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JANUARY 16, 2013

San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. Size of the funding was not announced. Avalon's Rich Levandov was involved in the investment. LoopIt is based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has scored an exit this morning, after IBM said it has acquired Boston-based Cloudant , a developer of a NoSQL-based, cloud-based database. Cloudant had been backed by Avalon Ventures, Devonshire Investors, In-Q-Tel, Rackspace, Samsung, and Toba Capital, and had only raised around $14.0M

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JULY 14, 2015

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures is the lead investor in a new, $10M funding round for AeroFS , a developer of private cloud collaboration software. AeroFS said the Series B funding also included NHN Investment. Avalon's Rich Levandov represents Avalon Ventures on the AeroFS board. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 31, 2012

Avalon Ventures , the La Jolla- and Cambridge-based venture capital firm, has backed a new startup, Pingup , which lets consumers text nightclubs for reservations and information. According to Pingup Tuesday, it raised $1M in a seed funding round from Avalon Ventures, led by Brady Bohrmann.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2015

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures said this morning that it has launched and funded three, new companies as part of its deal with GSK. Avalon Venturs said that Adrenergics , CadheRx Therapeutics , and Calporta Therapeutics have all received $10M in Series A funding, and will receive R&D support from Avalon Ventures and GSK.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

La Jolla-based venture capital investor Avalon Ventures is the lead in a round for cloud data storage firm TwinStrata , TwinStrata said today. TwinStrata, which is based in Masachusetts, said that Avalon lead its Series B funding round, which was worth $8M. Avalon's investment in TwinStrata was headed by Rich Levandov.

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JUNE 24, 2015

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has re-upped its investment in product database provider Indix , as part of a $15M Series B funding. The funding round came from Nokia Growth Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures , along with biopharmaceuticals firm GSK said this morning that the two companies are spinning out a new company, Iron Horse Therapeutics , backed by $10M in funding. Avalon Ventures said that Iron Horse is the seventh company launched out of its collaboration with GSK.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

San Diego-based venture capital investor Avalon Ventures and biopharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that the two have teamed up to fund and launch up to 10, early stage life science companies. According to Avalon Ventures and GSK, they will provide up to $495M to fund those ten new companies. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2020

San Diego-based AristaMD , a developer of telehealth software, which allows primary care providers to conduct and document electronic medical consultations, has raised $18M in a Series B funding round. The company said the funding will go to towards accelerating expansion of its platform across the country.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has led an investment in a cloud computing company, Standing Cloud , based in Boulder, Colorado. According to Standing Cloud, it received a $3M, Series B financing from Avalon, which also included the firm's prior investor, The Foundry Group.

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JULY 28, 2020

The funding came from Ascension Ventures and.406 406 Ventures, and comes on top of an earlier tranche of Series B funding from Cigna, MemorialCare Health System, Avalon Ventures, the University of Colorado's Healthcare Innovation Fund, and Stanford Health Care.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Del Mar-based ScoreStream , the crowdsourced local sports startup led by Derrick Oien, said last week that it has added new funding from Intel Capital. Details on the size of that funding round were not announced. According to ScoreStream, the round also included Avalon Ventures, Sinclair Broadcasting, R/GA and Verizon Ventures.

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MARCH 5, 2013

San Diego-based Carolus Therapeutics , a developer of biopharmaceuticals aimed at treating acute and chronic inflammation, has scored $2.25M in a debt funding round, according to financing provider Square 1 Bank. According to Square 1, the new funding will go support future growth at Carolus. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

[ Note: The headline has been corrected to better describe the company’s type of funding. Fortis Therapeutics, a new San Diego biotech, has raised $18 million in initial funding to develop drugs for hard-to-treat prostate and bone marrow cancers. 9/27/16, 2:09 p.m. Bregua Corp.,

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APRIL 30, 2014

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Otonomy --which is developing treatments for inner and middle ear disorders--has roped in a big, $49M funding, the company announced this morning. The company said the new funding will go towards its product pipeline and a potential filing for regulatory approval of its lead compound.

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MARCH 29, 2021

The funding included Avalon Ventures, Bregua Corporation, Lilly Asia Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Vivo Capital, as well as new investors, the Myeloma Investment Fund, the venture philanthropy fund of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), and Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF).

