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AUGUST 2, 2012

Hollywood-based tech incubator and co-working space io/LA 's sister effort in San Francisco has just scored its first exit, after incubator firm CodeEval was acquired this morning by HireVue. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. HireVue is a developer of online recruiting and video interviewing tools.

Incubator 159

Incubator Hollywood Tool Acquisition 159

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based technology incubator and studio Science said today that it has hired on Matt Monahan as its new Vice President of Social Media Marketing. Science said that Monahan will head up social customer acquisition for its portfolio firms. science executive incubator accelerator social alphaboost' READ MORE>>.

Marketing 178

Marketing Incubator Social Media Google 178

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APRIL 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based technology incubator and studio Science has added technology veteran Jason Rapp to its team. He also served at IAC Corporation, where he was CEO of Gifts.com and headed up mergers and acquisitions. mahalo executive incubator accelerator science scienceinc' READ MORE>>.

Mahalo 174

Mahalo Incubator Santa Monica Content 174

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based online advertising firm Adaptive Medias is announcing this morning that it has acquired Ember , one of the companies incubated out of the StartEngine startup accelerator in Los Angeles. As part of the acquisition, StartEngine founders Howard Marks and Paul Kessler have both joined Adaptive Medias'' advisory board.

Media 191

Media Artificial Inteligence Incubator Advertising 191

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Circle Street was one of the companies in the LaunchpadLA incubator, and was one of the companies in that accelerator/incubator''s second class. circle street valassis merger acquisition mobile advertising local launchpadla' READ MORE>>.

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Incubator Advertising Mobile Class 153

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

RapidEngage was one of the companies incubated at EvoNexus. rapidengage questionpro merger acquisition survey surveys slimsurveys tweetphoto plixi software' RapidEngage was founded by Daniel Marashlian, Sean Callahan, and Rodney Rumford, who also founded photo sharing app Plixi (TweetPhoto), which had been acquired by Lockerz in 2011.

SoCalTech 185

SoCalTech San Diego Incubator Acquisition 185

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APRIL 10, 2013

The firm was one of the companies which had been part of the EvoNexus incubator. xpenser expense management software travel tande coupa merger acquisition evonexus' Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Coupa Software is a provider of cloud-based, spending optimization software headquartered in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

Software 193

Software San Diego Incubator Acquisition 193

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MARCH 25, 2010

Zhura.com is based in Boston; Scripped was based in Los Angeles, but is moving to San Francisco to become part of a technology incubator called I/O ventures. Tags: scripped zhura merger acquisition screenwriting software. Rajaraman remains CEO of the merged company. READ MORE>>.

Break.com 190

Break.com Incubator Acquisition Software 190

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JANUARY 23, 2014

demoday demo incubator capital venture software accelerator startup muckerlab' Muckerlab said it previous, 18 portfolio companies have now raised over $40M to date from venture investors. READ MORE>>.

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Class Startup Santa Monica Incubator 174

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APRIL 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures has had another exit in its portfolio, this time with the acquisition of Cetas , a developer of cloud data analytics software, by VMware. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cetas was incubated in Clearstone's Palo Alto offices by Sudhakar Muddu, a Ph.D.

Clearstone 150

Clearstone Santa Monica UCLA Incubator 150

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company had raised around $9M in total funding, and had been part of the EvoNexus startup incubator. Portfolium was founded in 2014, and was led by founder and CEO Adam Markowitz. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 172

Tech Coast Angels San Diego Incubator Education 172

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Ptch had been incubated out of DreamWorks. As part of the acquisition, Ptch said it will be shutting down its services on January 2nd. Glendale-based Ptch , a startup developing mobile applications for sharing video and photos, has been acquired by Yahoo. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Yahoo 174

Yahoo Glendale Incubator Mobile 174

Xconomy

APRIL 11, 2019

Two financial firms are betting on a nonprofit incubator program in San Diego in hopes of identifying top talent and potential targets for investment or acquisition. The incubator, EvoNexus , said this week that Royal Bank of Canada, Canada’s largest bank, and Franklin Templeton (NYSE: BEN ), a U.S.

Incubator 81

Incubator Invest San Diego Competition 81

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MAY 8, 2014

the startup studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has acquired longtime social bookmarking site Delicious , the company disclosed this morning. systems avos youtube software jones michael acquisition merger bookmarking social delicious' Santa Monica-based Science, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

Sites 150

Sites Santa Monica Yahoo Incubator 150

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. Congrats on the acquisition! How did the acquisition come about? It was really great.

