socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2021

The company is backed by private equity investor Inflexion Private Equity Partners, and was specifically created in 2017 to acquire companies in the optoelectronics industry; Halo says this is the third acquisition by the company since it was formed. Halo's CEO is Matt McCormick.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2021

According to the company, the deal will take the company public under the ticker symbol DAVE, and give it a pro forma, fully-diluted equity value of approximately $4 billion. The company was launched in 2017, and now says it has over 10 million customers. million members.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2019

NetDocuments , the developer of a cloud-based platform for managing the documents of law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments which is backed by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital , has scored a new, strategic funding. Clearlake acquired NetDocuments in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Invoca said Schmidlin will lead all aspects of Invoca's employee success function including people operations, talent acquisition, and learning and development, in addition to overseeing its culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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socalTECH

JULY 3, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced, however, DexYP says the combined company will have pro forma net revenues of more than $2 billion in 2017. YP.com had been owned by private equity investor Cerberus Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

According to those filings, the funding comes on top of $1.65M in equity raised in a round which opened in June of 2017. That earlier equity funding had a target of $2.975M, and had included 62 investors as of November. HyreCar's CEO is Joe Furnani, and its CTO is Abhi Arora.

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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.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

Venice, California-based venture capital investor Fifth Wall says it has made a $135M investment in San Francisco-based real estate sales startup Opendoor , as part of a combined equity and debt funding. Fifth Wall's LPs include CBRE, Equity Residential, Hines, Host Hotels & Resorts, Lennar, Macerich, and Prologis.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

Durkin had been CFO of the company from March 2012 until May of 2017. Neumann has only been at Activision since May of 2017, and previously had been Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Global Guest Experience at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; he also had been at Providence Equity Partners and Summit Partners. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2017

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 -- Recurring Revenue Conference. Join local entrepreneurs, SaaS innovators, leading VCs, private equity/angel investors April 26, 2017 at the Recurring Revenue Conference (www.recurringrevenueconference.com) presented by Sutton Capital Partners.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Friday, November 10, 2017 -- The StartEngine ICO 2.0 Hear from top leaders in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and equity crowdfunding about how the U.S. is already positioned to accommodate regulated coin offerings. And meet the ambitious entrepreneurs who are going to make it all happen. See [link].

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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.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2018

has raised $234M in a growth equity funding, the company said last week. The company has now raised more than $434M, including a $200M funding round received in May of 2017. El Segundo-based Radiology Partners , which operates a network of physician-owned radiology practices across the U.S.,

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2018

TaskUs, which is backed by private equity investor Blackstone, has a similar employee management challenge; in 2017, the company passed up more than 8,000 employees with significant operations in the Philippines, Santa Monica, Texas, and New Mexico. Ferguson will be based out of Denver. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 23, 2019

The firm was launched in 2017 by general partners Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, formerly of Susa Ventures and Karlin Ventures, respectively. So far this year, companies headquartered in the area have attracted roughly $25 billion in equity funding, according to data collected by PitchBook.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based e-commerce agency CPC Strategy has been acquired by digital marketing agency Elite SEM , according to private equity backer Mountaingate Capital. The acquisition is the third for Elite SEM since Mountaingate Capital acquired the comapny in 2017. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 9, 2020

Empirico, a biotech that has developed tools to analyze genomics data and use those insights to identify potential therapeutic targets, has signed a collaboration deal with antisense drug developer Ionis Pharmaceuticals that includes a $10 million equity investment.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2017

in total across 17 deals, for the quarter ending March 31st, 2017. The TCA said that 99 percent of the investment dollars were in Southern California, and all but one of the investments were early stage funding, including seed equity, Series A, or bridge to Series A funding. According to the TCA, it invested $3.8M

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2018

Pulse Electronics said Egston had 2017 revenues of approximately $85M, and has 1400 employees. Pulse Electronics is owned by private equity investor Oaktree Capital Management. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 28, 2017

As 2017 comes to a close, we’re surveying business and technology leaders from around our network to get their perspectives on the year in tech—and what’s next. Xconomy: If you think public perception about the tech industry turned for the worse in 2017, what should the industry do to rebuild trust in 2018?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 6, 2017

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 -- Fierce, Funded, and Female: A Discussion On Capital Raising. What are the pros and cons of equity funding from angels, VC firms, crowdfunding and bank lending? General Assembly. Join a group of female investors and successful entrepreneurs for an open discussion on raising money for your new venture.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 3, 2017

In an environment of microscopic interest rates, it is particularly interesting to read the Preqin 2Q17 Quarterly Update , which exhaustively tracks all things private equity and venture capital. In 2Q17 private equity funds raised nearly $121 billion across 206 funds; buyout.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based point-of-sale technology developer Appetize said Tuesday that it has raised $20M in a new funding round, led by private equity investor Shamrock Capital Advisors. Oak View Group, led by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff, also participated, along other investors. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court makes a number of allegations against Stefan Krause and Canoo, including that Christina Krause was paid less than other founding members and not given the co-founder designation or the equity stake that often comes with that title despite being a founding employee.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? Traditional venture capitalists will focus on leading larger rounds of equity in fewer companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 27, 2019

To tackle this, we formed Retina in 2017, so that we could help businesses find out the true lifetime value of their customers, not just after they had them for years, but when they just walked in the door. We were acquired in 2014 by Summit Partners, and I ended up in private equity, post-acquisition at Summit Partners.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 25, 2022

Starship Technologies is describing this as a “quasi-equity facility”, meaning there is a venture loan involved in the mix. Based out of Los Angeles, Starship initially made its name, back in 2017, running pilots with delivery companies in the U.S. It has now made more than 2.5

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

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. Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud-native development .

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 16, 2020

With that in mind, the Watertower Ventures group, which launched in 2017 with a small, $5 million fund, is a return to those roots. The plan, even at the time, was always to raise a larger fund. “We want to connect them to the right person at those companies to create a commercial relationship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. The basic categories include equity, straight debt, convertible debt, services, and agreements for future equity. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/18/2017.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 21, 2019

During the summer of 2017, the rumor of a popup store in LA generated a crowd of 500. In October of 2017, Jebbia confirmed that the Carlyle Group made a significant investment in his business, rumored at $500 million for a fifty percent interest. When Supremes’ stores reopen, the lines routinely stretch for blocks.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Next year, we plan on building it into a bigger business and in April 2017, we'll be doing it again, but this time in New York. Finally, what do you think will have the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2017? What's the biggest lesson you learned this year? Alon Goren: Delegate!

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2021

Stella Wu, who formerly worked as a growth product manager at Wish, got firsthand experience of the pain points related to the process when she bought her own house in 2017. “I Builders VC led the round, which included participation from Celtic, Newfund and Wish co-founder Danny Zhang. They were not reliable and bad at communication.”.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Software Review 185

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 18, 2022

Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. debt, equity, derivatives) or sectors (e.g., Bitcoin looks like Chamath took it public via a SPAC.

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Tech.Co

JULY 19, 2017

Independent media network WelkerMedia is launching the world’s first no-equity and not-for-profit acceleration program with a focus on digital activism, social impact and creative projects. You can apply to the 2017 competition through this link , and you can find a Q&A with additional information over here. How It Works.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

founded in summer of 2017. The point is, if you're going to give up some ownershipand as a founder, you always feel like you don't want to give up equity because it's your babybut if you wait for too long, at some point that window is going to close. What does your startup do? Dan LeBlanc: Daasity is about two years old.,

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