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APRIL 4, 2017

San Diego-based Tocagen , a clinical stage gene therapy company aiming at treating cancer, has set the pricing range for its IPO. The company said in a filing that it expects to offer 7,250,000 shares of its common stock at between $10.00 and $12.00 The company has applied to list as TOCA on the NASDAQ Global Market.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 and $16.00 The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. as early as Thursday.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The median VC exit price for deals is $70 million (FLAG Capital via Bryce.VC). 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.” So entry price matters a lot. ” That’s b t.

Startup

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Woodland Hills-based BlackLine Software , the developer of accounting and financial close software, has priced its IPO, saying late Thursday evening that it will sell 8,600,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 BlackLine priced at the high range of an already increased estimated IPO range, which was set to $16.00

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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.” to justify a “strategic” price. Uh… yeah.

Venture Capital

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

Woodland Hills-based accounting software maker BlackLine Systems has moved one step closer to its IPO, saying this morning in a regulatory filing that it is expecting its IPO to price at betwen $13.00 and $15.00

Silver Lake

Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The rest of the purchase price was concocted from a brew of zero coupon bonds (where the face value is many times the invested amount until the reduced cost bonds mature thirty years later), and borrowing using the target company’s accounts receivable and other assets as collateral for a loan to purchase the company. What power!

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Goleta-based medical equipment maker Inogen has set the pricing range for its IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it expects its stock to price at between $16.00 inogen merger acquisition exist medical equipment lifescience ingn' and $18.00 READ MORE>>.

Avalon

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Carlsbad-based Obalon Therapeutics , which is developing a balloon-based medical device for assisting in weight loss, has set the estimated initial IPO pricing range for its public offering, saying it now expects an initial public offering at between $14.00 if it prices at the high end of its estimated range. and $16.00

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

San Diego-based Odonate Therapeutics , a pharmaceuticals startup focused on chemotherapy drugs, has priced its IPO, saying on Wednesday afternoon that it has priced its IPO at $24.00 per share was on the low end of its initial estimated pricing range of $24.00 The $24.00

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Santa Monica-based prescription and healthcare marketplace operator GoodRx has priced its IPO, saying late last night that it is offering up 34,615,384 shares of its Class A common stock at $33.00 The company priced well above its initial offering range, which was $24.00 per share, indicating high investor interst in the company.

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JUNE 12, 2020

San Diego-based Avidity Bio , a biopharmaceuticals company working on oligonucleotide-based therapies, priced its IPO last night, saying that it will offer up 14,400,000 shares of its common stock at $18.00 The company priced above its initial estimated offering range of $14.00

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APRIL 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat , which develops plant-based meat products, which look and taste like real meat, has set its IPO pricing range, as its preps to go public. According to Beyond Meat, it expects an initial offering price of between $19.00 and $21.00 The company has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Market as BYND.

Pricing

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based Centerfield , a company which provides marketing and customer acquisition to the residential services, business services, and telecommunications markets, says it has launched a new product, called Insights by Scout. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

Acquisition

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MAY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online new car pricing and buying site, jumped in its IPO Friday morning, trading up 16 percent in early trading this morning. per share, up around 16 percent over its pricing at $9.00 truecar southern california technology exit merger acquisition true' per share late last night. READ MORE>>.

Truecar

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APRIL 15, 2021

San Diego-based TuSimple priced its IPO last night, saying that it will sell 33,783,783 shares of its Class A common stock at the price of $40.00 per share, raising just over $1 billion for the company. The company will begin trading this morning on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as TSP. Piper Sandler and Valuable Capital.

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MAY 20, 2021

Carpinteria-based construction management software developer Procore Technologies priced its IPO last night, saying it will sell 9,470,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $67.00 The IPO priced above the company's initial estimated IPO range, which was $60.00

Pricing

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JUNE 27, 2017

NantCell said the price is a "significant premium" to recent equity financings. Soon-Shiong and NantCell recently was sued by investors over the "lowball" initial pricing on the deal. According to NantCell, it will pay $2.00 in cash or NantCell common stock for each share of Altor BioScience stock, with an additional $4.00

Culver City

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MAY 2, 2017

billion price tag. The two brothers previously headed up Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), and the Steelbergs had founded dMarc Broadcasting, which the two sold to Google in 2006 for what, at the time, was a $1.2 READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Many have seen the acquisition as an attempt to fight back against Shopify's rampant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The Amazon/Selz Acquisition. Selz currently offers three monthly pricing plans which allow you to create your own store using its platform, or attach Selz' smarts to an existing site. Test Score. .

