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AUGUST 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Santa Monica-based business process outsourcing provider TaskUs says it is expanding its operations again, this time, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TaskUs says it will invest $9M in a new downtown location in Albuquerque. TaskUs just raised a giant, $250M funding round from private equity investor Blackstone Group.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Santa Monica-based business process outsourcing provider TaskUs said this morning that it has added five new offices, and over 2,000 full-time employees, as part of a major global expansion effort. TaskUs said the office expansion is a result of the investment it received in August from Blackstone. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based buyout fund HandsOn3 said Thursday that it has acquired BancTec , a business process outsourcing (BPO) company based in Dallas, Texas. HandsOn3 said it invests in business process services, big data mining, and industrial services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

I had worked a year in investment banking, and Jasper was out of USC. We''d gone to high school together in Santa Monica, and we were both very entrepreneurial in high school. With globalization, and the rise of technology, we believed that you were going to see more and more individuals looking to outsource tasks.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

To their credit, they were able to carve out an investment so we could develop this. I have been in Santa Monica, in technology, since 199, and over all those years, I've developed some great relationships. You have to understand, in a public company, there are earnings, and all these trapping of being a public company.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Santa Monica-based Happy Returns (www.happyreturns.com) is solving that issue, with a network of "return bars" it has opened in partnership with physical retailers. That was an insider round, where ssetnailly, Upfront led and angel Brian Spaly, the former co-founder of Bonobos and the CEO of Trunk Club ended up investing.

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