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NOVEMBER 14, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 -- Maverick Angels Westlake Village Arena. Angel screening event. Email brian@maverickangels.com.
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SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 -- Maverick Angels Westlake Village Arena. Contact brian@maverickangels.com for more information.
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Westlake Village BioPartners Raises $500M In Two Funds
socalTECH
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Los Angeles-based life sciences investor Westlake Village BioPartners announced today that it has raised two new venture capital funds, worth a total of $500M, for its investments in biotech companies. The venture investor says it has now raised more than $820M in total for its investments. READ MORE>>.
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Westlake Village BioPartners Taps Former SVB Leerink Exec As COO
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Westlake Village BioPartners said on Wednesday that it has named Peter Calveley, previously Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group at SVB Leerink, as its Chief Operating Officer. Calveley previously also served at Merrill Lynch and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
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Westlake Village Investor Forum / March 2019
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 19, 2019
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 -- Keiretsu Forum Westlake Village. Angel investment meeting. See [link].
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Keiretsu Westlake Village Investor Forum / May 2019
SoCal Tech Calendar
MAY 14, 2019
Westlake Village Forum. Angel investor event. Monday, May 20, 2019 -- Keiretsu Forum. See [link] (more)
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Westlake Village BioPartners, Led By Amgen Vets, Launches $320M Fund
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Westlake Village BioPartners , a brand new venture capital fund focused on the life sciences, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, $320 investment fund aimed at early stage companies. According to the new venture fund, it was founded by Beth Seidenberg, M.D., executive vice president and head of R&D at Amgen.
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Maverick Angels Eyes Utah For New Chapters
socalTECH
MARCH 4, 2010
Maverick Angels , the angel investment group headed here by John Dilts , told its members today that it is launching two new chapters in the state of Utah. Tags: maverick angels angel investment venture capital utah expansion. The launch of the chapter follows an expansion of the group into Italy in November.
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PurePhoto Buys PhotographyMentor.com, Launches Photo Site
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2010
Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.
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Southern California Linked IPOs Grow
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
which has substantial operations in Westlake Village, Beverly Hills-based RealD , Monrovia-based Green Dot , and Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal. In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4.
Report: IPOs On Track For Best Year Since 2007, But Only One Q3 Area Tech IPO
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
However, local numbers show only one technology related IPO in the local market-- Sienna Biopharmaceuticals in Westlake Village. The only local IPOs identified in Q3 in the report were YogaWorks in Culver City, RBB Bancorp in Los Angeles, and Sienna Biopharmaceuticals in Westlake Village. READ MORE>>.
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ValueClick CEO Vadnais Retires
socalTECH
APRIL 9, 2010
Westlake Village-based ValueClick said Friday that CEO Tom A. Vadnais has been CEO of ValueClick since May of 2007, and was the initial angel investor in the firm. Vadnais is retiring from the firm, and also resigning as a board member. Vadnais is being replaced by James R.
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Venture Firms Invest Around $1.6 Billion In Q2 2010 In SoCal
socalTECH
JULY 6, 2010
The analysis was based on tracking of venture capital, angel, and private equity deals by socalTECH.com, which maintains its own proprietary database of local and national venture capital deals and dealmakers. for Torrance-based Amonix , $27.75M for Westlake Village-based Row 44 , $31.0M billion invested in Q1, and up from $1.0
Paladin Software, Tipalti Link On Video Content Payments
socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2016
Two, Los Angeles area companies, Paladin Software , and Tipalti , said this week that they have linked up in a strategic partnership, to enable payments to video content creators across different countries. Financial details of the link between the two companies was not announced. READ MORE>>.
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Calacanis Expands Campaign Against Pitching Fees
socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2009
Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is continuing his crusade against angel groups and others who charge startups to pitch their groups, saying that he's now calling on groups to stop charging fees, and post what fees they were charging to entrepreneurs on their web sites.
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Four Firms Hoping To Tap Into Facebook's 500M Users
socalTECH
JULY 21, 2010
Favrav , Westlake Village - FavRav has developed an online tool to help small businesses to promote and gain referrals from facebook users. Friendgiftr , Hollywood - looking to allow Facebook users to send actual gift cards to their friends. Founded by Rob Carpenter. Founded by Taher Scherzay and Bill Manos [ Profile ].
