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JANUARY 14, 2011

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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APRIL 4, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick , the online advertising firm, said today that it has named David A. Mediaplex is ValueClick's technology division. Yovanno as its new General Manager for its Mediaplex division. Yovanno was most recently CEO of Gigya. Yovanno will report to CEO Jim Zarley. Yovanno will report to CEO Jim Zarley.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick said Tuesday afternoon that it is acquiring Dotomi , a provider of real-time, dynamic display advertising technology, in a deal worth $295M. The deal is split between 55 percent cash and 45 percent common stock. Dotomi is base din Chicago, and has 160 employees.

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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 The company, which is based on technology developed by UCLA professor Frank Chang, includes the notable involvement of billionaire and Abraxis founder Patrick Soon-Shiong.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Dotomi , the provider of dynamic display advertising technology. ValueClick said it paid 7.1 million in share so fits common stock, assumption of 0.5 million fully vested stock options, and $148M in cash.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant --the online advertising company which until a few days ago was known as ValueClick --said it has acquired Set Media , a digital video technology advertising company. Conversant said it will use the buy to strengthen its technology stack and portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 22, 2010

Inphi Corp , the developer of high speed analog semiconductors which has major operations in Westlake Village, said today that it has added Peter J. He has previously served at SpeedFam-IPEC, Active Control Experts, and Xionics Document Technologies. Simone to its board of directors. The firm recently filed for an IPO.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

However, local numbers show only one technology related IPO in the local market-- Sienna Biopharmaceuticals in Westlake Village. The only local IPOs identified in Q3 in the report were YogaWorks in Culver City, RBB Bancorp in Los Angeles, and Sienna Biopharmaceuticals in Westlake Village. READ MORE>>.

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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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JUNE 23, 2016

Paladin--which offers up software to manage contracts and payments for multi-channel networks (MCNs)--said it is using Tipalti's technology to streamline payment processing in a creator's local currency. Financial details of the link between the two companies was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

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.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said today that it has partnered with LucidMedia , a provider of contextual analysis for online advertising. ValueClick said the agreement comes after a period of integration, deployment, and testing of LucidMedia's technology. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 26, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 -- Emerging Technologies in Aerospace and Defense. Technologies that sound like science fiction when new  pilotless drones, carbon fiber jetliners, private flights into space  quickly become routine. What technologies will affect the outlook for this vitally important component of Californias economy?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Westlake Village-based web advertising firm ValueClick said late Monday that it has divested its Web Clients promotional lead generation business. ValueClick said the move is part of a strategy to grow its core online marketing services and technology. Name of the buyer was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight broadband equipment, announced today that it has linked with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) in an in-flight live streaming television and on-demand video entertainment effort.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms.

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APRIL 29, 2015

Westlake Village-based Seven Lakes Technologies , a developer of enterprise software for the oil and gas industry, raised $20M in a Series A funding round earlier this year. Seven Lakes Technologies developers enterprise workflow and analytics software for the oil and gas exploration and production industries.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based Aspyra said Monday that it has been acquired by Orion Healthcare Ventures LLC. The firm, which develops healthcare information technology products, did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. Orion Healthcare Ventures is an investment firm focused on healthcare IT ventures.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of technology for the molecular characterization of cancer, said this week that it has launched a new service aimed at helping to isolate, sequence, and enumerate circulating tumor cells.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Irvine-based Netlist , a developer of memory subsystems for server market, said this morning that it has added another patent to its lawsuit against Westlake Village-based Inphi Corporation. The two firms are battling in court over a number of patents covering various memory interface technologies.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Westlake Village-based Hub101 , the startup coworking space which is associated with California Lutheran University, says it has begun offering up private office suites. Hub101 is a frequent space for technology industry gatherings along the 101 corridor. The rest of the space offers up a shared, open floor plan. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. " Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing.

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MAY 4, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a developer of a digital mailbox intended to replace delivery of mail by the post office, said today that it is now licensing its technology as a white label software offering. which will look to license its paperless mail technology.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant , the online advertising and marketing technology company which was until recently known as ValueClick, has hired on the former head of Bing Shopping as a VP. conversant bing shopping valueclick executive microsoft advertising technology' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , a developer of medical diagnostics technology, said Wednesday that it has bolstered its board of directors with two appointments. Raab is co-founder of FARO Technologies, which he took from startup to a $200M public company. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has named John Giuliani as its new Chief Operating Officer. The company said Giuliani will now head up the firm's ValueClick Media, Dotomi, Commission Junction, and Mediaplex technology businesses. 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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , the online postal mail startup headed by John Payne, said this morning that it has partnered with Crawford Technologies, a provider of software used by companies to print large quantity of bills. Tags: zumbox crawford technologies mail postal postage. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Westlake Village-based Inphi Corporation , a developer of high speed analog semiconductors, has counter-sued competitor Netlist , the firm announced Monday afternoon. Inphi was sued in September by Netlist over Netlist's own, memory semiconductor patents. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

which has most of its employees in Westlake Village; Los Angeles-based Gamefly ; City of Industry-based NewEgg ; San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies ; and Thousand Oaks-basd Nexsan. Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp.

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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 The funding was led by GOLDTek Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, and also included EDBI and others. in a Series E funding round.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Westlake Village-based J.D. Korrelate was based in Orlando, Florida, and developed technology to tie consumer''s online behavior to offline purchasing of new and used vehicles.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has launched a new Platform Services offering within its ValueClick Media division. According to ValueClick, the new product pulls together the firm's data, audience targeting, and technology assets into a single solution.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have put their backing behind a new, Westlake Village based drug development firm, Atara Biotherapeutics , in an unusual spinout of technology from the biotech giant. Financial details of the funding were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Westlake Village-based Move announced today that it has appointed David Story as the firm's new Chief Technology Officer, and Scott Boecker as its Chief Product Officer. The operator of online real estate sites said that both Story and Boecker will be located in Northern California, at the firm's Campbell, California offices.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Westlake Village-based Inphi , a developer of high speed analog semiconductors, announced today that it has added Fred Weber and Randy Wilhelm to its technical advisory panel. Weber currently sits on the boards of SeaMicro and Glasspoint Solar, and was co-founder of MetaRAM, in addition to serving at Nexgen and AMD. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of cancer diagnostics and biomarker monitoring technology, and cloud-based expert system maker CollabRx have teamed up with a new, web-based cancer decision support application, according to the two.

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