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Boingo Wireless Acquisition Is Completed

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

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Kofax Completes Ephesoft Acquisition

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Irvine-based document management software developer Kofax--which is now owned by private equity investors TA and Clearlake Capital--has completed its acquisition of Ephesoft, a developer of enterprise document processing software. ephesoft equity private acquisition merger software automation document clearlake kofax

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Clearlake Portfolio Firm Makes Acquisition

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. clearlake capital private equity merger acquisition cleanroom netmercury floworksSanta Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group said today that one of its portfolio companies, FloWorks International, has acquired netMercury. FloWorks is a provider of specialty flow control distribution products; netMercury provides parts and services to the integrated circuit fabrication and technology industry.

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Triller Makes Two Acquisitions, Appoints New CEO

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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.

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Viasat Completes Rignet Acquisition

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Carlsbad-based satellite communications and equipment provider Viasat said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Rignet, a provider of high speed communications services to the oil and gas and other similar industries. viasat merger acquisition rignet broadband satellite connectivity

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Rocket Lab Completes SolAero Acquisition

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Long Beach-based Rocket Lab said Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of SolAero Holdings. rocketlab solaero merger acquisition aerospace solar power spaceflightThe deal was worth $80M in cash. SolAero Holdings is a manufacturer of solar power technology and aerospace structures for use in space. Rocket Lab says SolAero's space solar cells are used in civil space exploration, science, defense and intelligence, and commercial markets.

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Boingo Wireless Acquisition Is Completed

L.A. Business Journal

The acquisition of wireless internet provider Boingo Wireless has been completed by Digital Colony Management

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MaxLinear Crosses Hurdle in Silicon Motion Acquisition

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Carlsbad-based MaxLinear said on Tuesday that it the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired, clearing the company's proposed acquisition of Silicon Motion. maxlinear silicon motion merger acquisitionMaxLinear said it will pay $93.54

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CoreLogic Gets Shareholder Approval On Private Equity Acquisition

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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. corelogic merger acquisition private equity stone point insight partners property information data database

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AECOM Acquisition Talk Builds

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Speculation is mounting that Century City-based engineering and infrastructure giant AECOM may be acquired by rival WSP Global Inc

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LinQuest Completes TMC Design Acquisition

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Los Angeles-based LinQuest, a provider of space systems and related technology for the defense and intelligence market, said it has completed its acquisition of TMC Design Corporation, a provider of engineering, development, and integration company with expertise in electromagnetics, digital signal processing, and radio frequency communications. linquest merger acquisition tmcdesign defense aerospace intelligence electromagnetics hardware

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Stamps.com Stockholders Approve Private Equity Acquisition

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The company said the acquisition is expected to close this week. stamps private merger acquisition thoma bravo postage online businessEl Segundo-based Stamps.com, which provides e-commerce shipping and online postage services, said last week that its stockholders approved a merger with private equity investor Thoma Bravo. The deal calls for Stamps.com stockholders to receive $330.00 per shar in cash for each share of Stamps.com common stock they own.

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J2 Global Closes 4 Acquisitions

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Internet services company J2 Global Inc. finished up 2020 on a buying spree

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Activision Acquisition By Microsoft To Get UK Scrutiny

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Any hopes of seeing a rapid acquisition of Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision by Microsoft may have gone out the door today. activision microsoft blizzard merger acquisition antitrust international delay inquiry investigationThe United Kingdom says that it is launching an investigation into the merger, saying that the merger "may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within a market or markets in the United Kingdom".

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Levine Leichtman Portfolio Firm Makes Acquisition

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One of the portfolio companies of Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has made a big acquisition, the company said this morning. monte nido levine leichtman merger acquisitionAccording to Levine Leichtman, Monte Nido & Affiliates, its portfolio company, has acquired Walden Behavioral Care. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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Visa Completes Verifi Acquisition

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Payment giant Visa announced this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Los Angeles-based Verifi , which develops software and technology to reduce chargebacks for vendors who take credit cards. verifi visa merger acquisition chargeback fintech financial credit card dispute resolution software

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AeroVironment Completes $405M Arcturus UAV Acquisition

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Simi Valley-based Aerovironment said yesterday that it has completed the $405M acquisition of Arcturus UAV, a designer and manufacturer of high performance, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). aerovironment merger acquisition arcturus unmanned aerial vehicle militaryThe deal had originally been announced on January 13th.

