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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has raised $18M in additional funding, and acquired the Fox Audience Network (FAN) from New Corporation. Intead, the firm is using FAN's acquisition to add around 100 employees from FAN as part of its engineering and product team. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the European advertising network firm which as significant operations in Los Angeles, said today that it has acquired smartclip , a European digital video advertising firm. Adconion said that the acquisition will "significantly strengthen" its position in online video. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

A portfolio firm of Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures , Meru Networks , filed for an IPO late Friday night, saying it is looking to go public on the NYSE. Meru develops enterprise wireless LAN networking products. Tags: clearstone ventures meru networks merger acquisition.

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MAY 13, 2021

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns, which operates a business which makes it easier for consumers to returns items they have purchased at e-commerce startups--and also handles all the logistics in processing those returns--has been acquired by PayPal. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Happy Returns was venture backed by U.S.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Santa Monica-based The Mobile Majority , the mobile advertising technology developer led by Rob Emrich, says it has acquired Gimbal , the Qualcomm spinout focused on mobile engagement and location intelligence in the retail market. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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. Just a couple of weeks ago, Clearstone portfolio firm Meru Networks had a successful IPO on the NASDAQ.

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APRIL 20, 2015

Santa Monica-based Switching Concepts , a provider of turnkey telecom switching platforms, aimed at helping startup and existing telecommunications providers, has been acquired by X5 Solutions. X5 said the acquisition also helps it expand into the Los Angeles market, in addition to adding additional capacity and network infrastructure.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based GSN Games , the online games division of Game Show Network, has acquired Bash Gaming , which makes the social bingo game Bingo Bash. The company said the move will strengthen its portfolio of games, and also help it bolster the scale of its titles, reach new players, and improve its user acquisition.

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MAY 24, 2016

Santa Monica-based WSL Holdings , the parent company of the World Surf League (WSL), said this morning that it has acquired the Kelly Slater Wave Company --the entity behind the "perfect wave" generating machine that has caused ripples across the surfing community. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning it has expanded into the online learning market, and has acquired Creativebug , an online site which provides educational videos around art and carft instruction. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The firm was based in San Francisco. and up per course).

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Santa Monica, Calif. On Thursday, Ford GoBike — a Motivate system that is now owned by Lyft — is introducing more than 500 new pedal-assist electric bikes to its bike-share network in the East Bay of San Francisco. For now, it’s a short list that includes Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Amazon has increasingly been moving into the world of hardware and electronics, most notably acquiring Santa Monica-based Ring , in a deal worth nearly $1 billion in February of last year. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor March Capital Partners has chalked up another exit in its enterprise software portfolio, after VMware said Thursday morning that it has acquired VeloCloud , a developer of cloud-based, software-definied, wide-area-network (SD-WAN) technology.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

According to a report today from Paidcontent.org, Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising firm founded by Frank Addante, is in talks with News Corp. to fold the firm in with the Fox Audience Network (FAN). Tags: rubicon project news corp audience network merger acquisition advertising.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Pet sitting and dog walking marketplace operator Rover.com --which just acquired Santa Monica-based DogVacay last month--has has launched a big re-branding as "The Dog People", in its first, national advertising campaign. Rover.com said the move is a result of its recent acquisitino of dog sitting network DogVacay.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Book review and community Goodreads , which was founded in Santa Monica by Otis Chander, has been acquired by Amazon.com , Amazon said Thursday afternoon. Goodreads' site revolves around sharing book recommendations and networking between book readers. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group said today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Mformation Technologies , a developer of mobile device management software. Clearlake said the acquisition includes a "significant capital infusion" for the New Jersey company. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired two companies, plus renewed a deal with Google. Financial details of the two acquisition was not disclosed. IndieClick was headed by Peter Luttrell, and RSS Graffiti by Ryan Hoffman.

