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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Here’s what the podcast acquisitions mean for Spotify, for the entire podcast industry, and for all the tiny underdog podcasters out there. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

NextGen Healthcare said it expects the acquisition to close in early December 2019. As part of the acquisition deal, NextGen Healthcare said that Medfusion is transferring its data services business, Greenlight Health, out of the company before the acquisition. NextGen said the deal will help it expand its market reach.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability. One more deal soon followed. billion valuation.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Mojave-based Virgin Orbit, which is developing space launch technology which uses a modified 747 to send rockets into space, is planning to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Sir Richard Branson took one of his other space ventures, space tourism company Virgin Galactic, public in 2019.

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JUNE 21, 2019

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APRIL 17, 2019

Financial details of the four acquisition, which all closed in the first quarter of 2019, were not announced. j2 Global said the acquisition will help it grow its global customer base, provide it with access to new markets, and will expand its product lineup.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Raptor Scientific is owned by private equity firm L Squared Capital Partners, which founded the company in 2019. Sensor Concepts is a provider of products used for radar cross-section (RCS) measurements. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company was acquired by Platinum Equity in December 2019. for the domain name.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The company--which had just raised $20M--will be acquired in a reverse merger with NextGen Acquisition Corp. Xos claims its vehicles have already been deployed since 2019, with a customer base that includes UPS, Loomis, Lonestar, and Wiggins.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Honey was acquired by PayPal in November of 2019 for $4 billion, one of Southern California's biggest acquisition in the last few years.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Abacus Growth was founded by Phillip Hui-Bon-Hoa in 2019. Los Angeles-based Slope Agency , a marketing firm focused on TikTok and founded by Y-Combinator alumni, says it has acquired Los Angeles-based Abacus Growth , a marketing agency focused on TikTok.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Los Angeles-based J2 Global , which owns a large portfolio of Internet services and publications, says it acquired two more companies during Q4 of 2019. Financial details of the two acquisition were not announced, and J2 GLobal said the financial impact of the two acquisition are not expected to be material to the company.

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MAY 8, 2020

in calendar year 2019. The company said the acquisition of PodcastOne will help it enter what is a rapidly growing podcast market, and that the acquisition will be accretive, strengthen its balance sheet, and also diversify its business model.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Netflix (court case number 2:2019-cv-01602) and DIVX, LLC et al (court case number 2:2019-cv-01606). DivX has been mostly dormant since that acquisition in terms of product and company announcements. The two patent infringement lawsuits are DIVX, LLC v. The lawsuits come several years after DivX was acquired by NeuLion, in 2017.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

LiveXLive said that CPS had approximately $19M in revenue in 2019. LiveXLive explained the acquisition will allow it to create and distribute unique and limited edition personalized clothing, jewelry, toys as well as virtual goods. CPS is based in Addison, IL, and currently has more than 7-0 full-time employees.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition deal were not announced. According to Willdan, The Weidt Group had approximately $14M in revenues in 2018, and that it expects the acquisition to be accretive to its earnings in 2019. The Weidt Group was founded in 1977. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2021

billion special purpose acquisition (SPAC) transaction, as the company starts to see a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The company reported $95M in revenues in 2020, versus $151M in 2019, when the pandemic. Santa Monica-based Bird is looking to go public via a $2.3

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Acording to Kaman, the acquisition will significantly expand and diversity its portfolio of products, and help it reach into high-growth and high-margin medical and industrial end markets. Kaman said that Bal Seal expects revenues of approximately $95M for the full year 2019.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The Scoot Moped — an electric moped born out of Bird’s acquisition of Scoot — will launch in Austin five months after unveiling the shared micromobility vehicle. Bird first unveiled the Scoot Moped in October following its acquisition of Scoot. Initially the mopeds were piloted in Los Angeles, according to Bird. ”

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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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AUGUST 19, 2021

Bird said the Q2 results are a 43 percent increase versus the same period in 2019. The startup--led by founder and CEO Traven VanderZanden--is now reporting its results as a result of recently hitting the public markets, via a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) transaction.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to OpenGate Capital, it expects the acquisition to be complete in Q1 of 2019. Sargent and Greenleaf (S&G) wa founded in 1857, and currently has 120 employees.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Emjay was founded in 2019, with Vaughn and Leeb taking over operations of the company in January of 2020. (PCH) announced on Wednesday that it has acquired both alcohol delivery and logistics platform Saucey , as well as cannabis delivery and retail software developer Emjay.

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MARCH 5, 2021

Virgin Galactic went public via a reverse merger, using a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) in October of 2019, despite having yet to launch any tourists to space. Palihapitiya has yet to comment on the sale.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The companies said that MRC Data was created in 2019 through the acquisition of Nielsen Music, which is behind the well known Billboard charts, as well as Alpha Data/BuzzAngle, and Variety Business Intelligence (VBI).

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to DexCom, it expects to commercially launch a system using inControl's algorithm in 2019. According to DexCom, which makes continuous glucose monitoring devices, the deal will help it enhance its offerings with tools to simplify diabetes management. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

From lockdown in her Northern Italy home, Cevolini shared perspective on the future of motorcycling, acquisition offers and plans to recharge her company when the COVID-19 crisis subsides. general manager ( Stefano Benatti ) — filled more orders in the first two months of 2020 than all its sales for 2019, according to Cevolini.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 --.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

A new, Los Angeles-based company, Emburse , launched today, out of the acquisition of six different expense and accounts payable (AP) automation companies, including LA-based Chrome River. Chrome River acquired Emburse back in July of 2019. All of those companies had provided some aspect of expense management.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Maxwell Biomedical was founded in 2019, and says it is working on an atrial pacing device that automatically detects AFib and imperceptibly delivers SRT to restore and maintain a normal heart rhythm. Financial details of the transaction were not announced.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Thursday, April 25, 2019 -- TCVN Event on Growth and Scaling. He brings a wealth of expertise with strengths in areas such as business strategy, operational management, program management, business development, sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions (MandA) and integration. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Rubicon Project said it now expects to have 2019 revenues of approximately $156M. Telaria said it expects 2019 revenues of approximately $68M. Federal Trade Commission granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 on January 14th. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Haus, like any good consumer startup in 2019, is shipped directly to your door. — Kate Clark (@KateClarkTweets) May 21, 2019. I almost skipped IPO corner this week because no big-name companies dropped or amended their S-1s or completed a highly anticipated IPO, as has been the case basically every week of 2019.

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MAY 17, 2021

Procore has been eyeing an IPO since 2019. The company's software is used to manage construction projects, including plans, schedules, logistics, and many other aspects of that business. The IPO looks to be the first in the technology sector for the Santa Barbara area since Sonos went IPO in 2018.

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MAY 13, 2021

The last announced funding for Happy Returns was in April of 2019. Happy Returns was venture backed by U.S. Venture Partners and Upfront Ventures, and also had previously raised strategic funding from PayPal itself.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of March 2019, continues San Diego-based ResMed’s (NYSE: RMD ) “connected healthcare” push that began about five years ago, as Xconomy chronicled last year. [ Updated 12/3/18, 3:30 pm, with CEO comments.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Despite the slowdown, Southern California managed to produce three IPOs in the first three months of 2019, including the $317.0M Globally, there were 199 IPos in the first three months of 2019, totaling $13.1 billion in proceeds, which was a 41 percent decrease in deals and 74 percent decrease in proceeds from 2018.

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