TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. Google was also a founding member of the Academy Software Foundation , an open source foundation that focuses specifically on tools for the film industry.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2015

Irvine-based Kofax , the developer of document processing software and and other products, is being acquired by printer maker Lexmark , in a deal worth approximately $1 billion, the two said late Tuesday. Lexmark said the acquisition will nearly double the size of its enterprise software business, growing that to approximately $700M.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Solutionstar said it will pay $36M in cash for Title365, which it says is expected to have $63M in revenues in 2014. Solutionstar is a provider of technology and software to the real estate industry. solutionstar real estate technology title365 merger acquisition title insurance escrow' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The two parts of LiveOps have been run separately since 2014. LiveOps Cloud develops cloud contact center and customer service software. Current LiveOps investor Presidio Partners also participated in the acquisition with Marlin Equity. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of cloud-based, enterprise talent and employee management software, said today that it has named a new member of its board of directors. Cavanaugh had served in his position at Concur since 1999 until its acquisition by SAP in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2018

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Diversis Capital said this morning that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, BLUE Software , to software company Esko. BLUE Software is a developer of label and artwork management software, and is based in Chicago. Financial details of the sale were not announced.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The group also counted the IPO of Mindbody Software, and the acquisition of Bluebeam Software among its exits during 2015. The total number of deals in 2015 was up from just 17 investments in 2014. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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 systems merger acquisition growth finance software enterprise' The company did not disclose its financials for the year.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2015

Two, local Los Angeles area startup investors have gotten an early--and potentially, very lucrative--exit over at Wit.ai , a Bay Area startup working on natural language processing software and voice recognition technology. said today that it has been acquired by Facebook. Financial terms were not disclosed, however, Wit.ai READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Rentlytics has been acquired for $57M in cash by RealPage , a Texas software developer for the multi-family real estate industry. Rincon had been part of a small, $4M seed funding round for Rentlytics in 2014; it's unclear how much capital the company raised subsequent to that seed funding. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2015

Is the world ready for another event management software provider? Gregg Parise What we are doing, is we are going into the event management software space, and doing it through a platform technology. As you know, that company grew through lots of acquisitions, so they had a lot of technology debt.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

Isaac told us a bit about how he thinks his company can help solve the recruiting issues with hiring software sales repsand also tells new entrepreneurs that sometimes, you just can't have it all, and the challenges of balancing a startup, family life, your health, and the rest of your life. Why software sales reps?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2019

was based in New York City, and was founded in 2014; Rubicon said it will add RTK.io's "strong group of header bidding experts and Prebid developers" to its team. Rubicon says that RTK's solutions are build on the same, open source framework as its own, Demand Manager product portfolio, Prebid. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 17, 2017

The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million. Now TakeLessons has completed another acquisition, buying Chromatik, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of digital sheet music. Since then, TakeLessons has raised a total of $20 million in venture capital, and expanded into new markets and services.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: We closed our nineteenth and twentieth software focused growth equity investments this year, a significant milestone for our firm. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. Whisper’s last round was a $36 million Series C back in 2014. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But even this is changing.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions.

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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. For iPhone users, the native app will be available in Summer 2014 – for now, you can set up your system through Airplay. Music, Anywhere in Your Home.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

But billions of dollars in acquisitions will be left by the side of the road. Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. Setting Up 2014. Some rapid fire discussion points. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County. Software startups made up nearly 63 percent (255 companies created) of all new high-tech ventures created in 2015, a trend fueled chiefly by software app development, according to the report.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

—Boston’s PureTech Health, which conceives and launches life science companies, unveiled Sonde Health , which is developing software that listens for warning signs of depression in people’s speech patterns. Analysts wondered if the Tesaro news would push Medivation’s acquisition price higher.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Founded a series of successful startups resulting in IPOs and acquisitions. Sold it in 2014. Billions of video views on YouTube. Mark Douglas, CEO of SteelHouse. Started at Oracle as one of its first employees. Was the VP of Technology at eHarmony where he built personality-matching technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

A bundle of software services for SMBs to manage their inventory, accounting, manufacturing, and purchasing. In 2014, iWABOO redirected its focus into creating functional, stylish and innovative technology accessories including cases, power banks, amplifiers, ear buds, and B/T speakers. Fulfil.IO. AngelList: [link]. AngelList: [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2013

Traditional business intelligence (and data mining) software does a very good job of showing you where you’ve been. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors. By contrast, predictive analytics uses data patterns to make forward-looking predictions that guide you to where you should go next.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Hardware + Software The world is filled with investors who will tell you, “We don’t do hardware.” Traditional investors are so focused on “quantitative marketing” that he got a lot of advice that this money was better spent on online customer acquisition. When Jamie wanted to sign on Shaq as the company spokesperson it also cost money.

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