Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 trillion. ¹.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Woodland Hills-based BlackLine Software , the developer of accounting and financial close software, has priced its IPO, saying late Thursday evening that it will sell 8,600,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 BlackLine priced at the high range of an already increased estimated IPO range, which was set to $16.00 earlier this week.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Action sports camera maker GoPro priced its IPO at $24.00 The IPO raises around $427M for the company, and values the company around $2.96 The company priced its IPO at the high end of its estimated initial IPO range, which was between $21.00 and $24.00

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Carlsbad-based Obalon Therapeutics , which is developing a balloon-based medical device for assisting in weight loss, has set the estimated initial IPO pricing range for its public offering, saying it now expects an initial public offering at between $14.00 if it prices at the high end of its estimated range. and $16.00

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JUNE 4, 2019

In long, complicated path that wound through Southern California's high tech industry, flower delivery network operator FTD has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service. United Online was acquired by B.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. and $16.00 as early as Thursday.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap, Inc. has officially priced its IPO, saying on Wednesday afternoon that it will sell 200M shares of its common stock at $17.00 billion for Snap, the company behind Snapchat , valuing the company at approximately $24 billion. The IPO will raise $3.4 billion each. and $16.00 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

A number of Southern California angel investors are undoubtedly breaking out the champagne this morning, after the successful IPO of CytomX Therapeutics , a developer of cancer therapeutics which was spun out of UC Santa Barbara. Cytomx priced its IPO at $12.00 Cytomx priced its IPO at $12.00 in morning trading.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap --in what will be Southern California's biggest technology IPO, ever--is expected to price its IPO on Wednesday night, and start trading on Thursday morning. The company has set an estimated IPO offering range of between $14.00 and $16.00 READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Southern California entrepreneur Elon Musk has huge success this year, in (literally) getting commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX --based in Hawthorne--off the ground and into space, with a hugely successful set of flights to the International Space Station (ISS). and $15.00. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2012

As Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook hits the market today, in what is the largest tech initial public offering in history, one question is if it will spur what has, so far, been a lackluster IPO market for Southern California technology firms. last night, at the very high range of an already raised $34.00

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Southern California is once again the target expansion market for a Bay Area startup offering cleaning services via the web this morning, as EXEC said it is expanding beyond the San Francisco Bay Area, and launching its cleaning service in San Diego. The service parallels, almost exactly, the steps at Pathjoy.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Two Southern California venture firms are among the investors who are awaiting an expected IPO of Clovis Oncology , a developer of cancer drugs, this week. Clovis Oncology, based in Colorado, is expected to price its IPO this week, according to the NASDAQ's expected IPO calendar. percent of the company.

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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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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Southern California is often criticized for having too many startups which only revolve around brand, celebrity, ecommerce, and. We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling.

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MAY 5, 2021

the lifestyle brand offering up baby, skin, and household products, debuted in its IPO on Wednesday, raising $413M for the company--and bringing yet another Southern California startup to the public markets. priced its IPO last night at $16.00 priced its IPO last night at $16.00 Los Angeles-based Honest Co.,

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Despite a cool reception for the IPO of social games maker Zynga Friday, the IPO of the company still rewards a couple of Southern California investors. Zynga priced at $10.00 Zynga looks to be among the most visible exits from that firm's portfolio yet. per share in trading Friday.

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JUNE 25, 2010

A little known Southern California venture capital investor is benefiting from the IPO of Silicon Valley-based Fabrinet today, after Fabrinet said it has priced its IPO and will list on the New York Stock Exchange. percent of the company. Fabrinet lists Shea Ventures as one of the bigger investors in the firm, with 6.5

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Online education operator 2U , which has offices in Los Angeles, has added another degree program at the University of Southern California, the company said this week.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

According to the company, DeBerry will lead efforts to build an even more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce and company culture. Seismic is one of Southern California's growing list of unicorns, having raised $92M in September of 2020 at a valuation of $1.6 Rowe Price.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Seismic said it has named Krish Mantipragada as its new Chief Product Officer, joining the company from Medallia, where he also was Chief Product Officer and an Executive Vice President. Seismic recently raised another $92M in funding, which valued the company at approximately $1.6 Rowe Price READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Santa Monica-based GoodRx , a venture-backed startup which runs a prescription drug pricing marketplace, has named Jody Mulkey as the company's Chief Technology Officer. GoodRx is backed by Founders Fund, Upfront Ventures, Highland Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Dawn Lepore (drugstore.com), and Mike Ovitz. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 7, 2019

Tuesday, August 13, 2019 -- Preccelerator Workshop: Priced to Grow - Building for Sustainable Growth. Join our session to challenge perceptions of pricing - what it is and is not - and begin laying the groundwork to integrate pricing into your company's growth strategy that drives sustainable business goals.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 UBS Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc., per share, and above the initial 7,500,000 shares.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Rivian , the electric truck maker which has offices in both Irvine and Carson, California, has raised a huge, $1.3 billion funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding was a fourth round for the company, which has now raised a total of more than $2.85 billion in funding. The new funding was led by T.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2018

The smash dockless scooter rental startup, Bird , is expanding beyond its Southern California nest with a new rollout in San Francisco, San Jose, Calif. and Washington, DC, the company said today. Bird prices its rides at $1 to rent the scooter and 15 cents per minute traveled.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Lynwood, California-based NEXT Trucking , which operates an online marketplace which connects carriers to shippers, says it is planning a big hiring push in Southern California, after a big $21M funding round from Sequoia Capital. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Demand Media's IPO efforts have been one of the closest watched activities in the Southern California technology industry, as an indicator of the IPO prospects for other technology companies here.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

ViaSat did not announced pricing on the plans, however, a spot check of pricing in Southern California shows 12Mbps plans costing around $65 a month after expiration of promotional pricing, and 25 Mbps plans at $100/month, and 30 Mbps plans at around $150 a month.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing service of Amazon, has launched anew Los Angeles zone, which will give local customers and companies much faster access to the AWS cloud. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2012

One of the most anticipated IPOs of a Southern California technology firm, LegalZoom is expected to hit the markets Friday, with pricing expected Thursday evening. The firm--which recently set its expected IPO pricing range of $10 to $12 per share--is one of two IPOs expected this week by technology companies.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site--which has made its name from revealing the full pricing details behind local car purchases--said this week that it had acquired a brand, new domain-- True.com. However, the company didn''t announce the price it paid for its shiny new domain name. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

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 "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. What was the big news for you or your company this year? This is the natural maturation in these segments.

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JULY 28, 2017

The company specifically said it has launched a new, malware search component within the tool, CrowdStrike Falcon MalQuery, which it says gives its customers access to more than 560TB of malware for use in malware research. Pricing on the new offering was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

As the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area, boasting an over $1 trillion economy, decisions made in the city can have broad economic and social implications that ripple far beyond the Southern California region. Revenues for these companies have dropped precipitously as consumer-facing demand has fallen off a cliff.

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