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MARCH 20, 2014

Welltok is backed by a trio of Southern California investors, including Qualcomm Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, and Okapi Venture Capital. TriZetto was later moved to Colorado by its new private equity owners. margolis jeff trizetto software enterprise healthy android iphone health acquisition merger mindbloom welltok'

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept. Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2016

Moorpark, California-based ERP Power , which develops LED lighting power supplies and drivers, has been acquired by private equity firm Angeles Equity Partners , Angeles said Wednesday afternoon. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Angeles Equity is based in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

Hedges is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, who was most recently President and CEO of Velocify. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae. MomentFeed is venture backed by Level Equity, Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In a big exit for Southern California, Carlsbad-based Luxtera , a developer of optical semiconductors used in the high speed networking market, has been acquired by Cisco , in a deal worth $660M in cash and assumed equity options. Luxtera's semiconductors are used in optical transceivers, including 100GbE and 400GbE networks.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Beverlly Hills-based private equity investor Platinum Equity , and Van Nuys-based Electro Rent said Tuesday that the two are in a definitive agreement, where Platinum Equity will pay approximately $323.4M Platinum Equity said ti will pay $13.12 for Electro Rent. percent over the company's closing price on May 27th.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2014

Common Asset was backed by Los Angeles private equity investor U.S. Jim McDermott--a longtime serial entrepreneur and investor in Southern California--was Chairman of Common Assets up until the purchase. solarcity common assets usre renewables mcdermott merger acquisition solar power cleantech' Renewables Group.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, the firm said that private equity firm JMI Equity has provided it funding in support of the transaction. JMI Equity General Partner Peter Arrowsmith and Vice President David Greenberg have joined Resource Nation's board as part of the acquisition.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon Project , the online advertising technology firm headed by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante, looks like it may just be the next Southern California company to file for an IPO, based on a number of executive appointments made Tuesday.

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Southern California Chief Technology Officer Legalzoom OpenX 180

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. Here, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund, and has had some great success in the market. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 -- Orange County Private Equity - Alive and Thriving During Turbulent Times! Hear from Orange County's leading private equity players. Learn how the current market turmoil is affecting the lending markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. Orange County Venture Group.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The firm--one of the Southern California companies which has successfully hit the public market this year--said all of the shares in the offering will be offered by its existing shareholders, and that none of the proceeds will go to the firm. Tags: green merger acquisition walmart gdot finance. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

San Diego-based RFIC maker Peregrine Semiconductor is looking to be the next, Southern California technology company to make it to the public markets, with an IPO on Wednesday, according to the NASDAQ's IPO calendar. Peregrine is looking to raised $83M in an IPO, which is currently estimated to price at between $14.00 and $16.00

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2016

The report noted concerns about a "global economic slowdown, falling oil prices and turbulent equity markets." The last IPO in Southern California was for Kura Oncology, which raised $57.5M The report found 167 deals raised only $12.1 billion in Q1 of 2016--the weakest first quarter of the year since 2009.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2012

The firm is venture backed by JMI Equity and Sequoia Capital. The last successful, venture-backed IPO in Southern California was Ceres in February. ServiceNow is a developer of cloud-based services which allows companies to manage enterprise information technology (IT) operations. ServiceNow filed for its IPO in March.

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Report Southern California San Diego Equity 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. We are so excited to have done 25 deals, many in the SoCal area, with many more to come. What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2015

We''ve been featuring a few reflections on the last year from a number of movers and shakers in Southern California''s technology industry over the last couple of weeks, during the holidays. Today, we have some thoughts from Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital , a private equity investment company in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Cloud Computing Southern California Equity 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. That was a rocket ride as well, and that took us to a top 10 website, and NBC took an equity steak in the company. So how did you end up back in Southern California?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor , one of the Southern California technology firms currently in IPO registration, has selected the Nasdaq for its IPO, according an updated S-1 filing from the company. The firm is backed by Morgenthaler Partners, Advanced Equities, Palisades Ventures, TVP, and others. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Irvine-based Infinite RF Holdings , the parent company of Pasternack Enterprises and Fairview Microwave, has been acquired by private equity investor Genstar Capital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Capital Equity Education Acquisition 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2010

PWC said that among the reasons for the surge was a return of private equity and venture capital portfolio companies using the U.S. PwC did not detail specific IPOs, however, Southern California's technology industry has seen its own share of IPOs this year, including RealD, Inphi, and Green Dot.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Marketing Report Southern California 190

Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Foley has founded or been an equity partner in several companies. Greenberg, who will remain TCVN’s Chairman Emeritus, is a partner is the Irvine office of Haynes and Boone, where he practices general corporate law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity financing. He is currently CEO of PitchMeTV.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners said this morning that it has acquired London-based GL Education , a provider of educational assessments in the United Kingdom and Europe. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

Education 100

Education Equity Los Angeles Acquisition 100

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

It's now an internationally recognized showcase for technology here in Los Angeles, and we also get to showcase Southern California companies, as well. They're acquisitive, have cashed up, and lots of them are now looking at repatriating money to the US. The third area, are the private equity players.

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Technical Review Conference Silver Lake Cornerstone OnDemand 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

Demand Media was venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., and also is the latest in a string of successful IPOs from Southern California, venture backed companies in the last year. and Generation Partners.

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Demand Media Southern California Santa Monica 164

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

An effort by Citrix Systems to sell itself to a buyer has a possibility of some major impact on Southern California, particularly at Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online.

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Santa Barbara Southern California Sales Product 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

The firm's investors include Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., The IPO is just the latest in a long string of successful IPOs for Southern California, venture backed companies, with successful public exits so far for RealD, Inphi Corp., Morgan Stnaley & Co.,

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Demand Pricing Cornerstone OnDemand Media 162

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015.

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Capital Beverly Hills Artificial Inteligence Equity 100

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2013

With the E3 Expo wrapping up, SGN announced early this morning the acquisition of Mob Science further expanding its game portfolio and development team. Mob Science will join in the ranks of prior acquisitions including Hallpass Media and Mindjolt all under the strong and successful SGN umbrella.

Develop 76

Develop Development Technical Review Southern California 76

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. It's unclear if Platform G has any other acquisitions or projects up its sleeve.

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Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2013

Through that business, we actually installed a couple of thousand homes, mostly in Southern California and Northern California, with new home builders like Centex, Lennar, and others. There''s only a small number of financial institutions who have so far invested in residential leases. You can count them on one hand.

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Equity Invest Marketing Product 234

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2012

Total merger and acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the MandA environment look like throughout 2012? trillion in value.

ACG 113

ACG Santa Barbara Ventura Equity 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Now currently a Managing Director at growth equity firm General Atlantic, Ray will be the keynote presenter at this special OCTANE event. Specific points to be discussed include: Is this a good time to consider acquisitions? Key factors in positioning to achieve highest value in MandA situations; 5 common pitfalls of bad acquisitions.

OCTANE 100

OCTANE Conference Acquisition Equity 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Mike has over 18 years of strategic, operational and senior management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity backed assets and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations.

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Tech Coast Angels Startup Angel Southern California 105