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JANUARY 6, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital has made another acquisition this morning, via its portfolio company, Sargent and Greenleaf. According to OpenGate Capital, Sargent and Greenleaf, which develops high security locks, has acquired Delaney Hardware Company , a provider of security related hardware products.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

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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JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based OpenX has acquired Mezzobit and PubNation , two companies in the programmatic advertising space, the company said on Monday. Financial details of those acquisition were not announced by the company. According to OpenX, it plans to integrate Mezzobit and PubNation's tools into its platform.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2012

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Wittlebee (www.wittlebee.com) announced the acquisition of its own, clothing company--Cottonseed Clothing Company--as it continues to build out its subscription, children's clothing service. Tell us about the acquisition of Cottonseed, the clothing company.

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JULY 1, 2016

Carlsbad-based MaxLinear announced late Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Irvine-based Broadcom's wireless infrastructure backhaul business. The company said the acquisition will help it expand into the wireless infrastructure market.

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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. Selz helps small businesses create online stores, as well as letting them add payment options to existing websites. There's nothing particularly unique about what Selz does.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet information and services company j2 Global --one of Southern California's largest yet most unknown technology companies--said this morning that it has acquired two more companies. Financial details of those acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2019

The antibody assets and infrastructure of San Diego-based MabVax Therapeutics has been acquired by a German company, BioNTech SE , according to BioNTech SE. Financial details of the acquisition were not annoucned. BioNTech said the buy will help its expand its portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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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 For Shell, the deal adds to a portfolio of electric charging assets including the Dutch-based company, NewMotion. Courtesy of Ed Robinson/Shell.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based crowd funding site FlashFunders , which had focused on Reg A+, Reg D, and Reg CF equity crowdfunding, has been acquired by financial services company Boustead & Company Limited , the two said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based Retina , a startup which develops machine learning and artificial intelligence software for predicting customer lifetime value (CLV) of a company's customer, said it has launched a new tool that it is offering up to small to middle-market e-commerce businesses. According to the company, its new service, Retina Go!

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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. For these companies, it looks like a rosy picture. But if you ask anyone in the ecosystem of customer acquisition?—?founders, no surprise?—?that’s

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AUGUST 25, 2014

Real estate and facilities management software developer Accruent , which has operations in Santa Monica, said today that it has acquired two software companies, Four Rivers Software Systems , and SiteFM , both developers of healthcare facilities management software. Financial terms fo the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Los Angeles-based mobile video sharing and creation company Flipagram , let by Farhad Mohit, has beenacquired by Chinese company Toutiao , the companies said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Toutiao said it will use the acquisition to help expand into the U.S.

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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? These two questions/answers can help define the early proof points for your company. This isn’t a simple, first-cut acquisition pipeline! How will you convert them?

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MARCH 24, 2014

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps run local, online marketing efforts for small and medium sized businesses, said today that it has acquired a divisio of a New Zealand company, the SME division of SureFire Search Limied. Financial terms of the acquisition deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based Internet services and online publishing giant j2 Global says it has acquired four more companies, all completed in the third quarter of 2016. Financial details of those acquisitions were not announced. Financial details of those acquisitions were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to one of Pasadena-based Metacloud ''s venture capital backers, the acquisition of the cloud services provider by Cisco on Wednesday was an "epic exit". The exit is also a huge win for technology insider Sean Moriarty, who was Chairman of the company; Metacloud was started by Sean Lynch, former Sr. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week El Segundo-based Wpromote acquired fellow marketing agency Standing Dog, in a deal which brings the company to 260 employees, and continues to grow the company. Mike Mothner: The business today, is we are a digital agency focused on customer acquisition and growth for businesses of all types.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Pelican said that the move in particular helps it with expansion in the UK, India, Singapore, and Australia. pelican products company cool logistics temperature packaging biopharmaceuticals lifescience merger acquisition' Pelican Products is owned by private equity firm Behrman Capital. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2011

A portfolio company of Irvine-based venture capital firm SAIL Venture Partners , SNTech , has made an acquisition, SNTech announced earlier this week. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. RBC is selling the unit to clear the way for its own, acquisition of another electric motor business, of A.O.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2021

“Intrapreneurs” are entrepreneurs inside big companies, who do corporate spin-offs. A spin-off is merely a startup spawned by a mature parent (company), and conventional logic would dictate that it has a survival advantage over the lowly startup. Foreign companies in the US like to use spin-offs to find expansion opportunities.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Tell me about your new company? Jon Kraft: Our mission is to help kids discover and pursue their passions in life. Where''d the idea for the company come from? I actually convinced Girish to help me with that other project, and worked together. We do this through strength-based principles around learning.

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JULY 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based Inspire Energy Capital, a provider of renewable energy to the residential market, has been acquired by oil and gas giant Shell, the companies said Tuesday afternoon. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Scaling is the holy grail of every new venture – from local to global, from online to brick-and-mortar to partners to mergers and acquisitions, from a private company to a public company, from cash-flow-positive to the next unicorn. The scale - expand to reach your full potential.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public companies looking to acquire your growing enterprise usually have a few financial measures that help them weed out those candidates that will be too expensive in terms of effort or of too little financial attractiveness. That’s quite a goal to achieve. The second rule: The 20/20 rule. The post Looking to be acquired?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

A friend helped him get out of this situation and changed Matt’s life forever. Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. The answer?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. begreen packaging cleantech recyclable riverside merger acquisition ecofriendly recycle compost' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group has rolled up three companies into a new company called Calero Software , the company announced today. The new company will focused on communications expense management, managed mobility services, and mobile device management products. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave says it expects an acquisition by special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III to occur in January, after approval of a special proxy by VPCC. The app developer says it helps customers budget, avoid overdraft fees, find work and build credit.

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MARCH 3, 2015

ViaSat said the company''s encryption cores are implemented in space-hardened ASICs and FPGAs, and will help it accelerate its deployment of trusted platforms into the commercial area. viasat merger acquisition satellite communications encryption trusted encrypted high speed semiconductor asic fpga' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2012

Amgen said the acquisition will help to significantly expand its presence in Turkey. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said this morning that it has acquired Turkish pharmaceuticals firm Mustafa Nevzat Pharmaceuticals. Amgen said the deal is worth $700M in cash.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the company, led by CEO Thomas Ladefoged, it will use the acquisition to help accelerate international growth and continued development of its business model.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- The Acquisitions Option. Growth by acquisition can be a viable strategy for smaller or even very small software companies. SDSIC C-Level Execs BIG. See [link] (more).

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The company produces low noise lasers, Bragg gratings and integrated photonic elements which are used for automotive light detection and ranging (LiDAR). According to indie, the acquisition will help it in the rapidly growing LiDAR market. TeraXion is based in Quebec, and was founded in 2000.

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