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Irvine-based enterprise cloud storage provider Zadara announced on Tuesday that it has acquired NeoKarm, a developer of multi-cloud hybrid platforms. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Zadara said that the acquisition will help boost its edge cloud services offering.

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JULY 31, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. IntelliMedia Networks said the acquisition will help it extend its cloud-based training platform. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

symplr, a developer of healthcare governance and compliance software, has acquired Phynd Technologies, a provider of a centralized provider data management platform for the healthcare market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. symplr was advised by Harris Williams and Healthcare Growth Partners in the deal.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

According to YouMail, it now has PhoneTag's service running on its own platform. Quilici also said PhoneTag's acquisition increases the footprint of the company's premium consumer subscription business. PhoneTag was founded in 2003, and offers up voicemail transcription services directly to consumers.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Los Angeles-based game publishing company Mythical Games, a venture-backed game company which recently raised $150M in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, said Tuesday that it has acquired Polystream, a developer of an interactive 3D content streaming platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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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. Five Below--which runs a chain of "dollar store" style retail stores--acquired select assets of Hollar back in January of 2020.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

Burbank-based Causecast , which developed an online platform to help employers increase employee engagement with charitable causes, has been acquired by America's Charities , a nonprofit focused on getting employees to support causes they care about. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Santa Monica-based virtual healthcare and telehealth provider Ontrak announced this morning that it has acquired LifeDojo , which provides an online behavior change platform. Financial details ofthe acquisition were not announced. According to OnTrak, LifeDojo's platform helps make "transformative life changes possible" for its member.

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MAY 24, 2022

Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. This summer, parent company Niantic is unveiling Campfire, a social app designed to help mobile augmented reality (AR) gamers connect. ” Image Credits: Niantic.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Esri, the addition of nFrames will help its users capture and analyze 3D data from aerial, drone, and ground-based sensors. nFrames is known for SURE, a tool which helps with 3D data creation.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

According to ServiceNow, the deal will help it advanced its own artificial intelligence capabilities, including the addition of support for all major languages on its platform. ServiceNow said it expects to complete the acquisition by the end of Q1. Financial details of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

We caught up with Jamey to learn more about the company, and also its recent move to merge with another company, Uphealth, via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). We created this in 2003 for the medical interpreting market, but since then, we've expanded the platform so that it's not just about language.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Venice, California-based StackCommerce, which develops a white-label marketplace which is used by publishers and brands to help connect people with products, has been acquired by Integrated Media Company (IMC), itself owned by private equity investor TPG. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Costa Mesa-based Experian announced this morning that it has acquired MyHealthDirect , a developer of a "digital care coordination platform" used for healthcare administration. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. MyHealthDirect is based in Nashville, TN.

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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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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sherman Oaks-based BEN Group , a company which places brands into influencer, streaming, TV, music, and film content, said on Monday morning that it has acquired TubeBuddy , a platform which helps YouTube creators optimize their audience and channel growth. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company said the acquisition will help bolster its existing platform. According to Medsphere, the Healthline's core assets include applications that use bar coding and RFID technology used for healthcare supply chain inventory management.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to BVAccel, the acquisition will help it expand and strengthen its e-commerce service offerings. BVAccel (short for Brand Value Accelerator) said this is the second acquisition by the company, and gives the firm an East Coast presence in Philadelphia.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Thrive Global, the acquisition will go to help it build a behavior change technology platform which leverages data collection and the application of the latest science to end the stress and burnout epidemic and help individuals and organizations unlock their full potential.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Santa Monica-based Retina , a startup developing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics tools, is integrating its software into the popular Shopify e-commerce platform, the company is announcing this morning. Retina is backed by Comcast Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Cuadrilla says that the acquisition is its first investment since its launched in April. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

GrubMarket , which provides software and services that help link up and manage relationships between food suppliers and their customers — which can include wholesalers and other distributors, markets and supermarkets, delivery startups, restaurants, and consumers — has picked up $120 million in a Series E round of funding.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Porch, which is based in Seattle, said it will integrate the Serviz technology platform into its own site, Porch.com. Porch said the acquisition will help it expand its end-to-end home services solutions. Gordon and Kline previously founded ReachLocal.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

1 , ia an acquisition by ProSiebenSat.1 1, the acquisition of eHarmony will help it expand its Commerce segment internationally. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. eharmony has a reputation for a very high number of marriages from users of its platform. ProSiebenSat.1

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Quest, the move will help strengthen its position in the Microsoft modernization market. Binary Tree was founded in 1993, and offers up software for migrating to-and-from various platforms to Office 365, and got its start providing migration from Notes and Domino.

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Greenwave said the acquisition will help it enhance its platform with real-time, visual analytics, and also help it bolster its industry talent and team. Greenwave said that the acquisition will bring it to a headcount of over 280 employees worldwide.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Kofax said the acquisition will help it further advance the secure cloud capabilities of its platform. Irvine-based software developer Kofax said this week that it is acquiring Top Image Systems Ltd , a developer of cloud- and premise-based applications use to manage "content-driven" business processes. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Black Mountain said the investment y Vista will help it grow both domestically and internationally, and also provide new capital ti invest in development of its platform. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based TicketOS , a developer of a software platform that helps organizations automate the management of such entertainment assets as corporate entertainment suite inventory, entertainment and sports tickets, corporate hospitality, and other assets, has been acquired by Miami-based Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG).

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AUGUST 5, 2019

PlanetArt--which says it now has reached roughly $200M in revenues--said the acquisition came as part of FTD's court-supervised restructuring. PlanetArt said the deal will help it add a "new gifts dimension" to its product platform. Personal Creations is based in Woodridge, Illinois.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Financial details of those acquisition were not announced by the company. According to OpenX, it plans to integrate Mezzobit and PubNation's tools into its platform. Los Angeles-based OpenX has acquired Mezzobit and PubNation , two companies in the programmatic advertising space, the company said on Monday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Santa Monica-based Freenfly , a startup that helps brands tap into a network of content creators and brand advocates on social media, has raised $8.5M Greenfly says the new funding will go towards technology, user acquisition, marketing initiatives, and new hires. in a Series B funding, the company said today. in funding.

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JULY 23, 2019

Mumbai-based Haptik, which operates a conversational AI platform , has already won several high profile clients in India. Haptik, which sold majority stake to telecom operator Reliance Jio in a $100 million deal earlier this year, currently offers a chatbot platform. 60% of all software is bought in the U.S.,

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MARCH 28, 2019

According to Kyriba, the investment will help it accelerate innovation and growth of its platform. Kyriba says it had more than $110M in revenues in 2018, and 229 new clients; the company also recently annoucned the acquisition of FireApps, a developer of enterprise currency management software. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

The massive windfall won’t mean anything for Scopely’s strategy as the already wildly profitable business continues to grow both organically and through its acquisition strategy of major mobile gaming studios, according to co-chief executive, Walter Driver. billion, according to a person familiar with the financing. ” .

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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. “We

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

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