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Inphi Snags HR VP From LRN
socalTECH
AUGUST 10, 2010
Semiconductor manufacturer Inphi Corporation , which has operations in both Sunnyvale and Westlake Village, said today that it has hired Diane Nott-Kilfoil to the position of Vice President of Human Resources. Nott-Kilfoil was most recently VP of Human Resources at Los Angeles-based LRN, and also has served at J.D.
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Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics
SoCal CTO
OCTOBER 26, 2009
We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Besides Tony Karrer for technology, who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? I've heard great things about their events.
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Gridtest Wins EV Charger Manufacturers, Installers
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Westlake Village-baesd Gridtest Systems reported Tuesday that it has signed on nineteen new customers, including EV charging station manufacturers, independent labs, and installers. Gridtest is venture backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Financial impact of the wins was not disclosed by the company.
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140 Southern California IPO List Gets A Little Longer
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
which has most of its employees in Westlake Village; Los Angeles-based Gamefly ; City of Industry-based NewEgg ; San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies ; and Thousand Oaks-basd Nexsan. Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp.
Insights and Opinions: Frank Peters Interviews John Dilts
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
For today's Insights and Opinions section, Frank Peters, of the Frank Peters Show, interviews John Dilts of angel group, the Maverick Angels. Maverick is based in Westlake Village, to be more specific, which once hosted a Keiretsu Forum chapter. Is Maverick part of the evolution of angel investing? READ MORE>>.
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Zumbox Eyes Licensing
socalTECH
MAY 4, 2010
Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a developer of a digital mailbox intended to replace delivery of mail by the post office, said today that it is now licensing its technology as a white label software offering. Zumbox is backed by angels that include Art Bilger, Rick Braddock, Michael Eisner, and Bill Guth. READ MORE>>.
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145 Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
1193% Santa Monica Scott Painter 116 Network Solutions Provider 1001% Long Beach Phillip Walker 119 BlackLine Systems Software 973% Los Angeles Therese Tucker 131 Kotura, Inc. 218 Blue Microphones 387% Westlake Village John Maier 227 net2EZ 371% Century City Pervez Delawalla 232 Franklin Wireless Corp. 191% Los Angeles Thomas A.
Q3 Venture Investments For SoCal Total Around $1.0 Billion
socalTECH
OCTOBER 4, 2010
for Row 44 , the Westlake Village-based developer of wireless equipment for commercial airlines. Interestingly enough, that area of perpetual interest for the Los Angeles area--Content and Media--only garnered $10.68M in funding during the quarter. in investments, followed by Retail Products, at $140M, and Software, at $77.8M.
Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.
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Zumbox Partners With GovDelivery
socalTECH
AUGUST 24, 2010
Westlake Village-based Zumbox , the startup developing an online mail delivery service based on street addresses, said today that it has partnered with GovDelivery , a provider of a communications platform for goverment-to-citizen communications. Zumbox is backed by angels. READ MORE>>.
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CoverHound Raises $33.3M
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
CoverHound , which has offices in Westlake Village, and is also one of the portfolio firms of Los Angeles-based venture investor Core Innovation Capital , has raised $33.3M Los Angeles investor Core Innovation Capital, which makes investments in fintech startups, also invested in CoverHound's prior round.
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100 And Then There Were Three: RealD Hits Markets Today
socalTECH
JULY 16, 2010
With the IPO of Los Angeles-based RealD , which starts trading this morning on the NYSE as RLD, Southern California now has three successful IPOs on record. RealD said last night that it had priced its IPO at $16.00, and is selling 12.5M shares of its common stock.
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145 ACELYRIN Snags Funding For Biotech Effort
socalTECH
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Los Angeles-based ACELYRIN , a new startup biopharma company, announced this morning that it has raised a Series A funding. The funding came from Westlake Village BioPartners. Beth Seidenberg, MD, co-founding managing director of Westlake Village BioPartners, has joined ACELYRIN's board as part of the funding.
