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MARCH 9, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. Green Dot said it will pay $43.4M in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Monrovia, California-based unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment reported Monday that it has scored another order from the U.S. The company said the order, from the United States Marine Corps, came through an existing U.S. pound, hand-launched UAV used for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition. Army contract.

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JULY 17, 2013

Monrovia-based AeroVironment released a response Wednesday to activist investor Engaged Capital , which has taken a 5 percent stake in the maker of unmanned aerial vehicles and electric charging stations. aerovironment engaged capital stock avav unmanned aircraft defense cleantech electric merger acquisition' READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Aerovironment , the developer of unmanned aircraft systems, reported Friday that it has received a $15.8M The company said the order is part of a contract it says has a total projected value of over $65.8M. order for its Raven small unmanned aircraft systems. The firm said the order cam from the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Monrovia-based Aerovironment , the developer of unmanned aircraft systems, said today that it has received a nearly $6.9M The company explained the order came under and existing contract with the U.S. AeroVironment's unmanned aircraft are used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition by the military.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the publicly held provider of prepaid debit cards, said in a statement with the SEC Monday that it is looking to offer up to $100M in a new public offering of its Class A shares. Tags: green merger acquisition walmart gdot finance. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday. Tags: southern california merger acquisition gdot reald.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards headed by Steve Streit, said Tuesday that it has acquired prepaid processing firm eCommLink , for $2.5M. The company explained the deal will allow it to bring in key elements of transaction processing in-house, as part of a strategy for vertical integration. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links. In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. In intraday trading Thursday, Green Dot (GDOT) had a market cap of approximately $2.68 billion, compared to Demand Media's (DMD) $1.4

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JUNE 29, 2010

On the automobile side, there are at least six Southern California companies also working on their own, electric or other alternative vehicles, competing against Tesla and the traditional carmakers. A number of companies providing systems and infrastructure for the industry are also here.

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