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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As part of the acquisition, David (Zhenwei) Miao, PhD, Co-Founder, President and CSO of Concortis, will become Chief Technology Officer at Sorrento. sorrento therapeutics merger acquisition concortis biotech lifescience antibody' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Financial details ofthe acquisition were not announced. Ontrak said that Chris Cutter, Co-Founder and CEO, and Patricia Bedard, Co-Founder and CTO of LifeDojo, have joined the company as part of the acquisition. According to OnTrak, LifeDojo's platform helps make "transformative life changes possible" for its member.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

As part of the acquisition, co-founders Richard Welsh (CEO) and Chris Ralph (CTO) have joined Deluxe as senior executives. UK-based Sundog offers up an automated, cloud-based platform that creates specialized multi format, multi-language files for theatrical distribution and streaming platforms, and was founded in 2013.

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JULY 27, 2016

The The Stage Fund , a investment and acquisition firm focused on acquiring turnaround companies, has tapped a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, Dan Tamkin , as a new Managing Partner in Los Angeles. According to the fund, Tamkin will be setting up a West Coast office for the fund, which is based in Denver, Colorado.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Heidi Golledge, President and CEO, and Matt Miller, Chief Technology Officer, will continue to oversee day-to-day operations of CyberCoders after the acquisition. CyberCoders had been very active in Southern California''s technology startup market. OnAssignment paid $17.1 OnAssignment paid $17.1 READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital announced this morning that it has acquired Chicago-based InRule Technology , a developer of decision management and business rules management software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the acquisition, HAAWK said it has named TuneRegistry and RoyaltyClaim founder Dae Bogan as CEO, and named TuneRegistry co-founders Jesse Morris, Kara McGehee, and Shane Zilinskas will serve as HAAWK's CLO, CPO, and CTO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Overreliance on acquisitions drains resources and de-motivates internal teams.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. In many cases, during my Free Startup CTO Consulting Session with them, we discuss where they are in in the process. The startup founder is definitely not ready to hire a CTO. Far from it.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Great stuff. " The emotions around sunk costs run deep. Good stuff from Jason.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Vessel , the subscription video streaming service led by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, has been acquired by Verizon , Vessel said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the acquisition, Vessel said it will be shutting down the Vessel service on October 31st.

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MAY 19, 2010

According to Playdom, Acclaim will continue to be run by Howard Marks, most recently CEO of Acclaim, with Acclaim Chief Technology Officer Neil Malhotra acting as Senior Technical Officer. Playdom said the acquisition would also give it access to the game development talent in Southern California. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Clearlake Capital said the company will continue to be led by Matt Duncan, CEO, and Alvin Tedjamulia, CTO. NetDocuments is based in Lehi, Utah, and was founded in 1999. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Overreliance on acquisitions drains resources and de-motivates internal teams.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Embodied's robot technology is based on research from Maja Mataric, the chaired professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics at USC. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 8, 2019

Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. This too shall pass.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

AutoAlert said MotoFuze CEO Mike Dullea and co-founder Tom Walls have joined the company, with Dullea serving as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, and Walls as Chief Technology Officer. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. AutoAlert is led by Brian Skutta, and owned by private equity investor HGGC.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The company's platform is based on artificial intelligence gathering, with tools which automatically pick up important things like merger and acquisitions, financial updates, legal issues, executive turnover, and many other factors. The company's President, Jeff Curie, was also an executive at Access360, IBM, and SupplyFrame.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Revolution Capital said the site's operations will be led by Chongyang Luo, CTO and Operations Director for the Capital Exchange and Director of Technology for Revolution Capital Group.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

At TechEmpower, we’ve done over 50 technical reviews for budding startups, scaling enterprises, discerning investors, and ambitious companies seeking investment or acquisition. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas Do I really know what’s going on under the hood?

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MAY 11, 2012

ExpenseCloud's management team, including both co-founder and CEO Eric Sikola and co-founder and CTO Dan Fritcher, will join TriNet as part of the acquisition. According to TriNet, it will incorporate ExpenseCloud's offering into its client service platform later in 2012.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Memo to CEOs And Founders: Share The Love Consider the proceeds of a $50-million acquisition for a 100-person company that has raised $14 million with a typical liquidation preference: Because of the liquidation preference, the investors get $14 million right off the top. The remaining 95 employees split 7%, each earning $27,000.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Saldana is now CTO of Techstars Studio, an effort to help entrepreneurs rapidly envision, validate, and launch disruptive startups. SendGrid had a successful IPO in 2017 , and was acquired for $3 billion in February. One of the company's co-founders, Isaac Saldana, helped co-found the company in Anaheim.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost! I’m going to be using that as an example for a long time!

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Rubicon Project's Addante was formerly Chief Technology Officer and a founder of L90, and was co-founder of StrongMail systems. Raifman was most recently at LiveRail, and also founded Mediaplex; Tappin was most recently CEO at SocialVibe, and was founding CFO at Overture.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Bolt was most recently at Avamar Technologies, where he was CTO of the firm before its acquisition by EMC in 2006. The firm's software works with virtualized servers to optimize access to storage to eliminate bottlenecks. The firm is led by Rory Bolt. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

As part of the deal, Exym founder Matt DeBeer will become CTO of the company, focused on product strategy and customer advocacy, and Alpine'sd Nick Horn will become CEO. Terms of the deal were not announced. According to Exym, the transaction is with Alpine Investors V, VI, and VI-A, LP. Exym was founded in 2004. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Chatsworth-based DataDirect Networks , the developer of storage arrays led by Alex Bouzari, said today that it has added former HP Fellow and Information Optimization CTO Jean-Luc Chatelain as its EVP Strategy and Technology. DataDirect said that Chatelain will head up expansion of the firm's product portfolio.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf I was just pointed to a set of great podcasts done by Stanford B-School and particularly, I just listed to the podcast by eHarmonys Greg Waldorf. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Xconomy

MAY 21, 2018

billion acquisition of the Israeli specialist in autonomous navigation technology. In a recent update, Mobileye co-founder and CTO Amnon Shashua said the company has almost doubled its workforce since the buyout. It plans to begin testing its self-driving technology in California next month.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The firm said the addition of the technology will provide source-side, data deduplication for its software, which will accelerate backup and reduce network congestion. Tamir Ram, former CTO of Kadena Systems, will join Arkeia as Chief Architect as part of the deal.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based Perfect Market, which is developing technology to help publishers monetize their archive content, said Monday that it has acquired technology from Mediariver, which can be used to match content and advertising to any web page. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 1, 2011

Strategic growth - a growth in sales accomplished through acquisition from third parties of new product lines/services (or a combination of both). Panelists: Steve Chopp (CFO) - Pharmavite; Lee Smith (GC/Chief Administrator) - Guitar Center; Bob Steenberge (VP/CTO), Teledyne Technologies. See [link] (more)

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