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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Irvine-based Viant, which develops advertising software, had a successful IPO on Wednesday, selling 10 million shares of its stock at $25 per share last night, above its initial estimated IPO price of $19.00 The company's long history--it was founded in 1999--includes the acquisition of MySpace in 2011, a 60% acquisition by Time Inc.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Irvine-based a href="[link] Technology, a developer of advertising software, says it has launched an IPO, intending to sell 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. The IPO will raise as much as $181M for Viant. The company has given an estimated offering range of between $19.00

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Epicor Software , the developer of supply chain management software which has its roots and still has significant operations in Orange County, is off the block, after its private equity investors did not see enough interest--or high enough prices--for the business. Apax bought Epicor back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the developer of predictive analytics software for the marketing industry, has raised a big, $38M funding round, the firm said Monday. MarketShare, which is co-led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, said the financing will go towards its technology platform and accelerate growth in markets worldwide.

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JULY 22, 2013

However, fast forward to today, and the two players behind the two biggest CRM software products of the desktop PC age--Pat Sullivan and Jon Ferrara--are head to head again, as Sullivan''s new startup, Contatta , announced a funding round for its launch of a new, customer relationship management software product. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2011

SVB said its Startup Outlook 2011 survey came from the responses of 375 U.S-based based private, venture capital backed software, hardware, life science, and cleantech companies. The study was conducted by independent market research firm Koski Research during February 2011.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based OpenX , the developer of online advertising serving software, reported today that it has achieved its first full quarter of profitability, and is has exceeded an annual run rate of $100M. OpenX develops online ad serving software, which is used by web publishers to display web advertising. READ MORE>>.

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Technology Council

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dave Key and Technology Council of Southern California Virtually everyone agrees the SaaS market is growing incredibly quickly; Gartner predicted cloud growth would be 21% in 2011. Forester predicts SaaS will account for 26% of the package software market by 2016, while Deloitte forecasts that only [.].

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MAY 15, 2013

Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards and other financial products, is looking to launch its big move into the mobile banking market on July 4th, the company said Tuesday afternoon. Green Dot''s banking services came via the acquisition of both an FDIC approved community bank back in 2011, and mobile software developer Loopt.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based Network Automation , which develops IT and business process automation software, has hired back founder Dustin M. Snall as its CEO, the firm said, to focus on growth in the automation market for the firm. Snell was previously Chief Software Architect and CTO of the firm, a position he moved to in January of 2011.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based Interneer , a developer of software-as-a-service for the business process management market, reports that it had "record growth" in 2011. Interneer's software helps automate business processes. Silliker, Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., and Akzo Nobel, among others. Silliker, Inc., READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

The new software is epcifically aimed at helping companies manage corporate accounts and buyer-seller relationships, managing price lists and catalogs, automating business workflows, and more, according to the company. OroCommerce also says it integrates with existing ERP, CRM, and product information software and tools.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Santa Monica-based secure, text-messaging provider TigerText , which provides its services to both the healthcare and enterprise markets, has bolstered its board today with two appointments. Wallack helped found Cornerstone OnDemand, and grew the company from its early days through its IPO in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Irvine-based Kofax , the developer of business process automation software, said late Monday evening that it has acquired an Irish business process management software firm, Singularity Limited. Kofax said the acquisition "significantly increases" its addressable market. for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

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Technology Council

JANUARY 2, 2013

Dave Key and Technology Council of Southern California Virtually everyone agrees the SaaS market is growing incredibly quickly; Gartner predicted cloud growth would be 21% in 2011. Forester predicts SaaS will account for 26% of the package software market by 2016, while Deloitte forecasts that only […].