News

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MAY 10, 2021

Carpinteria-based construction management software developer Procore has set its estimated initial IPO pricing, saying in a filing today that it now expects an initial offering price of betweenn $60.00 and $65.00 The company has applied to list on the NYSE under the symbol PCOR.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Irvine-based VIZIO priced its IPO last night, saying it will sell 12,250,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 The price is at the low end of its earlier estimated IPO range of $21.00 VIZIO will start trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VZIO.

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MAY 4, 2015

It wins through better distribution, logistics, inventory management, warehousing, customer support, merchandising, cross-selling and ultimately on price & scale. The reason as consumers we buy repeatedly on Amazon.com is both price AND service. Thus Amazon’s market cap is $200 billion. And here’s the thing.

Ideas

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. Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor.

Acquisition

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. But rest assured valuations get reset. Except the music stopped.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

500k had come through the last acquisition. For some reason the industry of bankers who try to buy or sell businesses work in what is called the “M&A (mergers & acquisitions) Industry.&# I’ve never understood this. There’s really no such thing as a merger – only acquisitions. million uniques.

Technical Review

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JULY 23, 2021

Irvine-based fitness brand owner Xponential Fitness, which owns such fitness brands as Club Pilates, Pure Barre, and YogaSix, said last night that it has priced its initial public offering (IPO). The company said it is offering up 10,000,000 shares of its Class A stock at a price of $12.00

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MAY 29, 2019

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which has a significant research and development presence in Irvine, has set its IPO pricing range, saying on Wednesday that it looking to sell 18,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $19.00 and $23.00 The company has applied to list as CRWD on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a developer of a digital healthcare and prescriptions service, has set an IPO pricing range of between $24.00 and $28.00 The company is looking to raise as much as $1.1 billion through its IPO on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. GoodRx has filed to trade as GDRX.

Silver Lake

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JUNE 8, 2020

La Jolla-based Avidity Biosciences , which is developing oligonucleotide-based therapies for rare and serious diseases, has set the pricing range for its IPO, saying it is looking to sell 10 million shares at between $14.00 and $16.00 The company said it has applied to list on the Nasdaq Global Market as RNA.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Laguna Hills-based dental technology developer Sonendo priced its IPO late last night, saying that it will sell 7,800,000 shares of its common stock at $12.00 per share, which will provide the company total gross proceeds of $93.6M. The company is expected to start trading today on the New York Stock Exchange as SONX.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Earlier reports had placed the acquisition of Zenly at between $250M to $350M. Snap said it paid $196.1M in purchase consideration, including $186.8M in cash paid to sellers, $9.3M in liabilities due to sellers, and $17.2M in total consideration representing compensation for future employment services. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery tools and back-end email services with operations in Irvine, has set its estimated IPO pricing range this morning, saying it is looking to sell 7,700,000 shares of its common stock at between $13.50 and $15.50 The company has been approved to list on the NYSE as SEND.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Irvine-based Alteryx priced its IPO on Thursday evening, saing that it will sell 9,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at $14.00 The company, which develops data analytics software, priced at the high end of its estimated initial IPO range, which had been between $12.00 and $14.00 per share.

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APRIL 4, 2014

TrueCar provides auto car buying technology, which powers a number of affiliate auto buying programs, and also offers up data on new car pricing and referrals to local car dealers. truecar merger acquisition exit nasdaq true automobile buying pricing' READ MORE>>.

Truecar

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APRIL 8, 2021

Long Beach-based Agilon Health, which operates a network of physicians focused on Medicare patients, has set its IPO pricing range, saying it hopes to sell 46,600,000 shares of its common stock at between $20.00 and $23.00 The company's IPO could raise as much as $1.232 billion for the company.

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JUNE 11, 2021

La Jolla-based biopharmaceuticals startup Janux Therapeutics said early this morning that it has priced its IPO, offering up 11,400,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 The company begins trading this morning on the Nasdaq Global market under the ticker symbol JANX.

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