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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate management software developer Yardi Systems has acquired a German company, iMS Immobilien Management Systeme GmbH , a developer of commercial property management software, the companies said very late last night. Financial terms ofthe acquisition were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

Aliso Viejo-based software company Quest Software announced this morning that it has acquired erwin, Inc., a developer of data modeling, data governance, and business process modeling software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Santa Barbara-based manufacturing and supply chain software maker QAD is now officially a private company again, after an acquisition by private equity investor Thoma Bravo. The company continues to be led by CEO Anton Chilton. According to Thoma Bravo, the deal was worth approximately $2 billion in cash.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

San Diego-based GraphPad , which develops graphing software for scientific graphing and analysis, has acquired SnapGene , a developer of bioinformatics software, the company announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. SnapGene's foudner and Chief Scientist is Benjamin Glick.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based investor Clearlake Capital said today that it is behind a deal where HEAT Software will acquire the Absolute Manage and Absolute Service businesses from Absolute Software Corporation. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based Meta Data Software, a company which develops software for managing media and entertainment catalogs and metadata, has been acquired by Rob Delf, the former founder of Rightsline. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Santa Monica-based Event Farm , which develops event marketing software, has acquired Boston-based event software company Attend , as an expansion of the company's reach. said the acquisition will add its presence with an office in Boston. Event Farm--which already has offices in Santa Monica and Washington D.C.,

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Payment giant Visa announced this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Los Angeles-based Verifi , which develops software and technology to reduce chargebacks for vendors who take credit cards. Financial details of the deal, which was first announced in July , have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Irvine-based Greenfield Groves ,, a telehealth and wellness company, said it is acquiring a proprietary telehealth software platform developed by Healthcare Technologies LLC. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Los Angeles-based Edlio , a developer of a cloud-based, software product used by schools and school districts to build and manage school websites, has raised $40M in a funding round. According to L Square, the investment in Edlio will go towards sales and marketing, international growth, new product development, and strategic acquisitions.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

billion acquisition of Aliso Viejo-based Quest Software has been approved by Quest's stockholders, the firm said Tuesday afternoon, after a meeting of the company's stockholders. The approval is one more step along a lengthy approval process for the acquisition, which was originally announced in July. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Glendale-based ServiceTitan , which develops software for the residential HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and home services business market, has acquired Kansas-based JaRay Software , the company announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2021

The company said it is aiming to provde those loans to underserved students to give them access to higher education. Coding bootcamps--which offer short term training on technical skills, such as software development--have become popular in recent years to gain practical experience in technical fields.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Los Angeles-based TS2 Holdings , a strategic business development firm focused on the technology industry, said on Friday morning that it has acquired three companies, including Neohire South , RockIT Recruiting , and Hero.jobs. Financial details of the acquisitions were not announced. TS2 Holdings is led by CEO Yoshii Iyadomi.

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JULY 20, 2020

Perforce , a developer of tools used for source code control and product development management, which is backed by Santa Monica-based Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners, has acquired Methodics , a developer of product lifecycle management software for the semiconductor industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Santa Barbara-based QAD , which develops enterprise software used in the manufacturing sector, says it is in a definitive agreement to acquire a German company, Allocation Network GmbH , which provides strategic sourcing and supplier management.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Pasadena-based software developer Bluebeam Software has been acquired by German software company Nemetschek AG , the two said late Friday. According to the two, Nemetschek will pay $100M for BlueBeam, which is a developer of PDF software used for architecture, engineering, and construction. 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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APRIL 17, 2019

Financial details of the four acquisition, which all closed in the first quarter of 2019, were not announced. j2 Global said the acquisition will help it grow its global customer base, provide it with access to new markets, and will expand its product lineup.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone , a developer of artificial intelligence software, said it has received an unsolicited acquisition bid from private equity firm Apis Capital Management. per share in cash for the company, which it received on December 4th from Apis. per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Los Angeles-based Century Park Capital Partners , a private equity investor focused on family businesses, owner-operated companies and corporate divestitures, said on Monday afternoon that it has completed a majority recapitalization of Florida-based software and IT services company MCCi.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Moonshots Capital , which is led by Kelly Perdew, has scored an exit at portfolio company Edbacker. Edbacker, a developer of fundraising tools for school districts, has been acquired by Austin, Teas-based LivingTree , another developer of software for fundraising and parent engagement for schools.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Broadcom , which has significant operations in Orange County, said this morning that it has received approval of the company's proposed acquisition of CA Technologies , after the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The deal is worth $18.9 billion in cash. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital and its portfolio company, Perforce Software , have acquired embedded software development tools provider Rogue Wave Software , the firms said last week. Perforce is a developer of source code control and other tools used by software developers.

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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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MARCH 23, 2021

Tustin-based Nogin Commerce has rebranded itself from its old name of Branded Online, after its acquisition of two other companies--Onestop Commerce and Zther interactive. The companies--all of which provide e-commerce software and services--are led by Nogin CEo Jan-Christopher Nugent.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

San Diego-based software developer Cireson , a developer of software for the Microsoft Cloud and System Center, said today that it has acquired Skylon Software , a Danish company developing software for Microsoft Configuration Manager. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Carlsbad-based cloud software developer MaintenanceNet is now officially part of Cisco, Cisco said this week, after it completed its acquisition deal for the company. Cisco had announced its acquisition of MaintenanceNet on July 8th, saying it would pay $139M for the startup. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat has confirmed its acquisition of Bitmoji, the developer of software which lets people create their own, personalized "emoji", which they can insert into Snapchat. The company--which announced the deal via a comic strip on Tuesday--said Bitmoji's team has joined Snapchat as part of the deal.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Carlsbad-based Medsphere Systems , a provider of healthcare information technology and software, has raised $40M in new funding from private equity investor TPG Sixth Street Partners, the company said this morning. The new funds will go towards organic growth as well as "opportunistic strategic acquisitions", according to the company.

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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.

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MAY 12, 2020

Over the past three years the Los Angeles-based startup Maple Media has amassed a portfolio of roughly thirty companies and one hundred apps in its quest to become the IAC of app store businesses. The company recently acquired PlayerFM , a podcast discovery service, for an undisclosed amount to expand its footprint in the podcast space.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Century City-based Cinedigm said late Tuesday that it has sold its Hollywood Software division to an outside team of investors, led by David Gajda, one of the company''s original founders. Hollywood Software''s tools are used for managing digital theatrical distribution and exhibition. READ MORE>>.

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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 Greenlots was selected as the sole software provider for VolksWagen’s “Electrify America” charging program last January.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Los Angeles-based Shotgun Software , a developer of cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries, has been acquired by Autodesk , the two said Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Burbank-based testing software and services provider PSI Services announced this morning that it has acquired Software Secure , a provider of cloud-based, online testing services for the higher education, K-12, and certification markets. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

Glendale-based ServiceTitan has acquired CUC Software , a developer of business software products aimed at the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry, the company said this week. CUC Software was based in Billings, Montana, and was founded in 1981. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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