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.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2018

La Jolla-based Connectiv , a developer of cloud-based, mobile software used by biomedical and clinical engineering groups to manage and control their medical devices and equipment, has been acquired by Austin, Texas-based Accruent. Accruent said the acquisition is its seventh in the past 24 months.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2019

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to America's Charities, the acquisition will help it further strengthen its support of the "social good" sector. Causecast was founded and led by CEO Ryan Scott. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation? Are you ready?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

We thought it might be interesting to talk with one of the fund's managing directors, Jeb Spencer about the fund's success in technology investments, plus how it managed to raise another fund in this kind of environment, plus its unique goal of getting companies to an acquisition--and not an IPO.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Carlsbad-based EPM LIve , a developer of cloud-based software used for project portfolio and work management, and which was built on Microsoft SharePoint, has been acquired by Silverback Enterprise Group. EPM Live's staff and CEO Joe Larscheid will join Silverback as part of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2014

Aliso VIejo-based UST Global , a provider of IT services and outsourcing, said today that it has acquired four different companies over the past six months expanding its workforce in the US, ASia, India, Europe, and Latin America. Financial details of those acquisitions were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the fast growing developer of financial software for enterprises, looks to be generating between $10M to $30M, based on a recent ranking of the company by an indutsry magazine. blackline systems revenues accounting software financial merger acquisition private equity' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the developer of financial close software-as-a-service, has scored an investment from private equity firm Silver Lake Sumeru. blackline systems accounting software merger acquisition exit venture capital private equity' Financial terms of the investment were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2016

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition is the company's fifth acquisition in the past three years, including the recent acquisition of LA's FreeConference.com. iotum is led by Jason Martin.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? With this acquisition, that has put Concur into SAP.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

60% of all software is bought in the U.S., in the past, but now we really want to focus on expanding there,” he said. Vaish is already in talks with a handful of other startups and is open to more acquisitions, he said. The firm has about 90% of its clients in India today, something it intends to change in the coming quarters.

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Xconomy

JULY 3, 2019

Broadcom is once, twice, three times a multi-billion-dollar dealmaker (well, basically) in the past year if it follows through on its reported talks to acquire Mountain View, CA-based cybersecurity giant Symantec. Though it is one of the largest cybersecurity software providers, Symantec is.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 16, 2019

“In a global mobile games market that is consolidating, Jam City could not be more proud to be working with JPMorgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Silicon Valley Bank, SunTrust Bank and CIT Group to strategically support the financing of our acquisition and growth plans,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City.

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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. With customer acquisition costs (CAC) rising significantly across most products, one company experimented with a few low-cost initiatives.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2019

Isaac told us a bit about how he thinks his company can help solve the recruiting issues with hiring software sales repsand also tells new entrepreneurs that sometimes, you just can't have it all, and the challenges of balancing a startup, family life, your health, and the rest of your life. Why software sales reps?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2015

All this week, we're featuring reflections on the past year from movers and shakers in the community. Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. It was truly the year of the Unicorn.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2019

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. The exit through acquisition by ReliaQuest is the first of what we expect will be many exits for our Fund 1 portfolio.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. Customer acquisition cost. That bit is easy.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Past investors also included Y Combinator, where GrubMarket was part of the Winter 2015 cohort), and for some more context, GrubMarket last raised money in April 2019 , $28 million at a $228 million valuation, a source says. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 10, 2011

To get some insight to how venture capitalists are viewing the market, and how mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs are affecting the business, we chatted with Dave Ryan , Managing Partner at the company. In that case, EMC was looking to further its presence in software around data management, to complement its hardware business.

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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. It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

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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. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? What was the biggest lesson you learned this year?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2012

12 major acquisitions this year putting it over 100 since 05. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year (good or bad)? Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS). We are going to see a real explosion in companies offering software for a subscription price. Finally, Google. 7 years, 100 companies.

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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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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

However, savvy startups can leverage LinkedIn to create a customer acquisition and a churn reduction tool. It’s not about helping them use our software. Treating customers as true collaborators helps breakdown the Us vs. Them dynamic that is often present between software vendors and their customers.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

What does CatchPoint's software do? Why the need for your software -- aren't there tools out there that do this already? After the Google acquisition of DoubleClick, I decided to build my own company. What makes us different, to be honest, is that the industry hasn't had too much innovation in the past few years.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : Lynda.com is: “The best, new, online way to learn how to use your software. I could not work with my siblings or parents – and not every past relationship would have been conducive to our type of success – we just happened upon the right combination of personality traits and it worked. Hello Kitty!”.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : Lynda.com is: “The best, new, online way to learn how to use your software. I could not work with my siblings or parents – and not every past relationship would have been conducive to our type of success – we just happened upon the right combination of personality traits and it worked. Hello Kitty!”.

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Entrepreneur Training Startup Web 245

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. It was mostly timing.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. How long does it take me to pay back my original customer acquisition costs? Sam’s enthusiasm was infectious and his plans were bold. How profitable is my product or service?

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

In fact, I would say that over the past few years, it has become harder to produce or find events that will attract a good audience. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. First - let me say what I consider to be a good audience - interesting people.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Decreasing Your Customer Acquisition Costs. Ultimately, your overall customer acquisition costs should calculated as an average of a variety of marketing channels. Thus, include these unattributed customers in your overall calculation of customer acquisition costs. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. Types of business buyers expanded. Negotiating with an emotional buyer.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Carla Bourque: Smartify has been based in Pasadena for the past three and a half years. Smartify''s software-as-a-service platform automates all aspects of their digital marketing, across their channels, including mobile, social, email, and web. What is Smartify? READ MORE>>.

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