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JUNE 21, 2016

Hyperloop One explores system in Moscow, OpenX adds Culver City office, OSI Systems makes $269 million acquisition, and more.

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Culver City OpenX Acquisition 133

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JULY 18, 2018

Culver City-based videogame maker Seismic Games has been acquired by Pokemon Go maker Niantic , the two companies announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Seismic was founded in 2011, and has received backing from such investors as DFJ Frontier and venture capitalist Tom Matlack.

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Culver City Activision Acquisition Mobile 100

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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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Culver City Research Tool Acquisition 124

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Culver City-based Clutter , which operates a technology-enabled, self storage service which picks up, stores, and retrieves your excess stuff on demand, has acquired an operator of self storage services in the New York market, The Storage Fox.

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Culver City Demand Acquisition Services 124

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MAY 17, 2018

Culver City-based DataScience.com , a developer of data science software led by serial entrepreneur Ian Swanson, has been acquired by Oracle , the companies said on Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Oracle Culver City Artificial Inteligence Platform 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

LA saw its first big enterprise exit in recent memory with the recent acquisition of Signal Sciences for $775 million, and less than a month later a hometown startup, Britive has raised $5.4 LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services , the provider of technology and payroll, and production management services for the entertainment industry, said on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Culver City-based CAPS Payroll.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Purch has offices in Culver City, thanks to its acquisition of Tom's Guide a few years ago , when Purch was known as Best Media Network. ShopSavvy develops a barcode scanning and mobile shopping app which highlights local sales for retailers.

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Culver City Mobile Guide Acquisition 100

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APRIL 10, 2014

The parent company of Culver City-based hosting service Media Temple -- GoDaddy --is getting closer to an IPO, based on reports Wednesday that the company has hired on several investment bankers for its public offering. mediatemple godaddy merger acquisition exit banker investment hosting domain' READ MORE>>.

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Culver City Media Invest Acquisition 174

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Fandango, which itself is a unit of NBCUniversal, said the acquisition will help it in the development of new moviegoing products and services. M-GO was based in Culver City. M-GO offers up rental and purchase of movies, with typical rentals costing $5.99

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Fandango Culver City Demand Acquisition 100

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Culver City-based Wittlebee , the children's clothing subscription firm headed by Sean Pervical and backed by Science, Inc., Wittlebee said the acquisition will allow it to offer Cottonseed Clothing's product exclusively through its service. has acquired a clothing company, Cottonseed Clothing Company , the firm announced today.

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Culver City Company Companies Acquisition 215

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JULY 16, 2015

Culver City-based NantHealth one of the family of companies that is part of NantWorks , said today that it has acquired the commercial >Healthcare Solutions business of Harris Corporation. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The business provides systems integration for the healthcare market. READ MORE>>.

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Culver City Acquisition Product Help 100

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Culver City-based Uproxx Media Group , which operates the Uproxx entertainment and pop culture news site, has been acquired by Warner Music Group , the two said on Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Uproxx Media Group also provides branded content and video services to marketers.

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Culver City News Entertainment Media 100

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

Culver City-based Seismic Games announced on Thursday that it has acquired fellow, Los Angeles game development company Grue Games. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Both companies had worked together on the titles Skylanders Battlecast and Clan Wars for Call of Duty.

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Culver City Electronic Arts Los Angeles Acquisition 100

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JUNE 12, 2014

Culver City-based Beats Electronics said this morning that it has launched the company''s first, wireless earphones. James apparently got his own windfall from the recently announced acquisition of Beats by Apple, gaining $30M in cash and stock from his efforts to help Beats promote its headphones. READ MORE>>.

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Culver City Design Acquisition Help 138

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JUNE 17, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, Cast & Crew said it is received "substantial additional equity" from its backer, private equity backer Silver Lake, as part of the buy. CAPS Payroll was based in Culver City.

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Silver Lake Entertainment Culver City Services 100

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JANUARY 16, 2014

Culver City-based YouTube network Fullscreen said late Wednesday that it has acquired Supernova , the company which was formerly known as Viddy. fullscreen viddy social video merger acquisition supernova' Financial terms of the buy were not announced, however, several publications have placed the deal at around $15.0M.

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Culver City Acquisition Networking Funding 157

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Culver City-based Beats Electronics has rolled out new, wireless on-ear headphones, the first product to roll out since the company''s acquisition by Apple in July. According to Beats, its new Solo2 Wireless headphones take the same audio quality as its existing Solo2 headphones, but adds Blueooth connectivity.

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Culver City Acquisition Product Company 159

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MAY 21, 2018

Culver City-based Magento Commerce , which develops e-commerce software, has been acquired by San Jose-based Adobe , in a deal worth $1.68 billion, the two said on Monday. According to the two, the Magneto Commerce Cloud will be integrated into Adobe's Experience Cloud platform.

