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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The report said Access Industries (run by Len Blavatnik), Bronfman, and Kreiz offered to pay $18 to $20 per share in cash for New York-based time, which also publishes Fortune and Sports Illustrated. Kreiz led Maker Studios' acquisition by Disney in 2014, and left last year. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million. We have been fortunate enough to have a few of these mega outcomes in every fund we’ve ever done.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Los Angeles-based online humor site CollegeHumor is reportedly on the block, with majority owner IAC looking to sell its stack in the company for $100M, According to Fortune. rumor youtube video acquisition merger buyer collegehumor' The report cited "sources familiar with the situation" in the move. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2013

Through two strategic acquisitions, one made in late 2011, and one made in early March of 2012. in assets, and with the acquisition in March of last year of mobile software developer Loopt. As part of that buy, Green Dot actually completely shut down Loopt and redirected the team toward GoBank last year. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

We feel fortunate to partner with a team that has such deep expertise in commerce and technology. “Josh and the team at Stack have already built a large and important company in the e-commerce ecosystem with almost no outside investment,” said Andy Doyle, Operations Director at TPG.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2011

Alteryx develops mapping software used by Fortune 500 companies, the government, and researchers. Alteryx said the new funding will go towards infrastructure buildout, go-to-market, and possible acquisitions. The round came from SAP Ventures Fund I. As part of the funding, SAP Ventures' Jai Das joins the company's board of directors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2010

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. OAOT provides managed IT services to government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and global outsourcing firms. Tags: platinum equity merger acquisition private financial services. Platinum Equity said it acquired OAO Technology Solutions from an affiliate of J.F.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Encore publishes retail software, including Hoyle, PrintMaster, The Print Shop, Wheel of Fortune, and other brands. Tags: acquisition merger punch software encore. Software , a Kansas City, Missouri-based developer of home design and CAD software.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2010

BBE works with Fortune 100 brands, and allows those brands to serve up and track those video ads. Tags: specific media merger acquisition broadband enterprises video advertising. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2017

The report, from Fortune, said the deal was worth less than $100M. Santa Barbara- and New York-based clean technology investor NGEN Partners has scored an exit at Choose Energy , a startup which lets consumers comparison shop for and select electric energy providers, according to a report.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2016

(www.science-inc.com), the startup �studio� led by former MySpace CEO and technology veteran Mike Jones , just saw its third acquisition out of its portfolio this year�the acquisition of FameBit by Google/Youtube. What made these three companies successful acquisitions out of all your companies?

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2021

We're about improving people's lives as it comes to technology, and that's why it's such a beautiful in our acquisition by FIT, Foxconn Interconnect Technologies. It's been an outstanding marriage/partners/acquisition, whatever you want to call it. I still have the fortunate pleasure of working with him.

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socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2016

Fortune citing multiple sources, says the companies refused to comment on the deal. Los Angeles-based Snapchat has acquired emoji software developer Bitstrips , in a deal worth around $100M in cash and stock, according to a report this morning.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Inventus develops e-discovery services to the Fortune 1000, global law firm, and government agency markets. Inventus has been acquired by RPX Corporation. RPX said it would pay $232M in cash to purchase Inventus, which is based in Chicago. Clearlake Capital acquired Inventus in June of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Of particular note is the involvement of Laskey, who made his first fortune with another, Southern California mobile app maker--Jamdat Mobile--which he took public in 2004, and later sold to EA in 2006 for $680M. Other big winners are venture investors Benchmark Capital , and General Partner Mitch Laskey , with just over $2.0 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2017

Of particular note is the involvement of Lasky, who made his first fortune with another, Southern California mobile app maker--Jamdat Mobile--which he took public in 2004, and later sold to EA in 2006 for $680M. Other big winners are venture investors Benchmark Capital , and General Partner Mitch Lasky , with just over $2.0 billion in stock.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

FORTUNE said that IO Data Centers, which recently raised $90M (with $50M from New World Ventures) is hoping to be listed publicly by 2013, according to IO's CEO. The investment in IO is apparently the largest, ever investment by New World Ventures in a company.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

