Ebyline: IZEA buys LA firm for $8.9M

Winter Park-based tech firm Izea Inc. announced Jan. 29 that it bought LA-based marketplace company Ebyline Inc. Izea acquired the company for $8.9 million in a stock and cash purchase, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Ebyline co-founders Bill Momary and Allen Narcisse will take on executive positions on the Izea leadership team. The company now employs more than 100 full-time workers in five locations. Izea's acquisition of Ebyline will help extend the firm's services by offering clients a…