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APRIL 7, 2010

Beverly Hills-based online dating operator Spark Networks said late Tuesday that it has rejected the bid from Great Hill Equity Partners, III, to purchase the firm. Great Hill had made an unsolicited bid for Spark in early March, saying it would pay $3.10 The deal would have valued Spark at around $64M. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2010

The IPO is the second successful, Southern California IPO in as many weeks, with Beverly Hills-based RealD also getting a similarly robust reception last Friday at its own IPO. Tags: green merger acquisition gdot tech coast angels. The firm had debuted on the market Thursday morning at $36.00 RealD closed at $17.55 READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Firms which have successfully reached the public markets include Pasadena's Green Dot , Beverly Hills-based RealD , Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , Carlsbad-based MaxLinear , and Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics. Tags: southern california initial public offering exit merger acquisition.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

That is on top of the many Southern California firms who have recently had a successful IPO, including Monrovia-based Green Dot , Beverly Hills-based RealD , San Diego-based MaxLinear , and Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal. Tags: internet brands growth merger acquisition private. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Beverly Hills-based private equity firm Shackleton Advisors announced today that it has acquired SafeHarbor Technology , a Seattle-based provider of software for managing inbound telephone, email, and chat requests. Tags: shackleton equity partners private safeharbor merger acquisition software.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , which operates an online, cost-per-acquisition (CPA) advertising network, said today that it has officially debuted its new campaign tracking software for its advertisers. The firm said the new software, HN 2.0,

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

which has substantial operations in Westlake Village, Beverly Hills-based RealD , Monrovia-based Green Dot , and Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal. In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4.

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JULY 19, 2010

Green Dot would follow the debut last week of Beverly Hills-based RealD , which saw an impressive run up in its first day of trading Friday.Green Dot has said it expects to price between $32.00 Tags: green merger acquisition. and $35.00 per share, and will list on the NYSE at GDOT. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , which develops 3D projection technology used in the showing of 3D movies, has set its estimated IPO pricing range at between $13.00 Tags: reald movie merger acquisition theater hollywood content. and $15.00 per share, according to an updated S-1 by the firm. RealD's IPO is being underwritten by J.P.

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JUNE 24, 2016

Beverly Hills-based private equity investor Platinum Equity announced this morning that it has bumped its offer for Van Nuys-based Electro Rent to $15.50 According to Platinum Equity, the increased offer comes due to a receipt by Electro REnt of an unsolicited, third party acquisition proposal. per share offer. READ MORE>>.

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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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DECEMBER 15, 2011

BigChampagne was based in Beverly Hills, and was founded by Eric Garland; Garland becomes General Manager of LiveNation.com, and co-founder Joe Fleischer becomes SVP of Content & Product Strategy for LiveNation.com.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, has filed for a secondary offering worth $242.16M. Tags: reald merger acquisition movie projection hollywood content. The firm said it is not selling any shares of its common stock, and will not receive any proceeds from the sale. on the NYSE Monday.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

Beverly Hills- and Berlin, Germany-based Fox Mobile Group , which offers mobile content distribution and mobile entertainment products, has been sold to Jesta Group , Jesta said Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jesta said Fox Mobile Group will become part of Jesta Mobile Holdings.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection systems developer RealD said last week that it has acquired the assets of MasterImage 3D , including all of its intellectual property, technology, inventory, and accounts receivable. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, an SEC filing indicates the deal was worth around $50M, split between $44M in cash and $6M in stock. LiveXLive is based in Beverly Hills, and is led by CEO Robert Ellin. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Beverly Hills-based online dating operator Spark Networks said Friday afternoon that it has hired Piper Jaffray & Co., as its independent financial advisor, to help the firm consider a buyout proposal from Great Hill Partners III, LP. Great Hill offered to buy Spark on March 2nd, saying it is looking to pay $3.10

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JULY 14, 2016

Beverly Hills-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD has acquired motion image processing technology developer Tessive , the company said Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Beverly Hills-based Aviron Capital , a consortium of financiers with primary backing from by private equity investor BlackRock, said this morning that it has acquired a "substantial equity stake" in Kino Industries , the developer of an interactive movie technology called CtrlMovie.

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JULY 22, 2015

Beverly Hills-based William Morris Endeavor , the talent agency and sometime investor in technology startups, has seen an exit out of its venture activity this morning, over at Chaotic Moon. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Beverly Hills-based Fair, which was most recently focused on letting people lease vehicles on as short as a month-to-month basis, said Tuesday that it has adopted a new strategy, and plans to change its name for an early 2022 relaunch. Fair said it expects to officially launch its services in "select markets" in Q1 of 2022.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Beverly Hills-based NVE Experience Agency , a live event production company, said it has acquired The Future Party , a community-based organizer of monthly dinners, parties, salons, and "branded activations" for Millenial and Generation Z creators and entrepreneurs, the companies said this morning.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Beverly Hills-based Voicebank.net , an online marketplace which connects advertising agencies, casting directors, and others with voice talent, has been acquired by Canadian company Voices.com. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Voices.com operates an online marketplace for audio and voice over products and services.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Beverly Hills-based movie studio Relativity Media --which is behind such titles as Limitless, Masterminds, and Immortals--scored a big investment from Singaporean Internet company YuuZoo , the two companies said this morning. The two said that YuuZoo will initially buy 33.3

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Farbod Shoraka: My background is actually in mergers and acquisition advisory. If you type in flowers in Beverly Hills, you won''t see any organic results for the big businesses. It allows those flower shops to upload and sell their own unique designs, and lets people see what''s available locally. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We actually started out of an incubator, based out of Beverly Hills. We were really focused on customer acquisition. How did the company start? You would not have heard of it, because it was very small. We were working on a bunch of different projects when we first started at the incubator.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

Our first investment in the new fund was a $12 million investment in Beverly Hills based MediaPlatform. Jeb Spencer is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TVC Capital , a growth equity firm focused on the investment in and acquisition of business critical software companies. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

However, being that I started a tutoring agency when I was 18, Beverly Hills Academics, I was able to understand the logistics on how to operate hyper-locally from the beginning, so HeyTutor could spend money on developing a platform where we knew exactly what we were doing. In this industry, customer acquisition costs are super high.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Kevin Miller, president of Westside Rentals, which bills itself as Southern Californias largest home-finding service, says he has seen rents in Santa Monica and Venice increase by about 10% over the last 18 months—compared with other desirable areas such as Beverly Hills and Culver City, where he says rents increased by about 4% to 5%.

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