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.

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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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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.;

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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.

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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.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

An unconfirmed report Thursday afternoon, from TechCrunch, says that Unilever is in early talks to acquire the company, founded by Jessica Alba and SoCal serial entrepreneur Brian Lee. The Honest Company has been hinting that it has been working on a possible IPO filing over the last year or so.

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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)

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APRIL 3, 2017

The SoCal Startup Outlook compared the responses of entrepeneurs from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, versus the views of a total of nearly 950 entrepreneurs across the U.S.,

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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.”

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Amazon.com did not say how the acquisition will affect its e-commerce operations, however, Amazon had already been dabbling in the grocery store business with its AmazonFresh delivery service. Amazon.com said it will pay $42.00 Whole Foods Market will continue to be led by CEO John Mackey. Photo: Whole Foods' West Los Angeles location.

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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>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

While it was a good year for our merger and acquisition practice in the SaaS and fintech space, our most exciting news is in our merchant banking sector where we invest in and advise growth companies often for several years. Socaltech has partnered with Sutton Capital Partners with their Recurring Revenue Conference for several yars.

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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.

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MARCH 21, 2019

A new report, issued this week by EY, says that the number of IPOs have dropped across both international markets and the US. The report--which examined IPOs in Q1--said that ongoing geopolitical uncertainties and trade issues continue to dampen investor enthusiasm for the public offerings.

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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).

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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

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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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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>>.

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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.

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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".

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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.

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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 ?

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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 ?

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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

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011 -- Mergers and Acquisitions in a Changing Economic Environment. Despite continuing high unemployment, debt overhang and potential regulatory and fiscal changes, opportunities for acquiring or selling a company still exist.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Two, Southern California tech companies-- The Trade Desk , based in Ventura, and Everbridge , which has major operations and was founded in Glendale--are on tap for IPOs this month, according to the NASDAQ's upcoming IPO calendar.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

A number of Southern California angel investors are undoubtedly breaking out the champagne this morning, after the successful IPO of CytomX Therapeutics , a developer of cancer therapeutics which was spun out of UC Santa Barbara. Cytomx priced its IPO at $12.00 per share last night, raising $80M for the company, and had surged as high as $17.02

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JULY 22, 2010

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