TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

Southern California

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- TiE SoCal. Joining us from Goldman Sachs is Mr. Pawan Tewari and Mr. Jeff Daly who will be giving a joint presentation on "How to Prime your Business for an Acquisition." Also joining us will be Mr. Anil Kripalani, President of TiE San Diego and a recognized leader in the wireless industry.

Acquisition

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Startup

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JUNE 25, 2010

Tags: venture capital fabrinet merger acquisition.

Southern California

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What have been your experiences in the past 6 months?

Venture Capital

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. Three companies--all started in Southern California--have been picked up for their cloud technology over the last few months, including today''s acquisition of Pasadena-based Metacloud by Cisco Corp.;

Southern California

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JULY 22, 2010

Tags: southern california merger acquisition gdot reald.

Southern California

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JUNE 15, 2011

Champagne glasses must be clinking for a few, lucky Southern California investors and executives this morning, as the IPO of Oakland-based Pandora Media had a rousing welcome on Wall Street. Pandora was trading as high as $26.00 Wednesday during morning trading, after pricing at $16.00 per share last night, well above the $10.00

Southern California

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Pham, a SoCal native best known for his roles at Photobucket, Billshrink, and Color, will focus on marketing and business development for Science. Pham was a critical piece of the acquisition of Photobucket for $300M by Fox interactive Media. Pham was most recently Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Trinity Ventures.

Southern California

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

One of the most interesting things about the Wall Street Journal's list of top startups in the U.S.? The number of IPOs of companies on the Journal's list from 2011 from Southern California matched the number of IPOs of Silicon Valley companies.

Southern California

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JULY 12, 2011

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Phunware, the acquisition will add offices in San Francisco, Sherman Oaks, and San Diego. Phunware is venture backed by Frontera Group, Siemer Ventures and Stonnington Group -- all SoCal investors. READ MORE>>.

Sherman Oaks

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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".

SoCal

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

We''re seeing more and more public offerings; exciting activity in the music, media and entertainment space; an expanding pool of tech talent; and, more recently, several high caliber acquisitions and financing rounds, all of which will really help the whole ecosystem grow.

Southern California

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -- The Acquisitions Option. Growth by acquisition can be a viable strategy for smaller or even very small software companies. SDSIC C-Level Execs BIG. See [link] (more).

Acquisition

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost! I’m going to be using that as an example for a long time!

Acquisition

SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Learn how to successfully integrate the strategies and operations of merged organizations, implement the latest techniques, tools and metrics to improve performance, revitalize acquisitions that are not meeting expectations.

Acquisition

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 3, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Learn how to successfully integrate the strategies and operations of merged organizations, implement the latest techniques, tools and metrics to improve performance, revitalize acquisitions that are not meeting expectations. See [link] (more).

Acquisition

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 -- Caltech Executive Education: Successful Acquisition Integration. Learn how to successfully integrate the strategies and operations of merged organizations, implement the latest techniques, tools and metrics to improve performance, revitalize acquisitions that are not meeting expectations.

Acquisition

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Rumors of an IPO filing for Internet radio service Pandora heated up last week, after the firm's appointment of Peter Chernin and Barry McCarthy to its board.

Southern California

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 -- Mergers and Acquisitions. If you are considering merging with, acquiring or selling a company ? either in the near future or as an eventual exit strategy ?

Acquisition

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 -- Mergers and Acquisitions. If you are considering merging with, acquiring or selling a company ? either in the near future or as an eventual exit strategy ?

Acquisition

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APRIL 20, 2011

10 of the 44 venture-backed companies currently filed to go public are from Southern California, according to an analysis today from the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, there are 44 U.S., venture-backed companies currently filed for an IPO, with 10 from Southern California and 13 from Silicon Valley.

Southern California

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AUGUST 10, 2016

In what looks to be an unprecedented surge in high profile, high value exits for high tech companies in Southern California, there have now been six big exits in the region over the last month worth over $100M. Those exits--worth more than a collected $3.8

Dollar Shave Club

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.

Acquisition

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Despite a cool reception for the IPO of social games maker Zynga Friday, the IPO of the company still rewards a couple of Southern California investors.

Southern California

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat might be the darling of the technology startup scene, but there are at least three, privately held startups--and maybe, more--in Southern California who recently passed $100M in revenues, according to a look through recent announcements.

Snapchat

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

How about mergers and acquisitions? About two years ago, we spent a lot of time talking about the SoCal community, trying to figure out if it''s vibrant enough, if the ecosystem is strong enough, and if there were enough successful entrepreneurs who had built and exited companies, so we''d have the genetic stock in our ecosystem.

Southern California

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A new report released today tallies up $7.7 billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies.

Southern California

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 -- Going Global: Cross Border Acquisitions and Investment Strategies for Successful International Operations. 40% of U.S. CEOs say they plan to complete at least one cross-border deal by the end of the year, compared to 25% last year. Email kelly.barba@klgates.com.

Acquisition

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JUNE 1, 2020

El Segundo-based consumer rewards program operator Prodege , led by longtime SoCal technology veteran Chuck Davis, said Monday morning that it has acquired Upromise , the popular college education-saving rewards business which was owned by SLM Corporation (Sallie Mae). Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

El Segundo

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

“Being the largest enterprise tech outcome ever here, we’re just one of so many great deep technology companies who are paving the way for the next generation of SoCal based start ups. We’re thrilled to help lead the way for the broader tech community in Los Angeles.”

Culver City

SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012 -- Mergers and Acquisitions: A CEO Perspective. Please join us to hear firsthand from Mr. Goldfield as he shares his insight and personal reflection on TriNet's successful acquisitions. See [link] (more)

Acquisition

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Two Southern California venture firms are among the investors who are awaiting an expected IPO of Clovis Oncology , a developer of cancer drugs, this week. Clovis Oncology, based in Colorado, is expected to price its IPO this week, according to the NASDAQ's expected IPO calendar. Clovis has applied to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market as CLVS.

Southern California

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JUNE 10, 2011

Pandora Media , the online personalized radio station service based out of Oakland, has bumped its estimated IPO pricing range this morning, and upped the number of shares it is planning to offer in its IPO. The firm said it will now offer 14,684,000 shares, estimated to price at between $10.00 and $12.00 per share estimated price.

Southern California

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MARCH 20, 2014

margolis jeff trizetto software enterprise healthy android iphone health acquisition merger mindbloom welltok' Welltok''s CEO, Jeff Margolis, founded health management firm TriZetto in Orange County, and later sold TriZetto to Apax Partners in a huge, $1.4 billion deal in 2008. READ MORE>>.

Southern California

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. If you measure success by exits, the Ring acquisition by Amazon and Cylance acquisition by Blackberry, each for $1 billion, were among the biggest stories of 2018.

Southern California

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JULY 27, 2016

The $2 billion acquisition of Irvine-based Vizio on Monday has most likely resulted in the creation of another, technology billionaire in Southern California--Vizio founder William Wang. According to regulatory documents filed by Vizio last year in preparation for an IPO, Wang owned 54.4 percent of Vizio--or, $1.088 billion. READ MORE>>.

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