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MARCH 31, 2021

San Diego-based K2 Insurance Services, which owns a number of insurance services companies, said it has acquired software developer Loss Run Pro. Loss Run Pro develops subscription-based software that helps request, track, and manage loss runs. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. The financing will be used to help students finance their Entity Academy tuition, which typically costs $15,000.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Aliso Viejo-based artificial intelligence software developer BrainChip says it is opening up a new software development center in Hyderabad, India, which it says will provide software and firmware development for its systems-on-a-chip technology. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2018

Two, San Diego-based software development and integration companies-- Solekai Systems and Fairway Technologies --said this morning that they have merged into a new company. According to both companies, they will continue to operate under their respective names. The combined company now has over 80 engineers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Pasadena-based software developer Bluebeam Software has been acquired by German software company Nemetschek AG , the two said late Friday. According to the two, Nemetschek will pay $100M for BlueBeam, which is a developer of PDF software used for architecture, engineering, and construction.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2014

reQall , the wearable software developer headed by former Apple Principal Scientist Rao Machiraju, said this morning that it has tapped MIT MediaLab Professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland as a strategic product advisor. Pentland has been called the " Godfather of Wearable Technologies ".

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Santa Clara- and San Diego-based ServiceNow said on Wednesday that it has acquired San Mateo-based SkyGiraffe , a developer of a mobile software development platform. The company said it will embed SkyGiraffe's technology in its Now Platform in 2018. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

San Diego-based nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy says that more than $1.1 The company--which helps nonprofits reach out to donors--said about $30.8 The company said it saw $19.9 billion was raised by its nonprofit customers on its platform in 2021. million of that was in recurring donations on its platform.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based software developer ClickUp , which develop workplace apps, says it has raised $100M in its Series B funding round. The company says it has seen more than 900 percent revenue growth in the past year. The funding was led by Georgian, and also included Craft Ventures. Zeb Evans is CEO and Founder of ClickUp.

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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2014

Redlands-based geographical information systems (GIS) software developer Esri is putting up $1 billion in its software, to help bolster STEM education, as part of a White House initiative, the company said Tuesday.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cornerstone OnDemand, a personnel management software developer, announced on Wednesday that private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and Microsoft Corp.’s s LinkedIn plan to invest $300 million in the company.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer CapLinked , which develops secure document sharing software for the business market, has linked with secure identification software developer Civic , the two companies said this week.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They need to be able to know the key Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder , figure out where/when/how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , They were making some significant choices that were going to have lasting impact on their company.

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MAY 7, 2020

Irvine-based data science and analytics software developer Alteryx says it is offering up free training to help train workers who have found themselves unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said that those who take the training will have the opporunity to advance in a Udacity Nanodegree progrm in predictive analytics.

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L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

a Santa Monica-based drone flight management software developer, acquired drone automation company Hangar Technology Inc. AirMap Inc.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2023

I know that dates me a good bit, but it also shows that I have been hanging around startups and big companies for a long time. In retrospect, however, Bill Gates did a lot of things right as a startup that I still look for today in aspiring entrepreneurs and their companies: Build a strong team. That’s real viral marketing.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Irvine-based data analytics software developer Alteryx is trying its hand at election predictions, saying on Friday that it has started offering up detailed, local predictions for the presidential elections, drawing on data collected via SurveyMonkey. The company is making the data available via an app.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Toba Capital , the venture fund run by former Quest Software founder Vinny Smith, has backed reporting and analytics dashboard software developer Grow.com in a $16M Series B funding round. According to the company, it has now raised $26M in total. Toba Capital also led Grow.com's SEries A funding.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2017

You’re fighting to put out the fires from customer complaints, or incomplete work, or are suffering from an inability to focus upon new development or new customers before cleaning up the mess inside your organization. The same story could be constructed for any company selecting a limited number of test customers for a new product.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2019

Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance and El Segundo-based devuce security software developer CUJO AI are in a partnership aimed at the connected home, the two said today.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Los Angeles-based expense management and invoicing software developer Chrome River Technologies said this morning that it has linked with Amadeus IT Holding, S.A. , a provider of travel booking software, to offer up integrated travel booking and expense solutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. should companies do spreadsheets / plan / have a hypothesis for success? how do you handle internal company morale? 9:14 What was the root cause of the failure of your first company?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Pasadena-based artificial intelligence software developer ObEN has rolled out a new, singing and talking "AI personality" based on Chinese singing group SNH48 , the company said today. The company said it has created the "world's first celebrity personal AI" based on one of the members of the Chinese music group, Aijia.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

San Diego-based medical visualization software developer LifeVoxel.AI Source of the funding was not announced, however, the company said the round came from medical and radiology specialists, strategic medical technology investors and family offices. The company's CEO and co-founder is Sekhar Puli.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based software developer FloQast said today that it has named Amit Nayar as its new Vice President of Engineering. Nayar will head up hiring, traiing, and scaling of the company's engineering team, according to FloQast. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based email software developer SaneBox , which develops artificial intelligence software that helps people prioritize and sort their emails, is now available on the cloud marketplace run by technology distributor Ingram Micro. The company says its tools work with any email provider, client, or device.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Irvine-based software developer Performio, which develops incentive compensation management software, says it saw 110 percent growth in North America for its FY2020, after relocating its headquarters to Irvine in 2019.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2017

Redland-based GIS software developer Esri is expanding its reach in the Middle East and Africa, with a new relationship with NXN (formerly neXgen), the companies said this morning. The companies said NXN is working on smart cities efforts such as Smart Dubai, Aldar, and Dubai Silicon Oasis. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2019

Los Angeles-based web application security software developer Signal Sciences says that it is seeing strong revenue growth, as it grows its headcount by nearly 100 employees just in the past year. The company said its software protects more than 25,000 applications. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2021

Los Angeles-based cloud-based operations and document management software developer Docupace, which serves the wealth management industry, says it has acquired jaccomo, which develops a compliance, data integration, financial reporting, and advisor compensation accounting system. Docupace is led by CEO David Knoch.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Santa Monica-based PatientPop , the developer of healthcare scheduling and practice management software for healthcare providers, has linked up with electronic health records software developer Greenway Health.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Kyriba , the financial software developer which got its start in San Diego, where it still has major operations, said today that it has raised $45M more in a funding round, led by Sumeru Equity Partners (SEP). Kyle Ryland, Managing Partners at SEP, joins the company's board as part of the funding.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 27, 2021

San Diego-based productivity software developer ClickUp said this morning that it has raised a huge, $400M Series C funding round, which gives it a valuation of $4 billion. According to the company, it has tripled its revenue, and now counts such clients as McDonalds, Booking.com, Papa Johns, and Netflix as customers.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2018

The CompTIA's study includes not just workers in the technology industry itself, but those working IT support, network engineering, software development and related roles. The group's study also includes both professional working for technology companies, but others in organizations in other industry sectors.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2019

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital and its portfolio company, Perforce Software , have acquired embedded software development tools provider Rogue Wave Software , the firms said last week. Perforce is a developer of source code control and other tools used by software developers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2021

San Diego-based workplace productivity software developer ClickUp reported this morning that it has been selected by the San Diego Padres, to power the team's IT operations. The company also said it will be featured in signage throughout Petco Park as the workplace platform of choice for the San Diego Padres.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2018

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which has major operations in Irvine, has hired an IPO banker and is eyeing an IPO before the end of the year, according to a report from Reuters. The company was most recently valued at more than $3 billion. No other details of the IPO have yet been announced or released.

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