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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. Happy Holidays!

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

2018 was a year of ups and downs for the business and technology community. It was a year of big exits—both IPOs and acquisitions—for tech and life sciences companies. Storylines in various sectors helped shape the overall narrative in 2018. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic said late Thursday that it has launched an effort to exit "certain legacy non-core software units" at the company. According to the firm, it is looking to exit its loan origination software unit and its "legacy default management" related platforms over the next 24 months.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Irvine-based Viant, which develops advertising software, had a successful IPO on Wednesday, selling 10 million shares of its stock at $25 per share last night, above its initial estimated IPO price of $19.00 The company's long history--it was founded in 1999--includes the acquisition of MySpace in 2011, a 60% acquisition by Time Inc.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Irvine-based a href="[link] Technology, a developer of advertising software, says it has launched an IPO, intending to sell 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. in 2018, and the acquisition of Adelphic in 2017. The IPO will raise as much as $181M for Viant. and $21.00

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Broadcom , which still has significant operations in Orange County, said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of the Enterprise Security business of Symantec Corporation , which had been announced in August. The deal was worth $10.7 billion in cash. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Anaheim-based Willdan Group said on Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Integral Analytics , a developer of data analytics software for the utility industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Willdan said it expects the acquisition to add $10M in revenues in 2018.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition deal were not announced. The Weidt Group orivdes energy consulting and software development, focused on the energy and operational performance of new and existing buildings for utilities.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Irvine-based CalAmp , a provider of fleet tracking services, announced this morning that it has acquired Synovia Solutions , a company that operates in the fleet safety and management business for the K-12 school bus and state and local government fleet market, in a move to boost its software-as-a-service revenue.

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based treasury and finance software developer Kyriba announced late Wednesday that it has raised $160M in a growth funding round, from private equity investor Bridgepoint. According to Kyriba, the investment round will give Bridgepoint a majority stake in its business, and values the company at $1.2 READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Yellow , the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. Since launching the platform in 2018, startups from the Snap accelerator have gone on to acquisition (like Stop, Breathe, and Think, which was bought by Meredith Corp.)

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MAY 17, 2021

Goleta-based construction management software developer Procore is expected to have its IPO debut this week, planning to raise $592M at a $8.9 The company's software is used to manage construction projects, including plans, schedules, logistics, and many other aspects of that business. billion market cap.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Irvine-based TITAN School Solutions , a developer of software used for managing school district meal programs, has been acquired by LINQ , a developer of school district management software. Series A funding round back in 2018. Series A funding round back in 2018. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2017

Lancaster, California-based Simulations Plus , which develops pharmaceutical simulation and modeling software, has acquired DILIsym Services , a developer of drug-induced liver injury simulation software and related consulting services to the pharmaceutical industry. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The Tech Coast Angels said this morning that its members said a 16x return from their investment in CaseStack , the logistics and supply chain company led by Dan Sanker, after its acquisition last year for $255M. in November of 2018. CaseStack as acquired by Hub Group, Inc.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

The new company has emerged from a three way merger of Reliam, Stratalux, and G2 Tech Group, following an acquisition of the three companies by Great Hill Partners. According to the newly formed company, it completed all three of those mergers earlier in 2018, and now has a customer base of 175 enterprises. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital is hoping to sell one of its portfolio companies, Perforce Software , for around $2 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg over the weekend. Perforce has been owned by Clearlake Capital since January of 2018. Bloomberg did not name possible buyers for Perforce.

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MAY 20, 2021

Carpinteria-based Procore, the construction management software developer which went IPO this morning, is now worth more than $11 billion in market value, after pricing at $67.00 The IPO is the first in the technology sector in the Santa Barbara area since Sonos went IPO in 2018. above its debut, up 31.34%. Piper Sandler & Co.,

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Santa Clara- and San Diego-based ServiceNow said on Wednesday that it has acquired San Mateo-based SkyGiraffe , a developer of a mobile software development platform. The company said it will embed SkyGiraffe's technology in its Now Platform in 2018. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The sector saw more big venture capital deals and acquisitions , while researchers kept plugging away on technology advances. software startups to reflect on the trends that defined the sector in 2018—and where things might be headed in 2019. Meanwhile, A.I. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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MAY 20, 2021

Carpinteria-based construction management software developer Procore Technologies priced its IPO last night, saying it will sell 9,470,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $67.00 The IPO is the first in the technology sector in the Santa Barbara area since Sonos went IPO in 2018. Piper Sandler & Co.,

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In mid-2018, Tom Bogan was the leader of business planning software company Adaptive Insights as it planned its own next steps. But like Dustin Hoffman in “The Graduate,” the big enterprise software company Workday lured Adaptive Insights away from the IPO altar with a more attractive deal—a $1.55

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance has been acquired by BlackBerry , in a deal worth $1.4 Cylance, develops artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity software, which detects and reacts to cybersecurity threats. billion in cash, BlackBerry announced this morning.

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JULY 25, 2018

a provider of e-commerce shipping software. MetaPack offers up its enterprise e-commerce shipping software to e-commerce customers. Stamps also said that MetaPack had revenues of approximately 36 million in its fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, and approximately 350 employees. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

“In a global mobile games market that is consolidating, Jam City could not be more proud to be working with JPMorgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Silicon Valley Bank, SunTrust Bank and CIT Group to strategically support the financing of our acquisition and growth plans,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City.

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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. By 2018 that revenue was expected to top $30 million, according to sources at the time. The company filed registration documents in California in June 2018.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

San Diego-based LeaseLabs , which provides oline marketing services to the multifamily housing and apartment industry, has been acquired for $103M by real estate software developer RealPage. According to RealPage, LeaseLabs projects standalone revenue of $20M for the full 2018 year. RealPage is based in Richardson, Texas.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2017

From Portland to Pittsburgh, it’s likely that every city in the U.S. with more than 1 million people has made its case to Amazon to locate the company’s second headquarters there. At least, hopefully they have already, because today—if you haven’t heard—was the deadline to apply.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Apple did this with the introduction of the smartphone, which altered the value chain for computers, video, and software, which were already staples that they knew well. Implement a plan of regular strategic acquisitions. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 12/18/2018. Populating new domains to sustain your market.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

What are you looking forward to most in 2018? We'll be launching two new programs early in the new year that will help emerging brands and manufacturing founders connect with the resources they need to scale in LA; stay tuned for some announcements early in 2018. (If If you are interested in partnering or sponsoring, let us know.).

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon will pick the city in 2018. Amazon sent cities across North America into a frenzy Thursday after announcing plans to build a second headquarters outside of Seattle, bringing with it tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic development benefits. Mexico is also part.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It's all about post-acquisition, and having a great relationship with our users for the length of the term. Whether that is free treats and gifts via email or text, or our app when we push that out in Q1 of 2018, we give them services like free maintenance and charging, and what have you. It's all about post acquisition.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Our web software platform lets those groups address a younger generation, deal with micro billing and donations, and communicate in the new medium more effective than they used to. The question is, if in 2008 and you've got 500,000 in donations, where will you end up in 2018--$15 billion or more? How is the company backed?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

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. billion by 2018. Customer retention with churn modeling. But whatever the name, the opportunity is still there, and it’s large.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

Clio , a software company that helps law practices run more efficiently with its cloud-based technology, announced Tuesday it has raised a $110 million Series E round co-led by T. Historically, legal practice management software was limited to server-based solutions designed for enterprise businesses — not small law firms, Newton said.

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