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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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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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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. Procore has been eyeing an IPO since 2019.

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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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JANUARY 31, 2020

Los Angeles-based advertising exchange operator Rubicon Project and advertising software developer Telaria said on Thursday afternoon that the two have filed joint proxy statement and proxies, for their previously announced stock-for-stock merger. Rubicon Project said it now expects to have 2019 revenues of approximately $156M.

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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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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software says it has acquired the operator business of Circle Media Labs , a developer of parental control software. in cash, and included customer contracts and a perpetual software license. The company says it the operator business is expected to report 2019 revenues of $4M.

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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 reported $9.9M

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

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. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software that you found most interesting in 2018? Given SVBs market position, that is great news.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences , a developer of web application security software, has been acquired for $775M by San Francisco-based Fastly , Fastly annoucned this morning. According to Fastly, the cash and stock deal will expand its security portfolio, and form the basis of a new, upcoming security offering called Secure@Edge.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Oblong is a developer of collaboration software and hardware, and is best known for "spatial computing", its user interface which inspired the user interface in Minority Report. Oblong and Glowpoint merged in October of 2019, and since then the merged company has been switching over to the Oblong name, produts, and trading symbol.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Trafficware's products include sensors, hardware, and software used in managing things like traffic lights, traffic synchronization, and for centralized traffic management by transportation agencies. Trafficware will add approximately $50M in sales and $14M to $15M in adjusted EBITDA in Cubic's fiscal 2019 year, according to the company.

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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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JANUARY 3, 2019

I plan to try to put both of these lessons together in 2019. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? This focus on customer experience is a trend that accelerated rapidly in 2018 and one that shows no sign of slowing in 2019. Just maybe. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Past investors also included Y Combinator, where GrubMarket was part of the Winter 2015 cohort), and for some more context, GrubMarket last raised money in April 2019 , $28 million at a $228 million valuation, a source says. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

2019 was the year podcasting turned into a major industry. A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. Podcast celebrity Griffin McElroy admitted in a 2019 workshop that he still uses it to edit three podcasts a week.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? Just as entrepreneurs need to have thoughtful answers about business models and customer acquisition, I think they now will also need to be prepared to address issues on community impacts and equity.

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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>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite being one of the most popular apps of 2019 , monetisation has largely eluded the company up to now. A music streaming app, which TikTok has reportedly been gearing up to launch for some time , is one way that the company could help generate revenue.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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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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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. Clio last raised in September of 2019 when it brought in $250 million in a Series D financing. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and OMERS Growth Equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In software, hackers love the intellectual challenge of confronting a system designed to do one thing and cleverly exploit it to achieve something different. Because fostering entrepreneurship internally is hard, many companies have now shifted their innovation focus to acquisitions and partnerships. Start your tenure from today.

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