socalTECH

MAY 30, 2013

Newport Beach-based SignNow , a developer of mobile signature capture and document storage services, has been acquired by Barracuda Networks. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Barracuda Networks said the acquisition will help it strengthen its offerings in the cloud data storage market.

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Tech.Co

MAY 6, 2022

Now, it's dramatically expanding capacity in another area, fulfillment, with the acquisition of Deliverr. Deliverr ships over one million orders monthly and gaining its network will more than double the size of Shopify’s fulfillment team. It's the biggest acquisition in Shopify's history. Shopify is paying $2.1 newsletter.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

Pasadena-based Punchcard , the Idealab startup working on mobile loyalty applications, reported this morning that it is in a joint partnership with KDA Group , a local marketing agency, and mobile-local ad network xAd.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

DataDirect Networks , which develops high performance data storage for the enterprise and high-performance-computing (HPC) market, has completed its acquisition of Tintri , the bankrupt flash data storage developer. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2019

Los Angeles-base information technology services provider ISSQUARED , which provides security, hybrid cloud infrastructure, networking, and software services, said this morning it has acquired Network Computing Architects (NCA), a provider of IT services to the small and mid-sized business market. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

In my role of business advisor to startups, I often recommend these to increase initial brand identity and market penetration. With the rate of market change today, and the advent of worldwide competitors, you need every strategy you can muster to keep up, and respond quickly to new threats.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Covario , the search and content marketing agency, is being acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network , the companies said late Wednesday. According to the two, Covario has over 140 professionals offering up paid and organic search, social media, and content marketing services to brands and direct marketing clients.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

San Diego-based ACTIVE Network has split off its business products group, ACTIVE Network Business Solutions , and merged it with a Texas company, Lanyon. Financial terms of the merger and acquisitions deal were not announced. active network merger acquisition sales lanyon' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2017

Irvine-based 5 Bars , a distributed antenna systems (DAS) installer and operator, has been acquired by Florida-based Neutral Connect Networks (NCN), the companies announced earlier this month. The acquisition was announced by Neutral Connect Networks, as part of a $30M funding from M/C Partners. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability. One more deal soon followed. billion valuation.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Costa Mesa-based Emulex reported Tuesday that it now owned 89 percent of Endance Limited , the developer of network performance management and monitoring appliances it said it would acquire in December. Emulex announced its acquisition of Endance in December, in a deal worth approximately $130M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2014

Pasadena-based Jacobs Engineering Group said this morning that it has entered into a deal to acquire Federal Network Systems (FNS), a provider of system integration and communications, information technology, and data security, which is a subsidiary of Verizon Communications. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2016

San Diego-based Extrameasures , which operates reward, rebate, and prepaid and gift card programs for brands, has been acquired by Blackhawk Network , the two said Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Extrameasures was founded in 1996, when it first rolled out a Vista gift card for the consumer market.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging network operator EVgo says it has completed its business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation. The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal creates a new, publicly traded company called EVgo Inc.,

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2015

Aliso Viiejo-based Microsemi reported this morning that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired, for the company''s acquisition of Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor. The regulatory hurdle means that U.S. regulators do not intend to conduct any kind of review of the transaction.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Culver City-based PacketFabric, a provider of optical network services for the enterprise market, said this morning that it has acquired RSTOR, a Saratoga, California-based cloud-based storage and data mobility products. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. PacketFabric is led by CEO Dave Ward.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

The other side of the business is a new monthly subscription service for stylists that helps them market their handcrafted wigs, beauty and other digital products and services. Winters explained that the driver for the new funding was technology and product development on the marketplace, marketing and stylist acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. So can you successfully build a YouTube network? ” YouTube takes 45%.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. It’s the biggest podcast industry acquisition ever, and Spotify isn’t done. Finally, podcasting is a growing market.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week El Segundo-based Wpromote acquired fellow marketing agency Standing Dog, in a deal which brings the company to 260 employees, and continues to grow the company. Mike Mothner: The business today, is we are a digital agency focused on customer acquisition and growth for businesses of all types.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

San Diego-based Active Network said today that it has expanded into the faith market, with the acquisition of church management software firm Fellowship Technologies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Fellowship Technologies provides its software to more than 1700 churches. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A great opportunity for more visible networking. I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. I’m more familiar with content marketing in B2B Marketing. I’ve got to imagine this makes tracking marketing spend challenging.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

And aside from having great market power (the main reason for Twitter to own the client and the customer) advertising is one of the primary reasons that I believe Twitter needs to own the client applications. would be “multi-stream&# ad network (e.g. 2) I also clarified that the strategy of Ad.ly

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socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online operator of a network of sites focused on men, announced Friday morning that it has launched a new division focused on CPA, performance marketing. Break Media said that Apogee Media Network will focus on customer acquisition, email marketing, and social media for advertisers, on a CPA-basis.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2010

Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks , a developer of data storage arrays for the high performance computing (HPC) market, appears to be in the midst of a possible acquisition deal, according to documents uncovered by PEhub. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Occam Networks , a developer of broadband switching equipment for the rural telecom market, is being acquired by Calix , the firms announced this morning. per share of Occam Networks stock. Tags: occam networks calix broadband telecom communications merger acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Wavemaker Partners has seen one of its portfolio companies hit the public markets, albeit via an unusual, reverse merger arrangement. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Yardi announced this morning that it has acquired 42Floors.com, an online marketing platform for tenants and brokers. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. 42Floors will become part of Yardi's CommercialEdge network of marketplaces.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Irvine-based semiconductor giant Broadcom is making another acquisition, saying Monday afternoon that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquired Dune Networks , a developer of switching fabric products for the data center networking market. Dune Networks has operations in Sunnyvale, California, and Yakum, Israel.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops partnership management software, said this morning that it has acquired ACTIVATE , an influencer marketing platform which provides influencer discovery, program workflow, measurement, and analytics. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Irvine-based Broadcom has completed its acquisition of Dune Networks, a developer of switching fabric chips for the data center networking market, the firm said Monday afternoon. Broadcom said it expects the acquisition of Dune Newtorks will be neutral to slightly accretive to earnings per share in 2010.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

The acquisition by Santa Monica-based Bird of fellow on-demand, scooter service operator Scoot Networks , was worth a mere $25M , according to the WSJ. Bird--which announced the acquisition of Scoot on Wednesday--did not disclose financial details of the deal. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Monica Report Demand Acquisition 113

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2021

Carlsbad-based Smart Earth Technologies (SET), a developer of LTE and 5G products for the water utility market, has been acquired by San Francisco-based CrescoNet. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based QLogic , a developer of host bus adapters and switches for the storage networking market, is rumored to be the target of an acquisition by data storage giant EMC, according to Barron's. Tags: qlogic emulex broadcom storage area network merger acquisition.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Fastly was founded to meet developers’ need for greater visibility and control.

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