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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Westlake Village-based gravity-based energy storage technology developer EnergyVault says it will list on the NYSE, via a merger with a special purpose acqisition company (SPAC), Novus Capital Corporation II. billion and is expected to additionally provide up to $388 million in gross cash to the company.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies, which makes temperature controlled coffee mugs, says it has named a former Dyson executive as its new CEO for its consumer division. The company said it named Jim Rowan to the position, to head up marketing, sales, finance and operations for the consumer business.

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APRIL 29, 2015

Westlake Village-based Seven Lakes Technologies , a developer of enterprise software for the oil and gas industry, raised $20M in a Series A funding round earlier this year. Seven Lakes Technologies developers enterprise workflow and analytics software for the oil and gas exploration and production industries.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Thousand Oaks-based Capsida Biotherapeutics, a new biotechnology company focused on using adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering and cargo development platform to develop tissue-targeted gene therapies for multiple types of diseases, has uncloaked from stealth mode, saying it has raised $140M in total capital.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Westlake Village-based Eta Compute , a company developing machine learning software for embedded devices like mobile phones, has named Dr. Ted Tewkbury as its new CEO.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies , the maker of a temperature controlled, thermal mug, has raised $13M more in funding, the company disclosed today. Source of the funding was not announced.

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MAY 29, 2018

Newbury Park-based ISSQUARED , an information technology provider, said this morning that it has acquired Westlake Village-based Starnet Data Design. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Westlake Village-based Interlink Electronics said on Wednesday afternoon that it has named David S. Burnett had previously served as CFO of the company, from August 2016 to April of 2017. Interlink says Burnett has also been appointed CFO of BKF Capital Group, and OTC traded company which owns 11.93 READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Westlake Village-based Interlink Electronics , a developer of force sensors and other technology in the "human-machine" interface area, says that its CFO, David S. Burnett, has stepped down from the company. According to Interlink, Bronson remains CFO of an OTC pink sheets traded company, BKF Capital Group, which owns 13.5

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant --the online advertising company which until a few days ago was known as ValueClick --said it has acquired Set Media , a digital video technology advertising company. Conversant said it will use the buy to strengthen its technology stack and portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Westlake Village-based Interlink Electronics , which develops force sensors and other related products, says it has named Mark Litecky as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the company. Emerson Process Controls), NT International (Entegris), August Technology (Rudolph Technologies), Starkey Labs, and Soligie (Molex).

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant , the online advertising and marketing technology company which was until recently known as ValueClick, has hired on the former head of Bing Shopping as a VP. conversant bing shopping valueclick executive microsoft advertising technology' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Earlier this week, Deloitte released its latest list of the top 500 growing technology companies, in its 2012 Technology Fast 500. A very healthy list of Southern California companies made the list, with a total of 64 companies in the region ranked in the list. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. Frost, Ph.D.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies , which develops a coffee mug that allows users to adjust the temperature of their cup of joe to whatever they want, has raised $8.5M in a funding round, according to the company. Ember Technologies' Founder and CEO is Clay Alexander. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of molecular analysis technology being used for cancer treatment and management, has launched a new product for cancer diagnostics.

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JULY 6, 2011

In a sign that demand for employees from Southern California technology firms is on the rise, two, separate announcements Wednesday from local companies indicates that hiring demand at local companies is up, and companies are again scrambling to fill positions.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , which develops diagnostic blood tests for cancer diagnostics, said it has signed a deal to distribute its tets in Mexico with Milenia Labs. The company said the deal covers distribution of its ClearID Breast Cancer testing product in Mexico. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The next IPO of a technology company with Southern California roots is expected next week, as SendGrid now appears to be planning its IPO, on Wednesday, November 15th. The company has been approved to list as SEND on the NYSE. According to the upcoming market IPO calendar, SendGrid is planning on its IPO on Wednesday.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Westlake Village-based ,a href="[link] , which develops facial recognition technology, said Thursday that it has named Tom Melzl as its new Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Melzl joins the company from StackIQ, where he was Vice President of Sales, and also has also served at Inquira.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Westlake Village-based J.D. Power , the unit of McGraw Hill Financial which measures consumer opinions of automotive manufacturers, said Wednesday that it has acquired digital advertising company Korrelate.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of cancer diagnostics and biomarker monitoring technology, and cloud-based expert system maker CollabRx have teamed up with a new, web-based cancer decision support application, according to the two.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio , a developer of technology for the molecular characterization of cancer, said this week that it has launched a new service aimed at helping to isolate, sequence, and enumerate circulating tumor cells. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Westlake Village-based cancer diagnostics developer Cynvenio Biosystems said it has launched a new clinical trial, which will use its technology to monitor women with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) for early signs of metastasis.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick , the online advertising firm, said today that it has named David A. Yovanna had previously been at ValueClick, having served at the company from 2000 to October 2008, prior to his time as CEO of Gigya. Mediaplex is ValueClick's technology division. Yovanno was most recently CEO of Gigya.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has named John Giuliani as its new Chief Operating Officer. The company said Giuliani will now head up the firm's ValueClick Media, Dotomi, Commission Junction, and Mediaplex technology businesses. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers have put their backing behind a new, Westlake Village based drug development firm, Atara Biotherapeutics , in an unusual spinout of technology from the biotech giant. The new company will be headed by Isaac Ciechanover, M.D., READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , a developer of medical diagnostics technology, said Wednesday that it has bolstered its board of directors with two appointments. Raab is co-founder of FARO Technologies, which he took from startup to a $200M public company. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based WaveConnex , an early stage startup developing wireless technology based on millimeter-wave, 60Ghz signals, has raised $2.0M The company, which is based on technology developed by UCLA professor Frank Chang, includes the notable involvement of billionaire and Abraxis founder Patrick Soon-Shiong.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The number of Southern California related initial public offerings is growing steadily upwards, as Gevo --originally started in Pasadena, and based on technology out of Caltech and UCLA--hit the market this morning. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , the online postal mail startup headed by John Payne, said this morning that it has partnered with Crawford Technologies, a provider of software used by companies to print large quantity of bills. Tags: zumbox crawford technologies mail postal postage. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The list of Southern California companies who have filed, have been rumored to file, or have successfully completed IPOs has gotten a little longer this morning, after Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand filed for an IPO. Other firms currently in registration include Santa Monica-based Demand Media ; San Diego-based Zogenix ; Inphi Corp.

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JUNE 28, 2010

According to Inphi, Tse joins the company from Intremag Systems, where he was Chief Technology Officer. Inphi, which is based in Sunnyvale but has operations and was founded in Westlake Village, recently filed for an IPO on the NYSE. High speed semiconductor firm Inphi Corp. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? The most significant event definitely has been the opening of our Westlake Center for Entrepreneurship in July  a unique facility that combines a public co-working space, private offices for start-ups, an event space and classrooms.

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JULY 22, 2010

In recent months, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal and Carlsbad-based MaxLinear also have managed to reach the markets via an IPO, and there are at least seven other Southern California companies waiting in the wings for the public markets.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Westlake Village-based Inphi , a developer of high speed, analog semiconductors, announced today that it has hired on a new VP of Operations, Atul Shingal. Inphi develops high speed analog semiconductors used in the server, storage, and networking markets. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. What is the Ventura incubator?

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