socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity. Tell us a bit on the investment? Why did you decide to take investment now?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2013

Last week, Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced one of the biggest investments in the region in the last few years--a $103M, growth equity investment in the company, which came from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity. Tell us a bit on the investment? Why did you decide to take investment now?

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

Calabasas-based Ixia said late Monday afternoon that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Catapult Communications, a developer of 3G and 4G wireless networking test products. The deal is worth $63M after accounting for Catapult's cash and investments. According to Ixia, it will pay $9.25

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ironically, I used to pass their offices every day commuting from the Palisades to Calabasas, where I was running Sungard Treasury Systems. In 2004, there was just rudimentary usage of web sites, and now, we've got cloud based, software-as-a-service. It was started here in Pacific Palisades, at the end of Sunset and the PCH.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

To do that, we spoke with Vic Alston , the CEO of Calabasas-based Ixia (www.ixiacom.com), a publicly traded maker of network testing equipment and software. The other thing we do is continue to invest in products and build really new, innovative technology in the markets we already serve. We're benefiting from all of that.

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socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

We spoke with Therese Tucker , CEO and founder of the Calabasas firm. They see an almost immediate payback in a month or two on the investment they make in BlackLine. Therese Tucker: The reason for the growth, is we're focused a lot on great service. We caught up with Therese to hear about her company and why it's growing.

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