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MAY 13, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the newly public developer of talent and learning management software, has reported its first quarter 2011 results, saying it saw a 63 percent, year-over-year increase in revenues for the first quarter. The firm said it had a total revenue of $15.7M for the quarter.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of human resources and talent management software headed by Adam Miller, is continuing its growth trend, saying in its Q2 2011 financial results that the firm had a 65 percent, year-over-year increase in its gross revenues. Cornerstone OnDemand hit the public markets in March.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

It's a new world out there for online marketers--users aren't just on their PC anymore, they're surfing the web, buying products, and using services across their tablet(s), desktops, and smartphone. So, how do marketers figure out if you're the same person to better target their ads? READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. We went out to market to LPs. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman. “We We got a lot of interest.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Our target market is entrepreneurs, creatives, and developers. That has grown very nicely, even those we''ve not been overly aggressive with marketing. However, the founder recognized back in early 2011 that they wanted to take the platform to another level, and get DreamHosting in front of a much bigger audience, worldwide.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

The job market, too, will feel a significant impact from cloud computing technology. All types of IT expertise will be needed at SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers as well as independent software vendors [ISVs],” he said. The post Future of The Cloud is Bright | Just Ask the Market appeared first on TechZulu.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 5, 2015

Howard Marks is a technologist and co-founder of ATVI (11B+ market cap) and other successful games companies. He started his first company in his of University of Michigan dorm room selling software for the Apple II. Howard founded StartEngine in 2011 to help LA based startups grow successfully. Invested in 60 startups.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

For our Friday interview, we thought we'd catch up with Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the Elevation Partners-backed software provider, to hear where the firm is nowadays. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video.

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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. Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies - Also in November, we published. Virgin Galactic Gets FAA Launch Permit - In May, Virgin Galactic was.

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JUNE 30, 2016

He's now hard at work at a new company, Kaleo, which is tackling the enterprise, knowledge sharing market�and already has an impressive list of Fortune 500 customers. He had 5,000, B-to-B marketers across various divisions of GE, and they really never were able to help each other. There were things like Yammer, Jive, and all that.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

One of the hottest areas in enterprise and cloud software has been the move by the industry to adopt technologies like NoSQL, a way to tap into the distributed nature of the cloud to accelerate distributed applications. Ian Miller: FatCloud is a data management and software platform company with a NoSQL database.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

The era of cheap cloud computing plus open-source software plus digital natives unleashed upon society is creating some truly amazing products that will challenge the way we do business and the way we live our lives. They get marketed as such. Why had it endured though market machinations and become this year’s darling IPO?

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JUNE 11, 2009

Los Angeles-based CyberDefender , a developer of PC security and antivirus software, announced Thursday that the firm has raised $2.0M in equity from marketing firm Guthy-Renker. Tags: software security investment capital venture guthyrenker cyberdefender. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

DreamHost has a successful track record of incubating technologies in-house and then releasing them to the broader market. To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” Note: I am an investor in Akanda via Rincon Venture Partners.).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Vice President, Global Digital Strategy and Operations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Scott Brovsky, Director, Global Marketing, Disney Interactive Studios; Eric Garland, CEO, Big Champagne; Richard Neff, President, Neff Law Firm.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Jon Ferrara was co-founder of Goldmine software, a huge customer relationship management (CRM) provider which he built into a $100M business in the PC age, and is now working on doing the same thing in the age of the cloud, with another CRM startup, Nimble (www.nimble.com). They now dominate the market. That brings us to Microsoft.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

.&# That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. As a market we seem to be incapable of temperance. Would Microsoft have been such a powerful global business if IBM had recognized the importance of software as an independent phenomenon from hardware? It’s marketing. So which is it? I did that?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. LiveNation.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. Then we rescued it from nothing around the end of 2011. One of them is the idea that the fluidity of the job market where people used to have just one job. Job Markets, & The Future of Mobile appeared first on TechZulu.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. As I like to say, “If you’re really on to an enormous idea then other people in the market are going to spot that and want to compete with you.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

SeatMe was founded in San Fransisco in 2011 and makes managing reservations easy and affordable to restaurants and nightlife establishments through technology solutions that are consumer-centric with features such as texting guests when their table is ready. . Yelp will pay approximately $2.2 million by July 24th.

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