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JULY 8, 2013

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Teledyne had previously acquired a majority of Nova Sensors back in 2011. Teledyne is a provider of instrumentation, digital imaging products, aerospace and defense electronics, and a wide range of other products and services. READ MORE>>.

Thousand Oaks 138

Thousand Oaks Acquisition Product Services 138

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AUGUST 23, 2013

According to Qualcomm, Vista Equity Partners will pay $800M in cash for Omnitracs, which provides commercial vehicle telematics services. Qualcomm said the deal includes all of Omnitracs'' operations in the United States, Canada and Latin America, and also includes Sylectus and FleetRisk Advisors, which Omnitracs acquire in 2011.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu announced late Thursday that it is selling its Japanese business to Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV). Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011.

Hulu 138

Hulu Hollywood Demand Content 138

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MAY 9, 2013

Pasadena-based Idealab has sold another one of its companies to Yahoo today: GoPollGo , a Twitter polling service which let Twitter users collect feedback from their friends and followers. Mobile, but would also be shutting down its properties, including its service, widgets, and mobile app. READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Yahoo Incubator Pasadena 159

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Lockerz' San Diego team came from the January, 2011 acquisition of Plixi, which was formerly known as TweetPhoto, which developed software and services which allowed Twitter users to share photos.

San Diego 164

San Diego Commerce Acquisition Sites 164

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JULY 29, 2013

Local Corporation launched its Spreebird daily deals service in 2011, at the height of the daily deals craze. local corporation merger acquisition spreebird daily deals ncrowd' Local Corporation said it expects the sale will improve earnings and cash flow for the year by approximately $600,000 a year. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the acquisition comes only four months after Mertado raised $2.3M Rustic Canyon had led the September 2011 investment in Mertado. Mertado develops a social shopping service for Facebook. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 140

Rustic Canyon Redpoint Venture Capital Acquisition 140

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. “Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.”

Google 86

Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

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MAY 15, 2013

According to Green Dot, it plans to launch its service, GoBank, on Independence Day on iPhone, Android, and online--and also will be making a big, national push to market the service. Green Dot''s banking services came via the acquisition of both an FDIC approved community bank back in 2011, and mobile software developer Loopt.

Mobile 173

Mobile Software Development Software Tool 173

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MARCH 21, 2012

Calabasas-based On Assignment , the publicly held provider of temporary staffing services to life science, technology, and healthcare sectors, has made a major acquisition today, saying that it has acquired Apex Systems , an information technology staffing and services firm. Apex Systems had 2011 revenues of approximately $700M.

Calabasas 124

Calabasas Acquisition Technology Services 124

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APRIL 22, 2013

FastSpring , the fast growing Santa Barbara-based e-commerce payment services provider headed by Dan Engel, said today it has scored a funding round from Pylon Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. acquisition merger capital venture pylon fastspring' Size of the funding round was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Funding 153

Funding Santa Barbara Commerce Acquisition 153

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The deal is worth $6M in upfront payments, plus payments linked to revenue in 2010/2011, and 2011/2012. employs approximately 600, who provide wireless product development, software engineering, and product testing for Kyocera Wireless, and also develops custom handsets for Indian service providers. to IT firm MindTree Ltd.,

Software Engineering 133

Software Engineering San Diego Competition Acquisition 133

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Under Hsieh’s leadership, Zappos revolutionized the apparel industry, and e-commerce in general, by being one of the first to prioritize customer satisfaction and service. And removing time constraints on customer service team members so they could give customers the time they need, and delight them with special, unexpected offers.

Commerce 206

Commerce Statistics Customer Custom 206

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million of its shares, upon the completion of an IPO before March 31, 2011. Tags: demand media domain domainer content merger acquisition legitscript. in additional, stock-based compensation to its executive officers, if the firm completes an IPO before March of next year. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Santa Monica Report 194

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011 -- Organic vs. Strategic Growth: Why, When and How? Organic growth - accomplished through growth of sales in existing product lines/services or developing new product lines/services internally. Companies typically look for growth in one of two ways.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Carlsbad-based ViaSat , a developer of satellite and wireless communications systems, said Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of WildBlue Communications. The firm said it will use the launch of the firm's ViaSat-1 satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2011, to expand WildBlue's broadband service.

