socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2018

Avvo was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Benchmark Capital, Coatue Management, DAG Ventures, Ignition Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Vulcan Capital. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. According to Internet Brands, Avvo will become part of its Legal vertical. READ MORE>>.

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Internet Brands Los Angeles Capital Funding 138

socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

The companies said that Thoma Bravo will provide Intuit Financial Serviecs with both leadershpi and resources to scale the company; the private equity firm said that deal fits its strategy of acquiring "great technology franchises with significant recurring revenue." Intuit had acquired Digital Insight back in 2006, for $1.35

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Woodland Hills Services Equity Mobile 164

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

Veritone's CEO is technology startup veteran Chad Steelberg. The two brothers previously headed up Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), and the Steelbergs had founded dMarc Broadcasting, which the two sold to Google in 2006 for what, at the time, was a $1.2 billion price tag. billion price tag. READ MORE>>.

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Pricing Artificial Inteligence Google Research 124

socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2013

Bolt was most recently at Avamar Technologies, where he was CTO of the firm before its acquisition by EMC in 2006. The firm's software works with virtualized servers to optimize access to storage to eliminate bottlenecks. The firm is led by Rory Bolt. READ MORE>>.

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Software Avalon San Diego Design 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies announced this moring that the firm's subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, inc., Teledyne had purchased the rest of Ocean Design in August of 2006 for $30M. Tags: teledyne technologies merger acquisition ocean design electronics. Teledyne said it paid approximately $19.6M

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Design Thousand Oaks Research Acquisition 140

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

San Diego-based Illumina announced its acquisition of Helixis yesterday, saying it would pay $105M for the firm. Helixis is a developer of real time, DNA analysis hardware, which was originally developed with technology licensed from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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SoCalTech CalTech Venture Capital San Diego 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Fulgent Genetics is developing genetic testing and laboratory testing technology, and is led by Ming Hsieh, who holds the majority shares in the company. Hsieh gave $35M to the University of Southern California in 2006, which renamed its Electrical Engineering Department as the USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering.

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Temple City San Gabriel Southern California USC 100

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2009

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. mSnap was founded in 2006, and is based in San Francisco. According to SmartReply, the acquisition will combine its technology with mSnap's network, which includes over 1,150 radio stations, newspapers, and cable television stations.

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Acquisition Mobile Advertising Networking 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. It decreases your odds of being bought.

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Technical Review Oracle Software Review Ideas 123

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

One of the questions we get most from entrepreneurs is how companies reach an exit event, and the thinking that goes into acquisitions. Quinn Curtis: We were around since 2005, we were incorporated and funded in 2006. What's the story behind the acquisition? How does your technology specifically fit into Webroot?

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San Diego IP Acquisition Web 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

The sale ends Google's ill-fated foray into radio ads, which it began in January of 2006 with the acquisition of Newport Beach-based dMarc Broadcasting. The acquisition had bolstered Google's presence in Southern California, and resulted in an office in Irvine, where Google continues to employ engineers today.

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Google Southern California Advertising Acquisition 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Evolve Media said that it originally acquired SheKnows.com in 2006, when it was a five person company with 600,000 unique visitors per month. Evolve Media said the proceeds for the sale will go into acquiring new websites, and investment in technology.

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Media Equity Sales Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2011

24/7, which is part of WPP, said it will incorporate Panache's digital video ad technology and formats into its Open AdStream platform. The firm was founded in 2006. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Media 140

Media Advertising News Los Angeles 140

socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

The sale this morning of El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies was a big win for San Diego investment firm TVC Capital. TVC invested $4M in Accordent in 2006--the only investment round the firm raised over its lifetime. TVC was the sold institutional investor in Accordent, which sold to Polycom for $50M.

El Segundo 133

El Segundo San Diego Invest Sales 133

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions.

