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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The publicly listed company hit the public markets in late 2020 via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The company has shown off a number of renderings of potential, high tech vehicles, but does not plan to bring any vehicles to market before Q4 of 2022.

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MAY 22, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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MARCH 4, 2021

Santa Monica-based augmented reality, air combat training technology developer Red 6 said on Thursday that it has added Dr. Will Roper, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L).

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JANUARY 14, 2020

The company--which is likely the most active acquirer of companies in Southern California's high tech economy--says it acquired FES IQ , a company in the digital media space, and Buffered VPN , a provider of cloud services based in Gibraltar. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Ross Levinsohn , the publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times --and longtime, influential veteran of Southern California's high tech industry--is under investigation by the owner of the LA Times, Tronc, after an in-depth examination of Levinsohn's conduct by NPR during his time in the high tech industry. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In a very bold move, Venice-based Snapchat has apparently turned down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook , according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal. snapchat merger acquisition exit facebook tencent mobile' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Without all of you, we wouldn't be able to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com). Safire Partners (www.safirepartners.com).

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MAY 1, 2013

The acquisition of Awesomeness.TV The firm was only challenged by the recent acquisition of GoodReads, which has an estimated 100x return. analysis acquisition merger exit goodreads dreamworks hollywood content awesomeness' In an analysis stretching back to all of the exits logged in our data since 1996, Awesomeness.TV

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

j2 Global--despite a low profile in the overall high tech sector--has been a ravenous acquirer, and has accumulated a huge line of cloud-based services (fax, email, backup, cloud apps, and much more) from across the world, and is also the owner of Ziff Davis. storage hostile cloud backup online carbonite acquisition merger global'

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Santa Ana-based computer and electronics distributor Ingram Micro said over the holiday weekend that it has made a binding ofer to acquire Paris, France-based ANOVO , a provider of reverse logistics and repair services for high tech products. ingram micro anovo computer electronics merger acquisition' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2016

CSM Software , and engineering and high tech services outsourcer whose founder and chairman is based in Westlake Village, has been acquired by Japanese company SOLIZE Group , acording to the companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Another day, another Southern California high tech company on the block: Newport Beach-based semiconductor developer Mindspeed said late Tuesday afternoon that it has retained Morgan Stanley & Co., mindspeed investment banker merger acquisition semiconductor electronics' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. PricewaterhouseCoopers' Vision To Reality Program for Emerging Tech Companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com). Safire Partners (www.safirepartners.com).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Safire Partners (www.safirepartners.com).

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APRIL 20, 2015

Vista Equity Partners the private equity firm which as been gobbling up San Diego high tech companies and moving them to Texas--has agreed to sell 80 percent of Websense to defense company Raytheon , the three said today. software security cybersecurity acquisition merger raytheon websense partners equity vista' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 17, 2018

EAT Club , a startup which provides delivery of food to employees of high tech and other companies, said today that they've acquired Farm Hill and its personal meal business. EAT Club, which is based in the Bay Area, says that Los Angeles is one of its two primary markets. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. The high level of IPO activity--if those firms manage to make it to market--would make this year one of the most active IPO years here since the dot com bust.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat , is now the largest ever IPO to debut out of Southern California's high tech ecosystem. The early pop in its shares pushes the net worth of Eval Spiegel and Bobby Murphy to more than $5.0 billion each. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

San Luis Obispo-based Crystal Engineering , a developer of high tech, digital pressure calibrators and digital test gauges, has been acquired by Berwyn, Pa.-based based AMETEK. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have a piece from Megan Jones , an investment banker from Hadley Partners Incorporated: As I often say, I grew up in and out of Silicon Valley with a dad in high-tech. Tags: investment exits acquisition merger opinions insights. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Venice, California-based Snapchat has begun discussing an IPO with bankers, but has yet to select an investment bank to lead the effort, according to a report on Wednesday. Snapchat reportedly is looking at an IPO towards the end of this year or in early 2017.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Tekelec's former Southern California executives are well represented as advisors, investors, and executives at local high tech companies. The firm has since been in Morrisville, North Carolina. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2015

AOL --which has been one of the most active acquirers of Southern California technology startups in recent years--has been acquired itself, by Verizon , AOL and Verizon announced this morning. According to Verizon, it will pay $50 per share for AOL, in a deal worth approximately $4.4

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AUGUST 10, 2016

In what looks to be an unprecedented surge in high profile, high value exits for high tech companies in Southern California, there have now been six big exits in the region over the last month worth over $100M. Those exits--worth more than a collected $3.8

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Culver City-based Bestofmedia Group, publisher of gadget and electronics blog site Tom's Guide, has acquired Computing.net, a provider of high tech information and technical support. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. 12 major acquisitions this year putting it over 100 since 05. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week!

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve featured a number of reflections on the year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community. Disney''s acquisition of Maker Studios for $500M-$1B set the tone, and soon after, Facebook acquired Oculus for $2B, and Apple acquired Beats By Dre for $3B. This is just the start.

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JUNE 10, 2011

The bump in the IPO estimates, and if the IPO is successful, will result in a windfall for at least three, Southern California-linked investors and high tech executives. The firm said it will now offer 14,684,000 shares, estimated to price at between $10.00 and $12.00 per share, above the earlier, 13,684,000 shares of stock and $7.00

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APRIL 30, 2018

That took quite a bit of investment in organic growth and acquisitions. I was was evaluating things up there, but I have a core belief that the high tech world in Santa Barbara can really be a vital one. As you know, over time, we've had both spurts of high tech growth and some lulls.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Energy Innovations--which had entered the solar market late--was backed by Idealab and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? How about mergers and acquisitions? acquisition merger exits interview capital venture banking investment siemer david' Siemer & Associates runs its annual conference next week to delve into the same topics. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

This morning's contribution is from Krisztina 'Z' Holly host of the The Art of Manufacturing podcast and founder of MAKE IT IN LA (www.makeitinla.org), which supports connecting local manufacturers and high tech companies. Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods this year is just another very visible step in their expansion.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Gregg also spoke to us about how the move of Active Network out of San Diego-a huge dislocation for the local high tech communityactually benefited Events.com, by allowed it to quickly ramp up its employee base and offerings, particularly since one Event.com''s Chairman was a co-founder of Active.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

By acquisitions, it seems. As an unintended side effect, those acquisitions have made Broadcom a major player in Israel's high tech industry , according to the article from ZDNet, where the firm has acquired 11 companies in the last four years. How is Irvine-based Broadcom continuing to grow its business?

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