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LA gets a big SaaS exit as Fastly nabs the Culver City-based Signal Sciences for $775M

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Fastly said that the acquisition of Signal Sciences’ business will boost its ability to provide better security for applications and APIs — the connective fabric between different services that knit different technologies together behind the scenes. Morgan Stanley & Co.

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j2 Global Raising $300M In Convertible Notes For Acquisitions, Growth

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The publicly held company--which owns a significant number of Internet services, in addition to publisher Ziff Davis--said it will use that debt funding for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions. backup cloud saas software efax capital acquisition merger j2global' READ MORE>>.

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Parallax Capital Partners Buys SaaS Firm Daptiv

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the acquisition, Parallax Capital said it has appointed John Baldwin as CEO of Daptiv. Tags: parallax capital partners daptiv merger acquisition software project portfolio management.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Files For IPO

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Tags: software saas exit acquisition merger ondemand cornerston.

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WePlay Acquired By TeamSnap

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. weplay teamsnap merger acquisition sports team management saas community' Los Angeles-based online sports site WePlay has been acquired by online amateur sports team management provider TeamSnap , TeamSnap announced this morning. The company said that WePlay had 2.25

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ServiceMesh Acquired By CSC

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to CSC, it will use the acquisition to help it transform itself into a "next-generation" IT company. servicemesh merger acquisition eric pulier software enterprise cloud saas' READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Metrics

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One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. What does the business do?

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