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Westlake Village BioPartners, Led By Amgen Vets, Launches $320M Fund

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Westlake Village BioPartners , a brand new venture capital fund focused on the life sciences, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, $320 investment fund aimed at early stage companies. general partner at Kleiner Perkins and former chief medical officer and head of global development at Amgen, and Sean Harper, M.D.,

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Pray.com Finds $14M For Social Networking For Religious Communities

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Westlake Village-based Pray.com , which develops social networking applications for religious communities, has raised $14M in a Series A funding, the company said this week. The funding was led by TPG Growth, and also included Science Inc. and Greylock Partners.

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PurePhoto Buys PhotographyMentor.com, Launches Photo Site

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Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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Cynvenio Debuts New Cancer Diagnostics Product

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Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of molecular analysis technology being used for cancer treatment and management, has launched a new product for cancer diagnostics.

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LSI Cuts Jobs In Southern California

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LSI Corporation , a developer of data storage products, has cut a product line it had been developing in Southern California, resulting in the layoffs of employees in Irvine and Westlake Village, as well as Israel and Silicon Valley. Sources close to LSI confirmed the layoffs.

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mygameIQ Ties With Women in Games International

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mygameIQ , the digital distribution and content management platform for gaming firms developed by Westlake Village-based Pragmatic Solutions , said today that it is in a promotion with Women In Games International. Details of the partnership were not disclosed. Pragmatic launched mygameIQ in July. READ MORE>>.

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In-Three Acquired By Digital Domain

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Westlake Village-based In-Three , a developer of 3D conversion technology and services for the movie industry, has been acquired by visual effects house Digital Domain , according to reports. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.