socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based Quality Systems , which develops electronic health records and other related software, has acquired fellow Orange County healthcare information technology company Mirth Corporation. According to Quality Systems, it will use the acquisition to enhance its current offerings. READ MORE>>.

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Orange County SaaS Acquisition Software 147

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based CitySourced , which develops mobile apps to help cities communicate with their constituents, has merged with Rock Solid Technologies , a provider of software to the government. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. Rock Solid is owned by private equity investor Strattam Capital.

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Technology Equity Los Angeles Mobile 160

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. TeamSnap said it has acquired Weplay''s customers, technology, and online coaching resources and extensive video content as part of the buy. TeamSnap said it has acquired Weplay''s customers, technology, and online coaching resources and extensive video content as part of the buy.

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SaaS Coach Acquisition Resource 170

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The new company has emerged from a three way merger of Reliam, Stratalux, and G2 Tech Group, following an acquisition of the three companies by Great Hill Partners. Anderson, the CEO of Mission, previously has served as CEO of Dreamhost, and also co-founded cloud technology company Inktank, among other experience. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2020

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. One of our SaaS companies made great strides with a new product. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2015

The company said it named Robert Cavanaugh, the former president of worldwide enterprise, SMB and government for Concur Technologies, to its board. Cavanaugh had served in his position at Concur since 1999 until its acquisition by SAP in 2014. cornerstone ondemand employee talent management software saas cloud executive board concur'

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

It provides findings and recommendations intended to foster a mutual understanding between business and software leaders, shedding light on the current state of your technology and your team. Our goal is to build a decent understanding of your business, your product, and your technology. Why TechEmpower?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Irvine-based Greenfield Groves ,, a telehealth and wellness company, said it is acquiring a proprietary telehealth software platform developed by Healthcare Technologies LLC. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Greenfield Groves, it will use the acquisition to help accelerate its speed to market.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

Carlsbad-based healthcare information technology developer Medsphere Systems Corporation said this morning that it has acquired Texas-based HealthLine Solutions , a developer of applications which are used by hospitals to manage their supply chain inventory. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2015

Before joining Upfront Mark was Vice President, Product Management at Salesforce.com following its acquisition of Koral, where Mark was Founder and CEO. Prior to Koral, Mark was Founder and CEO of BuildOnline, a European SaaS company that was acquired by SWORD Group.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2019

Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies , the very fast growing developer of construction management software led by Tooey Courtemanche, has acquired Honest Buildings , a developer of project management software for owners and developers, the company said on Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

What Swoop does, is we build technology for them, SaaS tools, which allow them to run their businesses more effectively. Personally, I jumped into technology right out of school, and worked for Google first, made the jump to Facebook, and worked on a team there in between product and scaling new products.I

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. Technology investing is the best job in the world, but it can be fraught with failure. Things seem to be moving faster in technology than ever before.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? We drew this conclusion after a meeting we had with Morgan Stanley where they showed us historical 15 & 20 year valuation trends and we all discussed what we thought this meant.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2017

Pasadena-based Vertical Management Systems , a developer of financial technology and software for managing fiduciary risk, fee transparency, and revenue reconciliation, has been acquired by NewSpring Holdings. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Pasadena Acquisition Software Technology 140

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

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Metrics Startup SaaS Course 150

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In another big, software acquisition for California's Central Coast, Paso Robles-based IQMS , a developer of ERP software for the engineering and manufacturing industry, has been acquired by French software giant Dassault Systemes. IQMS develops manufacturing ERP software which are used by manufacturers to manage their business processes.

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Software Acquisition Technology Develop 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Burbank-based testing software and services provider PSI Services announced this morning that it has acquired Software Secure , a provider of cloud-based, online testing services for the higher education, K-12, and certification markets. Steve Tapp is President and CEO of PSI.

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Services Software Burbank Education 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

San Diego-based Active Network said today that it has expanded into the faith market, with the acquisition of church management software firm Fellowship Technologies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Fellowship Technologies provides its software to more than 1700 churches. READ MORE>>.

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Activity Networking Software San Diego 162

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? Are you a founder, CEO, or investor who would like to participate? Contact our editors for details.

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Technical Review Software Review Organic Search Startup 140

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2018

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the companies, PSG will retain a minority ownership stake in LogicMonitor after the majority acquisition. LogicMonitor is led by CEO Kevin McGibben. PSG acquired its stake in LogicMonitorin 2016.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The acquisition significantly bolsters j2's media properties. j2 Global said the acquisition will more than double its digital media business. The acquisition significantly bolsters j2's media properties. j2 Global said the acquisition will more than double its digital media business.

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Entertainment Southern California Email Acquisition 164

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. “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” __. __. faux·men·tum.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. Siegel also headed by software development firm ELC Technologies. Siegel joins Rackspace as part of the deal. Exceptional was based in San Francisco, and develops tools used for tracking and fixing errors from web applications. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Software Development Web Acquisition 147

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2012

Telogis said the acquisition is its fifth in the last three years, and will help expand its services. Maptuit's technology will go to bolster the Telogis platform. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Acquisition Platform Mobile Product 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

But things can change in technology businesses in very short order when the company is not yet at scale (sub -$50 million in revenue) and getting greedy can be very costly to the funds' returns. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? It was truly the year of the Unicorn.

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Capital Beverly Hills Artificial Inteligence Equity 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2013

CapLinked said the support of Quipa will allow it to provide a more secure alternative to traditional, VPN, SSL, and other security technologies. READ MORE>>.

Platform 147

Platform Software Development Web Acquisition 147

InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

During my tenure at Expertcity (creator of GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting), one of my responsibilities was leading our online marketing, a role I retained until our eventual acquisition by Citrix. At Rincon Venture Partners , we have a laser focus on identifying groundbreaking adtech and business productivity SaaS solutions.

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Content Platform Paid Search OpenX 171

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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Startup Entertainment Media Santa Barbara 111

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

And let’s say this – they use zero technology today and I have yet to meet a single person who loves their self-storage provider. and Chicago with regional warehouses in each territory and our technology makes it more efficient for them to do their daily pickups with least-cost routing.

Ideas 150

Ideas Startup Technical Review Pricing 150

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Rufus Labs is a wearable technology startup in Los Angeles with a heavy focus on building devices for the industrial sector (EMS, police, campus/event security, warehouse, etc).

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

InfoChachkie

MARCH 3, 2011

In the spirit of the “land grab” mentality of the day, we emphasized usage of our screen sharing technology with no thought applied to how we would convert such users into paying customers. We failed to apprise our BuddyHelp users of our plans to charge for the use of our technology, thereby eliciting their wrath and feelings of betrayal.

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Custom Customer Technical Support Startup 162

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

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. We've also got a few more acquisition up our sleeve to help our inorganic growth, as well as provide complementary technology, and I think we're going to see global expansion.

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