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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based ImmunGene , a startup biotech company developing antibody-based, protein therapeutics for treating cancer, said today that it has raised $9M in a Series A funding, to advance its early stage development products. According to the company, the funding came from Ally Bridge Group. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics announced this morning that it is in a second close of its Series B funding round, bringing its total raised in the funding to $52M. amgen lifescience disease renal capital venture biotherapeutics atara' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2012

George Rathmann , the founding CEO of Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen , has died, the company announced late Monday evening. Rathman helped secure Amgen's venture capital funding and guide Amgen to its IPO, as well as growing the company to one of the largest biotech firms in the world.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus , the developer of high speed, high performance wireless networking hardware, has raised another big chunk of financing, saying today that it has raised $23.5M in a Series E funding round. Xirrus said the funding will go towards sales growth and its product.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Amgen Ventures , the venture investment arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the new investors in precision oncology and medicine startup Syapse. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 9, 2012

Thousand Oaks-based wireless equipment maker Xirrus appears to have raised $18.4M more in a funding round, part of an ongoing $25.3M funding, according to a regulatory filing by the company. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Amgen Ventures , the venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , has backed the developer of a biopharmaceutical aimed at treating irritable bowel syndrome, kidney disease, and diabetes.

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JULY 2, 2014

San Diego-based Ocean Aero , a developer of unmanned, autonomous marine vehicles, has scored funding from Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne , the companies said this morning. investment strategic capital venture marine ocean ship robot autonomous robotic oceanaero aero' Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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MAY 8, 2012

The venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has placed more funding into one of its portfolio companies, Sutro Biopharma , which is working on developing a scalable biochemical protein synthesis platform aimed at cancer therapeutics. Sutro said it has raised $16.5M

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APRIL 29, 2021

Thousand Oaks-based Capsida Biotherapeutics, a new biotechnology company focused on using adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering and cargo development platform to develop tissue-targeted gene therapies for multiple types of diseases, has uncloaked from stealth mode, saying it has raised $140M in total capital.

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MAY 9, 2018

Amgen Ventures , the venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the investors in a Boston biotech company, Akili Interactive. Akili is developing digital medicine products aimed at treating cognitive dysfunction, including ADHD, multiple sclerosis, and depression. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2010

Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , a developer of biofuels crop technology, said Thursday that it has completed a private offering of convertible preferred stock. The funding came from Artal Luxembourg, Ambergate Trust, Gimv, and other undisclosed investors. Ceres is developing improved seed varieties--including. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has made another investment this morning in immunology startup Tizona Therapeutics , via its venture capital arm, Amgen Ventures. Series A investors--including Amgen Ventures--also participated, with investments from MPM Capital, Astellas Venture Management and InterWest Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2016

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has helped to back a new, life sciences fund, managed by San Francisco-based venBio , as an anchor supporter of a new fund. venBio did not say how much Amgen committed to the fund, which is venBio's second life sciences fund. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

YouMail is led by Alex Quilici, and backed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the Tech Coast Angels, the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, Siemer Ventures, and the CrunchFund. Red Pocket Mobile is based in Thousand Oaks. The two said that Red Pocket Mobile's customers can now access YouMail from any compatible GSM phone.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Thousand Oaks-based drug development company Atara Biotherapeutics announced this morning that it has added Matthew K. Fust as a board member, and hired Mitchall G. Clark as its Chief Regulatory and Quality Assurance Officer. READ MORE>>. atara biotherapeutics renal disease lifescience amgen executive board'

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M Tags: venture capital investment quarterly moneytree thomson reuters. invested in Southern California in Q4.

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JULY 25, 2018

South San Francisco-based Alector , a biotechnology company focused on finding treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, announced Wednesday that it has raised $133M in a Series E funding round. Alector said the financing will go to advance its clinical programs and expand the company's discovery platform. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 20, 2017

Thousand Oaks-based wireless networking equipment maker Xirrus has been acquired by Riverbed , to help bolster its SD WAN efforts, the two said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Riverbed said it will continue to offer up Xirrus as a stand-alone enterprise WLAN solution.

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JULY 30, 2018

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has returned as one of the investors in cancer therapeutis developer Sutro Biopharma , as part of an $85.4M funding round. in a Series E funding round. South San Francisco-based Sutro Biopharma said last week that it has raised $85.4M

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JANUARY 9, 2017

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is the lead investor in a round for San Francisco- and Bozeman, Montana-based SiteOne Therapeutics , SiteOne said on Friday. SiteOne said it raised $15M in a Series B funding round, which was led b Amgen, and also included Next Frontier Capital and insiders.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen is the a new investor in a round for Alector , a developer of immuno-modulatory therapies for Alzheimer's disease and other neurogenerative disorders, which announced a $29.5M funding today. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has seen an exit out of its startup investment portfolio, and activities of its Amgen Ventures venture capital arm, at Berkeley-based Adheron Therapeutics this morning. Adheron said that it has been acquired by Roche , in a deal worth $105M upfront and up to $475M in additional milestone payments.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Thousand Oaks-based Akriveia Therapeutics , a biotechnology startup focused on immuno-oncology, announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M The investment came from F-Prime Capital Partners. As part of the funding, F-Prime's Thomas Beck and Ben Auspitz have joined the company's board. in a Series A investment.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

YouMail is led by Alex Quilici, and backed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, the Tech Coast Angels, the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, Siemer Ventures, and the CrunchFund. Red Pocket Mobile is based in Thousand Oaks. The two said that Red Pocket Mobile's customers can now access YouMail from any compatible GSM phone.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M Tags: reuters thomson moneytree quarterly investment capital venture. invested in Southern California in Q4.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Thousand Oaks-based Dantari has raised $47M in its Series A funding, saying that it has launched a new, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancers and other diseases.

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APRIL 5, 2010

• Jack Gilbert , once the chief executive officer of a large Los Angeles-based corporation, later founded Thousand Oaks Land Development and played a major role in the development of Thousand Oaks area, leading that city’s emergence as a major business and corporate center.

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

in a funding round. I grew up in Thousand Oaks, went to USC, and we met each other way back in the 90's. Investors get access to deals and loans, and lenders get more access to capital, borrower get better rates, and it benefits everyone. Brew Johnson: It's exciting to be building this business in LA.

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JULY 22, 2016

. —In other financing news: Synthorx , a San Diego synthetic biology startup, got a $10 million investment led by RA Capital Management…The venture arms of Merck and Amgen backed therapeutic video game developer Akili Interactive , bumping its Series B up to $42.4

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