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Exec Search Underway at PacBio After CEO, CFO Announce Plans to Retire

Xconomy

Hunkapiller has served as chief executive since 2012, when he succeeded former company head Hugh Martin , stepping into the position about 15 months after the company went public and netted about $200 million. Previously Hunkapiller, a DNA sequencing industry veteran, spent more than.

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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Family Offices (of high-net-worth individuals or families). Foundations.

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Pernix Therapeutics Slashes Staff to Shake Up Sales Strategy

Xconomy

In 2014, Pernix, then based in The Woodlands, TX, acquired San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals. million in net revenue last year, its highest sales mark since becoming a public company in 2010, according to its annual report. But filings also show the company’s net losses widening each year since 2012.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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The problem that I’ve seen historically in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego or Seattle is that their historic high-net-worth individuals didn’t come from the tech startup world. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

October 5, 2012. In Santa Monica, the median price of homes jumped 16% in the first eight months of 2012 compared with 2011, after a 9% decline over the same period the year before, according to Multiple Listing Service data compiled by Paul Habibi, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. VENICE RISING. County: 0.9%.