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APRIL 4, 2012

Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit card products, reports today that it has completed its acquisition of Mountain View-based mobile social networking developer Loopt. Green Dot had announced the acquisition in March. The deal was worth approximately $43M in cash.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Atomkeep , an online service to help users synchronize their social media profiles across a number of social networking sites, has been acquired by Jobscience , a developer of social relationship management software tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

iSkoot Technologies includes substantially all of the assets of San Francisco-based iSkoot, a developer of social networking and Skype-compatible voice-over-IP software for mobile phones. Tags: qualcomm iskoot merger acquisition mobile software skype social networking. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has acquired Threadbox , a developer of email messaging software, according to Threadbox. Rumors of the acquisition had first been reported in July. Tags: myspace threadbox email software messaging merger acquisition. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

San Diego-based Climber.com , which operates an online site to help job seekers network with recruiters, announced today that it has acquired Affinity Circles , an online social networking site focused on membership organizations. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2011

Irvine-based Specific Media has recruited an investment banker to head up its business development efforts, fresh off its acquisition of onetime social networking king MySpace. Schopen was overseeing merger and acquisition transactions, initial and secondary public offerings, and private capital raises at Piper Jaffray.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

…” I’ll write soon on my views of why I believe Instagram took off as a social network and what I think comes next. Instagram happens to be one of the few social networks I regularly use along with Twitter. Your $200 million “small acquisition” is a cool 60% of all of their cash.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

According to those reports, San Francisco-based Rapportive , a developer of plug-ins which overlay social networking information on your Gmail account, has been acquired by LinkedIn. The report put the acquisition in the "low teens" of millions of dollars.

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JULY 11, 2012

What does social networking have to do with the stock market? Vinny talked with us about his start, which allows users to discuss and collaborate on their stocks and finances in a social way. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. Green Dot said it will pay $43.4M in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Koch says it is used to increase the speed and quality of their work even though it was being outgrown by other networks like ResearchGate. Koch now a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group says the acquisition is good for them. ” Dr. .

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MAY 13, 2013

Instead, one of his angel investments, Lucky Sort , has become part of Twitter in what looks to be an "acq-hire"--an acquisition to gain talent for the social networking service. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed, however, Lucky Sort looks to be shutting down its service as part of the acquisition.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based MySpace , the once dominant social networking website, has been sold to Irvine-based Specific Media , the online advertising network, in a deal reportly worth $35M. According to Specific Media, News Corporation will take a minority equity stake in Specific Media as part of the deal. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Acclaim Games , a developer of casual and social networking games, has been acquired by Mountain View-based Playdom , Playdom said Tuesday evening. Playdom said the acquisition would also give it access to the game development talent in Southern California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Van Natta left Los Angeles-based MySpace in February, leaving the operation of the social networking site to Jason Hirschorn and Michael Jones. Jones was the founder and CEO of Userplane until its acquisition by AOL. Tags: myspace owen natta zynga executive social gaming.

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JUNE 29, 2011

The two said that Pringo's stockholders will own 50 percent of MobileBits, and MobileBits' stockholders will own 50 percent of MobileBits after the acquisition. Pringo's white label, social networking software was used by companies to develop their own online communities. The company was headed by Majid Abai.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Despite a frenzied rush towards the IPO market in Silicon Valley, Southern California''s own crop of venture-backed companies have not seen nearly the same number of IPOs--although the region has not been immune to the frenzy around social networking companies. xencor biopharma biopharmaceuticals merger acquisition exit'

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JULY 7, 2014

The company tsaid the acquisitions included Atlanta-based global software services company Xpanxion, and Milwaukee-based engineering solutions company Kanchi Technologies. Financial details of those acquisitions were not announced. ustglobal global venture capital strategic investment merger acquisition outsourcing' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based MyLife , the online relationship management and networking service headed by Jeff Tinsley, said today that it has purchased the technology behind Threadsy , the developer of a unified communications client for email, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based wellness app developer Blue Fever, a startup which is backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund, said on Tuesday that it has acquired Trill Project, a developer of a social network built focused on self-care for teens. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Customer Acquisition. Those two things together would lower your acquisition costs nearly in half to $6.11. Ironically, there are times where it may actually pay to INCREASE your customer acquisition costs. Measuring customer acquisition is clearly not enough because not all customers stick around. lowering $1.50

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JUNE 28, 2011

Multiple reports today say that once lofty social networking site MySpace is now being set to be sold by News Corp. Irvine-based Internet advertising network Specific Media and Golden Gate Capital are among the rumored bidders for MySpace. for as little as $20M to $30M. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2011

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. TeenSpot's entertainment and community website is a moderated, social networking and chat site, focused exclusively on teenagers. The site includes message boards about movies, fashion, celebrities, music, and more.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2012

Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 According to the Jared Spataro Senior Director, Office Division, Microsoft in a blog post the firm had met all the requirements regarding the acquisition. billion.But the deal has been fully completed today.

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DECEMBER 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based DailyStrength, an online health-related social networking site, has been acquired by HSW International, Inc., Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. a developer of Internet businesses. According to HSW, DailyStrength has 700,000 unique visitors a month, generating 20 million monthly page views.

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MAY 27, 2009

San Diego-based Interacasting Corporation , a provider of mobile social networking software, has been acquired by Good Technology, the firms said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tags: telecom mobile acquisition merger technology good interacasting. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. This no doubt led to the acquisition of AdMob by Google and Quattro by Apple. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers. They thought, “hey, text links perform well when displayed alongside results.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. ” MediaLab is a holding company that owns several other mobile properties , including anonymous social network Whisper and mixtape app DatPiff.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2009

San Diego-based Websense said Tuesday that it has acquired Defensio, a provider of technology for dealing with spam on social networking and Web 2.0 Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Tags: merger social acquisition blog websense spam networking defensio. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

Vince: On the consulting side we are working with a unique social network, a new television network and some original video content businesses. Due to the incredible power represented by these networks, we believe that managers need a system to understand and monitor the ever-changing value of this key asset.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

MovieLaLa , which had operated an app-based, social network for movie fans--and was backed by LA angel investors--as been acquired by user generated GIF site Gfycat , Gyfcat said on Thursday. As a result of the acquisition, Gyfcat has redirected all of MovieLaLa's website to its own pages.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Beverly Hills-based movie studio Relativity Media --which is behind such titles as Limitless, Masterminds, and Immortals--scored a big investment from Singaporean Internet company YuuZoo , the two companies said this morning. The two said that YuuZoo will initially buy 33.3

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

And of course the big question is whether Salesforce.com can out innovate these startups (especially after their acquisition of InStranet ). Expect great things from Assistly. Investors: True Ventures, Social Leverage (Howard Lindzon). Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Los Angeles-based Untappd , the developer of a social networking app for craft beer drinkers, and Next Glass , a developer of machine learning software for recommending alcohol, said last week that they have merged. Greg Avola and Tim Mather, co-founders of Untappd, have joined Next Glass as part of the acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

New funding will be applied toward user acquisition and to expand into new product categories (gourmet food, wine and new services). Social network app developer and ad network. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2014

Los Angeles- and San Francisco-based Live Nation Labs , an independent group within Live Nation looking to create "next generation" music products, has acquired YourTrove , a developer of social search tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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