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Commerce Culver City Platform Software 100

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JUNE 2, 2015

Purch , the online publishing company with offices in Culver City that owns Tom's Guide, TopTenReviews, Laptop, and other online publications, has raised $135M in a Series C funding round. The company--until recently known as Tech Media Network--said the funding goes towards strategic acquisitions.

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Culver City Guide Equity Media 100

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MAY 12, 2017

Culver City-based Sofie Biosciences has acquired Illinois-based Zevacor Pharma (formerly IBA Molecular North America), the company said this week. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Zevacor Pharma is a manufacturer and distributor PET imaging diagnostics and radio-therapeutics products.

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Culver City Product Technology Develop 113

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JANUARY 14, 2015

Kabam said that TapZen and Magic Pixel will merge into a new, Kabam-branded Los Angeles studio near Culver City, which will be led by Mike Verdu. kabam game studio merger acquisition magicpixel videogame content' Kabam said the deal will strengthen its relationship with Hollywood partners. READ MORE>>.

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Culver City Los Angeles Hollywood Content 100

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AUGUST 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Zealot Networks , the digital media company led by Danny Zappin, said last week that it has acquired Culver City-based AllScreen , a video syndication company. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Zealot said the buy will help it with both distribution and technology.

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Culver City Networking Los Angeles Media 100

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JUNE 2, 2016

Culver City-based NantHealth , one of the companies spawned out of billionair Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks incubator, was up more than 34 percent in morning trading, after the company had its IPO debut today. The company--now trading as NH on the NASDAQ Global Market--sold 6.5 million shares at $14.00 earlier in the day.

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Culver City Incubator Marketing Company 100

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Culver City-based NantKwest , the immunotherapy developer aiming to treat cancer with its technology, said Friday that it raised a total of $22.5M in its IPO, where it sold 9,531,200 shares of its stock at $25.00 The company's stock is now hovering around $30.00 The company's market cap is now around $2.14

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Culver City Marketing Technology Develop 100

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JULY 28, 2015

Culver City-based NantKwest , the immunotherapy company which is linked to NantWorks and biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has priced its IPO, saying it will sell 8,288,000 shares of its common stock at $25.00

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Pricing Culver City Marketing Company 100

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MAY 25, 2016

Culver City-based NantHealth , one of the startups out of billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks portfolio, has set its IPO pricing range at between $12.50 and $15.50 per share, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

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Pricing Culver City Marketing Startup 113

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MAY 9, 2016

Culver City-based NantHealth , one of the companies out of billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong's collection of NantWorks companies, has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raise up to $92.0M in a public offering. NantHealth said it intends to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as NH. and FBR.

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Culver City Southern California .Net Report 100

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Culver City-based PK4 Media , an online video advertising network operator, said Thursday that it has acquired JSFour , a fellow video ad technology firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The companies said the two have been working together on an advanced video distrbution platform. READ MORE>>.

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Culver City Media Advertising Platform 124

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Culver City-based Reinvigorate is a developer of web visitors tracking and anaytics software. Los Angeles-based web hosting firm Media Temple said today along with web analytics firm Webtrends , that Media Temple Ventures, its investment arm, has sold real time analytics firm Reinvigorate to WebTrends.

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Culver City Media Web Los Angeles 157

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JULY 16, 2015

Culver City-based NantKwest --until recently known as Conkwest--said today that it has launched an IPO effort, offering up 7,000,000 shares of its stock at between $20.00 and $23.00

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Culver City Invest Marketing Funding 100

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MARCH 31, 2009

Culver City-based Scottel Voice & Data , a provider of voice and data installation services, has been acquired by Pittsburgh-based Black Box Corporation. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tags: black acquisition merger data voice scottel.

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Culver City Education Acquisition Services 100

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018. Signal Sciences, a Culver City web application security company, is adding impressive clients and just closed a $30M Series C that will help it continue to scale.

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Southern California SoCal Culver City Venture Capital 133

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Culver City-based SolSource Energy , a installer of solar power systems owned by Clean Fuel Connection, Inc., As part of the acquisition, SolarCity also said it has assumed responsibility for distribution of electric vehicle chargers for Toyota Tsusho, a business SolSource Energy gained in 2001.

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Culver City Southern California Acquisition 140

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Culver City-based Bestofmedia Group, publisher of gadget and electronics blog site Tom's Guide, has acquired Computing.net, a provider of high tech information and technical support. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Culver City Technical Support Guide High Tech 100

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Kevin Miller, president of Westside Rentals, which bills itself as Southern Californias largest home-finding service, says he has seen rents in Santa Monica and Venice increase by about 10% over the last 18 months—compared with other desirable areas such as Beverly Hills and Culver City, where he says rents increased by about 4% to 5%.

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