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Job Fairs Back, As SoCal Technology Firms Ramp Hiring
socalTECH
JULY 6, 2011
In an announcement Wednesday, Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick said that it is planning to hire over 100 new employees, as it plans to increase its workforce by over 10 percent. and MerchEngines , said they are running a job fair later this month to attract new employees.
SoCal Racks Up Another Successful IPO
socalTECH
JULY 22, 2010
Those firms include Pasadena-based Genmark Diagnostics , Westlake Village-based Inphi , San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , Los Angeles-based GameFly , San Diego-based Trius Therapeutics , City of Industry-based NewEgg , and Thousand Oaks-based Nexsan.
Gevo Sets Range For IPO
socalTECH
JANUARY 19, 2011
Gevo , the biofuels startup spawned out of technology from the University of California, Los Angeles and Caltech, has set an offering range for its IPO. which stated in Westlake Village and still has operations there, hit the markets in November. and $15.00 Gevo had filed for an IPO in August. Gevo moved to Colorado in 2008.
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145 Local Angels: Still Investing, But More Selective
socalTECH
MAY 26, 2009
Last week's angel investment report by the Angel Capital Association reported that investments by angel investors dropped nine percent in 2008, with a hefty percentage of angel investors--40 percent--expecting this year will be a down year. What isn't appealing to angel investors right now?
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100 Zumbox Scores $8M
socalTECH
AUGUST 24, 2009
Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a developer of a system for sending electronic mail to postal addresses, announced today that it has raised $8M in a funding. Tags: zumbox venture capital angel electronic postal email mail. READ MORE>>.
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Causal IQ Expands Into Las Vegas
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Los Angeles-based programmatic advertising provider Causal IQ said last week that it is expanding into Las Vegas, as part of an expansion to serve the casino-entertainment market. and Westlake Village, California. and Westlake Village, California. Causal IQ is led by CEO Farshad Fardad. READ MORE>>.
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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal
socalTECH
JULY 7, 2010
Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Row 44 / John Guidon / Westlake Village - Guidon sold his last firm--Comcore Semiconductor--back in 1998 to National Semiconductor, for a substantial gain.
Smarter.com Launches Facebook App
socalTECH
OCTOBER 1, 2008
Westlake Village-based ValueClick said today that its Smarter.com comparison shopping engine is launching a new social shopping application on Facebook this week. MeziMedia is a wholly owned subsidiary of ValueClick, and employs more than 150 between its offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
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One Source Alliance December mixer
SoCal Tech Calendar
DECEMBER 12, 2011
Join us at the latest incredible restaurant from the owner of Westlake Village's Tuscany for holiday cheer and networking with OSA's team of expert consultants as well as a room full of like-minded professionals from Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles! Monday, December 12, 2011 -- One Source Alliance December mixer.
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Westlake Bio Unveils $320M Fund to Put Los Angeles on the Biotech Map
Xconomy
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital.
EcoSense Lighting Buys Journee Lighting
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2015
Los Angeles-based LED lighting manufacturer EcoSense Lighting has acquired fellow LED lighting developer Journee , according to EcoSense. Journee Lighting, which was based in Westlake Village, developed downlight and track lighting. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.
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100 Tipalti Finds $14M More
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
Tipalti , which provides accounts payable and supplier payment automation software, and which has operations in the Los Angeles area, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company said this morning. Tipalti's headquarters are in Palo Alto, but it also has offices in Westlake Village and Herzliya, Israel.
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CSM Software Acquired By SOLIZE
socalTECH
MAY 11, 2016
CSM Software , and engineering and high tech services outsourcer whose founder and chairman is based in Westlake Village, has been acquired by Japanese company SOLIZE Group , acording to the companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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100 Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Gets $34M For Aesthetic Medicine Products
socalTECH
APRIL 28, 2016
Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , a new aesthetics and medical dermatology startup, said Thursday that it has raised $34M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by ARCH Venture Partners, and also included Altitude Life Science Ventures, Partner Fund Management, and Venvest Capital, along with angels.
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100 Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Ups Series A To $46M
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2016
Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals has had a second close on its Series A funding, bringing the total raised in the round to $46M, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by ARCH Venture Partners and Partner Fund Management, and also included Two River, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Venvest Capital, and angels.
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