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MARCH 31, 2021

San Diego-based Ascent Funding, a provider of student loans, says it is targeting the coding bootcamp market, with a new set of loans for those programs. Financial details of that acquisition were not given. The company said it is aiming to provde those loans to underserved students to give them access to higher education.

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APRIL 5, 2013

However, it looks like the acquisition of San Diego''s Amylin Pharmaceuticals by Bristol-Myers Squibb is turning out not-so-great for employees in the location, after news that Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to close its San Diego operations , resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs.

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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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JANUARY 16, 2013

Lockerz , the Seattle-based social shopping and e-commerce site backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has axed the company's San Diego office, in addition to laying off around 30 percent of its staff.

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MARCH 23, 2017

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Ignyta said on Thursday afternoon that it is looking to sell of its taladegib oncology program, after reaching a deal to change licensing terms it has with Eli Lilly and Company.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Topera , a developer of medical devices used to treat atrial fibrillation, has been acquired by Abott in a $250M. Topera, until recently, was based in San Diego, but apparently moved to San Mateo in the last year or so. topera abbott life sciences lifescience biotech merger acquisition cardiac atrial fibrillation'

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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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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. Peregrine is a developer of radio frequency (RF) semiconductors. per share in cash.

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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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MARCH 22, 2018

The Alliance estimates that Southern California’s tech community could be one-third the size of Silicon Valley’s by supporting or further developing the six pillars it already has for innovation to occur.

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DECEMBER 9, 2015

Los Angeles-based SGN said today that it has acquired two, new game development studios, as a result of its recent $130M strategic investment round. SGN, led by Chris DeWolfe, now has studios in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Seattle and Buenos Aires. in Palo Alto. 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.

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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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AUGUST 24, 2012

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Thursday that it has acquired DesignArt Networks , a developer of small cell modem and system design for the cellular base station market. DesignArt is based in Ra'anana, Israel, and develops both systems-on-a-chip and software products. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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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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APRIL 5, 2013

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals contract manufacturer Althea Technologies is now officially part of Japanese conglomerate Ajinomoto Co., the firms said late Thursday, as the acquisition of Althea completed. althea technologies biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing merger acquisition ajinomoto japanese international'

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AUGUST 19, 2021

San Diego-based MicroConstants, a provider of bioanalytical testing services, said Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to become part of BioAgilytix Labs, a contract research organization (CRO) focused on supporting pharmaceutical and biotech partners with large molecule drug development.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

San Diego-based nonprofit software developer Classy announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring event platform Fondi, the developer of a virtual and hybrid event platform. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Classy said it will relaunch Fondi as Classy Live for nonprofits.

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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. billion acquisition in October of 2012. cymer asml semiconductor lithography light sources merger acquisition laser' READ MORE>>.

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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. Loss Run Pro develops subscription-based software that helps request, track, and manage loss runs. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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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 8, 2019

As we head into the weekend, crossing our fingers that the seemingly endless rain showers will be replaced by our usual sunshine, here’s a quick rundown of some recent news developments. —ResMed (NYSE: RMD ) acquired a South Korea-based medical equipment provider, the company said Friday. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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JUNE 26, 2013

San Diego-based Websense , the developer of security software, is now officially owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners , the two said late Tuesday. websense vista equity partners merger acquisition private security software' Vista Equity Partners paid approximately $1 billion for Websense. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Sonic Solutions , the Novato-based developer of multimedia editing software, said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of San Diego-based DivX , the developer of video encoding and decoding software. Tags: divx merger acquisition sonic solutions software encoding decoding video. READ MORE>>.

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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. TuSimple has been developing systems that use CMOS imaging sensors for self driving truk fleets. The funding was led by VectoIQ, and also included Goodyear, Union Pacific, CN Rail, U.S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

San Diego-based ACEA Biosciences , a developer of cell analysis tools, has been acquired by Agilent Technologies for $250M in cash. Agilent said it completed the acquisition late Wednesday. ACEA develops two platforms used for cellular function and metabolism measurements, used in. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2013

San Diego-based Cymer , the developer of semiconductor lithography light sources, and Netherlands-based ASML Holding NV said late Friday that the two firms have received U.S. cymer asml semiconductor lithography light sources merger acquisition laser' Department of Justice approval for their merger. READ MORE>>.

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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). which is listed on the NASDAQ as NBAC. The company's CEO is Gregory Poilasne.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

San Diego-based CareFusion , the developer of medical devices, said today that it has completed its acquisition of German firm Rowa , a firm which develops robotics medical storage and retrieval systems for pharmacies. The deal was worth $150M in cash. The deal had originally benn announced in July. 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.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

San Diego-based Ligand Pharmaceuticals reported Monday that it has acquired Connecticut-based Neurogen , a developer of small-molecule drugs to improve the lives of patients suffering from psychiatric and neurological disorders. Tags: ligand pharmaceuticals neurogen merger acquisition lifescience.

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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. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Insightful Science is led by CEO Thomas Swalla.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

San Diego-based Seismic , which develops sales enablement and marketing software, has acquired Grapevien6 , a social and digital sales software developer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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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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APRIL 30, 2019

San Diego-based digital marketing software provider Mapp announced this morning that it is acquiring German software developer Webtrekk , a developer of marketing analytics and customer intelligence software. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Webtreek is based in Berlin.

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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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