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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

And though the terms of the deal are not yet public Microsoft has big plans with the acquisition. Kurt DelBene, president, Office Division for Microsoft in a statement said ; “The acquisition of PPI allows us to draw on our complementary strengths, and we’re excited to accelerate this market evolution”.

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Screening Conference Acquisition Blogging 66

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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Venture Capital Invest CTO Coach Southern California 150

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Last week, El Segundo-based Accordent Technologies , a developer of webcasting and presentation services and software, was acquired by Polycom, in a $50M deal. It was interesting to see the acquisition of Accordent - it seems unusual to have only put in $4M in to a company in so many years, and yet you had a good exit?

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Capital Hermosa Beach El Segundo Invest 168

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. It decreases your odds of being bought.

Startup 97

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

How about mergers and acquisitions? For the more questionable ones, ones with less sustainable differentiation, this time it''s a little tougher than a couple of years ago, and certainly much more so than 2006 and 2007. What do you think will take Southern California''s technology community to the next level?

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Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. Tags: Startup Advice startup technology vc venture capital.

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital Web Technical Review 334

Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. Certona uses the data to offer shoppers personalized options based on “real-time profiling.”. It also is a burgeoning sector.

Artificial Inteligence 40

Artificial Inteligence Commerce San Diego Web 40

Tech.Co

APRIL 24, 2018

Many have exited via successful acquisitions, while others have IPO’ed with the same impressive result. Since 2006, the Startup of the Year (SOTY) events and programs have uncovered some of the top emerging companies in the world, such as Uber, GrubHub, Groupon, LivingSocial, AddThis, and Desk. Diversity and Inclusion Matters.

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Startup Competition Google Capital 70

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. It decreases your odds of being bought.

Startup 109

Startup Technical Review Oracle Software Review 109

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I thought the analogy was preposterous back in 2006-2007 but it has become obvious. In the summer of 2006 over a cup of Peet’s Coffee, you told me about this new thing called “cloud computing” and that you were trying to come up with a creative way to incorporate it into the curriculum of your upcoming UCSB Computer Science class.

Cloud Computing 188

Cloud Computing Santa Barbara EC2 Startup 188

Jason Nazar

APRIL 9, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the metrics and measurements for Mergers and Acquisitions in the online space with one of the best experts in the field. Since co-founding the company with Richard Rosenblatt in May 2006, Shawn and his team have sourced, negotiated and completed over 30 acquisitions.

Santa Monica 54

Santa Monica Company Companies Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. It decreases your odds of being bought.

Sites 59

Sites Startup Technical Review Oracle 59

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Startup High Tech Software Review 282

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location. When it comes to the technology ecosystem, clusters are vital. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. It decreases your odds of being bought.

Startup 102

Startup Technical Review Oracle Entrepreneur 102

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

We were literally on the cusp of launching our prpoduct, and all of our work and money to date had gone into getting the innovative technology out of Caltech, exploring the marketplace, and making sure the product features matched with the demand of the market, which it clearly did. We think the next five years will be very interesting.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are striving to be the super-mega technology company that owns every layer of the value chain. To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Search is just another web application.

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Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

Gregg Parise What we are doing, is we are going into the event management software space, and doing it through a platform technology. I think the youngest is probably Eventbrite, which was created in 2006. There''s a big opportunity to change things with technology, to create technology solutions built in the social world.

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Software Activity Startup San Diego 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I personally enjoy traveling, and looking at the space from a technology automation perspective. I backburnered the concept until 2006, and in May of 2006 put the business together. The underlying technology has two and a half years, and four and a half million dollars put into the platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. Foursquare. -A A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements. Currently has 1.8mm users and adding about 15,000 users/day. Competitors: Gowalla.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Our largest investment was a partnership with Norman Lear's Act III Communications, we did a series of acquisition in the movie theater space. On the other side, we had about one third of our investments in early stage, technology driven companies. We successfully built up that firm, and in late 2006 we sold it to Tandberg Television.

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Startup Content Advertising Sites 162