Xconomy

MAY 19, 2020

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals has completed enrollment in one mid-stage trial of its lead drug candidate, a new kind of antifungal treatment, and has finished treating the first patients in two more such studies.

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MAY 19, 2016

I’ve spoken before about our desire at Upfront Ventures to fund really big ideas that solve hard problems, are science led and if successful will both have a positive effect on people’s lives as well as make great financial returns. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns. They have raised $14 million to date.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Six companies started by students at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall have been awarded a total of $50,000 in seed funding, after competing in the center's New Venture Seed Competition held this week. providing online tutoring. providing online tutoring.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. Source of the funding was not announced, however, the company said the round came from medical and radiology specialists, strategic medical technology investors and family offices. The company's CEO and co-founder is Sekhar Puli.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2016

According to the company, the funding will go towards a Phase 3 cancer study in cancer patients. San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Halozyme Therapeutics said yesterday that it has raised $150M in royalty-backed, debt financing. The financing came from Pharmakon Advisors and Athyrium Capital Management.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics has received up to $220M in additional financial commitments from the country of Singapore, after receiving positive Phase 1/2 study results on one of its compounds. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2015

Size of the funding was not disclosed. According to the company, the round was led by Howard Morgan, and also included Elon Musk, Tim Draper, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Zone Ventures. The company raised its seed funding round in 2008 as part of the DFJ Venture Challenge. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

The publicly traded firm said the funding came from affiliates of Deerfield Management Company, L.P. The company is currently targeting the development of a compound for treating adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes for the control of hyperglycemia. mannkind venture debt funding biotech lifescience mnkd' READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Astound , a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 Previous investors Vertex Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Moment Ventures and the Slack Fund also participated in the funding, which brings Astound’s total capital raised to $27 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. an investment in your company. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. This is where most founders err.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The company--which is novel cancer therapies for patients who are failing, or are resistant to, current treatment regimens--currently trades on the Nasdaq as KTRA. The company said the exclusive placement agent on the offering is H.C. San Diego-based biotech Kintara says it is raising $15.0M Wainwright & Co.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Entity’s growth has dovetailed with bigger edtech and “future of work” trends.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based biotech startup Biolinq , which is developing wireless-enabled biosensor patches for continuous monitoring of biomarkers, has raised $4.75M additional Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from JDRF T1D Fund, Aphelion Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2020

in loan funding. The company said the funding came in the form of a loan from The Leona M. According to the company, the new funds will go towards clinical studies of its technology, to evaluate the potential for extended-wear of insulin infusion sets by people with Type 1 diabetes for 7 days and beyond.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

I live in LA and fund startups. “You can’t build a large online video company. You have to build a large online tech company that distributes video.” There’s a reason that Maker pulled away while most online video companies did not. Online technology company that distributes video.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. Let me start out with my premise: “Data rooms are where fund-raising processes go to die.” against a broad range of similar companies.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

in a Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. The company said the funding is the first close of a targeted $30M funding round, and came from existing shareholders Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Advent Life Sciences, Cormorant Asset Management, Legend Capital, NeoMed Management, and individuals.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

<== Our conclusion was that this isn’t a temporary blip that will swiftly trend-back up in a V-shaped recovery of valuations but rather represented a new normal on how the market will price these companies somewhat permanently. First in late-stage tech companies and then it will filter back to Growth and then A and ultimately Seed Rounds.

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2020

San Diego-based Aspen Neuroscience , a biotechnology company developing treatments for Parkinson disease, said it has raised $70M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by OrbiMed, and also included ARCH Venture Partners, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Domain Associates, Section 32, and Sam Altman.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based Narrativa, a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at helping pharmaceutical companies with FDA drug approvals, says it has raised $1.3M Source of the new funding was not announced. in a financing round.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Carlsbad, California-based Leading Biosciences , a biopharmaceuticals comapny focused on restoring normal gastrointestinal function following major surgery, has merged with Maryland-based Seneca Biopharma , a publicly traded biotech company. According to Leading Bioscience, it is acquiring Seneca to form a new company, Palisade Bio, Inc.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2021

San Diego-based immunology startup Aristea Therapeutics says it has raised $63M in a Series B financing round, which was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, LLC, along with Novo Holdings A/S, plus Arena Pharmaceuticals and funds managed by Tekla Capital Management, LLC.

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MARCH 21, 2013

So when I meet with GRP portfolio companies that do enterprise sales I try to emphasize the following: 1. Hopefully it’s not as a way of avoiding fund raising or finding quick pockets of money. But you do need to be sure your company doesn’t just become the internal R&D department for a large corporation.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2019

A new company, Apex Innovation Sciences --with headquarters in Long Beach, California and Marlton, New Jersey--has formed out of a corporate merger of CNS Network and Hassman Research Insitute , along with the Clinical Trial Centers Alliance , three companies in the clinical trial studies industry, the companies said this morning.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Tustin, California-based THREAD , a developer of software used for managing decentralized clinical research, has raised $50 more in funding from private equity investors Water Street Healthare Partners and JLL Partners. The company was acquired by Water Street and JLL Partners last year, in 2019.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2020

Torrance-based The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation announced on Tuesday that it has received $1.75M as a donation, to fund a multi-site, clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the compound psilocybin in individuals with severe psychological distress associated with a terminal medical illness.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2017

in a Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Pfizer Venture Investments (PVI), and also included Alexandria Venture Investments, along with U.S. Jones joins eFFECTOR's board with the new funding round. in total funding. eFFECTOR Therapeutics has now raised $139.6M

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2019

in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Sofinnova Investments and Canaan. According to Intrepida, the funding will go towards investigational new drug (IND) application-enabling studies of Intrepida's lead oncology program. Intrepedia was co-founded by Joel F.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Los Angeles-based Labrador Systems , a new startup developing assistive robots for helping with home health and assistive living, has raised $2M in a pre-seed funding round. The funding was led by SOSV, and its hardware accelerator HAX, along with Centrica Hive, Amazon's Alexa Fund, iRobot Ventures, and iD Ventures America.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

San Diego-based Mirium Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatments for rare liver diseases, announced on Wednesday morning that it has raised $120M in a Series A funding round. The company says it recently had a successful Phase 2b study. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2018

San Diego-based VelosBio , a biotech startup developing novel antibody-drug conjugates to treat hematological cancers and solid tumours, has raised $58M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by Arix Bioscience, and also included Pappas Ventures, Chiesi Ventures, Takeda Ventures, and Decheng Capital.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2019

Irvine-based Modulated Imaging , a developer of optical imaging products used for noninvasive assessment of tissue health, has raised $7M in a Series B funding, according to the company. As part of the funding round, Janelle Goulard, Director of Health Investment for Pangaea, has joined the company's board.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Busy week for SpaceX – across funding, space tourism, and next-gen spacecraft. SpaceX seeking $250 million in new funding. This week, the company announced a partnership with Space Adventures, the same firm that has arranged paid trips to the Space Station for private citizens aboard Soyuz capsules.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

Five, Southern California firms are among companies who are splitting up $62M in government funding for the research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy. for its development of thermal storage systems for energy storage.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) has just announced a brand new, $240M venture investment fund, led by longtime venture investing veterans Jim Armstrong, Sumant Mandal, Gregory Milken and Jamie Montgomery. What is the investment focus for this fund?

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Very few people fund individuals. Great companies are built by having great products. If you can’t get product released and validated then do user studies. One great company, AppFolio , filmed all of this user interaction and made the DVD available to me. It is also the best thing to send in advance see here.

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