Foothill Ranch-based ExoAnalytic Solutions, a developer of space domain awareness services for tracking space objects, said that it has acquired UK startup 3S Northumbria. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According t...

San Diego-based healthcare technology company Cue Health said late Tuesday that is has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and plans to "wind down" its business. According to the company, the move comes after it failed to locate additional fina...

Los Angeles-based AuditBoard, a developer of audit, risk, compliance, and ESG management software, has agreed to be acquired by a European investor for over $3 billion, the company said on Thursday afternoon. According to AuditBoard, it wil...

San Diego-based dermatology technology developer DermTech said yesterday afternoon that it is seeking "strategic alternatives" for the company, and has hired an investment banker to advise it in its efforts. According to the company, a spec...

Los Angeles-based short form video app developer Triller--which competes against TikTok--is merging with a company called AGBA Group Holding Limited, the companies said this week. According to the two, the deal--worth $4 billion--will make ...

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Angeles Equity Partners said this week that one of its portfolio companies, Data Clean Corporation, has acquired DC Canada, Inc., a provider of decontamination services for data centers across Canad...

Carlsbad-based 3E, which provides compliance products for the chemical and workplace safety market, said early this morning that it has acquired Quick-FDS, a provider of workplace safety solutions in France. Financial details of the the dea...

San Diego- and London-based Bench Talent says it has formed out of the merger of two companies, Fulcrum, and the Future of Work consulting arm of Open Assembly. Financial details of the merger and investment were not announced. According to...

Two, private equity investors--Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners--said today that they have completed their acquisition of Irvine-based Alteryx. The deal--worth approximately $4.4 billion -- was announced on December 18th, 2023. ...

Glendale-baed Loop Media said Monday that it has appointed a new, interim CEO, has changed other executives, and has laid off staff--and is now seeking "potential strategic alternatives and financing opportunities". The company provides mul...

Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Activision, is among the possible buyers for TikTok, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The rumors come as US lawmakers are focused on possibly banning TikTok or forcing its sale....

Santa Barbara Venture Partners, the venture fund run by Dan Engel, has scored the second exit in its first fund, SBVP Fund I, in the acquisition of Jackpocket earlier this month. SBVP did not say how much of Jackpocket it owned. DraftKings ...

Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. NTWRK said that the venture is being backed by Main Street Advisors, Jimmy Iovine, Universal Music Group, and Goldman Sachs, with a strategic partnership with Universal Music Group. Th...

Aliso Viejo-based UST said today that it has acquired Melbourne, Australia-based Leonardo, a provider of business process improvement, automation, and integration services, in Australia and New Zealand. Financial terms of the buy were not ...

Retail giant Walmart will pay $2.3 billion for Irvine-based smart TV maker Vizio, the two companies announced today. According to the companies Walmart has agreed to pay $11.50 per share in cash for Vizio. The two specifically highlighted "...

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Walmart is considering a bid to acquire Irvine-based smart TV maker Vizio, in a deal reportedly worth around $2 billion. The Wall Street Journal cited "people familiar with the situation". I...

Los Angeles-based PaymentCloud a provider of payment service providers, has been acquired by Cleveland-based Electronic Merchant Systems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Electronic Merchant Systems, the a...

Irvine-based Alteryx announced this morning that it has appointed Kevin Rubin--previously its Chief Financial Officer--as Interim CEO of the company, after the company's most recent CEO, stepped down. According to Alteryx, Mark Anderson has...

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Angeles Equity Partners says that it has acquired Acieta LLC, an industrial robotics manufacturer, from Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc....

Santa Ana-based Consolidate Analytics, a provider of valuation software and data for the mortgage industry, has acquired Real Info, Inc., a property data and valuation technology provider. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Co...

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Interlock Equity said it has made a strategic growth investment in evolv Consulting, a business consulting firm based in Dallas. Size of the investment was not announced. Rob Zielinski is Managing P...

Irvine-based technology services provider a href="https://www.trace3.com">Trace3 said on Tuesday that it has acquired Tail Wind informatics, a Midwest data and analytics consulting company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announ...

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, is officially heading for the exit on December 29th. Kotick talked about his departure in a note release by Activision Blizzard. Kotick had headed up Activision Blizzard for 32 years before the comp...

Irvine-based cloud analytics software developer Alteryx said this morning that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by private equity investor Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners, for $4.4 billion. According to...

Newport Beach-based private equity investor Windjammer Capital said this morning that it has acquired Bio X Cell, a producer of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Financial details of the deal were not announced. Windjammer said it acquired the ...

Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple, which is based in San Diego, has laid off a huge chunk of its U.S. staff, and will be leaving the US market, the company said last week, and will look to possibly sell its U.S. operations and...

San Diego-based Kintara Therapeutics says it is reviewing "strategic alternatives", and has hired on a financial advisor. The biopharmaceuticals company said it will "review a range of strategic alternatives focused on maximizing stockholde...

Los Angeles-based e-sports brand FaZe Clan has been acquired, for only $17M, by GameSquare, in a huge valuation loss for the e-sports and gaming company. FaZe Clan had staged a high-flying, $725M SPAC only one year ago. GameSquare is partia...

Los Angeles- and New York-based private equity investor Consello Capital says it has acquired ProSearch Strategies, a "tech-enabled" legal service provider for enterprise customers. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Consello...

Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Activision, says he will remain CEO of the company until the end of 2023. Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision last week, in a deal worth $69 billion. Kotick founded Activision in 199...