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. Dex Media said on Friday that it has acquired YP Holdings , which operates both YP.com and the Real Yellow Pages, and will create a new combined company called DexYP.

Media

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The huge importance of this is that when you have a high-level of loyal customers you get repeat purchases that are significantly more profitable because you’re not spending new acquisition dollars acquiring them. companies that have to spend too heavily on customer acquisition). Get Physical!

Product

socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2017

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which uses phone calls and related information for mobile identity management, authentication, and other cloud services, has been acquired by Brussels-based BICS , in a deal worth $230M in cash plus unspecified earnout. BICS said that TeleSign has annual revenues of around $100M.

Mobile

L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 3, 2021

Digital Colony Management has completed its acquisition of wireless internet provider Boingo Wireless Inc.

Acquisition

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2021

Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic said on Wednesday that its shareholders have approved the go-private, private equity acquisition of the company by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners. The two private equity companies will pay $80.00 per share in cash for CoreLogic. The deal is worth $6 billion in total.

Equity

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

Triller Network, the owner of the Triller social media app and several streaming businesses, announced April 14 that it had acquired live event and pay-per-view platform Fite and had reached an agreement to purchase software developer Truverse Inc., doing business as Amplify.ai.

Acquisition

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2019

Shell, which is making the acquisition through its Shell New Energies US subsidiary, snatched the company from Energy Impact Partners, a cleantech-focused investment firm. “As

Acquisition

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 8, 2018

Hong Kong-based mobile gaming company Kunlun Group Limited has closed on its purchase of the remaining stake of Grindr LLC, a gay men’s dating app located in West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center, the companies announced Monday.

Acquisition

socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2022

Long Beach-based Rocket Lab said Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of SolAero Holdings. The deal was worth $80M in cash. SolAero Holdings is a manufacturer of solar power technology and aerospace structures for use in space.

Acquisition

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. But if you ask anyone in the ecosystem of customer acquisition?—?founders, and you’ll hear the same thing: customer acquisition (CAC) is getting harder and more expensive.

Product

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Many have seen the acquisition as an attempt to fight back against Shopify's rampant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The Amazon/Selz Acquisition. Amazon's acquisition of Selz doesn't represent a dramatic change to its business model. Shopify has even partnered with TikTok to facilitate in-app sales for small businesses.

News

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 6, 2020

based company, San Vicente Acquisition Partners. Little is known about San Vicente Acquisition, but a person with knowledge of the deal said that the company is made up of a group of investors that’s fully owned and controlled by Americans. Reuters reports that the Chinese company sold its 98% stake in Grindr to a U.S.-based

Los Angeles

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 15, 2020

Video-sharing platform Triller, which is owned by Century City-based Proxima Media, has completed the acquisition of Halogen Networks.

Century City

L.A. Business Journal

JULY 12, 2021

will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in a deal that values the combined company at $2 billion. Pasadena-based energy technology company Heliogen Inc.

Pasadena

L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 2, 2021

With its announcement of a land acquisition in Las Vegas last month, the developer of a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California now has land for two key stations.

Southern California

L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 15, 2021

which generates customer acquisition leads for insurance carriers through a digital platform, is far from a typical tech startup. MediaAlpha Inc.,

Platform

L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The acquisition will strengthen Rocket Lab’s space systems portfolio and gives it a presence in Colorado, which has a large aerospace economy.

Acquisition

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). Take for example, an eCommerce company.

SEM

TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. What does the business do?

Metrics

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 17, 2022

Beverly Hills-based LiveOne Inc., the owner of streaming services like Slacker Radio, LiveXLive and PodcastOne, is making a foray into the gaming business with a newly launched subsidiary called GamifyOne.

Beverly Hills

socalTECH

JULY 28, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Shell, the acquisition will help it in offering up renewable and low-carbon energy, particularly in the business-to-consumer power market. Inspire offers up renewable energy subscriptions to customers.

Capital

socalTECH

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.

Company

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Financial details of the acquisitions were not announced. Neohire South is a recruiting company with offices in Santa Monica and Tarzana, RockIT Recruiting is a tech recruiting company based in San Francisco, and Hero.jobs is a recuiting software company based in Santa Monica. TS2 Holdings is led by CEO Yoshii Iyadomi.

Tarzana

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Archer Aviation’s announcement comes two weeks since it landed United Airlines as a customer and an investor in its bid to become a publicly traded company via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. an increasingly common financial path that allows the startup to eschew the once traditional IPO process.

Los Angeles

socalTECH

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.

Acquisition

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. In the ecommerce arena I see some great companies spending heavily on customer acquisition. __. faux·men·tum.

Startup

socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. La Jolla-based GoSecure, a provider of managed security services, said today that it has acquired Covail, a security and risk optimization and automation company. GoSecure said it will use Covail's expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) to augment its platform.

Artificial Inteligence

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Los Angeles-based Seed Health, which is focused on microbial sciences, says it has acquired Auggi, a digital health company which develops artificial intelligence and machine learning software to track and analyze digestive health.

Artificial Inteligence

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Customer Acquisition - I left customer acquisition for last intentionally. But neither do they want to be out on a limb as the first person predicting you will change the world. Press loves company as much as they love exclusivity. Ironic, of course. I promise.

Press

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.

Technical Review

Berkonomics

APRIL 26, 2018

Speaking of which, those companies with cash in the bank and cash available are the ones to scoop up the bargains, from suppliers and in acquisitions especially during tough times. A fast-growing but undercapitalized company is not highly valued in an acquisition. And oil is a lubricant…. Such bargains; so little time.

Acquisition

Berkonomics

AUGUST 15, 2024

But it is within the range of experience by many of us professional investors, and with those who have acted as brokers, serial purchasers or consultants for acquisitions. Why would anyone acquire a company? With this rate of disappointment, why would anyone or any company purchase another? And the lesson? So, this insight is simple.

Acquisition

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2021

Although the company did not say why it was touting its results, the announcement is typical of companies looking at an IPO, acquisition, or other exit efforts. Growth Partners, Morgan Stanley, and Salesforce Ventures.

Santa Barbara

socalTECH

JULY 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based, low-cost e-commerce products site Hollar is no more, and will be swallowed up by new owner Five Below , six months after the acquisition of Hollar by Five Below.

Sites

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

According to indie, the acquisition will help it in the rapidly growing LiDAR market. The company produces low noise lasers, Bragg gratings and integrated photonic elements which are used for automotive light detection and ranging (LiDAR). Those products are now being heavily used in autonomous vehicle systems.

Acquisition

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

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.) . — hailing from Mexico City, this startup makes mini games in augmented reality for brands and advertisers. The latest cohort from Snap’s Yellow accelerator.

Artificial Inteligence

Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2020

This is the total expected revenue for a customer (usually calculated with a five year life no matter what the type of business) less the cost of acquisition (see below) less the recurring direct costs of serving the customer or of product estimated to be sent to the customer over the lifetime relationship. CPA (Cost per Acquisition).

Acquisition