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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Santa Monica-based Unsubscribe.com , the startup headed by James Siminoff, which helped consumers unsubscribe from unwanted email, has been acquired by TrustedID. TrustedID, which provides credit and identity protection services, announced the acquisition on Tuesday afternoon, but did not disclose financial terms of the buy.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

Speaking of which, those companies with cash in the bank and cash available are the ones to scoop up the bargains, from suppliers and in acquisitions especially during tough times. And oil is a lubricant [Email readers, continue here…] But the most important lesson to remember is that cash is the great lubricant for businesses.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based Email Copilot , which develops visualization, monitoring, reporting, and analysis of email deliverability data, has been acquired by Return Path , a New York-based developer of email data software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Al Bsharah, was co-founder and CEO of Email Copilot.

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MAY 23, 2012

According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition.

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APRIL 16, 2010

Break Media said that Apogee Media Network will focus on customer acquisition, email marketing, and social media for advertisers, on a CPA-basis. Among other services, Break said that Apogee will help companies build their own internal email database, develop their Facebook Fan base, and create a Twitter following.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based Edlio , has received a growth capital investment this morning, for its K-12 education and "community engagement" software, and in particular, acquisitions of other companies. According to LLR Partners, its investment will be used by Edlio to support its market expansion, via organic growth and acquisitions.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -- Going Global: Cross Border Acquisitions and Investment Strategies for Successful International Operations. Email kelly.barba@klgates.com. 40% of U.S. CEOs say they plan to complete at least one cross-border deal by the end of the year, compared to 25% last year.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

One of my company CEO’s recently described his rule for acquisition success, and it resonated with me as a great goal for planning during acquisition exercises. This CEO states that he has made it work twice when acquiring companies, and that is enough for him to make it his rule for all future acquisitions.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2019

But it is within the range of experience by many of us professional investors, and with those who have acted as brokers, serial purchasers or consultants for acquisitions. Why would anyone acquire a company? With this rate of disappointment, why would anyone or any company purchase another? How about those less-experienced buyers?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2019

But it is within the range of experience by many of us professional investors, and with those who have acted as brokers, serial purchasers or consultants for acquisitions. Why would anyone acquire a company? With this rate of disappointment, why would anyone or any company purchase another? How about those less-experienced buyers?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has acquired Threadbox , a developer of email messaging software, according to Threadbox. Rumors of the acquisition had first been reported in July. Tags: myspace threadbox email software messaging merger acquisition. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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MARCH 18, 2014

near real-time automated intelligence gathering systems that scour public and private data sources like websites, blogs, social media and email to unearth information businesses can use for competitive advantage. Bitvore, led by Jeff Curie, said that it has developed a. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Katharion , a developer of hosted email filtering services, has been acquired by GFI Software, a provider of managed web and email security services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tags: katharion hosted email filtering merger acquisition security.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Just notice how many VC emails you get after your TechCrunch article or after you were on stage at TC50. We plan to continue to use PR as an ongoing part of our customer acquisition strategy.&#. In an email you can have curated links - So at the risk of sounding contradictory, I still think press coverage is important to VCs.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the provider of Internet fax, cloud-based online backup, unified communications, email, and other services--as well as the owner of publisher Ziff Davis--said this morning that it has acquired MetroFax , a provider of Internet faxing services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Email delivery services provider SendGrid is now officially part of cloud communications platform operator Twilio , Twilio said on Friday. SendGrid--which has significant operations in Anaheim, where one of its co-founders also was based--was acquired in a deal worth $3 billion. The deal had originally been announced last year.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. ClearTerra's technology helps extract unstructured data from emails, briefings, and reports, and automatically extracts geographic coordinates from that information. According to Esri, it will use the technology acquisition to add those same features to its ArcGIS platform.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Los Angeles-based j2 Global said very late Tuesday that its FuseMail business has acquried the assets of MXSweep , an Irish provider of email security services. MXSweep provides email security, archiving, and encryption for SMBs, large corporations, and government agencies. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