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JULY 13, 2020

in funding--in what looks to be an ongoing $5.7M funding raising effort. The funding was disclosed in a regulatory filing. La Jolla-based Nerio Therapeutics , a new, stealth-mode company in the life sciences sector, has raised $3.0M

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

It looks like the peer-to-peer marketplace for rides in Los Angeles is about to get a lot hotter, as one of the companies competing in the market-- Sidecar said this morning that it has raised $15M more in funding. Avalon Ventures is also based in San Diego.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

ScoreStream is led by CEO and co-founder Derrick Oien, and previously has raised venture funding from Intel Capital and Avalon Ventures. According to the venture backed startup, it will soon begin offering up real-time, hyper-local prep football scores from thousands of games across the country through Alexa. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2011

In the filing, the firm said the new funding came on May 18th. in a round led by Novo Ventures and RiverVest Venture Partners, and which also included Domain Associates, TPG Biotech, and Avalon Ventures. The firm had announced in August that it had raised $38.8M

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures announced this morning that it has launched a new company, Sitari Pharmaceuticals , with $10M in a Series A financing.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

San Diego-based Avelas Biosciences announced today that it has raised $6.85M in a Series B funding round, for the company''s technology for illuminating cancer cells. The company said the funding came from Avalon Ventures, and also included Torrey Pines Investment, WuXi AppTec, and an additional, un-named investor. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

San Diego-based StackIQ , which develops IT automation tools for the enterprise, has raised $6M in a Series B funding round, according to the company. The new funding came from Grayhawk Capital, Keshif Ventures, DLA Piper, and OurCrowd, as well as Anthem Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

San Diego-based Fortis Therapeutics , a new biotech company in the immuno-oncology area, announced this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Avalon Ventures and also included Bregua Corporation, Lilly Asia Ventures, Osage University Partners, and Vivo Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

GlaxoSmithKline is acquiring a startup it helped launch in 2013 as part of an alliance with life sciences venture capital firm Avalon Ventures. Avalon said Tuesday that GSK (NYSE: GSK ) has agreed to buy the company, Sitari Pharmaceuticals, which has been developing a treatment for celiac disease.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based Avelas Biosciences has raised $7.65M in a Series A funding round, which it says will go towards clinical studies for its technology for real-time tumor visualization. The funding came from Avalon Ventures. The firm's CEO is currently Jay Lichter, who is also a Managing Director at Avalon Ventures.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Avelas Biosciences has raised $20M in a Series C funding, according to the company. The new funding was led by Pharmstandard International, S.A., has joined the company's board as a result of the funding; Petrov represents Pharmstandard International, and is at Inbio Ventures.

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JUNE 24, 2011

CalPERS (the California Public Employees' Retirement System), one of the biggest limited partners in venture capital funds, has released its best and worst performing venture capital and private equity funds as of December 31st, showing that two Southern California venture funds were tops in terms of internal rates of return (IRR).

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JULY 20, 2016

The funding was led by RA Capital Management, and also included Avalon Ventures and Correlation Ventures. RA Capital Management's Andrew Levin joins the company's board with the funding. San Diego-based Synthorx , a developer of protein therapeutics technology, said it has raised $10M in a Series B financing this morning.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

in a Series B funding. The second tranche of the company''s Series B came from investors Avalon Ventures, Torrey Pines Investment and WuXi PharmaTech Investments. San Diego-based Avelas Biosciences , which is developing cell penetrating peptides to light up cancerous tissue in patients during surgery, has raised $7.4M

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Synthorx is focused on developing novel protein therapeutics, and is venture backed by RA Capital Management, Avalon Ventures and Correlation Ventures. The company announced a funding round in July. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

AnaptysBio is backed by Frazier Healthcare, Novo A/S, Avalon Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Biotechnology Value Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments, and others. Anaptys priced its IPO on Wednesday night at $15.00 per share, at the midpoint of its $14.00 estimated IPO range, and closed the day at $17.00 READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

in a Series C, equity funding. According to the company, the funding was led by OrbiMed Advisors, and also included Aperture Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, as well as Avalon Ventures, Domain Associates, Novo Ventures, RiverVest Venture Partners and TPG Biotech. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2009

Amount of the funding was not disclosed by the firm. According to E-Band, the round was led by Hercules Technology Growth Capital, and also included Avalon Ventures. E-Band said the funding will go towards accelerating its business operations expansion.

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JULY 22, 2016

San Diego-based AristaMD , which is developing software tools to help coordinate referrals by physicians to specialists, has raised $11M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Avalon Ventures, and also included Correlation Ventures.

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