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DECEMBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based outsourced healthcare R&D marketplace Scientist.com said this morning that it will acquire HealthEcnomics.com , which operates an online community of scientists and suppliers of heatlh economics and outcomes research. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The acquisition of El Segundo-based iSuppli , worth $95M, has completed, according to acquiring firm IHS Inc. IHS said late Friday that the deal also included Screen Digest, a digital media and technology research company which was recently acquired by iSuppli. The acquisition had originally been announced on November 2nd.

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MARCH 18, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a new business analytics software firm headed by Blaise Barrelet, founder of WebSideStory, announced this morning that it has acquired Nordic Research Corporation , a business analytics technology firm. Anametrix said that the founder of Nordic Research, Anders Olsson, joins the company as Chief Technical Officer.

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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. Dave is led by CEO Jason Wilk.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

percent stake in BeiGene , a research-based, oncology-focused biotechnology company in China. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said on Thursday afternoon that it has taken a 20.5 According to Amgen, it paid approximately $2.7 billion in cash for the stake in BeiGene, which it says it will use to expand its oncology presence in China.

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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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MAY 20, 2020

San Diego-based Insightful Science has acquired Cytapex , a bioinformatics contract research organization. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit has set the planned board of directors for the company, assuming its ongoing special purpose acquisition (SPAC) deal goes through as planned. The company expects to trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol VORB, after the SPAC deal is complete.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The companies said that FCS Express will continue to be available as a standalone product, as well as have integrations with the Insightful Science platform. Insightful Science is privately held, and is a portfolio company of private equity investor Insight Partners. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based media and entertainment research firm MarketCast says it has acquired data science services provider Deductive. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Deductive was founded by Michael Collette and Tom Weiss, both of wom will join MarketCast as part of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the companies said the combined companies will generate well over $100M of ARR. Insightful Science is a portfolio company of Insight Partners. Insightful Science is led by CEO Thomas Swalla.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Insightful Science said that nQuery covers all phases of clinical trails, I - IV, and is being used by more than 50,000 researchers from around the world. Insightful Science has been active recently with other acquisitions--in May, it acquired another software company, Cytapex.

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MAY 6, 2019

San Diego-based Pharmapace , a provider of clinical research services, focused on biometrics services for the clinical trial process, has been acquired by Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec , the two companies said on Sunday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company was founded in 2013 in San Diego.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

Attacks will cost the world $6 trillion by 2021, research firm Cybersecurity Ventures says- –the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history and more profitable than the trade in all major illegal drugs. Cybercrime has become a global epidemic. As the threat keeps rising, the cybersecurity industry keeps growing.

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MAY 10, 2021

Los Angeles-based Science 37, a developer of software used for managing clinical research projects, has gone public in a merger with LifeSci Acquisition II Corp., in a deal that values the company at approximately $1.05 The company says it will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol SNCE.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sherman Oaks-based BEN Group , a company which places brands into influencer, streaming, TV, music, and film content, said on Monday morning that it has acquired TubeBuddy , a platform which helps YouTube creators optimize their audience and channel growth. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the companies, the acquisition will help Agilent expand its team and broaden its portfolio of technology. ACEA's CEO is Xiao Xu.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

San Diego- and New Jersey-based OncoSec Medical, a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on treatment of cancer, said today that it is raising $42.0M The company said it is offering of 7,711,284 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.45, with an expected close on January 25th. in a public offering of its common stock.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Esri, indoo.rs's headquarters in Vienna, Austria will serve as a new research and development center for the company. Redland-based geographical information systems (GIS) giant Esri announced today that it has acquired indoo.rs

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JULY 11, 2018

San Diego-based Synteract , a contract research organization (CRO) which runs clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry, said today that it has acquired Cu-Tech , a contract research organization which specializes in dermatology. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Cu-Tech was based in New Jersey.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Culver City-based NantOmics , which is developing molecular diagnostics technology, said last week that it has acquired Genos , a developer of next-generation sequencing, personal genetic discovery and research. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. MarketCast is owned by private equity investor Kohlberg & Company.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Irvine-based Paragon Biomedical , a contract research organization (CRO), has been acquired by Clinipace , the two announced today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The two companies said the acquisition will "significantly expand" Clinipace's expertise, site management capabilities, and clinical operations.

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JULY 31, 2019

OnRobot , a manufacturer of grippers, force and torque sensors, and other products that are installed on the end of industrial robots, says it has set up a new office in Los Angeles, after its acquisition of another company, Perception Robotics. OnRobot is headquartered in Odense, Denmark. OnRobot is headquartered in Odense, Denmark.

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MAY 21, 2013

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company has brought on a significant base of talent with the acquisition, including hiring Patrick O''Connor, CEO of Actagene, who becomes Chief Scientific Officer and SVP, Head of Research. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. OpenGate said the buy is its seventh from its first institutional fund: the company also previously acquired Power Partners, Energi Fenestration Solutions, Bois & Materiaux, Alfatherm, EverZinc and Hufcor. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

United Scope sells its products to the education market, life sciences, scientific research, and industrial inspection markets. The companies said the funding will go towards international expansion strategy, product development efforts, and accretive acquisitions.

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JUNE 30, 2017

San Diego-based Daylight Solutions announced on Thursday that it is now part of Leonardo DRS , after receipt of final regulatory approvals on the $150M acquisition. Daylight Soultions said it will continue to operate from San Diego, with its three co-founders, Dr. Timothy Day, Paul Larson and Sam Crivello, remaining with the company.

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MARCH 9, 2017

San Diego-based Daylight Solutions , a developer of lasers used in scientific research, life sciences, industrial process control, and defense, has been acquired for $150M by Leonardo S.p.A. , the companies announced this morning. According to the two, Leonardo S.p.A. is acquiring Daylight through its U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 29, 2019

In 2005, Japan’s big drug firm Takeda acquired a company in North America for the first time. That company was Syrrx, a private San Diego-based biotech that used X-ray crystallography to help determine the structures of disease-related molecules so drugs could be designed to target them. More than 90 percent of them are researchers.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Jason Schoettler from Calibrate Ventures and Andrew Firlik from JAZZ Venture Partners both join the company's board with the funding. Embodied's robot technology is based on research from Maja Mataric, the chaired professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics at USC. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Los Angeles-based NantWorks , the investment and umbrella company for the projects of billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, announced a deal today with Alcatel-Lucent , where Nantworks will acquire Alcatel-Lucent''s Digital Multimedia Solutions business unit. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2015

The company said the funding came from EcoR1 Capital, along with Fidelity Management & Research Company, ARCH Venture Partners, Boxer Capital of Tavistock Life Sciences, Partner Fund Management, Nextech Invest, and others. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2018

Our research revealed a saturation level causing unprecedented challenges, starting with exorbitant housing prices and runaway operating costs that accelerate a startup’s “burn rate”—its monthly spending. In fact, as is well-reported, the luster of Silicon Valley is fading.

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JUNE 30, 2014

Mojave-based space vehicle maker XCOR Aerospace has acquired Dutch company Space Expedition Corporation (SXC), which had been serving as a sales agent for XCOR''s as-yet-to-be-launched space vehicles, the companies announced this morning. The company has been in the midst of pre-selling its flights. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2014

Broadcom said the move would help reduce its annualized GAAP research and development, and selling, general and administrative expenses by approximately $700M. The company said it is hoping to invest a portion of those costs into its Broadband, Infrastructure and Connectivity businesses. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The company has applied to list as VKTX on the NASDAQ Global market. The company is hoping to raise up to $69.0M and Summer Street Research Partners. The company is developing treatments for treating Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. and $12.00 in its offering. READ MORE>>.

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