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APRIL 5, 2010

On March 10, socaltech.com profiled a study of the financial outcomes of 700+ southern California IT startups from 1995-2009 completed by Jon Funk of OceanRoad Partners and others. We have applied this methodology to the 67 IPO's completed from 1995-2009 by southern California venture capital-backed and self-financed IT companies.

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JULY 9, 2019

Hedges is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, who was most recently President and CEO of Velocify. Hedges served in that position until its recent acquisition by Ellie Mae. Hedges also previously has served at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy & Mather. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2014

Epicor Software , the supply chain management software company whose roots are in Orange County, has been put up for sale by private equity firm Apax Partners, according to reports Tuesday. billion, and has hired investment banking firm Jeffries to handle the sale. epicor software merger acquisition private equity exit apax'

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. Well, could be. How about IGN ? in a $580M deal.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Automotive electronics manufacturer HARMAN , which has major operations in Southern California, has been acquired by Samsung Electronics for approximately $8.0 Samsung said the acquisition will help boost its presence in the infotainment, telematics, and sound management areas. billion, the two announced this morning.

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JULY 26, 2017

The two said that, despite the failure to approve the investment, that Global Eagle Entertainment will continue to provide inflight-entertainment-and-connectivity (IFEC) equipment and services to Hainan Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines and Yangtze River Airlines, which are all related to HNA Group.

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socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2013

It looks like the sale of book review and community Goodreads was worth between $150M to $200M, according to a report form AllThingsD Friday, potentially making the acquisition one of the better returns on capital from a Southern California technology startup in recent years.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Network router and wireless equipment provider Linksys , which has been part of Cisco since 2003, is now back in Southern California hands, after Playa Vista-based computer accessory maker Belkin said it has completed its acquisition of the company. Cisco and Belkin agreed to the sale in January. READ MORE>>.

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Belkin Southern California Acquisition Sales 164

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

An effort by Citrix Systems to sell itself to a buyer has a possibility of some major impact on Southern California, particularly at Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. Jeb Spencer: We consider ourselves a private equity firm.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2012

According to Connotate, former Fetch CEO Ryan Mullholland becomes President of the firm with the acquisition. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Fetch Technologies was advised by Siemer & Associates in the sale. Fetch Technologies had raised at least $5.7M in funding.

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El Segundo Artificial Inteligence Technology Southern California 133

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2016

It's unclear how that sale will impact the company's Southern California operations. According to the two, Rambus will pay $90M in cash for the business, acquiring product inventory, customer contracts, supply chain agreements and intellectual property. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Village Southern California Outsource Development Sales 124

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MARCH 14, 2012

Irvine-based Diverse Solutions , the developer of products to help real estate agents market their businesses and websites, which was acquired by Zillow last November, have gained a fun new employee perk from their acquisition: an annual "Ski Day". READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. A Stanford alum, Aaron wrote the book on sales 2.0. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 -- Process of an Acquisition: Successfully Navigating from LOI to Closing. People who are going through or anticipate going through an MandA event.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

JMI Equity General Partner Peter Arrowsmith and Vice President David Greenberg have joined Resource Nation's board as part of the acquisition. Resource Nation said that it would retain a number of current and former Business.com sales and account managers, as well as other key employees as part of the buy.

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MARCH 22, 2012

One of Southern California's big startup successes-- Rent.com --which was sold to eBay back in 2004, has just been sold. Rent.com was one of the biggest exits out of Southern California in the early 2000's, selling for $415M. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's largest angel investment group, is hailing its latest exits today, saying that the recent IPOs for Green Dot and Trius Therapeutics , as well as the sale of Language Weaver to SDL, have left members "smiling". READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Who do you think are the top 50 up-and-coming individuals in Southern California's technology industry this year? Contact us for more details at sales@socaltech.com READ MORE>>. If you'd like to nominate an individual (not company) for this award, we've just started collecting your nominations online.

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APRIL 1, 2009

According to the firm, total merger and acquisition activity only totaled $3.2 Interestingly enough the news for Southern California companies was not all bad--two Southern California exits, both sales to Medtronic, made up 30% of the venture liquidity in the quarter.

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Venture Capital Southern California Acquisition News 100

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MAY 1, 2015

The Tech Coast Angels , one of the most active angel investment groups nationwide in addition to here in Southern California, said Friday that it invested in eight new and follow on deals in the first quarter of 2015, in addition to seeing two exits out of its portfolio.

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Tech Coast Angels Invest Angel Southern California 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. In 2020, the pandemic radically changed the customer acquisition process for many consumer-facing industries. We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 5, 2009

No financial details of the asset sale were disclosed. The sale ends Google's ill-fated foray into radio ads, which it began in January of 2006 with the acquisition of Newport Beach-based dMarc Broadcasting. Tags: google dmarc radio advertising braodcasting wideorbit merger acquisition.

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Google Southern California Advertising Acquisition 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2014

We also built two very high-quality mobile apps that we were experimenting with in terms of building better customer acquisition toools. The honest truth is that we took on a little bit too much and so while we launched this beautiful experience we found ourselves without a broad enough set of products (skus) to drive repeat purchases.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2016

All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from the movers and shakers in Southern California's technology ecosystem. But before you think of moving out of SoCal, our 19th deal also closed in 2016, and this was a growth equity investment in Brentwood based Docupace Technologies. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2008

According to the firms, the sales gives liquidity to Rustic Canyon's single limited partner, which the firm did not disclose or mention, but has previously been disclosed as the Chandler Family Trust , the trust of the Chandler Family -- former owners of the Times Mirror Co. , Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 22, 2019

He brings a wealth of expertise with strengths in areas such as business strategy, operational management, program management, business development, sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions (MandA) and integration. See [link] (more)

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JULY 9, 2012

We thought it would be insightful for our readerswho are usually looking to get acquired by other companieson what the thought process of those large companies making those acquisitions are. For a company like yours, what goes into your acquisition strategy and what thoughts went behind the Anue acquisition?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. It's unclear if Platform G has any other acquisitions or projects up its sleeve.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. After its acquisition by Playdom, he was most recently head of the Acclaim studio and Sr. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks! Grab your tickets here: We have an amazing treat for all you out there.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

CapLinked says the round of funding and new appointment are an advancement in their move to displace the legacy left by Virtual Data Room (VDR) with their intuitive new product for coordinating on complex business deals such as asset sales, financings, and mergers and acquisitions. 25 Years of Writing Code.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One of the fastest growing startups in Southern California in recent years was Hautelook, which went from just an ideas to a huge, $270M acquisition by Nordstrom only X years later. Hautelook was able to help define--and conquer--the online flash sales category, in record time. Your last success was Hautelook, wasn't it?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 27, 2012

He will discuss current MandA and VC financing market dynamics, acquisition and financing interests of the large media and tech buyers and how to get on their radar. This free event is for CEOs only, with at least a million dollars in sales or funding. Service providers will be asked to leave.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2011

Organic growth - accomplished through growth of sales in existing product lines/services or developing new product lines/services internally. Strategic growth - a growth in sales accomplished through acquisition from third parties of new product lines/services (or a combination of both).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

All of the cars in the Fair app are pre-owned, but you can shop for any car for sale at any dealership. They don't have to pay for the sale, and we're not charging them for that customer. We have to finance that acquisition every time. So, we assume we will have to go through a lot of scrutiny.

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