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Avalon Ventures Might Reap Cash In Zynga Offering

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San Diego-based Avalon Ventures , one of the venture capital investors in social gaming phenomenon Zynga , may be set to cash in on its shares of the newly public gaming firm, after Zynga said this week that it is planning a $400M, secondary offering of its stock.

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Avalon Ventures, Jeffrey Katzenberg To Benefit From Zynga IPO

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According to Zynga, it is looking to raise up to $1 billion on the public markets. Among the investors who may benefit from a successful IPO are La Jolla-based Avalon Ventures , run by Kevin Kinsella, Stephen Tomlin, Richard Levandov, Brady Bohrmann, Doug Downs and Jay Lichter, which before the IPO owned 6.1 percent of Zynga.

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Janux Therapeutics Prices IPO, Hits Nasdaq Today

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The company begins trading this morning on the Nasdaq Global market under the ticker symbol JANX. The company's biggest shareholders before the IPO were Avalon Ventures, RA Capital Healthcare, Orbimed, Bregua Corporation, and Correlation Ventures. Janux Therapeutics is developing T cell engager immunotherapies.

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Sidecar Finds $15M More To Expand Ridesharing Fight

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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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StackIQ Raises $6M

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The new funding came from Grayhawk Capital, Keshif Ventures, DLA Piper, and OurCrowd, as well as Anthem Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures. The company said the new funding will go toward scaling sales and marketing. StackIQ develops IT automation software for deploying big data and cloud applications on Hadoop.

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Inogen Sets IPO Range

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The company is offering up 3,529,411 shares of its stock, and plans to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market as INGN. Inogen is venture backed by Novo AS, Versant Ventures, Arborteum Ventures, Avalon Ventures, and Accuitive Medical Ventures.

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AnaptysBio Up Slightly In IPO

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AnaptysBio is backed by Frazier Healthcare, Novo A/S, Avalon Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Biotechnology Value Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments, and others. The company now trades as ANAB on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Anaptys priced its IPO on Wednesday night at $15.00 per share, at the midpoint of its $14.00 READ MORE>>.

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