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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In a related move, Omnitracs said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Roadnet Technologies , a provider of fleet management software. Financial details of the Roadnet Technologies acquisition were not announced. Roadnet develops fleet management software solutions for private fleets, and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net has acquired Pasadena-based Crashworks , the developer of the photo-based city guides. The LABJ reports the acquisition price was "below $1 million". Laubach had hoped to make Crash into the definitive place to find photo-worthy, tourist attractions close to you. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2013

San Diego-based security software developer Websense announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. websense merger acquisition security software vista equity partners private' The deal is worth approximately $1 billion. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital says that one if its portfolio companies, healthcare software developer nThrive, is acquiring TransUnion Healthcare. According to ClearLake, nThrive has signed a definitive acquire TransUnion Healthcare, Inc., Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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APRIL 8, 2010

San Diego-based Fate Therapeutics , a developer of stem cell therapeutics, announced this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian biotechnology firm Verio Therapeutics. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Iirvine-based Broadcom announced this morning that it is in a deal to acquire NetLogic Microsystems , a developer of semiconductors for the networking market, in a deal worth approximately $3.7 Broadcom said it has entered into a definitive merger agreement where it will pay $50 per share for NetLogic.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

San Diego-based Quidel , a developer of diagnostic tests, said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired Diagnostic Hybrids , a manufacturer of in-vitro diagnostic assays, in a deal worth approximately $130M in cash. According to Quidel, the acquisition will broaden its current portfolio of diagnostic tests.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless , the developer of wireless broadband modems for connecting PCs to cell phone networks, said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acuiqre Enfora , a developer of wireless, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products. The deal is worth approximately $64.5M READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

San Diego-based SAIC said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired CloudShield Technologies , a provider of information security products. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. CloudShield is a developer of deep packet inspection and network traffic analysis tools, specifically aimed at cybersecurity.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Simi Valley-based Xavient Information Systems , a provider of IT outsourcing services, and Virginia-based Vision360 , a provider of custom software development, testing, and other services for the telecommunications industry, said today that they are in a definitive merger agreement, where Xavient will acquired Vision360.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

San Diego-based precision medicine developer Ignyta has agreed to be acquired by biopharmaceuticals giant Roche , in a $1.7 According to the two, they are in a definitive merger agreement, where Roche will acquire Ignyta for $27.00 billion deal, the two said late Thursday evening. per share in cash, or $1.7

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you want money, rather than just feedback, you need to actually design, develop, and prove that you have something worth people’s hard-earned funds before you launch your campaign. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Carlsbad-based Life Technologies said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioTrove, a developer of a high throughput gene expression and genotyping analysis system. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. BioTrove is based in Woburn, Mass.,

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Carlsbad-based Dot Hill Systems , a manufacturer of external RAID storage devices, said today that it is in a definitive purchase agreement to buy Cloverleaf Communications, a software firm developing storage virtualization and storage management products. The deal is worth $2.5M in cash plus approximately $9.5M

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

San Diego-based Cypress Bioscience , a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on developing treatments for disorders of the central nervous system, has been acquired.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

San Diego-based biotech investor Avalon Ventures has scored an exit, saying late Tuesday evening that it has entered into a definitive agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), to sell Sitari Pharmaceuticals to GSK. Sitari was developing treatments for celiac disease, and was being incubated at COI Pharmaceuticals.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Irvine-based Broadcom , the developer of networking and communications semiconductors, announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Gigle Networks , a provider of systems-on-a-chip for home networking over power lines. Tags: broadcom gigle networks merger acquisition semiconductor. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Irvine-based semiconductor giant Broadcom is making another acquisition, saying Monday afternoon that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquired Dune Networks , a developer of switching fabric products for the data center networking market. Tags: broadcom dune networks merger acquisition switching fabric.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. Congrats on the acquisition! How did the acquisition come about? It was really great.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

