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AUGUST 31, 2012

In what is a rarity nowadays for a Southern California venture capital fund, San Diego- and Cambridge-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has just closed on $201.6M in commitments for a $250M fund, Avalon Ventures X. The funding was disclosed via a regulatory filing Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2016

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures , and COI Pharmaceuticals , the company established by Avalon to help form new biotech companies, said today that the first two companies that it has formed with GlaxoSmithKline have met their first milestones, and that it has spun up a new company with GSK as part of their collaboration.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Another of the biopharma startups created as part of a collaboration between San Diego investment firm Avalon Ventures and GlaxoSmithKline has been acquired—but not by GSK. Debuting in COI (which stands for “community of innovation”). Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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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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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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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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JANUARY 17, 2011

San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has boosted an Internet web site publisher known for its humorous, captioned pictures of cats and use of Internet memes, Cheezburger. Avalon's Levandov is also on the board and led the venture firm's investment in hot Internet social gaming firm Zynga.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

San Diego-based Avalon Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on early stage high tech, digital media, and life sciences firms, said today that it has closed on $200M in capital commitments for its latest fund. Avalon said that the fund, Avalon Ventures IX, LP, is the ninth and largest fund for the company.

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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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MARCH 15, 2012

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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MARCH 29, 2021

San Diego-based Fortis Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing treatments for late-stage prostate cancer and multiple myeloma, has raised $40M in a Series A financing, the company said on Monday.

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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.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

San Diego-based crowdsourced local sports information provider ScoreStream , led by technology vet Derrick Oien, says it has connected its information into Amazon Alexa. ScoreStream's venture backers include Intel Capital, Avalon Ventures, Sinclair Broadcasting, R/GA and Verizon Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2020

San Diego-based telemedicine and telehealth software developer AristaMD has added another $6M to the company's Series B, bringing the total to $24M, the company said on Monday. The funding came from Ascension Ventures and.406

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

San Diego-based COI Pharmaceuticals , the life sciences incubator and support entity created by Avalon Ventures to support its portfolio companies, says that one of its companies, Calporta Therapeutics , has been acquired by Merck. The deal is worth up to $576M, including upfront payments and contingent milestone payments.

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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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AUGUST 19, 2019

San Diego-based ScoreStream , which provides crowdsourced, local sports scores, photos, videos, and more for high school football and other teams, is connecting with Amazon Alexa, the company said on Friday. Oien previously led Chumby. READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 14, 2017

San Diego-based StackIQ , a developer of "bare metal" provisioning software, has been acquired by Teradata , Teradata said on Thursday. StackIQ was venture backed by Anthem Venture Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Avalon Ventures, and crowdfunding site OurCrowd. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The company--which competes against such companies as Uber, Lyft, Flywheel, Taxi Magic, and others in region--said the funding came from Avalon Ventures, Union Square VEnturs, and new investor Sir Richard Branzon. Avalon Ventures is also based in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

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

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

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. San Diego’s Avalon Ventures led the Series A round, and has established Fortis at COI Pharma, the firm’s biotech incubator (which now houses 16 life sciences startups).

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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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JULY 17, 2014

invested in San Diego, and $66.53M invested in Orange County during the period. for San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Otonomy ; and $48.0M for San Diego''s Veredezyne , which is developing biofuels and biochemicals processes. The numbers are based on data provided to the two by Thomson Reuters.

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

Plug and Play San Diego has formed a partnership with Downtown Works, a new co-working space in downtown San Diego, which will give the local Plug and Play program a place to call home. We would like to launch an accelerator based here, and bring in additional resources from the Bay Area.”. billion under management.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

San Diego-based biotechnology developer Synthorx announced today that it has named Patrick J. Synthorx is focused on developing novel protein therapeutics, and is venture backed by RA Capital Management, Avalon Ventures and Correlation Ventures. Doyle as its Chief Business Officer. The company announced a funding round in July.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

San Diego-based therapeutic antibody developer AnaptysBio announced this morning that it has named Marco Londei as its Chief Development Officer. AnaptysBio is backed by Alloy Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, Novo A/S, Numenor Ventures, WS Investments, and others. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

San Diego-based MOGL said today that its members have now earned more than $1M in cash back for using the firm's loyalty program. The startup has a significant number of participating restaurants in Southern California, with at least 500 restaurants in its hometown of San Diego, and many more nationwide. READ MORE>>.

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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. and laos included Ervington Investments Limited and Alexandria Venture Investments plus Avalon Ventures, Bregua Corporation, and WuXi Healthcare Ventures.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has raised $75.0M AnaptysBio is backed by Frazier Healthcare, Novo A/S, Avalon Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Biotechnology Value Fund, HBM Healthcare Investments, and others. in its IPO, and closed up slightly in its first day of trading on Thursday.

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JULY 20, 2016

San Diego-based Synthorx , a developer of protein therapeutics technology, said it has raised $10M in a Series B financing this morning. 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.

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JULY 14, 2014

San Diego-based Otonomy , the biopharmaceuticals firm which is developing treatment of diseases and disorders of the ear, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing that it is looking to raised $86.25M in an offering on the NASDAQ Global Market. Otonomy said it intends to list under the symbol OTIC. READ MORE>>.

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