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APRIL 7, 2014

Carpinteria-based online video education site Lynda.com said today that it has acquired Compilr , a developer of a software coding and development environment which lets people learn how to write, compile, and test code from their web browser. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 20, 2018

Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. payscout is led by CEO and co-founder Cleveeland Brown.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Irvine-based Evisions , a developer of software for higher education institutions, said this morning that it has acquired Cayuse , a developer of web-based software for grant proposal development. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

One of the portfolio companies of Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group , Minneapolis-based Perforce Software , has acquired cloud testing software developer Perfecto Mobile. Perfecto is a developer of cloud-based, automated mobile and web application test software. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Irvine-based Devise Interactive , an interactive agency providing web design and other services, said today that it has been acquired by Vincit , a publicly traded company based in Finland. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vincit provides UI/UX and software development services.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 reported today that it has linked its sales lead management software with offerings from web-based mortgage software firm Optimal Blue. Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and is headed by Dan Morefield, who was CIO of Overture Services before its acquisition by Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Los Angeles-based Weblife , a developer of secure, employee web browsing software, has been acquired by Proofpoint , in a $66M all cash deal, the companies announced today. Proofpoint said it will use the acquisition to extend its email malware protection to users' personal email accounts. Nordic Eye said it invested $3.0M

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Katharion , a developer of hosted email filtering services, has been acquired by GFI Software, a provider of managed web and email security services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tags: katharion hosted email filtering merger acquisition security.

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JUNE 6, 2017

Irvine-based data analytics software developer Alteryx has acquired New York-based Yhat , a developer of data science software, the company announced on Tuesday morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Xconomy

MAY 8, 2018

In the eight years since it was founded, Seismic has become a leader in the market for Web-based software used by corporations and other big customers to manage the online marketing materials created to support sales reps in the field.

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APRIL 5, 2018

Pacific Palisades-based fusionZONE Automotive , a developer of website software for automotive dealers, said Wednesday that it acquired MotorWebs , a web design company that specializes in creation and management of car dealership websites. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. MotorWebs was based in Seattle.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Cloud Takes founder Daryll Strauss has been hired by Technicolor as Vice President of Software Development. Cloud Takes'' software was used to manage digital assets, track project progress, and more, and ran on Amazon Web Services. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based open source storage software developer Inktank , which is behind the Ceph distributed storage system, has been acquired by Red Hat , in a deal worth $175M in cash. Red Hat said it will use the acquisition to bolster its existing storage offerings. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Escondido-based software developer Compendia , a developer of web portal software for the home builders market, has been acquired by Community Investors, Inc. , Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. the two said today.

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JULY 5, 2016

El Segundo-based Stamps.com said late last week that it has completed its acquisition of ShippingEasy , a developer of web-based, shipping software for online retailers. The deal was worth $55M in cash, and had been announced in June. ShippingEasy had been one of Stamps.com's primary competitors in serving e-commerce providers.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Los Angeles-based Stratalux , a provider of cloud-based, managed services for Amazon Web Services (AWS), said it has acquired Tojo Media , a company which specializes in building software for media and entertainment clients to be used in the Amazon AWS public cloud. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Los Angeles-based videogame commerce technology developer Xsolla says it has acquired Slemma, a developer of data analytics and visualization and reporting software. The company said Slemma's web-based tools allow users to create simple, easy-to-use and dynamic data reports with customizable dashboards.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company--led by longtime cloud and hosting services veteran Simon Anderson--offers up managed services and consulting for cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. According to the newly formed company, it completed all three of those mergers earlier in 2018, and now has a customer base of 175 enterprises.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

San Clemente-based software developer DealerSocket has acquired web-based, auto dealership software maker FEX DMS , the company said Thursday. DealerSocket provides software for marketing, sales, service, and other functions for auto dealerships, and says it currently has over 6,500 dealers using its software.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Jonathan Siegel , who co-founded Santa Barbara-based startups RightScale, RightCart, and RightSignature, has scored an exit today, and has sold Exceptional Cloud Services , his latest cloud software startup, to cloud hosting provider RackSpace. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the companies.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

The company said the new funds will go towards growth, financing acquisitions, and international expansion. That growth was driven by its real-time-bidding exchange, plus the acquisitions of two companies, LiftDNA and Jumptime. Global Investment, Inc., and Presidio Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Moonshots Capital , which is led by Kelly Perdew, has seen a big exit via the acquisition of San Diego's Harvest.ai by Amazon Web Services. in Harvest.ai, which develops cybersecurity software aimed at data loss prevention.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby Financial , the developer of web and mobile apps to help consumers optimize their credit card spending, hsa been acquired by Bankrate. wallaby bankrate credit card optimization software merger acquisition rate mobile' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. in funding in total. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Santa Monica-based venture capital firm Clearstone Ventures has scored an acquisition in its portfolio today, with the acquisition of Apture by Google. Apture announced the acquisition on its website Thursday, but did not disclose any financial details of the buy. Clearstone was involved in Apture's Series A in March of 2009.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 24, 2022

With the help of Niantic’s recent 8th Wall acquisition , these features will also be available in mobile web browsers. At launch, Niantic’s head of product for mapping Tory Smith said that San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, London and Tokyo are the most densely mapped.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based Signal Sciences , a developer of web application security software, has been acquired for $775M by San Francisco-based Fastly , Fastly annoucned this morning. Fastly said that new produt will provide a web application and API protection solution.

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JULY 19, 2011

Carslbad-based ShareVis , a developer of SharePoint workflow and web form automation software, has been acquired by SAP business process improvement software firm Winshuttle. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Winshuttle said it would incorporate ShareVis technology into its software.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

HealthFusion is a developer of web-based, cloud software used by physicials, hospitals, and medical billing services. Quality Systems is funding the acquisition with $200 million in financing from J.P. Quality Systems said HealthFusion has an annual run rate of around $30 million. Morgan and U.S.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

DRX , a provider of web-based shopping and enrollment software for Medicare health plans, which was based in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Wisconsin-based Connecture , the companies said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Active Network entered the events management business in January 2008, with the acquisition of event management software firms RegOnline and WingateWeb. Tags: active network event management activeevents ondemand saas software. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

a Boston-based software developer which develops self-service, publishing tools aimed at magazine publishers, catalog publishers, and others. Zmags helps those catalog, magazine, and other publishers convert their media into tablet, mobile, social, and web form. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 3, 2016

Los Angeles- and Toronto-based audio and web conferencing provider iotum says it has announced Internet broadcasting and podcasting tools maker TalkShoe.com. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. iotum is led by Jason Martin. iotum is led by Jason Martin. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. “Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.”

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JUNE 28, 2011

Los Angeles-based Social Blaze , a provider of web analytics and social media management software, has been acquired by digital agency MartinJAY Digital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Social Blaze was founded in 2009 by Cassie Rice. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing Great post - 8 Ways The Internet Changed Software Marketing - is an interesting take on how different it is these days to market software. Good stuff. Posted byTony Karrer at 6:58 AM 1 comments: Jon Miller said.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. Thing Labs makes the Brizzly web-based software for sharing and discovering content.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

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. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software that you found most interesting in 2018? Given SVBs market position, that is great news.

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