socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2021

Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan, which provides software used by contractors and the trades to manage their business, has acquired another company, Aspire Software, which develops software for the commercial landscaping business. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Aspire Software is based in St.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2013

Garden Grove-bsaed Teletrac , a developer of cloud-based, software-as-a-service products for fleet tracking and fleet operators, has been sold to Danaher , according to private equity investor Vector Capital. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. teletrac merger acquisition saas software fleet tracking private equity cloud'

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2021

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed, which develops location-based services and location marketing software for bricks and mortar retailers to better manage information on their locations, hours, and other information, has been acquired by Uberall, a Berlin-based provider of marketing software.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition. Customer acquisition cost. Gross margin positive !=

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

Today's interview is with Ruben Schultz, the co-founder of Swoop (www.swoopapp.com), a new startup which develops software for limousine, party bus, and other transportation providers. What Swoop does, is we build technology for them, SaaS tools, which allow them to run their businesses more effectively. in a seed funding round.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Gardena-based EntComm , a developer of software-as-a-service products, has sold its product division to a Indian software firm, TAKE Solutions. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Tags: entcomm saas software merger acquisition take supply chain.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. Nick helped orchestrate the successful sale of the company to Velocify partner and leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, Ellie Mae. Contact our editors for details.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: They are. It’s chaotic.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. That took quite a bit of investment in organic growth and acquisitions.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2013

CapLinked , the Los Angeles-based developer of enterprise software for managing M&A transactions, venture deals, and other business deals, is aiming squarely at legacy, virtual data room services with its latest updates. CapLinked is headed by Eric M.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2012

Human resources service provider TriNet confirmed Thursday that it has acquired Los Angeles-based expense report management software provider ExpenseCloud. Financial terms of the sale have not been announced. According to TriNet, it will incorporate ExpenseCloud's offering into its client service platform later in 2012.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

The firm said today that it has tapped security software developer Quipa, to deliver what it says is "military-grade" security for sending business and financial transactions through the cloud. CapLinked said the support of Quipa will allow it to provide a more secure alternative to traditional, VPN, SSL, and other security technologies.

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Platform Software Development Web Acquisition 147

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

“the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __. I’m not saying don’t hire sales staff or market your products aggressively. __. faux·men·tum.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For our Friday interview, we thought we'd catch up with Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the Elevation Partners-backed software provider, to hear where the firm is nowadays. You mentioned that you've been growing the company recently, and made a recent acquisition? We also just made an acquisition of Jovian over the summer.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2015

MaintenanceNet develops cloud-based software used by companies to manage the renewal of service contracts and maintenance contracts, automatically handling quoting, notifications, and also online renewals. Cisco said the move would help it partners capture high-volume and low-dollar sales opportunities that may risk being overlooked.

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Outsource Development Sales Services Software 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The firm said it will not receive any proceeds from the sale by the selling stockholders. ServiceNow is a provider of IT automation software. San Diego-based ServiceNow is looking to sell $300M in a secondary IPO offering, according to a filing made by the company Wednesday. ServiceNow went public in June, pricing at $18.00

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand has hired investment banking firms Centerview Partners and Goldman Sachs, in a move that could result in either a sale of the company, or help in fighting off an activist investor, according to a report.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2016

In contrast, TaxJar, a SaaS solution which makes automates online sales tax calculations, reporting and filings, is an entirely virtual company. He then joined Picasa and was instrumental in its acquisition by Google. Some companies allow employees to work remotely one day a week or on an ad hoc basis.

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Entrepreneur Santa Barbara Email Outsource Development 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

MindBodyOnline is a terrifically succesful SaaS company, based in San Luis Obispo, that provides scheduling and transactional software for Yoga studios, hair salons, and spas. What a breath of fresh air. After hearing that comment, you know they are going to continue to succeed.

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Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

A bundle of software services for SMBs to manage their inventory, accounting, manufacturing, and purchasing. B2B Demand Generation on Auto-Pilot – Metadata analyzes your inbound signups and automates b2b user acquisition by targeting new look-alike prospects. SaaS for Cloud application lifecycle management. Sales Huddle Group.

Startup 40

Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2015

Typical examples are software as a service (SaaS) models, or any kind of content-driven subscription model. Especially for a provider of a virtual good or service, costs of goods sold do not scale with sales, as they do in the real world. If you get back customer acquisition costs in one year, you’re doing great.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Software Labs: Petri Dishes for Tech Innovation. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . In 2009 my art blog www.johntunger.com earned $188,138 in gross sales from 205,839 unique visitors. Pedro Galván, Software Guru magazine. How UX and the Cloud are Transforming Software. Spencer Fry, Carbonmade, LLC.

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