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APRIL 25, 2018

JMI Equity , the private equity firm which has one of its main offices in La Jolla, is the lead investor in a round for Phoenix, Arizona-based CampusLogic. CampusLogic said it will use the new investment for product development, customer success, and sales and marketing. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. Let me try to advance a few rules of thumb to help guide you here. This post is longer than usual.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Carlsbad-based MaintenanceNet , which develops software used to manage maintenance and service contracts, announced Wednesday that it has raised a round of growth equity from private equity company Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. Size of the funding round was not announced. The firm is led by Scott Herron. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

La Jolla-based Abacus Data Systems , a developer of software to help law firms manage their practices, has been acquired by private equity investor Providence Equity , the companies announced today. Abacus said the strategic majority investment by Providence Equity will help it quickly sale up its technology infrastructure.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Irvine-based Kareo has named Drew Hamilton as its new Chief Sales Officer, the company said this week, to help scale the company's sales organization. The company is venture backed by Montreux Equity Partners and Silver Lake Waterman. Hamilton was most recently Executive Vice President and General Manager of TeleTrac.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

It''s not often that startups come out of the gate, backed by a private equity investor. However, Los Angeles-based Colony Logic (www.colonylogic.com) is one of the few, having gotten its initial backing from private equity firm Blackstone. How are you backed, it looks like you''re entirely private equity backed?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

DealCurrent , a developer of software used for managing local coupons and daily deals offers, has scored private equity funding from a private equity firm. Canal Partners, an Arizona private equity company, is funding Deal Current, to help the company accelerate growth, boost sales and marketing, and for developing its technology.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Corona, California-based a href="[link] Coach, which operates a service which helps homebuyers better understand the difference between different kinds of mortgage loans, has received a strategic investment from private equity investor LLR Partners. Financial details of the investment were not announced.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 6, 2022

First, the marginal exit event: Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. Most sophisticated investors will take either a promissory note or preferred stock, both of which come before founder or management stock in a sale or liquidation.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

There are three classes of equity investors for early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected. We’ve spoken of financing a young company through friends and family, known as “inside angels.”

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

A new, Santa Barbara-based private equity investment company Cuadrilla Capital says it has acquired a Mt. Sulak was previously at Marlin Equity Partners. Abraham was previously at Clearlake Capital and Marlin Equity Partners. Laurel Township, New Jersey-based company, Agilence. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Irvine-based Cirrus Insight , a developer of software used to help sales people with managing their email inbox and calendar, has received what it says is a "significant" growth equity investment. The funding came from private equity investor Clovis Point Capital. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 7, 2021

How many of them, particularly in technology, were able to start a company, supply all the funding, and share no management tasks or equity with others, and still grow the company to any significant size, worthy of a multi-million-dollar opportunity to cash out at exit? Dividing equity among those that fill the management gap.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Venture, private equity and more: Here we lump a large number of investor classes into one.

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MARCH 9, 2021

According to the company, it has named Brandon McAllister to the post, to help shape its long-term strategy for scale, as well as to oversee day-to-day operations of its Revenue team. Los Angeles-based education technology developer GoGuardian says it has named a new Chief Revenue Officer.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 6, 2020

Some of us build our businesses to be lifestyle creations, destined to provide for our families but not necessarily as creators of great equity upon an eventual sale. When we start a business, we are optimistic that we will succeed and dream of riches to follow when the company is sold or even getting all the way to an IPO.

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MARCH 19, 2014

Sales tax compliance is not a typical sexy startup area. So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

It also handles the back end as well by automating the posting, sale and shipment of unsold inventory while offering immediate payment to creditworthy sellers. The end of the product lifecycle is where Murthy and Kaplan feel Ghost has “an enormous opportunity to help people be more efficient in that process,” Murthy added.

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Berkonomics

MAY 12, 2010

Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. The document should also contain clear buy-sell clauses, forcing any sale of shares to first be offered to the corporate treasury, then to the other founders in proportion to their holdings, and then if no interest, to outside investors. Email readers continue here.]

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

According to the company, it acquired certain assets of ibVPN , Kickbox , and equity in SpatialBuzz , and sold Fonebox and Zintel Communications , its Australia and New Zealand cloud services voice businesses. Financial details of the acquisitions and sale were not announced by the company.

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JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. MomentFeed is venture backed by Level Equity, Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. The positives are that you give up no equity, and these apply to the early startup stages, but they do take time and much effort to win.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based private equity firm Clearlake Capital said this week that it has acquired the Retail Solutions Group of Agilisys , a provider of technology and managed services for the retail market. agilisys clearlake capital private equity merger acquisition consulting' The new company remains in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Hire more help than helpers. In addition to fresh products, you need people smarter than you for real help, with the right combination of skills, experience, and passion to foster and manage new growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. Do it yourself. Don’t plan for failure.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used by brands to manage partnership and affiliate programs, has launched a new product to help those companies with managing mobile linking. The company said the move will help marketers drive more revenue and higher mobile conversion rates. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Being the leader doesn’t mean more equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. The sales professional. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk. The combination of technical insight, founder authority, and sales experience is a hard-to-beat advantage in a competitive market.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps multi-location, retailers and brands better understand and interact with customers, has raised $16.3M The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus and DFJ Frontier. in new funding, the company said this morning.

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JUNE 22, 2016

Carlsbad-based Business.com , the online business directory and information site which was most recently in the hands of JMI Equity, has been sold to New York-based content publisher Purch , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2012

The company said the new office will help support its Bay Area client base, plus provide it with local access to agency representatives at Google and Yahoo. The Search Agency is a provider of search marketing services to clients, providing paid search, SEO, and other services to help its clients. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. Seismic, a sales software company, raised $100M and became a unicorn. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? Prior to the L.A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. The most effective new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. Apply for contests and business grants.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Chatsworth-based MRV Communications said today that it has completed the sale of its CES Creative Electronics Systems SA subsidiary, to a group of European private equity firms led by Vinci Capital SA. MRV said the sale will help it to focus on its core business of network infrastructure equipment and network management products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. Moviepilot''s web site focuses on film recommendations, film discovery, and the company also helps studios with social media campaigns. Moviepilot is venture backed by T-Venture, Grazia Equity, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, and angels. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. Most sophisticated investors will take either a promissory note or preferred stock, both of which come before founder or management stock in a sale or liquidation.

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