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MARCH 11, 2014

In fact, many people know I grew up in NorCal and still have a 650 area code on my mobile phone. AOL committed to keeping the team in LA after the acquisition and in building a deeper technology team in town. LA has a serious technology scene. And I’m proud of that, too.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile software developer Gumiyo has quietly been acquired by fellow Los Angeles company Talus Labs , a developer of a platform used for selling digital products to local businesses. The acquisition actually occurred in Q2 of this year, but was not formally announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Glendale-based Ptch , a startup developing mobile applications for sharing video and photos, has been acquired by Yahoo. As part of the acquisition, Ptch said it will be shutting down its services on January 2nd. Ptch said it will join Yahoo''s team to help bolster Yahoo''s photo and video platforms. READ MORE>>.

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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. “We look at three pillars of our types of apps… casual games, mobile games, and personal tools,” said Maple Media chief executive, Michael Ritter. .

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JUNE 26, 2013

As part of the acquisition, EMN8 said it raised $50M in a new funding, to both acquire Snapfinger and expand its platforms. The company said that its products now include products for online, mobile, tablet, kiosk, group and call center ordering, loyalty programs, email marketing and mobile marketing products, and more.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising technology firm Gradient X , which is led by Brian Baumgart, has been acquired by digital advertising firm Amobee , Amobee announed this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. gradientx amobee merger acquisition digital advertising mobile' READ MORE>>.

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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? What did TeleNav see in ThinkNear

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

Pasadena-based payment services provider DoubleBeam said Friday that it has acquired GoPago , a provider of e-commerce solutions for merchants and mobile payment products. DoubleBeam said that the deal will help it deliver a turnkey mobile commerce platform that includes an integrated POS system. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2014

According to Qualcomm, it will use the buy to bolster its technology and use of 60 Ghz wireless for the mobile, computing, and networking market. wigig 802.11ad wifi 60ghz acquisition merger wilocity qualcomm' Wilocity develops chipsets for the 802.11ad standard (WiGig). READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2019

The New York-based company was founded last year by Gina Bartasi, a fertility industry vet who previously launched Progyny, a fertility benefit solution for employers, and FertilityAuthority.com, an information platform and social network for people struggling with fertility. are still handing out hoards of paperwork and using fax machines.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops embedded IP communications software, reports today that it has acquired Webia Technologies , a developer of products for the Google Android OS platform. D2 said the acquisition would deepend its industry expertise in embedded multimedia communications applications.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

According to Marks, the firm has decided to rethink the opportunity, and now sees that it's important to create smaller, rather than bigger games, due to the time it takes to load games on mobile platforms. As a result, the firm has laid off three programmers at the firm, in order to spend more of its resources on marketing.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Telogis said the acquisition is its fifth in the last three years, and will help expand its services. Telogis said its product line now includes fleet management, navigation, route optimization and planning, work order management, and mobile integration products. Maptuit's technology will go to bolster the Telogis platform.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based mobile ad technology developer Airpush said Thursday that it has acquired Hubbl , a native advertising and personalization technology developer. Airpush, which is led by Asher Delug, said it will integrate Hubbl''s native advertising platform into its own products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

TigerLogic said the divestiture will help it focus on its cloud-based platforms in the social and mobile business area. tigerlogic multidiemsional database management systems software merger acquisition rocket' TigerLogic was advised by Viant Group in the deal. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2012

Cox said the buy "substantially expands" its business across traditional, digital, social and mobile platforms. Loren Bendele, founder of Savings.com, continues on at Savings.com after the acquisition. Cox said that Savings.com has more than 5 million visitors monthly. Savings.com was backed by U.S. in funding.

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JULY 14, 2021

Los Angeles-based electric vehicle (EV) charging network operator EVgo said this morning that it has acquired Recargo, a developer of e-mobility software. Recargo was founded in 2009, and operates PlugShare, an online community for EV drivers, and also developed PlugShare, a mobile payment platform for EV cahrging networks.

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JULY 7, 2014

According to the Disney Accelerator, its first class includes Buzzstarter (programmatic content marketing); Choremonster (mobile platform to make chores fun for kids); Codarica (coding for kids); Cogo (monetizing content); Jogg (video acquisition and sharing); Sidelines (online discussions); SnowShoe (interactive plastic); Sphero (robots); Twigtale (..)

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby Financial , the developer of web and mobile apps to help consumers optimize their credit card spending, hsa been acquired by Bankrate. Bankrate said that it will combine wallaby''s product family and technology with its existing credit card distribution platform, including its CreditCards.com online credit marketplace.

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MAY 9, 2019

StoryBots , the kids' mobile app and content developer created by long time Southern California entrepreneurs Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, has been acquired by Netflix , Netflix announced on Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Santa Clara- and San Diego-based ServiceNow said on Wednesday that it has acquired San Mateo-based SkyGiraffe , a developer of a mobile software development platform. ServiceNow said the buy will help its customers easily deliver "consumer-like" mobile experiences for applications build on its Now Platform.

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MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Among the announcements at the demo day were the funding of smartphone toy company SnowShoe , and an acquisition of Smart Toy , a developer of an interactive toy. The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar.

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MAY 24, 2022

Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meetups, in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. This summer, parent company Niantic is unveiling Campfire, a social app designed to help mobile augmented reality (AR) gamers connect. ” Image Credits: Niantic.

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JUNE 22, 2016

Orange, California-based Kuber Financial , a financial technology developer for the consumer and small business market, said that it has acquired Mobilend , a developer of a mobile, software-as-a-service, lending platform developer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Kuber Financial is led by Timothy Li.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. Andy Steuer: Punchcard is a mobile loyalty rewards app. While I was there, I was product manager leading efforts to include third party content into the platform. What is Punchcard?

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MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. Hyper-local, flash marketing platform connecting consumers with local business offers; super majority of offers are restaurant and personal services; competitor to Groupon.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi is the CEO of Los Angeles-based MobileCause (www.mobilecause.com), a startup focused on the mobile, nonprofit fundraising area. We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What is mobile fundraising? Those donations are mobile initiated.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Santa Monica-based Look.io , a startup out of the Amplify accelerator which developed mobile chat applications which could be plugged into any mobile app, has been acquired by LivePerson. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. was co-founded by Grant Miller and Marc Campbell.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video.

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JULY 1, 2010

-Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Geodelic develops free mobile applications to easily browse your surroundings (restaurants, banks, businesses, etc). Kontagent. -A

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AUGUST 27, 2014

We''ve also built a data driven platform, that allows us to drive millions of unique visitors to our network of sites every month, covering the banking, credit, and travel and vertical markets. Brett Rossman: We have a platform we''ve built, and which we are constantly evolving called Magneto. We do that methodically.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic announced this morning that it has acquired eTech Solutions Limited , a UK-based provider of mobile surveying and workflow management software. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. eTech was founded in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

TubeMogul is a provider of a video advertising platform, which lets users buy video ads on desktop, mobile, streaming devices, and TVs. TubeMogul , a video advertising company which has offices in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Adobe in a deal worth $540M net of debt and cash. According to Adobe, it will pay $14.00

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

Irvine-based TigerLogic , a developer of enterprise data management software, said today that it has agreed to acquired Storycode , a mobile app publishing company. TigerLogic said it plans to integrate Storycode into its Postano social visualization platform. Storycode's platform helps brands quickly create mobile applications.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Los Angeles-based mobile game development studio Scopely has become America’s newest unicorn thanks to a $200 million financing which values the company at a whopping $1.4 “Our technology platform is about optimizing free digital experiences for the largest amount of players possible,” Driver says.

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