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JUNE 10, 2021

San Diego-based private equity investor HCAP Partners announced today that it has provided a follow-on investment in TCS Healthcare Technologies, a provider of managed care softare, as part of an acquisition effort by TCS. Financial details of the acquisition and investment were not announced by HCAP Partners.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital said that one of its portfolio companies, Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems, has acquired another company, MultiCam, from private equity investor Rosewood Private Investments. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The name “investment bank” somehow always sounded like a place where I could deposit my investments, and maybe even earn a little interest. Then I learned that these banks really negotiate investments and collect fees on the transactions, sort of like commercial banks do with loans to businesses. Very confusing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. We knew he had to be an investment partner.

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JULY 7, 2021

Pasadena-based concentrated solar energy technology developer Heliogen, a spinout of the Idealab startup incubator, has gone public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) deal, the company said on Wednesday. According to Heliogen and Athena Technology Acquisition Corp.,

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles- and Atlanta-based Mighty Oak Entertainment , which produces sports clips for traditional, digital, and streaming, has received an investment from former MGM Television President John Bryan and entrepreneur and KDOCTV (Los Angeles) owner Bert Ellis, Jr., the company said last week.

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JULY 30, 2021

says it will be making a $10M investment in a European electric vehicle charging network operator, Allego B.V., as part of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger between Allego and Spartan Acquisition Corp. According to Fisker, it will invest $10M in the PIPE. Allego was founded in 2013.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Santa Barbara-based supply chain software developer QAD has entered into a $2 billion acquisition deal with private equity investor Thoma Bravo, the company said on Monday. According to QAD, its shareholders will receive $87.50 per share in cash from Thoma Bravo, in an all-cash transaction.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Financial details of the investment were not announced, however, Diversis said it provided a "significant growth investment" to SalesRabbit. In a statement, Diversis co-founder and Managing Partner Ron Nyot said that it is now "actively identifying strategic add-on acquisitions to broaden the product portfolio.".

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socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2014

Bitvore said one of its first products, Bitvore for Munis, helps investment banks and hedge funds looking for an information advantage in municipal bond markets. Pikover is an angel investor, with dozens of local startup investments; he was also co-founder of Xylan (IPO, $2B acquisition) and Access 360 (acquisition by IBM).

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

And n ow, even with the economy continuing to collapse, the company is on the prowl for new acquisitions and expects to spend tens of millions of dollars on new deals. The PlayerFM deal stands out as an example of what the company looks for in an acquisition target, said Ritter. ”

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. The company has stated that it plans to spend a total of $500 million on podcasting investments, meaning it still has a few hundred million to burn. That’s because the acquisitions make Spotify a publisher, as well as platform.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

What You Can Learn From Public Markets It doesn’t really take a genius to realize that what happens in the public markets will filter back to the private markets because the ultimate exit of these companies is either an IPO or an acquisition (often by a public company whose valuation is fixed daily by the market). It’s just math.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Bluebeam was a spun out of Alliance Spacesystems, and has received investments from both the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. architecture document international nemetschek acquisition merger software bluebeam' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

There is a mythology amongst some LPs (funds that invest in VCs) and some VCs that “entry price doesn’t matter – only investing in the absolute best entrepreneurs.” Both can hurt you in an acquisition. ” That’s b t. People justify winners after the fact. Often it does.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

According to the two, Geely Holdings Group will become a minority investor in Faraday Future, as part of Faraday's merge with Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. PSAC), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which is being used to deliver Faraday Future into the public markets.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Archer Aviation’s announcement comes two weeks since it landed United Airlines as a customer and an investor in its bid to become a publicly traded company via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. an increasingly common financial path that allows the startup to eschew the once traditional IPO process.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Westlake Village-based gravity energy storage technology developer Energy Vault announced this morning that it is in a $100M transaction with two companies, Atlas Renewable and China Tianying, which involves a $50M investment subscription and an expansion of a PIPE agreement from $150M to $200M.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

