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MARCH 31, 2021

San Diego-based K2 Insurance Services, which owns a number of insurance services companies, said it has acquired software developer Loss Run Pro. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Loss Run Pro develops subscription-based software that helps request, track, and manage loss runs.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Tesla Motors , the electric car-and-solar panel company led by Elon Musk, is acquiring San Diego-based technology developer Maxwell Technologies , in a deal worth approximately $218M, the companies announced on Monday. ACcording to the two, the merger agreement calls for Tesla to pay $4.75

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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.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Topera, until recently, was based in San Diego, but apparently moved to San Mateo in the last year or so. Topera was venture backed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), which led a $25M Series C financing for the company back in April of 2013, when the company was still based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2018

Lasergen , a startup developing technology for the DNA sequencing market--and which has an office in San Diego--has been acquired by Agilent Technologies for $105M, the two said late Tuesday. Lasergen was founded in 2002, and had its headquarters in Houston, with another location in San Diego: the company has 45 employees.

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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 SE is acquiring those assets out of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for MabVax.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

The $471M acquisition of San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor is now complete, with Peregrine now officially owned by Japanese company Murata , Murata said Friday. Murata had announced the acquisition of Peregrine in August. The deal was worth $12.50 per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Even as all eyes were on the American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference in downtown San Diego this week, other biotech companies were staying busy. Let’s get caught up with the latest life sciences news in San Diego. The San Diego biotech is developing therapies for cancers related to the Epstein-Barr virus.

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JULY 2, 2019

San Diego is one of two metropolitan areas in which ride-hailing giant Uber has reformatted its mobile app to make it simpler for users to rent an electric bicycle or scooter. Uber also facilitated e-scooter rentals from Lime, a mobility company in which Uber has invested and, at times, been rumored to be considering for acquisition.)

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

San Diego-based diagnostic testing equipment maker Quidel has closed on its acquisition of Alere's Triage cardiovascular and toxicology business, the company said on Friday, in a deal worth up to $680M in total. The deal had been originally announced on July 17th.

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MARCH 27, 2014

A number of Southern California angel investors, and one of its venture firms, have scored an exit over at social media influence measurement startup Klout , as the San Francsco company said Thursday that it is being acquired by Lithium Technologies. The deal is reportedly worth $200M. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2018

San Diego-based software developer TriTech , a developer of public safety software for 911 dispatching, crime mapping, emergency medical services, and other related areas, has been rolled into single company with another two companies, Superion and Aptean. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

San Diego-based Mast Therapeutics said yesterday that it has completed its acquisition of Aires Pharmaceuticals , the company developing treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension. mast therapeutics aires pharmaceuticals merger acquisition biopharma lifescience biotech' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2019

—ResMed (NYSE: RMD ) acquired a South Korea-based medical equipment provider, the company said Friday. The acquisition of privately held HB Healthcare comes less than a year after the South Korean’s national healthcare system began offering reimbursement for sleep apnea diagnosis and ventilation devices for.

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MAY 28, 2013

The acquisition of San Diego-based semiconductor lithography equipment developer Cymer by ASML has cleared another regulatory hurdle, the firms said over the weekend. The two companies originally anounced the $2.5 billion acquisition in October of 2012. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

San Diego-based MabVax Therapeutics , a biotechnology developer developing antibody-based treatments for cancer, said on Tuesday that it has raised $1.3M in a Series J Convertible Preferred Stock financing, and has engaged an investment banking firm to "explore strategic alternatives" for the company. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

San Diego-based ecoATM has appointed David D. Maquera as its CEO, after the completion of the company's acquisition by private equity investor Apollo Global Management. billion for ecoAtM's parent company, Outerwall , which it is splitting back into three separate companies--Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

San Diego-based Pixelz, which develops AI-powered image editing and retouching for the fashion industry, says it has been acquired by private equity investor Adelis Equity Partners. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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MAY 7, 2019

