SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 7, 2009

SEO for Startups and Negative Customer Acquisition Costs ) and, of course, the product itself. Normally the product is defined as a web site. Most founders are fairly passionate about the features and functions of the web site, iPhone application, Facebook application, or whatever web application represents the product.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Dreamhost offers up a wide range of web hosting services, including domain name registration, web hosting, Wordpress hosting, cloud computing, cloud storage, and other services. acquisition merger funding debt capital venture colocation hosting dreamhost' The company was advised by DH Capital in the funding. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I frequently work on networking through the social web and building new relationships that will foster knowledge gathering or business growth. We need to spend some time discussing what you do with the social web. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2013

According to CampaignEQ--founded by former Beachmint execs William Belk and Dirk McGregor--its new cloud-based, web and mobile affiliate tracking platform is aimed at offering up better mobile attribution and optimization. READ MORE>>. campaigneq startup affiliate tracking mobile advertising marketing beachmint'

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2021

SalesRabbit offers up both native mobile and web-based software aimed at field sales organizations. In a statement, Diversis co-founder and Managing Partner Ron Nyot said that it is now "actively identifying strategic add-on acquisitions to broaden the product portfolio.". The company is based in Utah.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Move--which has major operations in Westlake Village--said the acquisition will allow it to deliver greater value to its customers. million property listings, from more than 270 MLS systems and 38,000 brokers, to more than 70 real estate marketing web sites. ListHub syndicates 2.4 READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The acquisition of Venice, California-based Signal Sciences --worth $775M--by Fastly , has officially completed, Fastly said on Thursday. According to Fastly, is will combine its edge cloud platform and existing security offerings with Signal Sciences' web application and API security solutions.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing its strategy of buying up vertical web properties, saying today that it has acquired ExpertHub , which operates a network of websites which connect consumers with attorneys. as well as two shopping web sites. Financial terms of the buys were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to the firm, the new product provides Web presence management to its customers, helping customers to drive their online search discovery, manage their reputation, and also manage social media marketing. The firm said the product is a result of its acquisition of SMB:Live back in February. READ MORE>>.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Many have seen the acquisition as an attempt to fight back against Shopify's rampant growth during the coronavirus pandemic. The Amazon/Selz Acquisition. Amazon's acquisition of Selz doesn't represent a dramatic change to its business model. A good alternative to BigCommerce with better web design. Test Score. See Deals*.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2014

Red Hat said it will use the acquisition to bolster its existing storage offerings. Inktank had been founded in 2012, and is an offspring of local web hosting provider Dreamhost. inktank dreamhost merger acquisition redhat rhel open source ceph storage' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

Day Software develops web content management and digital asset management tools. The firms did not say how the acquisition will affect Day's employees based in Newport Beach. Tags: software merger acquisition adobe management. Adobe and Day said that Adobe will pay approximately $240M, or CHF255 million, for Day. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. 41st Parameter''s technology uses device fingerprints to identify web fraud. Experian said the acquisition will strengthen its web fraud detection and risk-based identity authentication capabilities. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation provides online ad sales for branded consumer sites; Los Angeles-based AtomicOnline operates its own network of online media properties; Springboard Productions is a developer of entertainment videos; and Double Helix is a creative and interactive web marketing firm.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

For ThinkNear , it looks like the whole process paid off in less than two years, after the Los Angeles company went from the TechStars accelerator just last June, to a healthy acquisition by TeleNav earlier this month for $22.5M. Congrats on the acquisition! How did the acquisition come about?

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Tapatalk's software provides mobile-friendly access to web-based forums and online communities. Tapatalk said the deal was for cash and stock. Tapatalk had announced its effort to acquire Pango in August. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

One way to approach that last question is to use this simple model: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) How will your business reach prospects? Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. What does the business do?

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based WOWIO , which launched last week with the acquisition of comic strip site WEvolt, said today that it has acquired web comic community DrunkDuck. According to WOWIO, the acquisition will expand its library of content, and add around 95,000 members to its community. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JULY 30, 2010

Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M. The firm had announced it had acquired Experthub.com, but also said it had acquired five additional, un-named web sites for the Money, Legal and Business vertical and Health vertical.

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Internet Brands .Net Acquisition Web 160

socalTECH

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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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2010

Mehdi Daoudi is CEO of CatchPoint Systems (www.catchpoint.com), a new Los Angeles startup focused on the web site and web application monitoring industry. We're trying to make monitoring of web sites and applications sexy and simple. That's why web performance and web monitoring mean serious dollars.

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Web Tool Startup Sites 232

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer. Quigo set up a system on specific web pages.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Internet Brands owns a wide network of online web sites in a number of verticals. Tags: internet brands merger acquisition private equity advertising. Internet Brands board was advised by Jeffries & Company, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in the deal.internet Brands was advised by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Manhattan Beach-based TSi Auto Solutions , a provider of web-based auto dealership management software, said today that it has acquired AutoSoft , a Seattle firm which develops financial reporting and analytics products for the automotive OEM market. TSi Auto Solutions said the acquisition increases its customer base by 30 percent.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2010

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to MediaTrust, Bardon Advisors owns more than 1200 web properties, which get a total of 20 million monthly unique visits, and 5 million paid searches per month. Tags: bardon advisors mediatrust merger acquisition cpcp advertising ecommerce.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2010

Rubicon develops an online service which optimizes which online advertising and online ad networks are used on a web publisher's web site. Tags: advertising online software security acquisition merger sitescout project rubicon. READ MORE>>.

Clearstone 164

Clearstone Advertising Web Equity 164

socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Catchpoint Systems , the web monitoring startup headed by former DoubleClick exec Mehdi Daoudi, has released a new beta of a real-user monitoring tool. The additional capability comes on top of the firm's existing monitoring of web sites and applications from 26 U.S. The firm did not release pricing on the new tool.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable. Tags: veoh networks merger acquisition bankruptcy failure. Veoh had raised over $67.5M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , a venture-backed publisher of online entertainment content, said today that it has added six new web properties. The firm said it has added PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL to the list of its web music properties. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2013

The tool, which lets users analyzing the web traffic from their promotions, lets users click into a map of where users are interacting with their promotions, and get detailed demographics data--household income, education, net worth, neighborhood data, and more--at the street level.

Tool 215

Tool Startup Template .Net 215

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace has linked with Microsoft on the launch of Microsoft's new social networking-focused cell phones, the Kin 1 and the Kin 2. The phones are the result of Microsoft's acquisition of Danger Research, maker of the Sidekick, in 2008. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 171

Social Network Sites Web Research 171

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In many cases, I can break it down into: Customer Acquisition Cost – how will you reach prospects, how will you convert them and how much will it cost to convert them Customer Lifetime Value – how much will you make off of each converted customer This very simple model works for a surprising number of business models.

Metrics 225

Metrics Startup Web 2.0 Slides 225

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of web security products, said Thursday that it has relaunched its products from its acquisition of Finjan, under the new M86 Security Secure Web Gateway brand. M86 acquired Finjan in November. The firm said the new products will be available in the first quarter of 2010. READ MORE>>.

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Product Web Acquisition Develop 140

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Remember when? Bringing us to today – Viewers or profit?

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