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Qpex Biopharma Launches with $33M to Tackle Drug-Resistant Infections

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San Diego-based Qpex has raised $33 million to advance The Medicines Company’s (NASDAQ: MDCO ) old preclinical compounds toward human testing. The Medicines Company exited the infectious disease business last year when it sold three bacteria-fighting products to Melinta Therapeutics.

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Trust & Will Raises $2M to Advance Digitization of Estate Planning

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The team at Trust & Will, a San Diego-based startup founded in October of 2017, is betting that a good chunk of those people would shell out some money to outline an estate plan if the process were cheaper and easier. [ Updated 9:30 a.m.,

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VC Confidence Holds Steady in Quarterly Survey, But Reasons Change

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In a survey of 29 Silicon Valley venture capitalists in December, the VCs mulled whether President-elect Donald Trump would buoy up their investment prospects with lower corporate taxes and government regulations, or worsen conditions by heightening global political instability and raising the risk of a major military conflict or economic downturn.

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Graphcore Scores $200M to Scale Up A.I. Chip Production

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One of the leading contenders in the A.I. chip race, Graphcore , announced Thursday it pulled down $200 million in a Series D fundraising round that set its valuation at $1.7

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Bio Roundup: Duchenne Data, Roche Buys Foundation, IPO Wave & More

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Biotech financing is a cyclical thing. Two years ago, the IPO window was unlatched but a number of companies ended up withdrawing their stock offerings. Others that pushed their IPOs through couldn’t sell shares at the price they wanted. This year, the IPO window is wide open. A total of 93 IPOs have priced as of Thursday, up 36.8

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Developments Blog. PERSON Timothy Draper PERSON|Timothy Draper. NAME Timothy Draper. After years of traveling to Los Angeles once every few months, Timothy Draper, founder and a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he now flies down to L.A. MSN Money Investing. Downtown San Diego Condos.