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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based media and entertainment research firm MarketCast says it has acquired data science services provider Deductive. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Deductive was founded by Michael Collette and Tom Weiss, both of wom will join MarketCast as part of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2019

San Diego-based Pharmapace , a provider of clinical research services, focused on biometrics services for the clinical trial process, has been acquired by Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec , the two companies said on Sunday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The company was founded in 2013 in San Diego.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

North Hollywood-based UNest , which operates a mobile app which helps parents set up saving plans for their children's college, has acquired Littlefund , an app and service which helps parents with collecting gifts, and tracking and saving towards a child's goals. According to UNest, the acquisition will help it expand its product offerings.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Los Angeles-based MarketCast , a market research company providing research services to the global entertainment industry, has been acquired by Kohlberg & Company , according to reports. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Irvine-based Paragon Biomedical , a contract research organization (CRO), has been acquired by Clinipace , the two announced today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The two companies said the acquisition will "significantly expand" Clinipace's expertise, site management capabilities, and clinical operations.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Teledyne said the acquisition was made through its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments. Teledyne is a diversified provider of electronics instrumentation, aerospace, defense electronics, engineering services and systems, and other products and services. Its corporate headquarters and research labs are in Thousand Oaks.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

San Diego-based BioDuro , a life sciences contract research and development organization, has been acquired by private equity investor Advent International , the companies said over the weekend. Financial details of the majority, strategic investment in BioDuro were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Alcatel-Lucent said its DMS unit develops technology for the areas of advance television, new media, digital advertising, retailing services, and health. As part of the acquisition, NantWorks has opened up a new, research and development center in Haifa, Israel.

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MAY 22, 2014

in cash for ISSC, which has customer service and research activities in Torrance, in addition to headquarters in Taiwan and other facilities in Shenzhen, China. microchip technology taiwan bluetooth semiconductor issc merger acquisition international' Microchip said it would pay approximately $328.5M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based MarketCast Group , which provides market research and data analytics services, said on Monday that it has acquired Turnkey Intelligence , a sports research and advisory firm headquartered in Philadelphia. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

El Segundo-based iSuppli , the electronics research and analysis firm headed by Derek Lidow, has been acquired by IHS , a publisher and provider of a wide range of research services. According to IHS, the acquisition will complement its existing IHS Product Design and Supply Chain business. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , the online avatar creation service, has been acquired by Autodesk , the 3D CAD software development firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Evolver, in a note to users of the service, its products Avatara, Evolver, and Evolver Pro have become part of Autodesk.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Simplicity First is based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, and provides software development, quality assurance, and project management services. The acquisition adds more than 50 employees to MINDBODY, which will open up a new office in Pune. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2010

DMS Insights, also known as Digital Marketing Services, Inc., provides market research and online research services. The acquisition follows a recent $10M Series C investment in uSamp led by OpenView Venture Partners earlier this week. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. million people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. Great startups manage to continually improve the relationship through outstanding follow-on support and service. Capitalize on the multiplier moment.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Newport Beach-based Green Street Advisors , a provider of real estate research and analytics services and data, has been acquired by private equity investor Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe , from existing private equity investor Golden Gate Capital. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Talati pointed to Millennium Space System’s acquisition by Boeing and the contract that Hermeus received to design a hypersonic Air Force 1 jet. The company currently has six customers (with the bulk of them signing on in June and July) and charges per-seat in a traditional software as a service model.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Cloverleaf has headquarters in New York, with research and development in Israel. Dot Hill said the buy would broaden its reach into storage virtualization, data management services software, and the unified storage market. Tags: hill storage merger acquisition cloverleaf software virtualization.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Security research firm KnujOn had reported in June that eNom was hosting a number of "criminal pharmacy networks" and had not agreed to cooperate with LegitScript on rooting out those networks; it appears Demand Media is now actively trying to address that problem. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2019

He saw that the cost of acquisition for many, many different businesses were going through the roof, week after week. We saw that they were hitting the inflection point, where they were spending more than they were receiving from customer acquisition. They are two groups, tackling this through two different ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. RedBeacon went on to sell to HomeDepot in what was considered a very successful acquisition on all sides. The company was called Red Beacon. Nice sweep!

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JUNE 12, 2012

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides test and engineering services, said this morning that it has acquired Garwood Laboratories , a Southern California provider of product certification labs. NTS said the acquisition is the third for the company in the past 12 months. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

Ultimately, the mobile clinics serve as a marketing strategy for Kindbody’s core service: egg freezing. Additionally, Bartasi says they are in the process of closing an acquisition in Los Angeles that will result in Kindbody’s first permanent clinic in the city. “We are women designing for women.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Jeff is the founder of crowd-sourcing location based mapping services web sites DeadCellZones.com and PhotoEnforced.com. All of these companies have been courted for M&A opportunities by existing public companies like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, Research in Motion, Nokia to be purchased. However (More.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. Great startups manage to continually improve the relationship through outstanding follow-on support and service. Capitalize on the multiplier moment.

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APRIL 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which operates an online advertising optimization service, is announcing this morning that the firm has raised $13M more in a combination of equity and debt. According to Rubicon, the follow on funding round brings its total raised to $33M.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Customer acquisition cost. What does traction really mean to investors, and how much is enough? First of all, a definition.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

This gives me the confidence that our users will continue to enjoy the best service possible.” ” The idea Koch say began when he was working on his dissertation and needed a tool to organize his research to share with his colleagues has grown to be of help to thousands of researchers acrss the world.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

There''s lots of research out there which shows that when kids can really find a passion they can love, and can get behind it and which they can pursue with all their energy, it transforms the experience of childhood and relieves a lot of the challenges that come with childhood. What age is the service designed for?

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MARCH 15, 2012

Those licenses and permits are primarily driven by the city that you are in, and what type of business you are running, and might take you two or three weeks of research to figure out. It's something that would normally take hours of online research, and a lot of hassle and money you might not need to spend.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

They understand why customers are buying certain goods and services. The value for consumers stems from having different vendors selling products on one branded platform with good customer service. – Are you great at partnerships and acquisitions? – Do you create service-enabled interfaces that others can use?

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 6, 2020

A few high-profile acquisitions put Spotify into the running against Apple, while buzzy new startups like Luminary jumped into the pool as well. The second, easier method is just to host the RSS feed through a free third-party service — Soundcloud is the best. Your best shot is likely through a crowdfunding service, like Patreon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2015

His research indicates that they don’t have any old-fashioned customer loyalty, and they want precisely what appeals to them at the moment, preferably customized just for them. Great startups manage to continually improve the relationship through outstanding follow-on support and service. Capitalize on the multiplier moment.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In the Best venture funding in software/services, Edgecast , the content delivery network (CDN) provider, was the winner, with finalists including Eucalyptus Systems , Factual , and SV Network.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week, the mobile app market research firm Sensor Tower estimated that Pokémon Go has generated over $200 million in worldwide net revenue for its creators since July 6, when the free mobile game was launched. Prior to the acquisition, we focused primarily on computer vision. But now there is an exceptional example. Jay Wright.

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JUNE 3, 2016

But billions of dollars in acquisitions will be left by the side of the road. Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin).

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MARCH 1, 2012

I headed up product development to build out their portal services. in 2009, and through that process I learned a lot about local businesses, and about customer acquisition pain points. That was a rocket ride as well, and that took us to a top 10 website, and NBC took an equity steak in the company.

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