TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability. One more deal soon followed. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 5, 2020

The Scoot Moped — an electric moped born out of Bird’s acquisition of Scoot — will launch in Austin five months after unveiling the shared micromobility vehicle. The new moped is the latest effort by Bird to diversify its product offerings to capture more customers. ”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger said Monday afternoon that it has acquired m-Qube , a mobile messaging aggregator, from parent firm Verisign. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Mobile Messenger said it was m-Qube's largest client.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet accepted the fact that customer satisfaction and loyalty in this “always connected” age are about more than product and service quality. They are all about how customers broadcast their pleasure or unhappiness to others. Customer upsell: Sell more to existing customers.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

” Kindbody operates a fleet of vans — mobile clinics, rather — where women receive a free blood test for the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which helps assess their ovarian egg reserve but cannot conclusively determine a woman’s fertility. “The majority of women who froze their eggs haven’t used them yet.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2018

Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. payscout is led by CEO and co-founder Cleveeland Brown.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW ), the Santa Clara, CA-based giant that provides cloud-based IT services, is boosting its emphasis on human-centered design with its acquisition of Telepathy , a San Diego specialist in customer experience and design. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Many startups and mature businesses have not yet adapted to the fact that customer satisfaction in this “always connected” age is more than product and service quality. It’s more about which customers broadcast their pleasure or unhappiness to others. Here are four basics that always apply: Customer retention is priority number one.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based RepairSmith , which offers up mobile automobile repair, has acquired CarDash , a startup which offers up car repair and maintenance services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. CarDash had raised $5.3M in total funding, and came out of YCombinator in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software said late Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Core Mobility , a developer of wireless handset software. Smith Micro said the buy will help it provide customers with embedded mobile software solutions focused on the handset. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

According to the report--from USA Today--Sprint is considering the acquisition to boost its revenue growth and lower cost of acquisition of customers. The company said the new service lets users access landlines in over 50 countries, and mobile phone calling in 14 countries. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile software developer Gumiyo has quietly been acquired by fellow Los Angeles company Talus Labs , a developer of a platform used for selling digital products to local businesses. The acquisition actually occurred in Q2 of this year, but was not formally announced. Financial terms of the buy were not announced.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Osurv , a developer of mobile survey software, announced on Friday that it has been acquired by Singapore private equity investor Tan Capital Partners. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Osurv was founded in 2012, and was led by Jad Meouchy. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2019

Eric Novakovich, founder of Clubspeed, will become Chief Strategy Officer of the company as a part of the acquisition. Clubspeed offers up an online booking engine, mobile app, secure payments, and other customer management tools for famil entertainment centers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2016

Los Angeles-based CheckAlt , which provides mobile check deposit and Check 21 payment services and software, said late Thursday that it has acquired Klik Technologies , a subsidiary of MUFG Union Bank, N.A., Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. which provided receivables processing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2014

Two, Southern California venture capital investors A-Grade Investments , the investment company run by Ashton Kutcher, and Karlin Ventures , which is managed by TX Zhou--have scored what looks like a nice exit over at Gyft , a mobile gift card service. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Gyft was based in San Francisco.

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socalTECH

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. in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team. Green Dot said it will pay $43.4M

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The new company has emerged from a three way merger of Reliam, Stratalux, and G2 Tech Group, following an acquisition of the three companies by Great Hill Partners. According to the newly formed company, it completed all three of those mergers earlier in 2018, and now has a customer base of 175 enterprises.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

CurbStand said the acquisition will help it expand into new customer categories, including lodging chains, healthcare institutions and municipalities. Curbstand, which is led by Serge Gojkovich, offers up an app which helps connect mobile users with local valet parking locations. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based Telesign, which is headed by serial entrepreneur Steve Jillings, said that the acquisition will help it improve its fraud prevention services. The firm said that Routo will become TeleSign Mobile, the messaging services division of the company. TeleSign is backed by Summit Partners.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Pasadena-based payment services provider DoubleBeam said Friday that it has acquired GoPago , a provider of e-commerce solutions for merchants and mobile payment products. DoubleBeam said that the deal will help it deliver a turnkey mobile commerce platform that includes an integrated POS system. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2018

Fairway had focused on custom software development, business technology integration, and said its expertise has been in such areas as mobile computing, cloud computing, data analytics, AI and machine learning, and open source. Solekai's customer base is in the digital media, smart grid, and IoT areas. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic!

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Wrench has already serviced around 100,000 vehicles, according to Petersen and all of the company’s repair and servicing visits come with a 12,000-mile warranty and a vehicle inspection with the results delivered to a customer. Consumers are embracing on-demand services that make their lives better.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Santa Clara- and San Diego-based ServiceNow said on Wednesday that it has acquired San Mateo-based SkyGiraffe , a developer of a mobile software development platform. ServiceNow said the buy will help its customers easily deliver "consumer-like" mobile experiences for applications build on its Now Platform.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

in cash, and included customer contracts and a perpetual software license. Circle Media Labs' operator business includes two key customers, T-Mobile USA and Sky, according to Smith Micro. Smith Micro said the asset deal was worth approximately $13.5M READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. 4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day. Customer Acquisition. Do you have a customer referral program? How do the mobile customers break down by device type?

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the Idealab startup working on mobile loyalty applications, reported this morning that it is in a joint partnership with KDA Group , a local marketing agency, and mobile-local ad network xAd. Financial details of the joint partnership deal were not announced by the companies.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2010

iSkoot Technologies includes substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of social networking and Skype-compatible voice-over-IP software for mobile phones. Tags: qualcomm iskoot merger acquisition mobile software skype social networking. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2014

Muckerlab said it previous, 18 portfolio companies have now raised over $40M to date from venture investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

One customer is not traction, and beta tests with a thousand customers at no cost don’t count. I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months. Average transaction size and revenue per customer. Customer acquisition cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Research has confirmed that culture is a primary driver for financial performance, customer experience, and team productivity.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. But a lack of competition has also lead to a lack of innovation, resulting in low customer satisfaction and frequent complaints of difficult-to-use products.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

This is not an article about the high moral purpose and the nobility of listening to your customers. It is an article about how to make your company worth a fortune by listening to your customers. It gives the best customer experience of any phone. Listen to your customers and grow rich. Why does Google dominate search?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Mobile first is becoming an important part of our daily lives. We interact with the world through our mobile devices, and they are quickly becoming our main vehicles for accessing and sharing information. Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. How do you discover the right people to follow?

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