According to L Square, the investment in Edlio will go towards sales and marketing, international growth, new product development, and strategic acquisitions. Edlio is led by CEO Ali Arsan.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Proofpoint said it will use the acquisition to extend its email malware protection to users' personal email accounts. in seed funding in Weblife only 11 months ago, with a 30 percent stage--giving it a 690% annualized ROI on the acquisition. Nordic Eye said it invested $3.0M Weblife's CEO and founder is David Melnick.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Financial terms of the two acquisition were not announced. j2 Global owns a vast number of Internet fax, voice-over-IP, hosted email, online backup, and many other Internet services businesses globally, along with also owning technology publisher Ziff Davis. j2 said the buy is not expected to be material on its finances. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The acquisition significantly bolsters j2's media properties. j2 Global said the acquisition will more than double its digital media business. The acquisition significantly bolsters j2's media properties. j2 Global said the acquisition will more than double its digital media business. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2011

But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree. Let’s analyze the effect of a potential acquisition upon the value of your company.

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JULY 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based, low-cost e-commerce products site Hollar is no more, and will be swallowed up by new owner Five Below , six months after the acquisition of Hollar by Five Below.

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APRIL 17, 2013

j2 Global , the operator of both a cloud services business and online publishing business, has made another acquisition, this time of Netherlands-based online backup provider Backup Connect BV. connect netherlands software cloud backup acquisition merger j2global' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

j2 Global, which is run by Hemi Zucker, said the buy is the 40th acquisition of the company, and that it plans to expand Ziff Davis through a combination of internal growth and acquisitions. j2 Global said the buy will contribute approximately $60M to its 2013 revenues.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Collaboration in business starts and ends with email.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not anounced. The new acquisition further builds out the expansive publishing empire at Ziff Davis, which runs such sites as IGN.com, PCMag.com, AskMen.com, ComputerShopper.com, and many other digital media and publishing sites. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to J2, the acquisition grows its annualized, monthly revenue run rate for cloud backup services to over $40M. j2 Global said it will open up a new office in Paddington, UK--where LiveDrive was based--as part of the acquisition. The company is led by Hemi Zucker.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Torrance-based LiveOffice , the provider of online, cloud-based email archiving services led by Nick Mehta, has been acquired by Symantec , in a deal worth $115M. Symantec said the acquisition would extend its intelligence information governance offering. LiveOffice was venture backed by Summit Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2013

As part of the acquisition, EMN8 said it raised $50M in a new funding, to both acquire Snapfinger and expand its platforms. The company said that its products now include products for online, mobile, tablet, kiosk, group and call center ordering, loyalty programs, email marketing and mobile marketing products, and more. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, did not respond to emails requesting comment, the PR firm listed on the firm's site said it no longer represents the company, and socalTECH was unable to reach anyone via phone at the company. Tags: veoh networks merger acquisition bankruptcy failure. Veoh had raised over $67.5M Veoh had raised over $67.5M

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Everbridge said the acquisition will help enhance its various products. Everbridge provides systems which can provide mass notifications via text messages, phone, email, and more. As part of the acquisition, Everbridge said that CloudFloor CEO Jaime Ellertson has been named CEO of the combined organization.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Mike Mothner: The business today, is we are a digital agency focused on customer acquisition and growth for businesses of all types. Mike Mothner: With the acquisition of Standing Dog, which technically closed today, that added about 75 people to bring us to 260 employees. What has helped you grow to the size where you are now?

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based MyLife.com is further expanding its services this morning, saying that it has launched a new, "social dashboard" product which helps users centrally manage all of their social and email accounts. The new service comes as a result of the acquisition of Threadsy in March by MyLife. MyLife said the service is free.

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JULY 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based j2 Global said this morning that it has acquired Contactology , a provider of email marketing services. j2global contactology business cloud services email marketing' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. j2 Global said the move would help expand its business cloud services division. READ MORE>>.

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