San Diego-based Plex Pharmaceuticals (previously known as CalAsia Pharmaceuticals), a developer of treatments for Parkinson's disease, glioblastoma, and cataracts, announced this week that it is in a definitive agreement where Collidion has acquired 80 percent of the company's equity.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Irvine-based Broadcom announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Beceem Communications , a developer of 4G wireless semiconductors. Beceem is a developer of semiconductors for the 4G wireless market, including a platform which supports both LTE and WiMAX 4G networks. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2021

In his classic book on building a business, “ Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business ,” Gino Wickman, a similar experienced business consultant and developer of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), outlines five common frustrations that we both hear from entrepreneurs, as follows: You are the boss, but you don’t have control.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Ian talked to us about the rewards and challenges of being an entrepreneur, plus how important it is to manage lifetime value (LTV) of a customer versus customer acquisition cost (CAC) in making a successful company. (We I'm definitely happier as an entrepreneur, which is why I made the leap. What is Discotech?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

If you want money, rather than just feedback, you need to actually design, develop, and prove that you have something worth people’s hard-earned funds before you launch your campaign. You need a polished, tested concept, not just an idea. Crowdfunding to gauge demand is not recommended, since failed campaigns don’t usually recover later.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

San Diego-based Solera Holdings , which develops software and services for the automobile insurance claims processing industry, said this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AUTOonline GmbH Informationssyteme. Tags: solera holdings automobile insurance marketplace merger acquisition autoonline.

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JUNE 15, 2016

According to the two, they are in a definitive agreement where Cavium will pay approximately $15.50 QLogic is a manufacturer of storage and server networking hardware and other products; Cavium is a developer of network, wired, wireless, and other network processing semiconductors. billion, the two said Wednesday afternoon.

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MAY 11, 2009

Calabasas-based Ixia said late Monday afternoon that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Catapult Communications, a developer of 3G and 4G wireless networking test products. Ixia said the acquisition will complement its IP performance test systems and service verification products.

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APRIL 10, 2010

I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. And I saw a lot of this first hand in Salesforce’s acquisition of my company, Koral, which was a content management company. Kind of obvious, huh? This should be as public as possible.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2014

This is when your job function truly starts to match the definition of “leader” because that’s exactly what your role is. They are irritated because they generated a ton of leads at their trade shows, their webinars and through online acquisition and they’re tired of getting blamed for the Patel leads.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Carlsbad-based Life Technologies , a developer of biotechnology tools, announced this morning that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its ownership stake in its mass spectrometry joint venture, to Danaher for $450M. Danaher is buying Life Technologies' partner in the joint venture, MDS Analytics Technologies.

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JULY 7, 2009

Irvine-based Pegasus Biologics , a venture backed developer of collagen-based bioimplants for orthopedic, spine, and neurosurgery, has been acquired by Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. Synovis said that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Pegasus, for $12.1M

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JUNE 13, 2019

In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. Ilya also founded Coplex, a startup development studio. It's been one of the biggest acquisition in Los Angeles in the last thirteen to fifteen months.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Santa Ana-based Iteris , a provider of traffic management systems, said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Berkeley Transportation Systems , a developer of transportation performance management products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." " Steve Blank divides the individuals associated with startups as: Founders Early Employees (Employees # 1-25) Later Employees (Employees # 26-125) The reality is that the definition of founder and employee is not clear.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

For folks outside of the industry, domain names are analogous to physical real estate, in that it has tremendous value both before you develop it, as well as after you develop it or lease it out to someone else. So, we've started to do that organically, and through some acquisitions. Are there any good ones left?

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Costa Mesa-based Irvine Sensors , a developer of a wide variety of electronics, software, defense, and other products, said Tuesday that it is in a definitive agreement to sell its thermal imaging business unit. Irvine Sensors said it is selling the business to Vetronic, Inc. , a subsidiary of Vectronix A.G., which is owned by Sagem.

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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. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Netviewer is based in Europe. Citrix Online said the move will help accelerate its growth in Europe.

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