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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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JUNE 11, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of inflight Wi-Fi and entertainment services headed by John LaValle, announced today that it has raised $45M more in financing. The round came from Advanced Inflight Alliance AG (AIA) and prior investor PAR Capital Management.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based WaveConnex , an early stage startup developing wireless technology based on millimeter-wave, 60Ghz signals, has raised $2.0M Tags: waveconnex venture capital startup wireless semiconductor vitesse abraxis. in a funding round from a single investor, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today.

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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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JULY 6, 2010

An analysis of Q2's venture capital deals and investment activity in Southern California find that venture capitalists invested around $1.6 for Torrance-based Amonix , $27.75M for Westlake Village-based Row 44 , $31.0M Tags: finance investment capital venture. billion in the area in Q2, up slightly from around $1.4

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. According to an analysis of socalTECH's proprietary database of venture capital deals, venture investors invested slightly more than the $966M in Q3 of 2009, but less than the $1.6 Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0

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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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JANUARY 10, 2011

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of in-flight wireless broadband equipment, said Friday that the firm has received FCC approval to offer its services over the Atlantic Ocean. Row 44 is backed by PAR Capital Management, and headed by John Guidon. Row 44 is backed by PAR Capital Management, and headed by John Guidon.

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MAY 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of in-flight, wireless access systems run by John Guidon, has raised another $27.75M, as part of an ongoing $60M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. Row 44 has previously raised funding from PAR Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2012

Westlake Village-based in-flight wireless and broadband provider Row 44 reports that it has scored a win in Russia, with private airline Transaero Airlines. Row 44 is backed by MLB Advanced Media and PAR Capital Management. Financial terms of the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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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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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 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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JULY 16, 2010

Still on tap for an IPO are Pasadena-based Green Dot , Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan.

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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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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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JANUARY 19, 2011

Gevo is venture backed by Khosla Ventures, Virgin Green Fund, Total Energy Ventures, Burrill Life Sciences Capital Fund, Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, and LANXESS, among others. which stated in Westlake Village and still has operations there, hit the markets in November. and $15.00 READ MORE>>.

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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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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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JANUARY 11, 2018

Westlake Village-based Interlink Electronics said on Wednesday afternoon that it has named David S. Interlink says Burnett has also been appointed CFO of BKF Capital Group, and OTC traded company which owns 11.93 Burnett as its Chief Financial Officer. percent of the company.

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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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MARCH 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , a provider of satellite-based Wi-Fi equipment for aircraft, said yesterday that it has added Larry Kellner, former Chairman and CEO of Continental Airlines, to its board of directors. Kellner served as both CFO and CEO of Continental, where he had been for 15 years. READ MORE>>.

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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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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. Coverhound's offices are split between San Francisco and Westlake Village. The funding was led by Hiscox, and also included Chubb, Aflac Ventures, and MS&AD.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Westlake Village-based Eta Compute , a company developing machine learning software for embedded devices like mobile phones, has named Dr. Ted Tewkbury as its new CEO. Eta Compute's backers include Lip-Bu Tan, Chairman of Walden International and General Partner of WRVI Capital, who sites on Eta Compute's board. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , which is developing molecular diagnostics systems for cancer, announced this morning that it has received $2.0M in financing, plus scored two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The funding came from the company's existing investors.

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

SendGrid is venture backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Group, and Highway 12 Ventures. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, William Blair, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Piper Jaffray, and Stifel.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies, best known for its temperature-controlled mugs, said today that it has raised $23.5M in a Series E funding round. The funding was led by GOLDTek Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, and also included EDBI and others. Ember is led by founder and CEO Clay Alexander.

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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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APRIL 25, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , which is developing medical dermatology and aesthetics treatments, has raised $40M in a Series B funding. David Pyott, plus new investors Fidelity Management & Research Company, certain investment funds advised by Clough Capital Partners L.P.,

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Westlake Village-based Aspyra said Tuesday afternoon that the firm is voluntarily delisting its common stock from the AMEX. The firm said its stock will no longer trade on any other exchange after the delisting.

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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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JULY 27, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals had its IPO this morning on the NASDAQ, and was up over 33 percent in morning trading on its first day trading as SNNA, trading at around $19.98. Morgan, Cowen, and BM Capital Markets. Sienna had priced its IPO on Wednesday night at $15.00 The IPO was managed by J.P.

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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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