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APRIL 10, 2019

San Diego-based BVAccel , a provider of e-commerce website design and development, optimization, marketing services, and other services, said today that it has acquired the internal commerce agency of WebLinc Corp. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based Magento , the developer of open source, e-commerce software, has officially become part of eBay , eBay announced Wednesday afternoon. eBay had originally announced its acquisition of Magento in June. eBay said that it is making Magento part of its X.commerce, integrated open commerce platform group.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Stack Commerce is led by founder and CEO Josh Payne. According to StackCommerce, its partners earned more than $175M on its platform.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. 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.)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Santa Monica-based Retina , a startup developing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics tools, is integrating its software into the popular Shopify e-commerce platform, the company is announcing this morning.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2018

1 , ia an acquisition by ProSiebenSat.1 1, the acquisition of eHarmony will help it expand its Commerce segment internationally. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. 1 Group is a major German entertainment and media firm, which also has a e-commerce business arm. ProSiebenSat.1

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Pasadena-based payment services provider DoubleBeam said Friday that it has acquired GoPago , a provider of e-commerce solutions for merchants and mobile payment products. DoubleBeam said that the deal will help it deliver a turnkey mobile commerce platform that includes an integrated POS system. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Magento , the developer of e-commerce software headed by Roy Rubin, has been acquired by eBay , eBay said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Magento's open-source, e-commerce software will become part of X.Commerce, eBay's newly created integrated open commerce platform group.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Tapping into a growing consumer interest in higher quality, and more traceable food, it saw an opportunity to build a platform to link up producers to the consumers, restaurants and grocery stores that were buying their products. software platform. GrubMarket has snapped up no less than 40 companies in the last three years.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Riley Financial, Chuck Hastings joins IQvestment Holdings' board of directors, with Jon Merriman joining the company's advisory board.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, Thrive Global is adding a tech tool to its arsenal of cognitive behavioral therapies with the acquisition of the Los Angeles-based startup, Boundless Mind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the stock and cash acquisition will see all nine members of the current Boundless team join Thrive Global.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

GrubMarket , which provides a B2C platform for consumers to order produce and other food and home items for delivery, and a B2B service where it supplies grocery stores, meal-kit companies and other food tech startups with products that they resell, is today announcing that it has raised $60 million in a Series D round of funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Lifestyle business owners usually benefit and enjoy being a part of the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and other civic organizations. No exit planned until retirement.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2016

(www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. They had been huge fans of the platform, and I think they had a super, genuine connection with Youtube, thus with Google.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. When a platform evolves, at some point the company that built the platform starts to slow down. TweetDeck is a very natural acquisition, it certainly brings talent that knows how to build Twitter applications.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 25, 2019

Shopify quietly acquires Handshake, an e-commerce platform for B2B wholesale purchasing . As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its acquisition history . Automattic acquires subscription payment company Prospress. Streem buys Selerio in an effort to boost its AR conferencing tech. Fundraising. Extra Crunch.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. We’ve been fairly capital-efficient in this fast-growth e-commerce space,” Sheik said. “It It also is a burgeoning sector.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. We see big data storage solutions and processing platforms.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Competition: Gilt Groupe , Ideeli , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , OneKingsLane , department stores like Saks and Neiman Marcus. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

That popularity helped drive Instagram's recent acquisition by Facebook for $1 billion. One of the things we really wanted to do was address that, and make our platform more flexible and versatile to help artists and others monetize this without having to invest hundreds or thousands of dollars up front. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

There are more consumer, fashion, e-commerce, beauty, lifestyle, health and wellness companies here, and I think those areas see a higher percentage of female entrepreneurs than you might find in semiconductors or software. They're acquisitive, have cashed up, and lots of them are now looking at repatriating money to the US.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Farbod Shoraka: My background is actually in mergers and acquisition advisory. It''s everything they need to thrive in the e-commerce world, and we hand it to them with a simple, 30-second signup on BloomNation. It''s more about connecting then with customer, than BloomNation sending orders through the platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2019

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Lifestyle business owners usually benefit and enjoy being a part of the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and other civic organizations. No exit planned until retirement.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based MeUndies , debuted its subscription, e-commerce service for underwear and other basics. I understood acquisitions, business, fashion, and how to unite business with passion. The firm is one of the companies which has recently emerged from Science, Inc., Why underwear?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

We morphed from a kiosk company, to a provider of a fully digital store platform for the restaurant industry, and in particular, multi-unit restaurants. Our platform encompasses several things. Our platform encompasses several things. One, is an e-commerce engine which enables ordering, promotions, and loyalty programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. Real-time information drives commerce. The Importance of Twitter. How about if they knew how often I came to Vegas?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

When Facebook was opening up their platform, these guys thought that it was an interesting way to do user acquisition and preference acquisition of individuals and that they would be able find a way to monetize it in commerce-oriented verticals. And we also talked about what it’s like to work with Steve Case.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

We sat down with Scott Morrow President of Curatemedia, to hear more about the firm's strategy and the thinking behind the acquisition and new investment in the firm. For additional verticals, we'll expand that through additional acquisition or through organic sites launched internally. What's the strategy behind acquisitions?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Similar service to Verisign for SSL certificates and e-commerce transactions and McAfee SECURE (HackerSafe) for online retailers. iAd platform was formally launches in July 2010 as part of iOS 4. Total Raised: $366mm.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Ian Miller: FatCloud is a data management and software platform company with a NoSQL database. It''s a distributed data platform built for scale, and build for accelerated application development. I moved to the states with my first acquisition. What exactly is FatCloud?

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

I''ve grown from driving part of the technology within the company, to driving all of the product development side, and also picking up product management and business development, around traffic acquisition and third party products. The last group, on the technical side, is platform data services. How big is YP.com?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Lifestyle business owners usually benefit and enjoy being a part of the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and other civic organizations. No exit planned until retirement.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

Famebit is the world’s first full service platform to connect brands and marketers to Youtube content creators. Shippo is changing the game for e-commerce shipping. They’re going to be huge for private e-commerce retailers. Their solution is ingenius in its design. Look out for this company.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Lifestyle business owners usually benefit and enjoy being a part of the local Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, and other civic organizations. No exit planned until retirement.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

The Bitcoinference served as day 1 of 2 for 500 Startups’ “Commercism” series, with an official agenda that covered industry happenings, social dynamics, and a look into the investment environment. Dan, now named as Product Manager for the Blockchain acquired Zeroblock apps, tells the audience about life after acquisition.

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