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SloanLED Acquires Litecorr

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Ventura-based SloanLED , a developer of LED lighting products and power supplies, has acquired Litecorr , a LED lighting products manufacturer, according to private equity investor Baird Capital. Baird Capital owns SloanLED. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Trade Desk Files For IPO

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Ventura-based Trade Desk has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $86.25M on an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The IPO is being underwritten by Citigroup, Jefferies, RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, and Raymond James. The company says it has filed to trade as TTD. READ MORE>>.

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ACG 101's Annual MandA Update

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Total merger and acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the MandA environment look like throughout 2012? trillion in value.

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The Trade Desk Raises $2.5M

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Ventura-based The Trade Desk , a new online Internet advertising exchange firm headed by AdECN co-founder Jeff Green, has raised $2.5M Green was last COO at Microsoft AdECN, after AdECN's acquisition by Microsoft in 2007. Tags: marketplace exchange advertising internet capital venture green jeff adecn thetradedesk.

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Interview with Jeff Green, The Trade Desk

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Last week, Ventura-based The Trade Desk (www.thetradedesk.com) announced a $2.5M The two we're disclosing right now are Jerry Neumann, who ran mergers and acquisition for Omnicom, and Josh Styleman, CEO of Reprise Media, which was sold to IPG and became their search product. funding round. Jeff, thanks for the interview. READ MORE>>.

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Success, Santa Barbara Style: Patagonian Sexwax With A Side Order of UGGS

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Combine this significant pool of sophisticated Angel capital and expertise with UC Santa Barbara’s world-class entrepreneurial program and throw in a critical mass of entrepreneurs bold enough to build businesses around their passions, it’s understandable how a modest-sized community has produced so many successful tech startups.