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JANUARY 6, 2020

San Jose-based PayPal Holdings said this morning that it has completed its $4 billion cash acquisition of Los Angeles-based Honey , the developer of a browser plug-in that helps consumers find the best coupons for purchases when they are shopping online. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

With its announcement of a land acquisition in Las Vegas last month, the developer of a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California now has land for two key stations.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. The Complete Guide To Southern California Accelerators and.

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JUNE 4, 2015

One of Southern California's very, very early technology pioneers, Gordon Marshall , whose name now graces the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business , has passed away at the age of 95 in Pasadena. billion in sales before its acquisition by Avnet. Marshall Industries grew to $1.8

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MAY 16, 2014

The company--the second technology company to have an IPO this year from Southern California--was trading around $10.47 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics last week by Apple Computer, the $101M acquisition of Convertro by AOL, a $175M acquisition of Inktank by by Red Hat, the IPO of Rubicon Project at the beginning of February.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO. Tags: southern california initial public offering exit merger acquisition.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have the third and final article on Southern California IPOs and returns from Jon Funk. Jon discusses the returns from Southern California IT IPOs between 1995 and 2009. Read the entire article on Southern California IT IPOs. 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. the acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus by HP last week; and the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Inktank by Red Hat. .;

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Reports this morning say that news magazine Newsweek apparently is being sold to Dr. Sidney Harman, the founder of Southern California's Harman International , which now owns the Harmon/Kardon, Infinity, JBL, and other audio equipment brands. Harman is also a professor at the University of Southern California, and is 92 years old.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. Tags: merger acquisition. which said it is looking to list on the NYSE in a $115M IPO.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Acquisition of note: Nexsan Acquired For $120M, by Imation. Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). TapIt Media acquired for $23M by Phunware. In our features section: Interview with Blair Harrison of Frequency.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

The filing of an IPO by Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless on Friday seems to indicate the interest in public markets by venture-backed, Southern California firms has not abated.

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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. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M for ThinkNear Tuesday morning, and make the company part of its mobile, local advertising group.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Here are three, Southern California blog networks which have quietly growing their network of properties: BUZZMEDIA. Since its acquisition in July of 2008 by The Guardian, and departure of founder Rafat Ali, ContentNext has continued to operate out of Santa Monica, and runs paidContent.org, mocoNews, contentSutra, and paidContent:UK.

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MAY 19, 2014

Action sports camera maker GoPro , which has a few Southern California connections, has filed for an IPO, saying Monday in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raise $100M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as GPRO. gopro camera action sports merger acquisition exit electronics hardware' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Think it''s tough to attract talent from the Bay Area to Southern California? For our Insights and Opinions section, executive recruiter Eric Larsen gives some hints on tips on how he attracts candidates to relocate here to Southern California. Here''s how to get them in the door: Start with a comparable salary.

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JUNE 29, 2010

On the automobile side, there are at least six Southern California companies also working on their own, electric or other alternative vehicles, competing against Tesla and the traditional carmakers. Car makers are not the only firms in Southern California playing a role in the alternative vehicle market.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

The coworking trend--which started in part in Southern California and its high tech startup ecosystem--looks to be spreading East, with news this week that NextSpace has raised $500,000 and acquired a Chicago company, to establish its first coworking site outside of California. READ MORE>>.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Southern California has not had a major, venture backed, technology IPO since May of last year, when Active Network hit the market; it has only one IPO on the calendar this year so far, for Thousand Oaks-based Ceres, expected next week--despite a number of companies who appear to be perpetually in registration, awaiting a turn in the markets.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Despite the slowdown, Southern California managed to produce three IPOs in the first three months of 2019, including the $317.0M 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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MARCH 24, 2011

Department store firm Nordstrom said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Los Angeles-based private sales site HauteLook. Nordstrom announced its acquisition of HauteLook on February 17th. Nordstrom paid $180M in cash plus up to $90M in earn out for HauteLook, for a transaction worth $270M. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

Southern California appears to be on a IPO roll this month, with the pricing of Monrovia-based Green Dot 's IPO last night and expected trading today, following the successful IPO of Beverly Hills-based RealD last Friday. Tags: southern california merger acquisition gdot reald.

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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. venture-backed companies currently filed for an IPO, with 10 from Southern California and 13 from Silicon Valley. According to the report, there are 44 U.S.,

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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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JUNE 16, 2017

Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com now owns roughly 40 grocery stores in Southern California, in what is the company's biggest foray into the grocery store market to date. Amazon and Whole Foods announced Friday that Amazon is acquiring the Whole Foods Market grocery store chain, in a $13.7 billion deal.

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JULY 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future is now a publicly traded company, after a successful acquisition by a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Property Solutions Acquisiton Corp., the company said on Wednesday afternoon. Faraday Future will begin trading today under the ticker symbols FFIE and FFIE.WS.

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APRIL 5, 2010

On March 10, socaltech.com profiled a study of the financial outcomes of 700+ southern California IT startups from 1995-2009 completed by Jon Funk of OceanRoad Partners and others. We have applied this methodology to the 67 IPO's completed from 1995-2009 by southern California venture capital-backed and self-financed IT companies.

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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. The two companies are the only tech companies currently on the upcoming IPO list.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Fintech Fund II, LLLP is managed by Austin Capital General Partner, LLLP, which is based in Southern California. According to AdviserSource, the deal was funded by additional growth capital provided by Fintech Fund II, LLLP. AdviserSource is led by President Phillip Chang.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Honey was acquired by PayPal in November of 2019 for $4 billion, one of Southern California's biggest acquisition in the last few years.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Welltok is backed by a trio of Southern California investors, including Qualcomm Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners, and Okapi Venture Capital. margolis jeff trizetto software enterprise healthy android iphone health acquisition merger mindbloom welltok' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. billion deal in 2008.

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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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MAY 21, 2021

billion special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transaction, according to Bloomberg, citing "people with knowledge of the matter". The SPAC--only the latest in a string of SPAC transactions in Southern California's techn industry--will see DPCM Capital acquire Jam City, as well as a Montreal, Canada-based game publisher, Ludia, Inc.

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APRIL 17, 2019

Financial details of the four acquisition, which all closed in the first quarter of 2019, were not announced. j2 Global said the acquisition will help it grow its global customer base, provide it with access to new markets, and will expand its product lineup.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. SoCal tech and life science companies are scaling faster than at any point in history. The answer is profit.

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