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Mabvax , which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, has lined up a buyer for the company , in a deal worth $3.7M. Mabvax filed for bankruptcy in March, claiming that it was the victim of "pump-and-run" by outside investors. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

San Diego-based online auto parts retailer BuyAutoParts.com has raised $18.6M in funding, the company said Tuesday. capital venture equity private acquisition merger buyautoparts' The funding round came from Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Capital Corporation. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

Exact Sciences has gone from being a customer of Biomatrica, a San Diego-based vendor of equipment for storing and preserving blood and saliva samples, to now being the company’s owner. Exact’s sole product on the market is Cologuard , a non-invasive, Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

San Diego-based medical device maker CareFusion said this morning that it has invested $100M in an Israeli medical device company, Caesarea Medical Electronics (CME). carefusion medical device merger acquisition israel caesarea infusion pump lifescience' Caesarea makes infusion pump systems. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

San Diego-based Insightful Science, a developer of scientific discovery software, said this week that it has acquired OMIQ, a provider of software-as-a-service for high dimensional flow cytometry. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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MARCH 25, 2014

San Diego-based Sorrento Therapeutics , which develops treatments for cancer and treatment of pain, is spinning off a new company focused on animal health, the company announced this morning. sorrento therapeutics lifescience biotech pain cancer oncology veterinary spinout merger acquisition animal arkanimal'

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

San Diego-based scientific and laboratory software maker Insightful Science announced this morning that it has acquired De Novo Software, the maker of FCS Express, flow cytometry data analysis software. Insightful Science is privately held, and is a portfolio company of private equity investor Insight Partners.

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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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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Tapestry Solutions, a San Diego-based provider of services and software for tracking equipment and spare parts for the U.S. Department of Defense, has been acquired by The Boeing Company, Boeing said late last week. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Army, other parts of the U.S.

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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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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

San Diego-based Ensysce Biosciences, a biopharmaceuticals company developing medicines for severe pain relief to reduce fear of addiction, opioid misuse, abuse and overdose, says it has appointed David Humphrey as its new Chief Financial Officer. The company--which is in the midst of being acquired by Leisure Acquisition Corp.,

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JANUARY 13, 2021

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced on Wednesday that it has acquired NUVIA, a company that develops next general CPU designs. Qualcomm said it will use the acquisition of NUVIA to help bolster its Snapdragon technology. Qualcomm said it will pay approximately $1.4 billion before working capital and other adjustments.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

San Diego-based green technology developer Nuuve , which is developing technology which allows electric vehicles to be used to help store power for the electrical grid, has gone public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). The companies said the newly combined company will be renamed Nuvve Holding Corp.,

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

San Diego-based TuSimple , which is developing camera and vision systems for use in self driving trucks, has reportedly raised $350M. VectoIQ is a public acquisition company (SPAC), which acquired self driving truck maker Nikola back in March in a reverse acquisition, where VectoIQ changed its stock symbol to NKLA.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

San Diego-based Mitek , which develops mobile capture and digital identity verification software, said on Monday that it has acquired Spanish consumer identification software developer ICAR. Mitek said it paid approximately $15.0M in cash and shares of its common stock for ICAR.

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MARCH 22, 2021

San Diego-based Insightful Sciences, a provider of software tot he life sciences community, says it is acquiring UK-based Dotmatics, a developer of a cloud-based scientific R&D data management platform. Insightful Science is a portfolio company of Insight Partners. Insightful Science is led by CEO Thomas Swalla.

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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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JUNE 2, 2020

San Diego-based Insightful Science said this morning that it has acquired Statsols , which develops clinical trial design software nQuery. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Insightful Science has been active recently with other acquisitions--in May, it acquired another software company, Cytapex.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of information technology service management software which has major operatinos in San Diego, has acquired Mountain View-based Passage AI , a developer of conversational AI tools. ServiceNow said it expects to complete the acquisition by the end of Q1. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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