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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ is looking for a buyer, after reporting less-than-stellar results on Monday afternoon. THQ said it has hired an investment banker to help it consider "strategic alternatives", in hopes of raising additional capital to bring a number of titles to market. The firm also reported a net loss of $21.0M.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Agoura Hills-based Tipalti , a developer of software to automate mass payments--for example, for affiliate advertising firms and marketplaces--has raised $13M in a funding round, according to the company. The Series B funding came from Wicklow Capital. system finance advertising marketplace payment mass capital venture tipalti'

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The firm was backed by Exar Corporation, Meritech Capital, Morgan Stanley, Redpoint Ventures, and Scale Venture Partners, and was based in Agoura Hills. Internet Machines/IMC Semiconductor was a developer of PCI Express switch and bridge chips.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

The bankruptcy sale of Agoura Hills-based videogame publisher THQ has been delayed until January 22nd, after a judge ruled yesterday that the delayed sale will allow other interested parties to bid for individual assets or the entire company. THQ also said that the court approved Clearlake Capital Group's bid for the entire company.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Agoura Hills-based A2 Biotherapeutics , a biotechnology firm started by veterans of Amgen which is developing cell therapies for cancer patients, has raised $57M in a Series A funding round, the company said this week. The startup was founded by Scott Foraker and Alexander Kamb. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2009

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , a provider of online chat to help ecommerce retailers convert customers, confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the firm has raised $10M in a funding round. Tags: touchcommerce venture capital ecommerce chat. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Agoura Hills-based Estify , a developer of software to help auto body shops creates estimates on repair for auto insurers, has raised $6.3M The funding came from Romulus Capital along with ff Venture Capital. in a Series A funding, the company disclosed today. Estify was founded by Jordan Furniss. The company had raised $1.5M

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APRIL 8, 2009

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , a provider of live chat services to help companies convert online customers, has reportedly raised $10M in a venture funding round. According to PEHub.com, the round included participation by existing investors Partech International, Emergence Capital, Dolphin Equity Partners and Hudson Ventures.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agoura Hills-based Hixme , a startup developing group insurance products for large organizations, has raise $14.1M The Series B funding was led by Propel Venture Partners, and also included Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers (KPCB), Transamerica Ventures and Rosemark Capital. more in funding, the company announced this morning.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ, a provider of outsourced web sales services, has renamed itself TouchCommerce, the firm said today. The firm has previously raised funding from Dolphin Equity, Emergence Capital Partners, Hudson Ventures, Partech International, and Vertrue. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change. READ MORE>>

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JULY 22, 2016

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , the provider of customer service software and services, which e-commerce companies use to add live chat and support to their websites, has been acquired by Nuance Communications , Nuance said Thursday. Nuance said it would pay $215M, split between $110M in cash and $85M in stock, with $20M in earn out.

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OCTOBER 2, 2008

Agoura Hills-based inQ said this week that it has added former Digital Insight CEO Jeff Stiefler as Chairman of the company's board of directors. Stiefler is a venture partner at Emergence Capital, which is also an investor in inQ. inQ provides outsourced, online chat services which are used to help companies improve sales conversions.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

We put out an RFQ to all sorts of venture capital firms in California, in order to be the fiscal steward of that money. We are able to do events like this launch party to give them more exposure, and there's also a mentoring components, and access to capital through DFJ Frontier and other venture capitalists and angels.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Agoura-based Hixme Insurance Solutions , which is developing a platform to help employers with managing health insurance, disclosed Wednesday that it has raised $10.4M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.

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MARCH 12, 2019

That scheme allegedly involved paying off coaching staff for allowing those children in as "athletic recruits"--even though they did not play sports, paying people to take standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT for them, and even using doctored photos to show the children playing sports they did not play.

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