It's software-as-a-service based, and we have organizations worldwide, from very small companies, to 100 employees and up, to Fortune 500 companies, across a wide variety of industries. Dave Terry: We've been very fortune. With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2015

The report , from Fortune, says that Mesa Global is managing the sale process for the venture backed company, which had received funding from Kleiner Perkins, Mayfield and Shasta Ventures. OUYA is led by Julie Ehrman.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Hsieh made his fortune when he sold Cogent to 3M back in 2010, in a $943M deal. USC's Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering has been sending out some well-timed invitations to alumni and others to a special 10th anniversary event, just as Fulgent is expected to hit the market. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 14, 2010

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JUNE 21, 2012

The reports--from FORTUNE's Dan Primack--said that the firm has already hired bankers to help it with a possible sale. Aliso Viejo-based Gaikai , the venture-backed developer of videogame streaming services, is looking for buyers for the firm, in what is expected to be a sale worth more than $500M, according to reports today.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Fortunately, the program doesn't require a lengthy application. The grants can be used up to the business owner's discretion, but common uses include land acquisition, renovation, project planning, construction, and more.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

Having followed the firm since its early days as a spinout of USC, we thought we'd talk with CEO Mark Tapling to get the back story behind the acquisition, and where the firm is going form here. What's the story behind the acquisition? We were fortunate to have all of those scenarios to consider. Mark, thanks for the time today.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 1, 2013

The second major challenged faced by MySQL was the surprise acquisition of one of its key partners, InnoDB, by Oracle. Fortunately, he was ready. and we managed over time to turn it (the acquisition) into a strength.". Everybody knew we were the small, nice guys from Scandinavia, unjustly attacked by this greedy company.".

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Fortunately, most deal breakers can be avoided, with a bit of pro-active thought and deft execution. If your business model is predicated on online customer acquisition, do not exclusively rely on consultants to craft and execute your online marketing initiatives. side businesses and/or cross-ownership of related businesses.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2017

There were lots of things we did around investment and acquisitions. Shaan Sethi: The interesting this, is I was that guy where I had a fortune cookie in my wallet from the early days, from my childhood, which stated that one day, I'd have success in a business of my own. I was in the consumer, retail space.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

(NASDAQ: AVGO ) has made an unsolicited offer of about $105 billion to acquire San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) is that this deal, if it happens, is going to take time.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Although this is a somewhat unusual real estate transaction, it reflects a surprisingly common scenario in the business world of mergers and acquisitions, with one important distinction. There is a well-worn adage in the world of mergers and acquisitions that, “companies are not sold, they are bought.” My House Is Not For Sale.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Yet the simplistic nature of his Marxist-based Haves / Haves Not argument did not stop him from encouraging a generation of under-educated people to believe that their only opportunity to obtain wealth was to gather around him so he could sufficiently intimidate wealth creators into giving away some of their lawfully earned fortune.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 9, 2019

We see companies that do large acquisitions and have to figure out how to consolidate companies and staff. During a customer pilot, a Fortune 1000 company discovered that an 8-person conference room was used by 3 or fewer people for 78% of all business hours; it was used by 8 people (its intended capacity) just 3% of the time.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In terms of the types of experts we are working with, we're fortunate that, even though we just launched, we've got a queue of hundreds of experts who want to work with us. We've been fortune to pull together a pretty good set of people, relatively quicly. Bong Koh: We're now in user acquisition and ramp up mode.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In the very early days of Expertcity, the Founders were offered a “small fortune” for the code which eventually became the genesis of GoToMyPC and later GoToMeeting. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In the very early days of Expertcity, the Founders were offered a “small fortune” for the code which eventually became the genesis of GoToMyPC and later GoToMeeting. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

It's very exciting to find these apps, and once we make those acquisition and changes, see if our expectations and projections are meeting up with what happens in reality, once we actually own the application. We have a huge acquisition pipeline. Why not just go and build your own apps?

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