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Two Local Tech, Investment Executives Named In College Fraud Investigation

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Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S.

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A2 Biotherapeutics, Founded By Amgen Vets, Gets $57M For Cell Therapies

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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 funding came from The Column Group, Vida Ventures, Samsara BioCapital and Nextech Invest. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Alex Schneider, Ventura Ventures Technology Center

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In 2007, we started to put some policy attached to the money, and created a jobs investment fund. We put out an RFQ to all sorts of venture capital firms in California, in order to be the fiscal steward of that money. In fact, they just helped us invest in Lottay, where we participated in their Series A round of investment.

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