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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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JANUARY 31, 2019

Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures.

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Xconomy

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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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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Xconomy

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. Harper will start with Westlake in January after retiring from Amgen.

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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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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. Deyhimy serves as CEO of the company.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Westlake Village-based inVia Robotics , the developer of warehouse robots led by Lior Elazary, has raised $20M more in funding, in a Series B round. inVia said the new funding was led by Point72 Ventures and also included investments from Upfront Ventures and Embark Ventures. The funding brings the company's total raised to $29M.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Gevo , the biofuels startup spawned out of technology from the University of California, Los Angeles and Caltech, has set an offering range for its IPO. Gevo, which started in Pasadena but is now located in Englewood, Colorado, said it is looking to sell 7,150,000 shares of its common stock at between $13.00 and $15.00 READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 9, 2020

It's an unusual time for the startup world, however, despite the ongoing health emergency, companies are still announcing funding. Tell me how you started the company? Guy Friedman: I'm a startup guy, I had a previous startup in the educational technology space. Guy Friedman: We're healthy guys, and care about our health.

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JULY 7, 2010

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. His latest startup, Row 44, is providing hardware to Southwest Airlines and other airlines for wireless access, and has a number of announced wins.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Southwest Airlines has begun testing its Wi-fi service, the firm said today, tapping Westlake Village-based Row 44 for equipment. Row 44 -- which is backed by PAR Capital Management -- is the latest spartup of John Guidon, who sold Calabasas-based Comcore Semiconductor to National Semiconductor in 1998 for $150M. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. At this time, we have ten startups, and are starting to click and do some exciting things. We charge by-the-workstation, it's designed to be really flexible and affordable office space for these startups.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Westlake Village-based Row 44 has racked up another win for its in-flight, wireless Internet services today, as Alaska Airlines announced that it will launch a consumer trial of a Wi-Fi internet services on its planes. The firm is backed by PAR Capital Management. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

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MARCH 2, 2011

For this morning's interview, we talked with Westlake Village-based PurePhoto (www.purephoto.com), which is looking to help photographers market and sell their photographs. It started as a partnership between myself and my co-founder, Ryan Phillips, who is a professional photographer. What's the story behind PurePhoto?

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