Startup 225

Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. Incubators, Part I - In February, we put together a guide to the list of (then. existant) Southern California accelerators, incubators, and coworking spaces.

Southern California 211

Southern California Thousand Oaks Incubator SpaceX 211

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MAY 9, 2013

Idealab made its investment in GoPollGo back in June of 2011, one of a series of Twitter-related investments by the startup incubator during that time frame. gopollgo idealab merger acquisition yahoo twitter feedback polling' GoPollGo had been started by Ben Schaechter, Sam Grossberg, and Paul Kompfner, and was based in Palo Alto.

Idealab 159

Idealab Yahoo Incubator Pasadena 159

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Hell headed by DivX until its acquisition by Sonic Solutions in October of 2010, and most recently was chairman of the EvoNexus startup incubator run by CommNexus. Hell sits on the boards of Hold-Free Networks, Perminova, Inc, MicroPower Technologies and Pixon Imaging, Inc.

San Diego 159

San Diego Incubator Venture Capital Acquisition 159

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California.

Southern California 159

Southern California SoCal Incubator Advertising 159

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JULY 19, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. CARLSMED is part of the EvoNexus technology incubator; Precisive Surgical is a spinout from IntuitiveX, a life sciences technology incubator.

Incubator 124

Incubator San Diego Platform Acquisition 124

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MAY 2, 2012

Los Angeles business accelerator program upStart.LA , one of numerous startup acceleration and incubation efforts to start in the last year in Southern California, is merging with a startup in Santa Monica, Cross Campus. According to a note to supporters form upStart.LA

Santa Monica 204

Santa Monica Southern California Incubator Education 204

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.

Santa Monica 113

Santa Monica Equity Incubator Acquisition 113

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JULY 23, 2012

For our first measure, we tabulated the venture capital raised by accelerator firms --that is, companies that are tied to local accelerator/incubators. Capital raise ability is one of the ideas behind the whole trend towards accelerator--to help startups raise capital, who otherwise might have found it more difficult. Of that, $97.47

Los Angeles 234

Los Angeles Angel Report Startup 234

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APRIL 25, 2011

Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco. The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. Greystripe was advised by Montgomery & Co. in the deal. READ MORE>>.

Westlake Village 170

Westlake Village Steamboat Ventures Advertising Incubator 170

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MAY 7, 2015

Los Angeles-based startup studio and incubator Science said late Wednesday that it has seen its first exit, and has sold Playhaven to RockYou. RockYou said it will use the acquisition to "turbocharge" its expansion into mobile. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Incubator 100

Incubator Mobile Acquisition Los Angeles 100

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Dirk Ahlborn: We are coming out of the nonprofit incubator, the Girvan Institute of Technology, which has been around since 2002, and is funded by NASA Ames. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. What is JumpStartFund? We have done this for awhile. READ MORE>>.

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Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. I think this makes no sense.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

We believe by finding, filtering and aggregating exciting startups from top universities, research institutes, and incubators/accelerators, we can demonstrate the combined strength of SoCal in a compelling way to top investors and thought leaders.”.

Southern California 224

Southern California Dollar Shave Club SoCal Development 224

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

When a company either has revenues, if that''s the primary metric, or if it''s a consumer application, high user acquisition and engagement, we know there is some degree of product-market-fit. A prototype is one, but it could also be customer acquisition testing they''ve done. There''s many forms of data. READ MORE>>.

Incubator 187

Incubator Southern California Startup Ideas 187

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nantworks , the new business incubator run by billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said today that it has acquired another company, Boston Life Labs. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Incubator 153

Incubator Research Los Angeles Software 153

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JUNE 22, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. domain name sold to startup incubator eCompanies, transformed into a $345M sale to R.H. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. Purch is the publisher of such sites as Top Ten Reviews, Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, Live Science, and many others.

Santa Monica 100

Santa Monica Incubator Guide Equity 100

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APRIL 20, 2010

The other three have been acquisitions, all of which are in the three digit sorts of millions, hundreds of millions, that sort of range. Given you've made some good picks in terms of getting to exit, was there anything looking back which you saw that made them good acquisition candidates? We were the Series A in there.

Clearstone 140

Clearstone Idealab Incubator Invest 140

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Social Media 150

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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?

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Entrepreneur Startup Google 100

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Blogging CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

CTO Coach 150

CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire Startup 150

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

Google 150

Google Mobile CTO Coach Southern California 150