EdgeCast has just filled up its warchest, announcing Thursday that it has raised $54M in a big funding round. The new funding was led by Performance Equity Management, and also included existing investors Menlo Ventures and Steamboat Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009. The firm said the growth came as a result of increasing demand for the firm's online marketing services. The Search Agency is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based utility scale solar power developer SolarReserve announced Tuesday that it has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer. He also co-founded wind developer First Wind/UPC Wind, and served at a Nomura-backed private equity fund, GE Capital Market Services, and Lehman Brothers. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency , a provider of search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and other related online marketing services, has signed on Los Angeles antivirus software company CyberDefender as a customer. The Search Agency is backed by private equity firm JMI Equity.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Dollar Shave Club  the largest razor subscription service  continues to grow, and we are looking for a smart, passionate, and dedicated individual to join the Dollar Shave Club Development Team. In a little over a year, DogVacay has grown from 5 employees and 3 crowded desks to 35+ employees in a dog- friendly office in Santa Monica, CA.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. Given SVBs market position, that is great news.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of human resources and talent management software-as-a-service, said today that it has agreed to acquire Auckland, New Zealand-based Sonar Limited (Sonar6).

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

Our big news as a company was deciding to "transform" Transform Group itself - moving from the top PR firm in the blockchain world to a blockchain company that has a division that now has represented 31 percent of the entire market cap of the nearly $600 billion crypto landscape (excluding bitcoin). Aside from $50,000 bitcoin? CryptoKitties!

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APRIL 6, 2020

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. A city might dedicate its shuttle service to transporting goods or essential personnel. Via isn’t the only company shifting its attention to emergency services.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

In emerging markets and the developing world, access to banking, capital, and financial resources is fare more difficult than here in the U.S., Shivani Siroya: Tala is a data company that is working in emerging markets. What we've developed, is an Android app that allows us to open up financial access to customers in emerging markets.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

ParkMe todayannounced that it has raised a new round of investment from LA based private equity firm Angeleno Group in a move that will fuel its expansion. and Europe and recently released its real-time on-street parking solution for drivers in Los Angeles and Santa Monica and Austin. Expand Its International Footprint.

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? For those who don't know about EdgeCast, CDN services, who/what kind of clients you serve? One, is the businesses we service are mission critical.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Most businesses require some sort of initial capital for things like marketing, PR, programmers, etc. Where: Coloft, 920 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401. In this discussion we will cover: - Debt vs Equity financing. Financing through services. How to approach the equity finance market.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

In between that, I was formerly at the private equity firm Clearlake Capital, out of Santa Monica, which manages 8 billion in private equity investments. We haven't turned on any marketing, just really good organic use and sharing. Indi stands for individual. How long has this been available?

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JUNE 17, 2009

Yesterday, Santa Monica-based SharesPost (www.sharespost.com) launched a new service of particular interest to the venture capital and high tech startup market, a new, online service which facilitates the buying and selling of private company stock. Explain how your service works?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. It provides tools like the Equity Calculator and curates and vets vendors that service startups. I wanted to give back to my community in the D.C.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Buck Jordan: Miso Robotics is bringing the power of automation to commercial kitchens, and addressing one of the biggest challenges of the food industry, which is increasing production with the expansion of the delivery market, while also safely decreasing human contact. What is Miso Robotics? We have big plans fro Flippy.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Buddytruk is the latest peer-to-peer vehicle service to hit the streets of LA. Like Lyft and Uber , the service is utilized through the use of a smartphone app to request a driver to aid you in your quests. Unlike the two ride-sharing services, Buddytruk isn’t a ride-sharing service.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. Each and everyone is creating their own equity scenario. That's a sea change.

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APRIL 12, 2017

I tragically lost my mom to cancer, my girlfriend (who I was living with at the time) and I broke up, and then my team and I were laid-off when the market crashed in 2009. Unlike Hollywood, which is all about sharp elbows, about "my script", "my talent", "my private equity", "my deal", venture is all about community.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. He sits on several boards and is involved in the virtual worlds, gaming, mobile, media, and healthcare markets.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. You can also use the service to network to your next job.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. CallFire.com is a small company with fewer than 20 employees located in beautiful Santa Monica.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. I was in charge of all product management and marketing for the first year-and-a-half, that was a great learning experience with a very talented team of folks. What are you working on now?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. Given Goldenberg’s Internet marketing prowess, I’m sure JustFab will continue to shape online retail for years to come. Google quickly bought AdSense in 2003 and Elbaz’s AS team became Google Santa Monica.

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