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JULY 20, 2016

Manhattan Beach-based 3PL Central , a private equity-backed developer of warehouse management software, said that it has acquired Traker Systems (iTracker), a fellow developer of software in the 3PL software area. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Skyview Capital has sold off portfolio company Syncplicity , a developer of enterprise file sharing and synchronization software, to Axway. Skyview Capital had acquired Syncplicity from EMC back in July of 2015. Financial details of the sale were not announced. Axway is based Paris, France.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to America's Charities, the acquisition will help it further strengthen its support of the "social good" sector. Causecast was founded and led by CEO Ryan Scott.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It seems Los Angeles is becoming an enterprise software hotspot. LA saw its first big enterprise exit in recent memory with the recent acquisition of Signal Sciences for $775 million, and less than a month later a hometown startup, Britive has raised $5.4

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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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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has acquired Vhoto , a developer of computer vision and machine learning software, according to reports. The deal apparently occurred sometime in late 2015. News of the acquisition first came from GeekWire, a Seattle area news publication.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

the company earned in Q3 of 2015. The company--which runs both a large set of cloud-based services business in the backup, email, and other software areas, as well as runs content businesses like Ziff Davis--is now sitting on $378.9M The revenues are significantly higher than the $178.7M in cash and investments.

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Amid hand wringing about an IPO slowdown in 2015, there's one shining region which had a banner IPO and acquisition year last year: Santa Barbara. billion acquisition of lynda.com by LinkedIn last April, and three companies-- MindBody , Appfolio , and CytomX Therapeutics (founded out of UCSB)--all had their IPO on the NASDAQ in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. MarketShare's predictive analytics software is used by the marketing industry to understand how their investments marketing and sales reflect in TV, print, display, search, video, social media, website, PR, and elsewhere.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Burbank-based Cast & Crew , which provides software and services for both payroll and production management to Hollywood, has been acquired by private equity investor EQT Partners. The company was acquired in 2015 by Silver Lake. Financial details of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2017

Irvine-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital has sold two enterprise software companies it owns, Syncsort Incorporated and Vision Solutions , to fellow private equity investor Centerbridge Partners , in a deal worth $1.26 Clearlake Capital acquired Syncsort in 2015. Syncsort is based in Pearl River, New York.

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JULY 6, 2017

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said on Thursday that it has agreed to merge Syncsoft Incorporated and Vision Solutions , two enterprise software companies that it already owns, and sell the resultant company to Centerbridge Partners. Clearlake acquired Syncsoft in 2015, and Vision Solutions in 2016.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Carlsbad-based electronic health records software developer Medsphere Systems Corporation , and St. Medsphere has been slowly growing the company through similar mergers; the company merged with IT solutions provider ChartLogic in June of 2016, and merged with IT outsourcing provider Phoenix Health Systems back in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

San Diego-based medical device provider ResMed has acquired healthcare software developer Brightree , in a deal worth $800M, according to the companies. ResMed said it will pay $800M in cash for ResMed, which had net sales of approximately $113M in 2015.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the stock and cash acquisition will see all nine members of the current Boundless team join Thrive Global.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

San Diego-based Harvest.ai , a developer of software that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to prevent data loss from enterprises, has reportedly has been acquired by Amazon.com. in funding from Trinity Ventures back in March of 2015. The company was reportedly acquired for around $20M. Harvest.ai had raised only $2.3M

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Francisco Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, said Monday it has acquired Qualcomm Life, a subsidiary of the San Diego chipmaker that focuses on connecting medical devices to software applications installed at hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Capsule’s products are.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Divshot says it will shut down all of its products and services as of Monday, December 14th, 2015. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Irvine-based NWP Services Corporation , which develops cloud-based billing, electronic payment, energy management, and back office accounting and IT infrastructure for the rental housing industry, has been acquired by fellow software provider RealPage. RealPage said NWP Services had approximately $58M in revenues in 2015.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

billion that was invested in 2,559 deals (2,545 companies) in the third quarter of 2015. billion that venture firms invested in 2015, according to PitchBook records that began in 2000. Strategic acquisitions and buyouts accounted for 91 percent of all venture-backed exits last quarter, according to Venture Monitor. Dallas, TX.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

2014 was the most active year in TVC history as measured by the number of investments/acquisitions/follow-ons/exits we completed. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? Today, we have some thoughts from Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital , a private equity investment company in San Diego. maybe even 10x.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Past investors also included Y Combinator, where GrubMarket was part of the Winter 2015 cohort), and for some more context, GrubMarket last raised money in April 2019 , $28 million at a $228 million valuation, a source says. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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MAY 9, 2016

in total revenues for 2015. The IPO is being underwritten by Jeffries, Cowen and Company, First Analysis Securities Co., NantHealth reported a net loss of $71.6M The filing is the first IPO filing for a Southern California technology firm so far in 2016.

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JULY 19, 2016

In 2015, Cybersecurity startups saw 332 funding deals with investments hitting the highest ever at $3.8 For 2015, there were 133 information security M&A deals, according to 451 Research’s Tech M&A Outlook 2016. In an ideal world, and from the perspective of a venture investor, this would absolutely be the case.

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Xconomy

MARCH 11, 2018

As Belmonte explained in 2015, “In a venture studio, you’re building your own companies. Spoutable began more than three years ago as part of Cursive Labs , a kind of holding company for startups that was founded with $2.2 million on a “venture studio” model that allows experienced entrepreneurs to run with their own ideas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

These tools may range from secure phone lines to compatible messaging software for everyone. Virtual teams need a tool-acquisition process, training program and support contact for all technology provided. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/2/2015. Business success is all about value creation.

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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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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 4, 2016

In November of 2015, Citrix announced that it will spin out the “GoTo” Division, of which GoToMeeting remains the flagship product, as a standalone public company. Circa 2001, Yahoo publicly declared that they didn’t do cost per acquisition (CPA) deals. I knew that every dollar I spent to acquire a customer resulted in a 4x return.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

For example, if your new software adds innovative new features and mobile access to a classic offering, you could name and degrade current vendors for their lack of support, or you could highlight your innovative additions over the current market leaders. The smart approach is to find competitors to highlight your strengths.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2016

More recently in 2015, Kiel helped launch Machine Shop Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-to-growth stage companies with a global scope. Upon the platform of the new Machine Shop, they have brought both their Creative Team and Management in-house to effectively drive innovation. Joe received his B.S.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

They foster customer trust, which is essential in driving growth and customer acquisition. Adding further impetus are an increasing number of regulatory initiatives and guidelines around security, including the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, the Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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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. Fun Fact: Preventing spreadsheet abuse since 2015 – one company at a time. B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects.

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