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MARCH 16, 2021

million Series A in 2010 that was co-led by Accel and Index Ventures. At that time, TechCrunch reported that Squarespace was a profitable company, with revenues increasing 50% in the prior year, to about $300 million. Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5

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MARCH 23, 2011

A new report released today by Internet measurement firm comScore says that the use of mobile banking applications has surged in the past year. comScore reported that in Q4 of 2010, 29.8 million subscribers in Q4 of 2010. million subscribers in Q4 of 2009 to 10.8

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JANUARY 3, 2012

billion, a 14 percent drop in deal activity versus 2010, although it was a 26 percent increase in capital raised compared to last year. The report found that companies raised a median of $17M in venture financing before M&A or buyout, and took a median of 5.3 billion raised by 46 companies in 2010. That's more than the $3.3

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Venture Capital Report Acquisition Pricing 173

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab startup which is amassing a suite of Twitter related client applications, has acquired Tweetdeck , the provider of a third party Twitter client, according to multiple reports. UberMedia was known as PostUp until last month, and prior to that was known as TweetUp until August of 2010.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Los Angele-based online video site Hulu.com said Wednesday evening that it has reached a content partnership with Viacom, which will return "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" to Hulu. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Those shows include Jersey Shore, Tosh.0, READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2011

According to a report from Forbes, the firm has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Demand Studio Sucks , alleging copyright infringement. The site appears to have been created by an unhappy, freelance contributor to Demand Media in May of 2010. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2020

retail efforts--formerly known as Buy.com according to a report, citing a "source familiar with the developments". Buy.com was founded in Aliso Viejo, and acquired by Buy.com in 2010 for $250M. According to the report, Rakuten will lay off 87 people at its U.S. Rakuten is planning to shut its U.S. headquarters.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , the operator of a network of Wi-Fi access points, has reported its first quarterly results as a public company. for the first quarter of 2010. The firm reported a net loss of $329,000, versus a net loss of $127,000 for Q1 last year. Boingo said it had revenues of $21.0M, up from $18.5M

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AUGUST 10, 2010

retail, e-commerce spending was up 9 percent in Q2 2010, versus spending in Q2 of last year. Tags: ecommerce spending report retail comscore. The latest e-commerce numbers from comScore, which tracks online spending, find that U.S. Spending reached $32.9M for the quarter, the third consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? At some point policy makers  like the FTC did earlier this month with its most recent privacy report  are going to enter the equation in a meaningful way. Suffice it to say, now more than ever we're excited about what's next.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 28, 2010

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 -- Update on Significant Changes in Revenue Reporting. Financial Executives Society. Recently, standards setters have made significant changes to the way software and other technology companies record revenue.

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APRIL 23, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 -- Update on Significant Changes in Revenue Reporting. Financial Executives Society. Recently, standards setters have made significant changes to the way software and other technology companies record revenue.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

A new report today released by PwC finds that the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) has jumped significantly in 2010, with volumes exceeding both 2008 and 2009 levels. PwC tallied up 154 IPOs completed this year so far, raising $37.5

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

The information came out in the annual index, which showed that while 2010 had a very high startup rate–the highest in 15 years–those new businesses are not generating jobs. The report covers all business entrepreneurs, not just those in the high tech industry.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The startup is led by Robert Shulte, who was founder of sales tax software provider Taxient, which was based in San Diego, and who he sold to tax software developer Avalara in 2010.

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MAY 21, 2010

The latest e-commerce report from Internet measurement firm comScore finds that e-commerce sales in Q1 jumped 10 percent versus a year ago, a rapid turnaround for the industry after a year and a half of declining or flat sales. billion in spending and zero growth.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

5000 rating says the company had 2013 revenues of $9.5M, compared with 2010 revenues of $1.5M. The company did not say how many employees it has now, or provide any details on finances, however, the company''s recent Inc. Procore recently raised $15M in a Series D funding, which came from Bessemer Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2009

Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ reported its yearly results Wednesday afternoon, reporting that it saw a net loss of $431.1M The firm reported that it now has 1,200 people in its product development organization, after it cut 600 people during its fourth quarter. on sales of $830.0M. the firm lost on sales of $1,030.5M

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based j2 Global Communications reported Thursday that it saw a small increase in the quarter, growing revenues by half a percentage point, to $60.2M The provider of Internet FAX and voice messaging services said it is expecting growth of 5%, with a range between 3% and 7%, for its fiscal 2010. versus $59.6M in Q4 of 2008.