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MAY 10, 2011

Adconion , which operates an Internet advertising network and related businesses, said earlier this week that it has raised £21 ($34M) in financing from Silicon Valley Bank. The firm said the funding will go towards acquisition and working capital requirements at the company. Adconion has major operations in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Santa Monica-based investor Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. announced this morning that it has acquired NetMotion Wireless , a developer of mobile virtual private network (VPN) and network performance management software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. NetMotion Wireless was based in Seattle.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Santa Monica-based Adconion Media Group , an online advertising network, announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Joost , the online video site founded by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. Tags: adconion media group advertising joost merger acquisition skype.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Santa Monica-based Social Project--which was once known as Tagworld--has been acquired by MTV Networks, MTV said Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Social Project is behind the development of Flux, software which allows web publishers to create their own social networking web sites.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Ahead of its IPO, Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online domain name and media publishing business run by Richard Rosenblatt, updated its IPO filings Thursday, saying that it has granted $30.8M Tags: demand media domain domainer content merger acquisition legitscript. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Irvine-based Vizio was sold for $2 billion to Chinese television maker LeEco; Santa Monica-based Dollar Shave Club was sold to Unilever for $1 billion; San Diego-based Nervana Systems sold for $350M to Intel; Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce sold to Nuance for $215M; Santa Barbara-based Aurrion sold to Juniper Networks, for $165M, and West Hollywood-based (..)

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JUNE 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Outcast , and Irvine-based AdtekMedia , the operator of out-of-home advertising network PumpTop TV, said today that the two firms have created a new, joint venture focused on at-the-pump displays. Tags: outcast pumptop adtekmedia advertising station network video screen merger acquisition.

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APRIL 29, 2011

Santa Monica-based Boingo Wireless , the Wi-Fi network provider, is expected to debut next week in its IPO, according to the NASDAQ's upcoming IPO calendar. Boingo is expected to debut on Wednesday. Boingo has indicated that it will sell 5,770,000 shares of its stock at between $12.00 and $14.00

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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).

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role as the first executive director for the Alliance for Southern California Innovation, I spent a lot of time outside of my home turf of Pasadena -- visiting innovation nodes such as San Diego, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Venice, Santa Monica, and others.

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MAY 9, 2012

Adconion Media Group , the online advertising network which has major operations in Los Angeles, said this morning that it has rebranded Joost Media into a its smartclip video advertising division. Joost had been spun out of Adconion into a new, independent firm in Santa Monica in January of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Adconion (www.adconion.com) announced that it had spun out Joost (www.joost.com), its online video service, into a separate company, which is going to be based out of Santa Monica. Nick Higgins: Adconion was founded six years ago as an advertising network. There are lots of video ad networks.

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JULY 22, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet publishing and content effort run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported today that the firm has seen more than one billion video streams across its network of sites and branded YouTube channels. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2011

Santa Monica-based WiFi network operator Boingo Wireless has set its pricing range for its IPO, saying in a filing late Wednesday evening that it is selling 5,770,000 shares of its stock at between $12.00 and $14.00 Boingo has applied to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as WIFI.

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MAY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based wireless network operator Boingo Wireless slipped in its initial public offering on Wednesday, as the overall markets dropped on economic worries. Boingo was trading at around $11.60 per share in afternoon trading, down about 12 percent, below its $13.50 The firm had sold 5.8

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media surged in its IPO debut Wednesday morning on the NYSE, rising as high as $25.00 Demand Media, which is headed by Richard Rosenblatt, operates a network of content focused sites, including LiveStrong.com and eHow. in morning trading. The firm was hovering around $23.00

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JUNE 9, 2011

A report today from AllthingsD says that an investor group, which includes Santa Monica-based Activision 's Bobby Kotick, is in the last legs of negotiating a deal to acquire MySpace , the beleaguered, once-high flying social network. to a bevy of buyers, with no deals yet inked.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Here are three, Southern California blog networks which have quietly growing their network of properties: BUZZMEDIA. BUZZMEDIA has a network of music and entertainment news related blogs, including Buzznet, Celebuzz, Absolute Punk, GoFugYourself, JustJared, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, WWTDD, SocialiteLife, and Idolator.

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