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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.

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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>>.

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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>>.

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Mahalo Incubator Santa Monica Content 174

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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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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.

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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.

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Media Artificial Inteligence Incubator Advertising 191

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Glendale-based ClimateMinder , one of the companies out of the VoiVoda Ventures incubator in Glendale, has been acquired by Rainbird Corp. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. according to VoiVoda. The company's clients had included Monsanto, Driscoll, and Bolthouse farms.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive I recently met with The Hive a new incubator in Orange County. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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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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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Los Angeles-based Nantworks , the business incubation and technology development firm headed by LA billionaire Patrick Soon-shiong, has acquired Ziosoft , a provider of medical imaging and visualization software. Financial impact of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ziosoft is being renamed Qi Imaging as part of the acquisition.

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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>>.

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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.

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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.

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Yahoo Glendale Incubator Mobile 174

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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>>.

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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.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures appears to be on an exit roll this month, with the acquisition Thursday of Ankeena Networks , a supplier of software for content delivery networks. Tags: clearstone ventures merger acquisition ankeena networks juniper. Clearstone's Sumant Mandal sits on Ankeena's board of directors.

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Clearstone Santa Monica Incubator Acquisition 208

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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.

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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.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Walmart’s tech incubator in Silicon Valley, Store No 8, has acquired Spatialand , a virtual reality software firm, as its third portfolio company. Venice, CA-based Spatialand worked with Walmart on a project last year, an experience that led to the acquisition, according to the blog post. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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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.

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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.

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Southern California SoCal Incubator Advertising 159

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Santa Monica-based Science, the startup studio led by Mike Jones and Peter Pham, has launched its own Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), called Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. According to Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha (SSAA).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

San Diego-based COI Pharmaceuticals , the life sciences incubator and support entity created by Avalon Ventures to support its portfolio companies, says that one of its companies, Calporta Therapeutics , has been acquired by Merck. The deal is worth up to $576M, including upfront payments and contingent milestone payments.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator. We were really focused on customer acquisition. How did the company start? You would not have heard of it, because it was very small.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It’s a business that’s been incredibly profitable for the Los Angeles company, which raised $1 million from the LA-based accelerator and incubator, Amplify and a few angel investors. Today is not just an important day for Stack, but for the future of shoppable content.

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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>>.

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Break.com Incubator Software Acquisition 190

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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?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This place is often called an incubator or accelerator, or just a group of peers. One of the most successful incubators is Y Combinator in Silicon Valley. An occasional discussion with a mentor won’t do it. You need to feel the passion of others in the same stage. The scale - expand to reach your full potential.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Sitari was developing treatments for celiac disease, and was being incubated at COI Pharmaceuticals. San Diego-based biotech investor Avalon Ventures has scored an exit, saying late Tuesday evening that it has entered into a definitive agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), to sell Sitari Pharmaceuticals to GSK.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Don’t forget a viable financial model of costs, margins, customer acquisition, and break-even. and leading incubators such as Y Combinator , are already on this one. For example, when you think about distribution channels, revenue streams, or the relationship with the customer, ask customers what they expect. Marty Zwilling.

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Technical Review Customer Custom Entrepreneur 143

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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.

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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.”.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The Trade Desk was venture backed by IA Ventures, Founder Collective, Wellington Management, and Highwind, and is led by Jeff Green, and had been at the Venture Ventures Technology Incubator. Green is a serial entrepreneur, having sold his last firm, AdECN, to Microsoft. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2017

Santa Monica-based startup studio Science is making a move into the world of Blockchain, saying on Thursday that it plans to run its own "initial coin offering" (ICO) worth up to $100M, to raise money to invest in blockchain-related startups that it will incubate.

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Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica Incubator Invest 133

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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

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Santa Monica Southern California Incubator Education 204

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JULY 27, 2018

The company's angels include Plus Capital, MM Capital, Paige Craig, Eric Hann (Netscape), and others, and the company was part of the Launchpad LA startup incubator program. The company had announced about $21.7M across three rounds of funding. READ MORE>>.

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