Santa Barbara-based Cuadrilla Capital, a relatively new enterprise software investment firm founded by Jonah Sulak and Vikram Abraham, said one if its portfolio companies, Chartbeat, has acquired two companies. According to Cuadrilla, Chartbeat acquired two companies, Lineup Systems and Tubular Labs. Financial details of the trans

Irvine-based VIZIO says it has booked $200M in ad commitments for its VIZIO Ads offering, from agencies, brands, and studios. The company says the advertising is a 100 percent year-over-year increase. VIZIO offers up ads for the streaming services on its smart TVs. All those streaming services are ad supported.