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Centerfield Buys Business.com and Savings.com

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Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company was acquired by Platinum Equity in December 2019.

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Business.com Acquired By Purch

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Carlsbad-based Business.com , the online business directory and information site which was most recently in the hands of JMI Equity, has been sold to New York-based content publisher Purch , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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After pulling in around $80 million last year in revenue, LA’s StackCommerce is acquired by TPG’s Integrated Media Company

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The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site.

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7 Entrepreneur Stages Help You Assess Your Progress

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This place is often called an incubator or accelerator, or just a group of peers. One of the most successful incubators is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley. Maybe you are more comfortable going slow, with limited resources, or aiming high and giving up equity. An occasional discussion with a mentor won’t do it.

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ValueClick Buys Greystripe

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Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco. The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. Greystripe was advised by Montgomery & Co. in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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7 Seed-Stage Funding Sources To Finance Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Most accelerators provide small seed investment in the range of $25,000, as well as mentoring, workspace and professional services, in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Startup incubator seed funding. Business accelerator funding.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

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We believe by finding, filtering and aggregating exciting startups from top universities, research institutes, and incubators/accelerators, we can demonstrate the combined strength of SoCal in a compelling way to top investors and thought leaders.”.