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MAY 26, 2017

The payment comes as a result of overpayments by BlackBerry between 2010 and 2015. The amount is greater than earlier reports of $815M, and includes interest and attorney's fees. According to BlackBerry, Qualcomm will pay the full amount of the final award on or before May 31, 2017. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Momentum Ventures , the venture acceleration and funding firm, is no longer making investments and is winding down, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Momentum had not maintained a major investment fund, only a small bridge fund to help its portfolio companies to their next venture round.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The X PRIZE Foundation is expanding its list of partners for the firm's Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, the nonprofit's effort to inspire next generation fuel-efficient vehicles, saying Wednesday that it has partnered with Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports. Tags: reports consumer automotive foundation prize.

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JUNE 19, 2019

phones which have been reported stolen. The company says it has been running its marketplaces since 2010. The company says that sellers must submit the serial devices of cellular devices on its site, and it manually checks and approves all of those devices to make sure they are not "blacklisted" devices--i.e. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2012

Buy.com, which was acquired by Rakuten in 2010, has not publicly announced the move, but the note from Grover said that he will remain on the company's board. Neel Grover , the CEO of Aliso Viejo-based Buy.com , along with COO Greg Giraudi are stepping down on September 1st, according to an internal note published by TechCrunch.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This follows reports that the streaming company is also working to buy the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Back in 2010, web performance and security company Cloudflare launched on-stage at our Disrupt SF Battlefield. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is coming to Disrupt Berlin.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

for its quarter ended September 30, 2010. Inphi Corp. , the maker of high-speed analog semiconductors, has updated its S-1, to reflect the firm's Q3 financials, saying that it had had net income of $3.58M on total revenues of $21.8M That compared with net income of $3.85M on revenues of $18.37M for the same quarter last year.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

According to the Fenwick & West LLP Second Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, up rounds exceeded down rounds by 55 percent to 27 percent over the 126 technology and life science companies in Silicon Valley analyzed by the firm in Q2.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

That’s according to a report being released today by Connect, the local nonprofit group focused on technology and entrepreneurship. The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County.

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MAY 2, 2011

In a report being released this evening, the State of Venture Capital in America, Quigley makes the argument that because venture capital has been "largely abandoned" by institutional investors, the sector is actually due to return "superior performance" to private investors.

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JANUARY 16, 2014

San Diego-based cell phone recycling kiosk maker ecoATM -- which was recently sold to Outerwall -- reports that it has now reached more than two million phones and devices recycled in its four year history. The company only started its recycling kiosks in 2010, and was previously a winner of the San Diego Venture Group''s Pitchfest.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of local online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, reported its results Tuesday, saying that it had $77.1M in revenues for Q3 of 2010, up 47 percent from Q3 of last year, when it had $52.6M The firm reported a net loss of $2.8M, compared with net income of $14.9M

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

FLIR , an Oregon manufacturer of infrared detectors and heat-detecting cameras, is expanding its operations in Goleta, and is moving into a new, 170,000 square foot space in the city, according to a report. FLIR had actually acquired the new property back in 2010 , from SARES-REGIS Group.

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MARCH 5, 2012

The firm said that Dennis Durkin has been named Chief Financial Officer, and will report to CEO Bobby Kotick. Durkin takes over for interim CFO Thomas Tippl, who has held the position--in addition to Chief Operating Officer--since 2010. Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said this morning that it has hired a new CFO.

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MAY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project is reporting today that there was a 25 percent, year-over-year growth in online ad spending, according to the firm's Q1 2010 Online Advertising Market Report.

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Clearstone Advertising Venture Capital Equity 140

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JANUARY 27, 2011

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

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

in a Series B round, according to reports. in March of 2010. Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile advertising startup headed by Evan Rifkin, has raised $5.5M The round came from GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, and SoftBank. Rifkin is the former founder of Tagworld. READ MORE>>.

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