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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Grand Hustle founder Jason Geter, and NBA star Baron Davis, has acquired All Def , the media and content company which was founded in 2013 by hip-hop's Russell Simmons. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Culture Genesis, the acquisition is the company's first. Culture Genesis is led by Cedric J.

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MARCH 3, 2014

San Diego-based Cubic Corporation said this morning that it has acquired Intific , a developer of game software used in modeling, simulation, training, education, cyber-waefare, and neuroscience. According to Cubic, Austin, Texas-based Intific had approximately $14M in revenues in 2013, and had 80 employees. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

UK-based Sundog offers up an automated, cloud-based platform that creates specialized multi format, multi-language files for theatrical distribution and streaming platforms, and was founded in 2013. As part of the acquisition, co-founders Richard Welsh (CEO) and Chris Ralph (CTO) have joined Deluxe as senior executives.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Irvine-based Kofax announced this morning that it has acquired Softpro GmbH , a developer of signature verification, fraud prevention, and electronic signature software. Kofax said that Softpro has approximately 80 employees, and had 2013 revenues of $13.3M. Kofax is a developer of document capture systems and software.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It looks things are definitely growing at financial software firm Blackline Systems , as the firm clarified that it actually did just over $25M in revenues in 2012, and is on track to have $40M plus in revenues for 2013. blackline systems accounting software expansion merger acquisition silver lake' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

Irvine-based Kofax has acquired Kapow Technologies , a provider of data integration software, the firm announced Wednesday. Kofax said the acquisition will help grow its sales organization and accelerate its software revenue growth. Kofax said Kapow had 2013 revenues of $15.9 Kofax said it will acquire Kapow for $47.5M

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Irvine-based Resolve Systems , a developer of IT automation and orchestration software, announced today that it has acquired FixStream , a developer of artificial intelligence IT automation software. FixStream was founded in 2013, and was based in San Francisco. Resolve Systems is led by CEO John Ferron. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management has sold its interest in security software developer Checkmarx , in a deal worth $1.15 Checkmarx is a developer of security software for the DevOps market. Checkmarx is a developer of security software for the DevOps market. billion, the company said on Monday.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Calabasas-based network testing equipment and software developer Ixia announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Net Optics , a developer of network and application analysis products. Ixia said that net Optics had $49M in revenue in 2012, and had revenues of $42M for the first nine months of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2014

ReachEdge helps small and medium sized businesses with their online marketing efforts, including managing their website, advertising, SEO, lead management, and tracking of customer acquisition efforts. The product had been launched in September of 2013. reachlocal marketing automation customers leads software' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2014

In an unsurprising--albeit, still painful--move, San Diego-based fleet management software developer Omnitracs is moving its headquarters, and a significant number of jobs, to Dallas, Texas. The move--which has been in the works since at least February --follows the company''s acquisition by Vista Equity Partners back in August of 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the fast growing developer of financial software for enterprises, looks to be generating between $10M to $30M, based on a recent ranking of the company by an indutsry magazine. blackline systems revenues accounting software financial merger acquisition private equity' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based software-as-a-service developer Cornerstone OnDemand said this morning that it has added former Eloqua CEO Joe Payne to its board of directors. Cornerstone OnDemand is a developer of software-as-a-service tools for enterprise, human resources and human capital management. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based Stanson Health , a developer of clinical decision support software, has been acquired by Premier Inc. Stanson Health was founded in 2013, by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Dr. Scott Weingarten, the former CEO of Zynx Health. Premier announced this morning. Premier said it will pay $51.5M READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the developer of financial close software-as-a-service, has scored an investment from private equity firm Silver Lake Sumeru. blackline systems accounting software merger acquisition exit venture capital private equity' Financial terms of the investment were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Beats said that the acquisition will help it bring on a team of to help it bolster its service. Beats Music hired away Rogers from Topspin back in January of 2013, as it looked to transform music streaming service MOG into Beats Music. topspin beats music merger acquisition rogers musician ecommerce streaming' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Los Angeles-based financial automation software develper BlackLine continues to see its revenues grow, saying Thursday that its 2014, year-over-year revenues were up more than 50 percent. BlackLine last disclosed that its revenues were headed north of $40M a year back in Q4 of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Cloud cybersecurity software developer CrowdStrike announced today that it has named Paul Bradley Shinn as its Chief Legal Officer. According to Crowdstrike, Shinn's role at Gigamon included leading the company's successful initial public offering in 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

LeisureLink , which develops vacation travel booking software and technology, and was started in the Los Angeles area, appears to have halted its service, telling its partners on Friday that it has suspended accepting new reservations as well as modifying existing reservations. Emails and phone calls to the company have not yet been returned.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). Take for example, an eCommerce company.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out. Just over a year later, Jurvetson led the Series A round of venture funding for Nervana Systems.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

12 major acquisitions this year putting it over 100 since 05. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). We are going to see a real explosion in companies offering software for a subscription price. Finally, Google. 7 years, 100 companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 9, 2014

From huge acquisitions to fast moving VC deals and product development (hardware + software), it appears as if we’re at the starting line of a connected home future. As of December, 2013, Rocki was successfully funded at more than 4x the amount of their $50,000 goal. Music, Anywhere in Your Home. I nspired Through Music.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. 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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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

ExactTarget, another rival that was founded in 2000 in Indianapolis, IN, raised over $188 million in venture capital funding before going public in 2012—and getting acquired by Salesforce in a 2013 deal valued at $2.5 It also is a burgeoning sector.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Not long after ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT ) acquired San Diego-based LonoCloud in 2013 , former LonoCloud executives Tom Caldwell and Hossein Eslambolchi met for coffee at the Specialty’s Café and Bakery in University City. The San Diego office is going to become one of Webroot’s centers of analytic software, Nye added.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

In 2013, Kiel became Executive Vice President of the Grammy-award winning rock band Linkin Park’s proprietary company, Machine Shop, where he focused on restructuring, rebranding, and re-launching the business to effectively leverage Linkin Park’s global reach of over 65 million Facebook fans. Powered by Bizzabo. Joe received his B.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Date : Thursday, October 24, 2013. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media. He joined SGN from Fox where he was Vice President of Business Development and worked on the acquisition of MySpace and the launch of Hulu. Time : 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The merchants can drive customer acquisition, increase shopper interaction and drive social engagement. We’re on iOS , but launching Android in Q1 2013 (although you can receive cards on an Android device). We’ve raised $1.25m in funding, in a round led by Google Ventures. What are your distribution plans? Confidential.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The transaction is considered the largest public acquisition in Bitcoin history with both companies exhibiting impressive growth numbers since their respective beginnings. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition. Some rapid fire discussion points.

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