TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. The acquisition of Appetize extends SpotOn’s reach to the enterprise space in a major way. But the company says its offering extends beyond traditional payment processing and point-of-sale software.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Financial details of the sale were not announced. Clearlake said it investedin Provation in March of 2018, after a carve-out acquisition from Wolters Kluwer. The company also funded the acquisition of four companies for Provation, including MD-Reports, ePreop, iProcedures and endoPRO.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

San Diego-based TVC Capital , the software-focused, growth equity investment firm founded by Jeb Spencer and Steve Hamerslag has raised a big, $115M software fund, the company said Wednesday. The fund said that TVC Capital III was oversubscribed, and closed in only 90 days. million in revenues. million in revenues. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

The sale had earlier been reported in April, but had not been confirmed by the firms involved. Qlipso is backed by Jerusalem Venture Partners, and is now operating a Los Angeles office after its acquisition of Veoh. Veoh had raised more than $70M in venture funding, before being force into bankruptcy in February. READ MORE>>.

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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. Seismic recently raised $92M in a Series F funding, and is led by co-founder and CEO Doug Winter. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to ServiceTitan, the acquisition came alongside a new, $200M investment from private equity investor Thoma Bravo. The Series G funding values ServiceTitan at $9.5 The Series G funding values ServiceTitan at $9.5 Aspire Software is based in St.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

Preparing for the game… If you have been following our recent insights, you’ll be up to speed knowing that professional investors negotiate tough terms, from provisions of control over asset acquisition, eventual sale of the company, future investments, forced co-sale when others attempt to sell their shares and more.

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JUNE 11, 2015

Los Angeles-based Android-based game console maker Ouya is nearing a sale of the company, most likely by game hardware maker Razer , according to reports. Ouya had been venture backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and including Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA, Shasta Ventures, and Occam Partners, and had raised over $8.6M

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Hodes talks about how you might position your company for a sale, and some of the things you need to do as part of that process. Even in good times investment bankers will tell a seller that the company must be positioned for sale to be successful. What needs to be prepared to position a company for sale? Continued.).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based Appetize, the developer of point-of-sale ordering apps serving the restaurant, sports, entertainment, and hospitality business, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn, the companies said on Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. billion, with the funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.

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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. Our clients are everyone from fast growing, freshly funded startups, to the Fortune 100. We also have an office now in Houston as well as a result of the acquisition.

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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. We are focused on the investment in and acquisition of software firms that are generating $2.5M

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Move Your Mountain , an online crowd-funding site which competes against GoFundMe, has been acquired by Tustin-based Cornerstone Payment Systems , Cornerstone said. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Cornerstone Payment Systems is a independent sales organization in the merchant processing industry.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Los Angeles- and Israel-based Qlipso , a developer of online video sharing and editing tools, announced this morning that it has integrated its service into Veoh.com, after its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Veoh.com. The sale had earlier been reported in April. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. o CPM model gave him control over the information in the acquisition cycle so he focused on that. - o Everything is for sale but it’s the price that moves the timing. He told them it was now or never.

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MAY 17, 2011

A report today from Greentech Media says that Pasadena-based Idealab 's sale of portfolio firm RayTracker was worth $44.8M. in funding in RayTracker a developer of solar tracking technology. Idealab, Quercus Trust, and Phoenix Fire had invested $3.5M RayTracker was a spinout of Idealab's Energy Innovations. on their investment.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Future Media said the acquisition is its first foray into consumer sales. Oak & Jackal was originally launched and funded through an effort on Kickstarter , in June of 2016. The company also offers eyewear and wallets.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Los Angeles-based social application developer Triller , which competes head to head against TikTok , is seeking to reach the public markets through a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company), according to a report. administration to force a sale by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. TikTok is the target of efforts by the U.S.

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JULY 18, 2017

Valeant is selling Obagi, which makes skin care products, to Haitong International honghua Finance Acquisition Fund I. Valeant said the sale will "streamline our operations and reduce debt". Valeant Pharmaceuticals said on Monday that it is selling Irvine-based Obagi Medical Products , in a deal worth $190M in cash.

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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 new funding was led by Sid R. emn8 snapfinger merger acquisition venture capital restaurant ordering dining food point sale' EMN8 is led by Perse Faily. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Pasadena-based Desktop Factory , the Idealab startup working on low cost, 3D fabricators, told its users this week that it is shutting the firm and will be selling its intellectual property, as it has failed to secure funding for the firm. Tags: desktop factory merger acquisition fabrication. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

The publicly held company, which trades on the Nasdaq at MBVX, said the new funding will go toward working capital and general corporate purposes. Sorce of the new funding was not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

With the current volatile economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. Source tell us it is now between $400 million and $500 million.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

However, although they are providing such significant value, a lot of them operate with limited funding and resources, which ultimately affects the customer experience. All of this is courtesy of a new $1 million seed extension from initial seed leads The Artemis Fund and Mercury Fund, with Bracken P.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Department of Energy (DOE) kicked of an auction Friday for the loan obligations it owns from ill-fated Fisker Automotive , in a bid to regain the remaining $168M in funding it provided to Fisker Automotive. The sale-- which had been announced last month--is an attempt to capture some of the millions loaned by the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. moviepilot angeles merger acquisition webedia' Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site led by Tobias Bauckhage, has sold off its German website, moviepilot.de , to French publisher Webedia. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

With the uptick in the economy, as an active startup mentor, I’m seeing a new surge of entrepreneurs and startups, with the commensurate scramble for funding. Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, and an old one long out of favor, the so-called “reverse merger.” Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Financial details of the sale were not announced. L Squared said the sale is the fourth exit from its 2014 vintage year fund, and its third exit from the education market. L Squared said the sale is the fourth exit from its 2014 vintage year fund, and its third exit from the education market. since that time.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But today a startup that’s tackling a different aspect of the market — addressing the supply chain that subsequently turns the wheels of the bigger food distribution machine — is announcing a big round of funding as it continues to grow. The funding is coming from a wide mix of investors. and Canada.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018. Seismic, a sales software company, raised $100M and became a unicorn. Given SVBs market position, that is great news. Prior to the L.A.

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MARCH 29, 2013

It looks like the sale of book review and community Goodreads was worth between $150M to $200M, according to a report form AllThingsD Friday, potentially making the acquisition one of the better returns on capital from a Southern California technology startup in recent years. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. It forces you to bridge the gap between idea and execution.

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MARCH 6, 2012

According to Connotate, former Fetch CEO Ryan Mullholland becomes President of the firm with the acquisition. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Fetch Technologies was advised by Siemer & Associates in the sale. in funding. Fetch Technologies had raised at least $5.7M

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2016

If it’s so important to investors, perhaps you should be using traction to measure your own progress, independent of a need for additional funding. Use experiments to test every element of your business model – cost, price, marketing, sales channel, customer acquisition cost, lead conversion rate, and lifetime value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Expand into key new sales and delivery channels. Today the Internet is the best example of a new sales and delivery channel that has transformed many businesses, and killed others. This were done in a complementary fashion to provide support and education, and not undermine sales.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2015

Dave’s note: John Huston is founder and past manager of the 300+ member Ohio TechAngel Funds and a past Chairman of both the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute. . Ideally each target company has a history of consistently making acquisitions with deal terms you would accept. By John Huston.

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