We’ve scaled up so massively in investments in our growth and technology, but running on a loss is very odd for us,” he told TechCrunch. “We Other things the company plans to do with its new capital is focus on acquisitions, particularly acqui-hires, according to Siemiatkowski. We will get back to profitability soon.”.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. in total investment, and ites investors have included Gannett Co. As part of the acquisition, Vimeo announced it had launched a new, live streaming services--Vimeo Live--based on Livestream's technology. Vimeo is owned by IAC. Livestream had raised around $14.7M and others.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

imre, a provider of strategic and creative marketing services to enterprise clients to clients in the life sciences and healthcare and consumer products and services areas, has received a private equity investment from Los Angeles-based RLH Equity Partners. Financial details of the investment were not announced.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

DataBank , a provider of colocation and managed services company which is owned by Los Angeles-based private equity investor Colony Capital , has made a $30M, strategic investment in EdgePresence , a developer of data centers. Colony Capital said the investment will help it augmented DataBank's more traditional data center portfolio.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Scott Kupor of A16Z responded with a comprehensive overview of valuation methodology in a post that while accurate feels more targeted at sophisticated Limited Partners (LPs) who invest in funds. billion (and their stake worth $237 million not $3 billion) — the reported value at which they invested in the last round. We can’t know.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

WiseBanyon provides personal finance and investment management tools and its own technology platform, and was based in Las Vegas. Axos Financial said the acquisition would be immaterial to its finances. Financial details of the all-cash transaction were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 27, 2021

The investment also brings its total capital raised since its 2008 inception to $386 million. In 2018, Clio made its first acquisition with its buy of Lexicata, a Los Angeles-based legal tech startup. The company plans to do more acquisitions with the capital, according to Newton.

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MAY 21, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor K1 Investment Management said this morning that it has entered into an agreement to sell San Diego-based FMG Suite to another private equity ivnestor, Aurora Capital Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

According to Phunware , a developer of mobile application lifecycle management software, it has been acquired by Stellar Acquisition II , which is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). Are you making the proper investment, and is it paying off? Of course, you need work with partners and channel to quantity their costs and contributions and normalize total results.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Customer Acquisition. Those two things together would lower your acquisition costs nearly in half to $6.11. Ironically, there are times where it may actually pay to INCREASE your customer acquisition costs. Measuring customer acquisition is clearly not enough because not all customers stick around. lowering $1.50

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2018

According to j2 Global, it ended the quarter with approximately $400M in cash and investments, after spending around $100M for acquisition and its regular quarterly dividend. J2 Global has a very long list of acquisitions, and is the most active company in Southern California in buying small startups. million, a 10.2

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Berkonomics

APRIL 26, 2018

This is one interpretation of “It takes money to make money” , although that statement was probably created to describe new investment opportunities. Speaking of which, those companies with cash in the bank and cash available are the ones to scoop up the bargains, from suppliers and in acquisitions especially during tough times.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars? The key in his approach is that equity compensation should be viewed the same way that you view investment. The team gets another $3 million as a severance payment or an earn-out, to sweeten the acquisition offer. Risk Premium on Equity Compensation?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

“it’s smart to use an impending investment valuation to drive a higher acquisition valuation” I would like to amend her statement slightly to read, “it’s smart to use an impending investment valuation to drive an higher acquisition.” Christin goes on. A nice play if you can make it.”

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Fastly said that the acquisition of Signal Sciences’ business will boost its ability to provide better security for applications and APIs — the connective fabric between different services that knit different technologies together behind the scenes. Signal Sciences secures $35 million investment to protect web apps.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

You have to understand whether they’re likely to yield revenue growth in the near term OR whether you have access to cheap enough capital to fund your losses until your investments pay off. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market. ” The Details.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which has major operations in Irvine, has hired an IPO banker and is eyeing an IPO before the end of the year, according to a report from Reuters. According to the report, CrowdStrike has hired Goldman Sachs to run its IPO process. No other details of the IPO have yet been announced or released.

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