socalTECH

MAY 23, 2018

Los Angeles-based Reliam , the provider of consulting and managed services for the public cloud which is backed by private equity investor Great Hill Partners, is announcing this morning that it has acquired G2 Tech Group , a Boston-based provider of Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting.

Acquisition

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

El Segundo-based Internet Brands , which is owned by private equity investor KKR, agreed this morning to acquire WebMD in a deal worth approximately $2.8 The deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2017. According to WebMD, Internet Brands will pay $66.50 per share in cash for all of the outstanding shares of WebMD common stock.

Internet Brands

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2019

The company, based in Minneapolis, said the funding came from private equity investor Francisco Partners, and also included Clearlake Capital Group. Clearlake first made its investment in Perforce in late 2017. Size of the investment by Francisco Partners was not announced.

Software

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>>.

Capital

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

Thorstein Veblen coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” in 1899 when commenting on the human desire to publicly display wealth through the acquisition of consumer goods. During the summer of 2017, the rumor of a popup store in LA generated a crowd of 500. Veblen Goods.

Demand

socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2018

for the year ended December 31, 2017. Although unusual, there are a number of local early stage companies that have pursued an early public offering rather than pursuing venture capital or private equity investment. The company has one, single underwriter for the IPO, Network 1 Financial Securities. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

I think we'll see a big increase in IPOs in 2017, but I think there will be, more dramatically, a big pickup in M&A. They're acquisitive, have cashed up, and lots of them are now looking at repatriating money to the US. That's the Unilver acquisition of Dollar Shave, the GE acquisition of ServiceMax.

Technical Review

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2017

Most founders and CEOs will not voluntarily establish a formal Board of Directors, unless they are trying to attract a major investor, preparing for an IPO, or planning for an acquisition. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/28/2017. How much are you willing to spend on your board?

Allegis

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2017

Retain maximum equity by requesting minimal funding. In every business there are crises every day that can prevent you from seeing the more important issues – including customer acquisition costs, competitive challenges, and new market opportunities. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/14/2017.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

When sizing your funding request, be aware of the value of your startup today, since most investors expect an equity share for their contributions. The best way to do this is to highlight a recent similar company payback to investors, via going public or acquisition exit. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/22/2017.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

If you want to be assessed as a “premium” acquisition candidate down the road, an aggressive but reasonable target might be doubling revenue each year. Be willing to give up 20 to 33 percent of your equity to support this. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/28/2017. Set a target growth and market penetration rate.

Pricing

TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its acquisition history . The firm was launched in 2017 by general partners Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, formerly of Susa Ventures and Karlin Ventures, respectively. If you enjoy this newsletter, be sure to check out TechCrunch’s venture-focused podcast, Equity. Fundraising. Extra Crunch.

Startup

socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

He saw that the cost of acquisition for many, many different businesses were going through the roof, week after week. We saw that they were hitting the inflection point, where they were spending more than they were receiving from customer acquisition. We formed the company in 2017, and our first customer was Dollar Shave Club.

Dollar Shave Club

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Broadcom is selling application security testing business Veracode for $950 million to private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Broadcom gained Veracode as a part of its blockbuster acquisition of CA Technologies. Back in 2017, Burlington, MA-based Veracode agreed to sell to CA Technologies for $614 million in cash.

Technology