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Startups: The Year That Was and The Year That's Ahead

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -- Startups: The Year That Was and The Year That's Ahead. He will talk about some of the noteworthy funding deals, acquisitions, exits and trends of 2018, and talk about what might be in store for the future. Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship. Wednesday, December 5, 6 - 8 p.m., See [link] (more)

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Xirrus Acquired By Riverbed

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Thousand Oaks-based wireless networking equipment maker Xirrus has been acquired by Riverbed , to help bolster its SD WAN efforts, the two said on Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Riverbed said it will continue to offer up Xirrus as a stand-alone enterprise WLAN solution. READ MORE>>.

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Amgen To Acquire Kirin-Amgen Joint Venture For $780M

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Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant a href="[link] said on Monday that it has agreed to acquire its joint venture with Kirin, Kirin-Amgen , in a deal worth $780M. According to Amgen, the deal will make Kirin-Amgen a wholly owned subsidiary of Amgen. Amgen said the $780M will come directly from Kirin-Amgen itself. READ MORE>>.

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Move Buys SocialBios

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Online real estate site Move said this morning it has acquired SocialBios , a developer of an online business referral and social search startup. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Move is based in Campbell, California, with operations in Thousand Oaks. Socialbios is based in Denver.

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AliveGen Sells Drug Candidates To Biogen For As Much As $562.5M

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Thousand Oaks-based AliveGen > , a startup developing biopharmacueticals to treat muscle and bone loss and the loss of functional capacity, has sold the rights two two of its early stage drug candidates to Biogen , in a deal worth as much as $562.5M. According to Biogen, it will pay $27.5M

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Ceres Prices IPO

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Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , the developer of specialized seeds for the biofuels market, has priced its IPO, saying that it will offer up 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at $13.00 The firm will start trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market as CERE.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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in the company's efforts to start a commercial space tourism industry. generation of startups. BetterWorks--headed by prolific angel investor Paige Craig--apparently was not able to sustain a large enough market, relative to its high costs of customer acquisition. venture capital exits in.