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Techstars Studio CTO, In Irvine, Aims To Help Entrepreneurs

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Southern California startup founder Isaac Saldana --who co-founded SendGrid --is hoping to help other entrepreneurs create companies , after the $3 billion, all-stock acquisition of SendGrid by Twilio in October.

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The Stage Fund Sets Partner In Los Angeles

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The The Stage Fund , a investment and acquisition firm focused on acquiring turnaround companies, has tapped a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, Dan Tamkin , as a new Managing Partner in Los Angeles. According to the fund, Tamkin will be setting up a West Coast office for the fund, which is based in Denver, Colorado.

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OnAssignment Buys CyberCoders For $105M

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Heidi Golledge, President and CEO, and Matt Miller, Chief Technology Officer, will continue to oversee day-to-day operations of CyberCoders after the acquisition. CyberCoders had been very active in Southern California''s technology startup market. OnAssignment paid $17.1 OnAssignment paid $17.1

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Rubicon Project: LA's Next IPO?

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Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday.

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Acclaim Games Acquired By Playdom

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According to Playdom, Acclaim will continue to be run by Howard Marks, most recently CEO of Acclaim, with Acclaim Chief Technology Officer Neil Malhotra acting as Senior Technical Officer. Playdom said the acquisition would also give it access to the game development talent in Southern California.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).