Acquisition 124

Acquisition Services Develop Development 124

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

In June of 2011, MySpace was sold for a mere $35M to another, Southern California technology firm-- Specific Media , which has since been looking to remake MySpace with the help of Justin Timberlake. in a $580M deal.

News 159

News Southern California Sales Los Angeles 159

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Here are 10: High Level of Content : Each PubCon track or sub-conference is focused on a specific aspect of marketing featuring topics that are important to your marketing and traffic-acquisition strategies. Professional : PubCon is in it’s tenth year, with event management roots running over 20 years.

SEO 64

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 64

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Virgin Galactic Gets FAA Launch Permit - In May, Virgin Galactic was. granted an experimental launch permit from the Federal Aviation Administration, the next step.

Southern California 211

Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick has divested Search213 , the company's European, self-service, paid search business, the company said today. in its 2011 fiscal year. According to ValueClick, it sold Search123 to its former executive in charge of European operations, Carl White. ValueClick said that Search123 had revenues of $31.4M

Westlake Village 150

Westlake Village Paid Search Sales Services 150

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JANUARY 28, 2013

If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. First, for people who haven't yet heard about FreedomPop, talk about what the service is all about?

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Tencent is one of the biggest Internet services providers in China. The firms said that Riot Games will continue to maintain its headquarters in Los Angeles, and has plans to "hire aggressively" in 2011. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, reports are the deal was worth nearly $400M.

Riot Games 178

Riot Games Los Angeles Report Capital 178

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Here are 10: High Level of Content : Each PubCon track or sub-conference is focused on a specific aspect of marketing featuring topics that are important to your marketing and traffic-acquisition strategies. Professional : PubCon is in it’s tenth year, with event management roots running over 20 years.

SEO 40

SEO Advertising Conference Social Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. I made some reference calls. They were effusive. He was stubborn.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Branchout , often called LinkedIn meets Facebook, has done a lot in their application to provide users motivation and opportunity to spread the word about the service. Is it even acceptable as part of Facebook's Terms of Service to require someone to Like something in order to "complete" it? That's impressive growth!

Examples 331

Examples Startup Course Networking 331

SoCal CTO

JUNE 15, 2011

Branchout , often called LinkedIn meets Facebook, has done a lot in their application to provide users motivation and opportunity to spread the word about the service. Is it even acceptable as part of Facebook's Terms of Service to require someone to Like something in order to "complete" it? That's impressive growth!

Examples 323

Examples Startup Course Networking 323

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you''ve ever ordered flowers from one of the big floral services, you know it''s an impersonal, cookie-cutter, and heavily commoditized area. The startup--which is part of MuckerLab--landed a seed funding round last week, so we thought we''d catch up with founder and CEO Farbod Shoraka to dig deeper into the company''s goals and service.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What kinds of customers are using your service? How does your service work? Email is becoming ineffective, and by 2011 there will be three times more smart phones than computers.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Montgomery believes there will be 50 IPOs in 2010 as there is pent-up supply and a higher risk tolerance amongst institutional public investors harmonizing at 40 deals / year for the 3 years starting in 2011. More interestingly Montgomery expect the M&A market to grow to 600 in 2011 and 750 in 2012. Love to hear more views! .

Venture Capital 241

Venture Capital Technical Review Southern California Company 241

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m. RSVP: AGENDA.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 7, 2013

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. Web browser – even a functional computer with an OS isn’t enough to access most Google services. Google’s vision is the most ambitious of its peers.

Google 92

Google Web .Net Yahoo 92

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

Based in LA, and launched in 2011 by Eric M. Jackson and Christopher Grey, CapLinked empowers its clients to manage complex business transactions such as mergers & acquisitions, financings, asset sales, and investor reporting. New Clients To Manage Complex Business Transactions. Easy To Set Up.

Draper 68

Draper Google Software Engineering Invest 68

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity. Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Startup Report Summary 95

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. Sign up customers who are paying you money for a service you can’t 100% guarantee is going to be operational for the full period that they’re expecting. And it’s why you probably will quit on day 366 after the acquisition. And so it goes again.

Blogging 420

Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420