Berkonomics

APRIL 23, 2020

To survive this nasty Covid 19 surge facing businesses of all types, leaders must make decisions that hurt but are necessary. Keep the employees for the SBA PPP requirements regarding loan forgiveness, or furlough or let good employees go, so they can file unemployment claims?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Aliso Viejo-based cybersecurity and IT operations management developer Quest Software is now owned by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital, Clearlake Capital said today. Financial details of the transaction were not announced.

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JULY 6, 2021

which is now trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as EVGO, with warrants trading as EVGOW. Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging network operator EVgo says it has completed its business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation.

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JUNE 16, 2021

and is now trading on the NYSE as UPH, the company announced this morning. According to the companies, Cloudbreak will now be known as Cloudbreak Health, an UpHealth company. Los Angeles-based telehealth provider Cloudbreak Health has merged with Uphealth, Inc. and UpHealth Holdings, Inc.,

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Wi-Fi network and distributed antenna systems provider Boingo Wireless is now officially owned by private equity investor Digital Colony, the two said on Wednesday. The deal valued Boingo at approximately $854M. Digital Colony paid $14.00 in cash per share of Boingo common stock.

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TechCrunch LA

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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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Homeowners with immediate needs, be it family situations or those looking for investment income, can now complete an ADU project in as little as four weeks. “Our Quickship program is the fastest way to add housing,” said John Geary, CEO at Abodu.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 24, 2021

Now, with this new partnership, Wix users have a wide range of tools at their disposal to make an impact on Google with customers at a close distance. Subsequently, this integration could lead to some serious benefits now that it's available. The post Wix Can Now Integrate with Google My Business appeared first on Tech.co.

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Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2018

Why buy NOW? . Provide incentives for the sales person to use as needed to create the sense of urgency needed to push the customer over the line and commit now. Make the urgency clear with the sales person, so that no customer who waivers will fail to be offered something to make the sale now. Why buy now?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The company says it has now raised a total of $420M. El Segundo-based space launch systems developer ABL Space Systems has raised $200M in a Series B expansion round, bringing the company's valuation to $2.4 billion, the company said on Monday. According to ABL Space Systems, the funding came from its existing investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

I wrote about this in a blog post last year titled “ It’s Morning in VC ” but I never made the full deck available until now. Companies are now raising much more capital in the private markets now before they go public. Now they are funding & holding. Thus is a key point.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2022

The buy now, pay later service Affirm has just landed a new partnership with popular payments company Stripe. As Sakellariadis indicates, buy now, pay later services — or BNPL for short — have seen a rapid rise in the last few years. It's also the latest in a spree of deals for Affirm. .” The Rise and Fall of BNPL.

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Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2017

If you have been following the last several weeks of these postings, then now we’re getting organized. There are many ways to express the road map for your enterprise. One of the most popular was used by the U.S. Army late in World War II, and adopted by many high profile businesses such as Texas Instruments after the War.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2014

What I didn’t know at the time was that Jarl was a major benefactor to public radio and had donated heavily to KPCC , which now broadcasts from the Mohn Broadcasting Center. I was certain that nobody had heard me and even more certain nobody would know it was me. But Jarl was all over it. Clever me had never put two-and-two together.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2021

Carpinteria-based Procore, the construction management software developer which went IPO this morning, is now worth more than $11 billion in market value, after pricing at $67.00 per share, and ending its first day of trading at $88 per share-- $21.00 above its debut, up 31.34%. The IPO was underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co.,

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Two years after the Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave launched with a suite of money management tools to save consumers from overdraft fees , the company is now worth $1 billion thanks to a nascent banking practice that had investors lining up. Chime now has 5 million customers and introduces overdraft alternative.

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Tech.Co

JULY 28, 2020

Right now it doesn’t feel like anyone’s figured out how to make a replacement for the live event,” said Tony B. The post CES 2021 Is Now Officially an All-Digital Experience appeared first on Tech.co. Kim, a Comic-Con vendor to IndieWire. That won't necessarily be the case forever though.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2019

Santa Monica-based Ring --the doorbell and security camera maker which is now owned by Amazon --has now partnered up with at least 200 law enforcement agencies, giving those departments the ability to see where Ring cameras are installed in a neighborhood, and allowing the police to directly contact camera owners for requests for footage, according (..)

