Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? We could talk with customers, meet the entire management team, review financial plans, review customer purchasing cohorts, evaluate the competition, etc. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

Today's interview is with Ruben Schultz, the co-founder of Swoop (www.swoopapp.com), a new startup which develops software for limousine, party bus, and other transportation providers. What Swoop does, is we build technology for them, SaaS tools, which allow them to run their businesses more effectively. in a seed funding round.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

Corona, California-based Clubspeed , which develops software used to manage go karting tracks, race tracks, trampoline parks, and family entertainment centers, has been acquired by private equity investor Nadavon Capital Partners , the two said over the weekend. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: They are.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. In the ecommerce arena I see some great companies spending heavily on customer acquisition. __. faux·men·tum.

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2021

El Segundo-based human capital and policy management software developer NEOGOV, which is led by Shane Evangelist, has scored a round of funding from private equity giants The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The size of the investment--described as "significant"--was not announced. Warburg Pincus had an existing stake in NEOGOV.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2022

Los Angeles-based accounting automation software developer BlackLine said on Thursday that it has acquired FourQ Systems, a developer of financial management software. According to BlackLine, it paid $165M at close, plus earnout of over $75M over the next three years subject to certain financial performance milestones.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. 12 major acquisitions this year putting it over 100 since 05. I'd say the biggest lesson I learned is that entrepreneurs need to have more contact with their customers and consumers upfront to build a better assessment of needs and priorities.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. Craig was CEO up until two and a half weeks ago, when I joined.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based Lifeyo , a developer of website development software aimed at small and medium-sized merchants, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn , SpotOn announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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socalTECH

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. According to ServiceTitan, CUC Software's customers were largely based in Canada. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based Lifeyo , a developer of website development software aimed at small and medium-sized merchants, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn , SpotOn announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

CapLinked , the Los Angeles-based developer of enterprise software for managing M&A transactions, venture deals, and other business deals, is aiming squarely at legacy, virtual data room services with its latest updates. CapLinked is headed by Eric M.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. Custom ad deals and partnerships.

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socalTECH

MARCH 11, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management has acquired Digital Pharmacist , a software development firm which helps pharmacists manage refill reminders and other marketing. The deal was worth $125M. Digital Pharmacist, which is based in Austin, Texas, had been backed by LiveOak Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

During my tenure at Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting), one of my responsibilities was leading our online marketing, a role I retained until our eventual acquisition by Citrix. At Rincon Venture Partners , we have a laser focus on identifying groundbreaking adtech and business productivity SaaS solutions. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of software for helping companies to raise capital which is headed by Eric M. Jackson is known for being one of the very early employees at PayPal, before its acquisition; investors in CapLinked include Peter Thiel, Dave McClure, David Sacks, Joe Lonsdale, David Anderson, and Stephen Paternot.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles 140

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

. · Divshot, a tool for web designers and developers, won a national pitch competition and one of it’s founders Michael Bleigh created a popular open source library now included in Ruby on Rails. Less Neglect helps companies reduce churn, upsell users, and increase customer acquisition rates.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. Dan is now CEO of Mobile1st , makers of Mobilizer, the mobile customer experience optimization platform. He then joined Picasa and was instrumental in its acquisition by Google.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Email marketing and cross-channel interactive marketing saas solutions provider ExactTarget has acquired Pardot, a marketing automation provider and iGoDigital, web personalization provider in a move that will revolutionize its marketing platform. The acquisitions are meant to make the firm’s marketing platform better.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

We came from the financial industry space, and have been developing large ERP systems for large law firms around the globe. However, our customers, even with Concur, find those solutions didn't meet all of their needs. Customers would start evaluating them, and it would very quickly narrow to just two companies, us and Concur.

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Software Report Startup IBM 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online said this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired Netviewer AG , a developer of software-as-a-service tools for business collaboration. The company said Netviewer has more than 18,000 customers using its products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

“ZipRecruiter makes it trivially easy to post a job ad to your LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter streams, but honestly we don’t spend any time marketing this capability to potential customers. With little free time to develop new features, a lot of our thinking instead went towards how to best market and monetize the product we already had.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 1, 2010

For instance, if you were trying to establish a partnership with a BDC, the front door would be a direct inquiry to the VP of Business Development. Customers – Similar to VARs, BDC customers who believe that your solution will add value to a BDC’s offering also make effective Escorts. More likely, you will be ignored.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

“ZipRecruiter makes it trivially easy to post a job ad to your LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter streams, but honestly we don’t spend any time marketing this capability to potential customers. With little free time to develop new features, a lot of our thinking instead went towards how to best market and monetize the product we already had.

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MyLife CitySearch Web Technical Review 157

Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2015

When I hear a company pitch a business model which I believe has the potential to acquire a customer once, and keep the customer paying for a multi-year period without further marketing expense, my ears perk up. Typical examples are software as a service (SaaS) models, or any kind of content-driven subscription model.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We manage user login so businesses can focus on core product and engage customers faster. Fun Fact: LafaLafa is a play on the word ‘Laugh’ from the business tagline ‘Laugh your way to maximum savings’ and is meant to evoke a happy feeling for customers when they find the best deal. SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Bootstrapping development, team management. . Your Web Developer Thinks You're an Idiot. Bootstrapping development, Startup, Website content. . Bootstrapping development, minimum viable product, startups. . Stop Listening to Your Customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

We never built our product on one partner’s data platform but on many (20 primary data sources plus 100+ smaller ones) and Twitter’s move doesn’t “shut down DataSift” it simply takes 1,000+ customers who consume Twitter data through DataSift and makes their life more difficult. Just how much?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

“Much like how Microsoft Windows defined the operating system for personal computers decades ago, Clio has developed a software platform for law firms and their clients that is cloud-based and client-centric by design,” Newton said. Clio has more than 150,000 customers across 100 countries.

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