TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

But LA-based performance marketing agency MuteSix didn’t wait that long to build its business around scaling DTC brands. Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. The key takeaway?

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Finally, podcasting is a growing market.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 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. 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.

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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 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2021

Irvine-based Viant Technology, a developer of advertising software, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $150M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market as DSP. in net income on $164M in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019. The company is led by CEO Tim Vanderhook.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen , Los Angeles Market Manager for Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Given SVBs market position, that is great news. If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018.

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