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TeleSign Acquisition By BICS Closes, Deal Value Rises To $335M

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Marina del Rey-based phone verification and user authentication service TeleSign is now officially part of BICS , after the official close of the acquisition, BICS said today. telesign merger acquisition bics phone verification cybersecurity second factor authentication marchcp telecomThe deal was originally announced in April.

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QAD Completes Allocation Network GmbH Acquisition

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Santa Barbara-based QAD, which develops software for the manufacturing sector, said Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Allocation Network GmbH. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The company said the acquisition will strengthen its suite of products and services, plus support its cloud growth initiatives. allocation network germany merger acquisition manufacturing software international

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Diversis Capital Backs SalesRabbit, Eyes Acquisitions

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In a statement, Diversis co-founder and Managing Partner Ron Nyot said that it is now "actively identifying strategic add-on acquisitions to broaden the product portfolio.". salesrabbit diversis capital field sales merger acquisition ventureLos Angeles-based private equity investor Diversis Capital Management said this week that it has backed field sales software developer SalesRabbit.

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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

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As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC).

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Heliogen Goes Public Via SPAC Acquisition

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Pasadena-based concentrated solar energy technology developer Heliogen, a spinout of the Idealab startup incubator, has gone public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) deal, the company said on Wednesday. According to Heliogen and Athena Technology Acquisition Corp., concentrated solar carbon cleantech hlgn idealab xcarb pipe space acquisition merger heliogen

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QAD In $2 Billion Private Equity Acquisition

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Santa Barbara-based supply chain software developer QAD has entered into a $2 billion acquisition deal with private equity investor Thoma Bravo, the company said on Monday. merger acquisition thoma pravo private equity software supply chainAccording to QAD, its shareholders will receive $87.50 per share in cash from Thoma Bravo, in an all-cash transaction. The take-private deal will result in QAD no longer trading on public markets.

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How to plan to make a successful acquisition

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One of my company CEO’s recently described his rule for acquisition success, and it resonated with me as a great goal for planning during acquisition exercises. This CEO states that he has made it work twice when acquiring companies, and that is enough for him to make it his rule for all future acquisitions.

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Yahoo Back After Verizon Media Acquisition

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Yahoo--one of the Internet's first companies--is back as a standalone company, after the private equity acquisition of Verizon Media by private equity firm Apollo Funds. yahoo verizon media merger acquisition apollo globalAccording to Verizon and Apollo Global Management, Apollo will pay $5 billion for Verizon Media, which will be renamed Yahoo as a result of the deal. Verizon said it will retain a 10 percent stake in the company.

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PayPal Completes $4 Billion Acquisition Of Honey

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San Jose-based PayPal Holdings said this morning that it has completed its $4 billion cash acquisition of Los Angeles-based Honey , the developer of a browser plug-in that helps consumers find the best coupons for purchases when they are shopping online. honey paypal merger acquisition shopping ecommerce sales ryan hudson george ruan finance financial coupon browser extension

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Skyworks Completes Avenera Acquisition

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Irvine-based Skyworks Solutions , which develops analog semiconductors, said late Friday that it has completed its acquisition Avnera Corporation. The acquisition had been announced on August 3rd, and is worth up to $425M in total. Skyworks said it paid cash for the acquisition. akyworks avnera merger acquisition analog semiconductor audio processing speech

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Peregrine Semiconductor Acquisition Completes

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The $471M acquisition of San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor is now complete, with Peregrine now officially owned by Japanese company Murata , Murata said Friday. Murata had announced the acquisition of Peregrine in August. peregrine semiconductor merger acquisition japan japanese international murata hardware radio frequency

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MaintenanceNet Acquisition By Cisco Completes

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Carlsbad-based cloud software developer MaintenanceNet is now officially part of Cisco, Cisco said this week, after it completed its acquisition deal for the company. Cisco had announced its acquisition of MaintenanceNet on July 8th, saying it would pay $139M for the startup. maintenancenet merger acquisition cisco recurring software revenue contract cloud