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 14, 2019

Customers can already place an order for the Tesla Model Y, a mid-sized crossover SUV that won’t go into production until 2020. Tesla requires a $2,500 deposit to complete the order for the all-electric vehicle, according to information posted on its website.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Scopely says it now has a $400M annual revenue run rate, which it attributes to its recent foray into Star Trek-themed mobile games. Scopely says it now has 260 employees.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based smart doorbell and connected home security products maker Ring is now officially part of Amazon , the two said on Thursday--and also said they are dropping Ring's popular Ring Video Doorbell to only $99.99. Amazon acquired Ring in February, in a deal worth approximately $1 billion.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based Hopscotch , a venture backed startup which develops mobile app technology used for fan engagement, says it has now created the official mobile app for more than 40 college athletic programs. Hopscotch, which is led by entrepreneur Laurence Sotsky, says it now has 50 employees, and is hoping to recruit another 15.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2019

Loop Now Technologies , a startup founded by former LinkedIn and Snapchat employees--which has offices in Los Angeles--says it has launched a brand new, short-form video and social media app called Firework. Loop Now Technologies said it is backed by the venture investors behind Snapchat and Musical.ly, but did not say which ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

According to current Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity now exceeds 86%, more than 12 percentage points higher than ten years ago at the height of the last recession. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2022

If you're talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now. If you don’t get started now, the odds are you'll never start. We are likely in one right now, but we won’t know until it’s too late. We are likely in one right now, but we won’t know until it’s too late.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, and is now seeking a sale, according to CNBC. The company also is now seeking a buyer. The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2020

Santa Monica-based dating app developer Tinder says it has begun testing out a new "Face to Face" chat feature which will allow its users to video chat one on one with others on the service. The new service--which has been in the works since at least May--will be available in the U.S., Brazil, South Korea, and elsewhere. In the U.S.,

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socalTECH

JULY 11, 2017

While you are there, you might notice that you can now buy Soylent , the meal replacement product created by Los Angeles-based Rosa Foods. Stopping by your local, Los Angeles 7-11 convenience store for a free Slurpee today?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of lead management software, is now officially part of Ellie Mae , Ellie Mae said late Monday afternoon. Ellie Mae paid $128M for Velocify.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2020

Employees at six, Amazon Fulfillment Centers across Southern California have now tested positive for COVID-19, with centers in San Bernardino, Rialto, Hawthorne, and Glassell Park, including four all tested in the last 24 hours.

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socalTECH

APRIL 19, 2017

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing hardware and software, is now part of Keysight Technologies , Keysight said late Tuesday, after the successful close of its $1.6 billion acquisition effort. Keysight paid $19.65 per share in cash for Ixia, which no longer trades on the Nasdaq Glo bal Select Market.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 30, 2019

Now, he designs those systems for the real world through his company Oblong Industries , which has labored to create a full stack of collaborative tools for business users that are every bit as high-tech as the one’s Underkoffler dreamt for the silver screen. The latest to get the Rumpus treatment is Cisco Webex.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

Now he’s several steps closer to a solution. “One of the biggest problems in cancer is that there’s no accurate, fast, painless, way to scan for cancer anywhere in the body” Gal said at the time of his company’s debut. Ezra raises $4M to diagnose cancer with MRIs, not painful biopsies.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The company--which has rumored to be prepping for an IPO--has raised somewhere north of $250M now in total funding. The company says it now has over 1,300 full time employees at 12 offices around the globe. According to Procore, the funding will go towards product development, partner platform expansion, plus hiring.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based Glowpoint, the publicly traded firm which merged with Los Angeles-based Oblong earlier this year, has renamed itself as Oblong, as a complex merger transaction looks to be progressing for the two companies. effective today.

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socalTECH

JULY 26, 2017

AT&T , which has been ramping up its efforts and presence in Los Angeles, both with technology and Hollywood, said this week that it has topped 500,000 subscribers on its over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform, DIRECTV NOW. AT&T said it has been gaining a significant number of customers by bundling the service with its wireless plans.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2021

is now officially part of the company, after the company's $10 billion acquisition of the semiconductor maker. which is now part of Intel's Ixia product line. which is now part of Intel's Ixia product line. Marvell announced this morning that Inphi Corp. Inphi was started in Southern California, in Westlake Village.

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