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MARCH 19, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Eucalyptus announced Friday afternoon that the firm has snagged Marten Mickos, most recently the CEO of MySQL AB, as its new CEO. Mickos was CEO of MySQL for seven years, and headed up the firm until its acquisition by Sun Microsystems--for $1 billion--in 2008.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Kamran Pourzanjani , the former CEO and founder of PriceGrabber.com, and Omid Rahmat , the former CEO of Tom's Hardware, have acquired Portland- and Santa Barbara-based ELC Technologies , the development firm founded by Jonathan Siegel. Rahmat was CEO of Tom's Hardware, which he sold to BestofMedia in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara. Both can hurt you in an acquisition. Startup Exits: A Primer from msuster. I thought you might like to see an advance copy of what I’m going to cover. I speak privately a lot about getting an exit at a startup. Often it does.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops call tracking and other customer tracking software, says it is on the path towards $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of its fiscal year. The company did not disclose its current revenues, but said it has seen "record growth" in the first half of FY21.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus , the developer of open source software for managing private and hybrid clouds, has been acquired by HP , HP said Thursday afternoon. exit software packard hewlett acquisition merger cloud hybrid private eucalpytus' The company had raised at least $55.5M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a firm which provides e-commerce services and payment processing for online software sellers, claims that the firm had 500% growth in its revenues in 2009. Engel did not disclose actual financials related to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems said Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired PropertyShark , a real estate data website providing property reports, foreclosure listings, sales listings, and other data. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2012

The Santa Barbara-based online services arm of Citrix is expanding its suite of software, after Citrix said this morning that it is acquiring Podio , a developer of collaborative work software for business teams. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed by the companies. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Santa Barbara-based manufacturing and supply chain software maker QAD is now officially a private company again, after an acquisition by private equity investor Thoma Bravo. According to Thoma Bravo, the deal was worth approximately $2 billion in cash. The go-private deal was originally announced on June 28th.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops embedded IP communications software, reports today that it has acquired Webia Technologies , a developer of products for the Google Android OS platform. D2 said the acquisition would deepend its industry expertise in embedded multimedia communications applications.

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MARCH 13, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Zuuka , the parent firm of the kids'' iOS storybook brand iStoryTime , has been acquired by New York-based Cupcake Digital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Cupcake, the acquisition will expands its entertainment license portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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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! Santa Barbara: the home of the clicks (and the calls) , Do your kids Google poo? Great posts.

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MAY 12, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Mindflash.com , a provider of online training software for small businesses, said today that it has named Donna Wells as its new President and CEO. Mindflash said it has received funding from Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB), although it did not disclose financial terms of that funding.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate investment management and property management software, said late Tuesday that it has acquired RentGrow , a developer of resident screening services for the property management industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Evolus , a company producing clinical neurotoxins, has been acquired by private equity investor Strathspey Crown. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. and a number of international markets with the acquisition. Evolus had been founded by veterans from Allergan. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, has acquired Centershift , a developer of cloud-based software for the self-storage industry. Financial terms ofthe acquisition were not announced. Centershift was based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and had been founded in 2001. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , a developer of real estate and property management software, said late last week that it has acquired DIY Real Estate Solutions , a developer of residential property management software. Yardi said DIY co-founders Don Katt, Steve Lloyd, and Alison Cavano join the firm with the acquisition.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems said Wednesday that it has acquired VisualHOMES , a developer of software for managing public, low-income housing. Tags: yardi visualhomes merger acquisition software realestate real estate. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. VisualHOMES is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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MARCH 20, 2012

The Santa Barbara startup said the entry into the classified market allows users to shop for cars by type, make, model, year, mileage, and color. FindTheBest.com is one of the most closely watched Santa Barbara startups, in part due to O'Connor prior success (IPO, acquisition by Google for $3.1 READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate software, said last week that it has acquired Pierce-Eislen , a supplier of property and market research for the multifamily real estate industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Pierce-Eislen was based in Scottsdale, Arizona. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2011

One of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , a provider of software-as-a-service, electronic signature services, has been acquired by software giant Adobe. Financial details of that acquisition were not disclosed. Adobe said Monday morning that it has acquired EchoSign , an electronic signature competitor of RightSignature.

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APRIL 12, 2010

PartnerCentric was based in Chestertown, MD, and was started in Santa Barbara. Tags: internet marketing affiliate acquisition merger partnercentric consulting schaaf.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Jonathan Siegel , who co-founded Santa Barbara-based startups RightScale, RightCart, and RightSignature, has scored an exit today, and has sold Exceptional Cloud Services , his latest cloud software startup, to cloud hosting provider RackSpace. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the companies.

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JUNE 15, 2012

UK-based Coull , a developer of technology which lets publishers and advertisers tag video products within videos, has just signed Under Armour, as the firm's acquisition of Santa Barbara-based online media agency RevUpNet starts to pay dividends.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online said today that it has closed on its acquisition of Netviewer AG , the developer of business collaboration software-as-a-service. Citrix had originally announced the acquisition on December 17th. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 7, 2014

Santa Barbara-based real estate software developer Yardi said Tuesday that it has acquired Enerliance , a developer of energy efficiency software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. utility electric reponse demand efficiency energy software estate real acquisition merger enerliance yardi' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , which develops cloud-based, electronic signature software, has been acquired by Citrix , Citrix announced Monday. rightsignature citrix merger acquisition electronic signature software saas exit' Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. RightSignature was founded by Daryl Bernstein.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Channel Technologies Group , a manufacturer of piezoelectric ceramics, transducers, and other related products, said Friday that it has acquired H.C. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Materials was based in Illinois.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Resonant, Inc. , resonant semiconductor frontend filter rejection signal merger acquisition nasdaq resn suptech' the Superconductor Technologies spinout which is developing radio frequency filters for the mobile industry, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $14.0M READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2012

Santa Barbara-based cloud managmeent software developer RightScale is launching a brand new product for cloud cost forecasting, thanks to the acquisition of ShopForCloud , a Scotland company developing free cloud forecasting software, the firm announced Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based property management software provider Yardi has sold off a part of its Point2 real estate marketing operation, saying that it has sold its listing syndication service to Move, Inc. yardi point2 move realtor real estate merger acquisition divestment' Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate management software, announced Monday afternoon that it has acquired Energy Billing Systems , a provider of utility management services to the multifamily housing industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. Three companies--all started in Southern California--have been picked up for their cloud technology over the last few months, including today''s acquisition of Pasadena-based Metacloud by Cisco Corp.;

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Citrix Online , the firm behind the popular GoToMeeting software, said today that it has acquired Paglo Labs , a developer of IT search and management tools, and launched its own IT management platform called GoToManage. Financial terms of the acquisition, which occurred earlier this year, was not disclosed.

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MAY 10, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Novacoast , a provider of IT professional services and product development, said Monday that it has acquired Data Technique , a provider of IT services to the Midwest market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The new system looks to be direct competition for Santa Barbara-based Sonos, and its own wireless, whole home audio systems. The new competition comes thanks to the acquisition of Los Angeles-based Phorus, the wireless home audio speaker firm headed by Dannie Lau.

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Santa Barbara Calabasas Competition Acquisition 164

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. begreen packaging cleantech recyclable riverside merger acquisition ecofriendly recycle compost' READ MORE>>.

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