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Avalon Ventures Backs LoopIt

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San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge. Avalon's Rich Levandov was involved in the investment.

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Nerio Therapeutics Finds $3.0M

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The company appears to be another company emerging from COI Pharmaceutiacls , the life sciences incubator and support entity created by Avalon Ventures to support its portfolio companies, as Sanford Madigan, Jay Lichter, and Tighe Reardon are all listed as officers of the new company. in funding--in what looks to be an ongoing $5.7M

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Avalon Leads $18M in Early Funding for Cancer Immunotherapy Startup

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San Diego’s Avalon Ventures led the Series A round, and has established Fortis at COI Pharma, the firm’s biotech incubator (which now houses 16 life sciences startups). Lilly Asia Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Vivo Capital joined in the deal, according to a statement from Avalon. 9/27/16, 2:09 p.m. Bregua Corp.,

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ScoreStream Nabs $2M For Local Sports Crowdsourcing

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Also participating in the funding was Avalon Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and angels, including Kevin Plank (Under Armour) and Paul Palmieri (Millennial Media). Oien was previously the CEO of Chumby; ScoreStream is part of the EvoNexus incubator. READ MORE>>.

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Plug and Play San Diego Finds Home in New Downtown Works Space

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Plug and Play San Diego, established in 2013 as a satellite of the Sunnyvale, CA-based incubator, has funneled 15 local startups through the Silicon Valley program after providing some coaching and other services in San Diego. The other partners are Edward Adato and Daniel Schwarzblat.). “I billion under management. Downtown Works Interior.