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Illumina Completes GenoLogics Acquisition

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San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said today that it has completed its acquisition of GeneLogics Life Sciences Software , which makes laboratory information management systems for the life sciences industry. illumina genologics merger acquisition management software genomics gene sequencing lifescience equipment

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Iteris Closes Albeck Gerken Acquisition

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Santa Ana-based Iteris , which provides and provides data and analysis of transportation and agricultural information, has completed its acquisition of Albeck Gerken , a provider of traffic operations engineering services. iterix albeck gerken acquisition merger traffic

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OpenGate Capital's Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems Makes Acquisition

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. OpenGate Capital said the acquisition is the seventh add-on investment it has made for its platform companies in its Fund II portfolio. opengate capital kongsberg precision cutting systems merger acquisition multicam

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HCAP Partners Backs TCS Healthcare Technologies In Acquisition Deal

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San Diego-based private equity investor HCAP Partners announced today that it has provided a follow-on investment in TCS Healthcare Technologies, a provider of managed care softare, as part of an acquisition effort by TCS. According to HCAP Partners, the investment went to support the acquisition of DataSmart Solutions, LLC, a predictive risk analytics software company. Financial details of the acquisition and investment were not announced by HCAP Partners.

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Aperio Acquisition Completes

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The acquisition of Vista, California-based Aperio by German firm Leica Biosystems has completed, the firms said Thursday. aperio leica biosystems lifescience merger acquisition exit digital pathology hardware equipmentAperio, a maker of digital pathology and slide digitization systems, and Leica had announced the deal on August 21st. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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Internet Brands Acquisition Completes

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El Segundo-based Internet Brands said Friday that the acquisition of the firm by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has closed. The acquisition, which had originally been announced in September, was worth $640M. internet brand hellman friedman merger acquisition ecommerce advertisingInternet Brands said that the firm will cease trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market at close of the market today. JMI Equity also invested in Internet Brands as part of the sale.

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Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp. Raises $175M In IPO

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Los Angeles-based Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp., a newly formed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), says it is raising $175M in an intial public offering (IPO). geex spac merger acquisition special purpose companyThe company is offering up 17,500,000 units of its stock at $10.00 per unit. The company began trading on Thursday on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol GEEXU.

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Kunlun Group Limited Completes Acquisition of Grindr

L.A. Business Journal

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

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Teledyne Completes Scientific Systems Acquisition

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said on Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Pennsylvania-based Scientific Systems Inc. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. teledyne scientific systems merger acquisition hplc high performance liquid chromatography

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Boingo Wireless Target Of Acquisition Effort

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Boingo Wireless has been in the midst of a restructuring , having cut 16% of its staff in December; the company has been digesting an acquisition of a competing company, Elauwit Networks. boingo wireless wifi distributed antenna system merger acquisition

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NextGen Healthcare Completes EagleDream Acquisition

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Irvine-based NextGen Healthcare Information Systems , which is owned by Quality Systems, says it has completed its previously announced acquisition of EagleDream Health , a software analytics developer. nextgen healthcare eagledream merger acquisition software analyticsFinancial details of the buy have not been announced. EagleDream Health, based in Rochester, New York, develops cloud-based analytics software used for healthcare practice administration and optimization. READ MORE>>.

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Amazon’s Selz Acquisition is Encouraging News for Small Businesses

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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. It's been a big week for Jeff Bezos.

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Clearlake Capital Completes NetDocuments Acquisition

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Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said it has completed its acquisition of secure cloud-based document management software developer NetDocuments. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. clearlake capital netdocuments merger acquisition document cloud management legal software

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Teledyne Clears Two Antitrust Reviews For FLIR Acquisition

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies Incorporated says it has cleared antitrust reviews in both Canada and Canada for its ongoing acquisition of FLIR Systems. According to the company, it received a No-Action Letter regarding the proposed acquisition from the Competition Bureau of the Government of Canada on Wednesday, and a similar one from the Federal Cartel Office in Germany. teledyne antitrust review flir acquisition merger