socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Calabasas-based Ixia , a developer of network testing tools, reported its fourth quarter and 2009 year end results Thursday, saying that it lost $31.3M in Q4 of 2009, on record revenues of $56.1M the firm reported in Q3. the firm reported in Q3. The loss came due to a $27.6M deferred tax assets.

Report 100

Report Software Review Calabasas Writing 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A new report released today tallies up $7.7 The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. Compared with 2010, the report found an increase of 296 percent over exits in 2010, when $2.6 billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

Southern California 187

Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Report Riot Games 187

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2019

CitySourced was founded in 2009, and is led by CEO Jason Kiesel. The company's app lets residents of citizens report issues, including things like potholes, graffiti, broken street lights, and more. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital.

Technology 160

Technology Equity Los Angeles Mobile 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. Separately, Internet Brands said it has secured a $35M revolving line of credit from Silicon Valley Bank, which it plans to use for acquisitions starting in mid-2009.

Internet Brands 100

Internet Brands Web Acquisition Sites 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Kaboodle announced the acquisition late Friday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. StyleSpot was venture backed by Idealab, and had been founded in 2009. Kaboodle also said that its Chief Operating Officer, Steven Chien, will report to Gordon as part of the merger. READ MORE>>.

Idealab 168

Idealab Acquisition Sites Research 168

Xconomy

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The purchase was first reported by Geekwire, which cited a separate report from Reuters that the deal is valued at about $1 billion. The two biggest acquisitions were Whole Foods last year and Zappos in 2009, according to Statista.)

Santa Monica 62

Santa Monica Commerce Report Acquisition 62

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Autobytel said that Cyber Ventures and Autotropolis had a combined, $10M in annual revenues in 2009. Autobytel said the acquisition would extend its core growth and margin-enhancement strategy. The co-founders of Cyber Ventures and AUtotropolis, Ian Bentley and William Ferriolo, are joining Autobytel along with the acquisition.

SoCalTech 133

SoCalTech Acquisition Content Report 133

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2010

The firm reported revenues of $998K in 2009, and a loss of $19.9M Tags: genmark diagnostics gnmk merger acquisition lifescience biomarker detection scientific equipment. Genmark is backed by Gartmore Investmetn Ltd., Efficacy Capital, FMR, Schroders, and Ronin Capital. READ MORE>>.

Pasadena 140

Pasadena Acquisition Report Capital 140

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The firm reported net income of $37.16M on revenues of $234.8M Tags: green financial prepaid merger acquisition tech coast angels. Green Dot is venture backed by Sequoia Capital, TTP Fund, as well as a significant number of Tech Coast Angels. Green Dot is headed by Steven Streit.

Tech Coast Angels 160

Tech Coast Angels Monrovia .Net Acquisition 160

socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm saw record revenues in Q2. in Q2 of 2009. The total brings the amount spent on acquisitions in the first half of the year to $16.2M The firm had not previously disclosed financial information about its various acquisitions in the quarter.

Internet Brands 160

Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

in gross revenues the firm reported for 2009. The firm reported that it now has 3,385 RealD-enabled domestic screens, and 1,936 international screens, for a total of 5,321 screens using its technology. Tags: acquisition merger theater movie reald content hollywood theatre. for the year. million), GForce ($3.7 READ MORE>>.

Screening 145

Screening Hollywood .Net Report 145

socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2010

As part of the public listing, Image Metrics reported it had revenues of $4.0M for fiscal 2009. Tags: image metrics facial animation reverse merger icla acquisition. in its fiscal year ended September 30th, with $2.5M of that earned in the quarter ended December 31st. The firm said it had a net loss of $6.8M READ MORE>>.

Metrics 154

Metrics Santa Monica .Net Acquisition 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

According to CityGrid, Felix will operate as another independent business under CityGrid, reporting to CityGrid CEO Jason Finger. Felix provides pay-per-action phone advertising to local businesses, and has been working with CityGrid since 2009. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 168

Advertising West Hollywood CitySearch Technology 168

socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of web security software, reported today that it has received a U.S. Green as inventors; it appears the patent stems from M86 Security's acquisition of Avinti, a malware detection firm, in March of 2009. Patent for its malware detection technology. Marsden and David E. READ MORE>>.

Patents 133

Patents Email Web Acquisition 133

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In many cases, I can break it down into: Customer Acquisition Cost – how will you reach prospects, how will you convert them and how much will it cost to convert them Customer Lifetime Value – how much will you make off of each converted customer This very simple model works for a surprising number of business models.

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Web 2.0 Slides 225

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2010

For the year ended December 31, 2009, the firm had a net loss of $21.9M For the six months ended June 30th, the firm reported that $66.2M Tags: demand media merger acquisition content richard rosenblatt public. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., in the first six months of 2010. READ MORE>>.

Demand 184

Demand Media .Net Santa Monica 184

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

The provider of data storage equipment reported that it had net income of $0.5M Year to year revenues were up from the $60.89M the firm reported for its year ended June 30, 2009. in revenues for the year ended June 30, 2010, and $1.7M in net income of $19.28M in revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2010.

Thousand Oaks 147

Thousand Oaks .Net Report Marketing 147

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP. What does Chrome River's software do?

Software 100

Software Report Startup IBM 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

The firm reported it had net income of $1.4M on revenues of $65.715M for 2009, and net income of $5.67M on revenues of $59.0M The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Pacific Crest Securities, and William Blair & Company. for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

.Net 164

.Net Los Angeles Report Networking 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops (www.SoCconference.com) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. VentureNet 2009 (www.venturenet.org) - October 7, Costa Mesa.

Advertising 113

Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

Southern California 140

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

companies made the IPO transition in 2009, out of thousands of startups. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting. Annual reporting and audit requirements continue to increase. Only about a dozen U.S.

Startup 94

Startup Entrepreneur Report Summary 94

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData). Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. -Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Google Web Sites 225

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

Having followed the firm since its early days as a spinout of USC, we thought we'd talk with CEO Mark Tapling to get the back story behind the acquisition, and where the firm is going form here. What's the story behind the acquisition? Tags: translation language acquisition merger interview weaver tapling mark. READ MORE>>.

Equity 168

Equity Startup Acquisition Funding 168

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66 It seems like M&A ebbs and flows through periods of rapid acquisition followed by years of divestitures. businesses.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery. Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4

Advertising 40

Advertising Media Mobile Buzznet 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

There are trade publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline at one end, and gossip celebrity news at the other end. It was the late 90's, and everything was exploding, there were lots of IPOs and acquisitions, and it was a very exciting time to work in that space. Investment banking was a great training ground.

News 173

News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In 2009, when the platform was just under three years old, Nielsen put out a report stating that Twitter had grown 1,382% year-over-year. Why is Twitter’s user acquisition at a standstill , and why are their ad products failing? My agency, VaynerMedia , used it heavily as a community management tool in 2009 and 2010.

Platform 40

Platform Startup News Content 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search. Dave Newmark: We doubled our business in 2008 over 2007, a 93 percent increase, and 2009 is up there as well. Those expectations were probably too high, in terms of the CPA.

Google 124

Google Advertising Media Startup 124

Frank Addante

MAY 20, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Blogging Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Competition Venture Capital Advertising 40

Frank Addante

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Company 40

Company Companies Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 29, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Capital Startup Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Entrepreneur 40

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Web 2.0 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► February (1) What do you do when a reporter you admire misrepre. Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Zondigo, Inc.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40