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APRIL 25, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick announced this morning that it has acquired Greystripe , an operator of a brand-focused mobile advertising network. Greystripe was venture backed by Steamboat Ventures, Monitor Ventures, Peacock Equity, and Incubic Venture Capital, and was based in San Francisco.

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MARCH 4, 2010

In addition to the new chapters, the group said it is joining up its Westlake Village, Palos Verdes, and Santa Barbara chapters as a single "Maverick Angels Southern California" chapter, to be headed up by Bill Barber, a former Amgen executive; the group said it will be meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , a developer of high speed, bioseparation instruments for the life sciences market, has raised $1.96M in a Series B funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Tags: cynvenio biosystems lifescience venture capital funding bioseparation.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Westlake Village-based Inphi Corp , a developer of high speed analog semiconductors, said today that it has rolled out a new, 40 Gbps component for the optical market. Inphi is venture backed by Cadence Design Systems, Dali-Hook Partners, Flextronics, Mayfield, Tallwood Venture Capital, and Walden International.

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MARCH 7, 2011

The venture capital backers of semiconductor maker Inphi Corp. based on Santa Clara but with major operations in Westlake Village, are looking to cash out more shares, according to a filing by the firm this morning. According to Inphi Corp.,

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of wireless broadband systems for the commercial aviation industry, is expected to announced today that it has raised another $37M in funding. Tags: row44 wifi wireless broadband aviation commercial venture capital southwest telecom. Source of the funding was not announced.

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JULY 7, 2010

Row 44 / John Guidon / Westlake Village - Guidon sold his last firm--Comcore Semiconductor--back in 1998 to National Semiconductor, for a substantial gain. His new site, Mahalo, is focused on people-based, online search, with backing from Seuqoia Capital and Elon Musk, among others. which he sold to AOL.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a developer of a system for sending electronic mail to postal addresses, announced today that it has raised $8M in a funding. Tags: zumbox venture capital angel electronic postal email mail. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Westlake Village-based Inphi , a developer of high speed, analog semiconductors, announced today that it has hired on a new VP of Operations, Atul Shingal. The firm is venture backed by Tallwood Venture Capital, Mayfield Fund, Walden International, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2021

Westlake Village-based warehouse robot developer inVia Robotics, which is led by Lior Elazary, says that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Microsoft's venture capital fund, M12, as well as Qualcomm Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Hitachi, Ltd.,

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Westlake Village-based Specialists On Call , a firm developing a service to provide physician specialists to urban, suburban, and other hospitals via videoconferencing, has raised around $11.73M in a series of fundings, according to regulatory filings by the firm this week.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

CoverHound , which has offices in Westlake Village, and is also one of the portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based venture investor Core Innovation Capital , has raised $33.3M Los Angeles investor Core Innovation Capital, which makes investments in fintech startups, also invested in CoverHound's prior round.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies , the maker of a temperature controlled, thermal mug, has raised $13M more in funding, the company disclosed today. Source of the funding was not announced.

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APRIL 14, 2011

Westlake Village-based Altasens , a developer of CMOS image sensors, has raised $15.1M out of a $20.1M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

We put out an RFQ to all sorts of venture capital firms in California, in order to be the fiscal steward of that money. Of course, as with any VC, they can't just limit themselves to such a small area. The purpose was to deliver high value jobs. We ended up selecting DFJ Frontier. DFJ Frontier is a key partner in this effort.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

CoverHound , the online insurance shopping marketplace with offices in Westlake Village, apparently raised a funding round, according to what appears to be a broken embargo by a Silicon Valley technology news site. Coverhound's offices are split between San Francisco and Westlake Village.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A major competitor to Westlake Village-based Row 44 , which develops Wi-Fi equipment for the commercial aviation market, has scored a big funding round this morning. Illinois-based Aircell , which provides a competing, in-flight Internet access service to Row 44, said it has raised $35M in funding from its private equity investors.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

Westlake Village-based Inphi Corporation, which develops high speed analog semiconductors, said Monday that the firm has scored validation from Intel. Inphi is backed by Cadence Design Systems, Dali-Hook Partners, Flextronics, Mayfield, Tallwood Venture Capital, and Walden International.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

CoverHound , the online insurance shopping marketplace with offices in Westlake Village, has raised $55M more in a funding round, the company said this morning. The funding was led by Hiscox, and also included Chubb, Aflac Ventures, and MS&AD. Coverhound's offices are split between San Francisco and Westlake Village.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

INVST , a Westlake Village-based startup which offers up an online platform to help alternative investment funds find accredited investors, has signed up three new clients for its service, the company said this week.

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JULY 5, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , a startup biopharmaceuticals firm developing products for the medical dermatology and aesthetics market, has filed for an IPO. Morgan, Cowen, and BMO Capital Markets. Morgan, Cowen, and BMO Capital Markets. Sienna said it is hoping to raised up to $74.8M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

The funding came from Westlake Village BioPartners. Beth Seidenberg, MD, co-founding managing director of Westlake Village BioPartners, has joined ACELYRIN's board as part of the funding. Los Angeles-based ACELYRIN , a new startup biopharma company, announced this morning that it has raised a Series A funding.

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JUNE 26, 2009

Westlake Village-based Cyber-Rain , a developer of smart irrigation controllers, has raised $792,454 in an equity funding raise, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. Cyber-Rain has previously raised funding from Funk Ventures, Momentum Ventures, a various angel investors, including the Tech Coast Angels.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital. Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

By month’s end, five more are anticipated to join the class of 2020 initial public offerings—and four of those are in life sciences, according to IPO research firm Renaissance Capital. Cancer drug developer Black Diamond filed IPO paperwork with regulators on Jan. 7 detailing its plans to use to the cash to finance Phase 1/2.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Westlake Village-based PureSpectrum , a startup which operates an online marketplace to help buyers collect survey panels, has raised $1.6M PureSpectrum is part of the Hub101 startup incubator space in Westlake Village, which is part of the Cal Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault, which is developing gravity-based, grid-scale energy storage systems, has raised $100M in its Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. Gekko, Crexa Capital Advisors LLC, Green Storage Solutions Venture I LLC, and Gordon Crawford.

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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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APRIL 28, 2016

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , a new aesthetics and medical dermatology startup, said Thursday that it has raised $34M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by ARCH Venture Partners, and also included Altitude Life Science Ventures, Partner Fund Management, and Venvest Capital, along with angels.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Westlake Village-based gravity energy storage technology developer Energy Vault announced this morning that it is in a $100M transaction with two companies, Atlas Renewable and China Tianying, which involves a $50M investment subscription and an expansion of a PIPE agreement from $150M to $200M.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The company said the funding was led by Westlake Village BioPartners and included participation from Corner Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Caltech. a co-founding managing director at Westlake. Dantari has appointed Richard A. Markus, M.D.,

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