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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Westlake Village-based Eta Compute , a developer of technology for energy efficient artificial intelligence processing, has raised $12.5M in a Series C funding. The funding was led by Synaptics Incorporated, as well as existing investors. The company says it has now raised $31.9M

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Westlake Village-based Energy Vault, which is developing gravity-based, grid-scale energy storage systems, has raised $100M in its Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. According to the company, the new funding will go towards deployment of its platform.

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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. The two said the combined firm will have an implied pro-forma enterprise value of $1.1 and others.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures.

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JULY 28, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals saw a healthy bump on its firs tday of trading as a public company, closing at $19.25 Sienna Biopharmaceuticals is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund, and Fidelity. Sienna Biopharmaceuticals is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund, and Fidelity.

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JULY 5, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , a startup biopharmaceuticals firm developing products for the medical dermatology and aesthetics market, has filed for an IPO. Sienna is venture backed by ARCH Venture Partners, Partner Fund, and Fidelity. Sienna said it is hoping to raised up to $74.8M READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , which is developing medical dermatology and aesthetics treatments, has raised $40M in a Series B funding. Omega Fund Management, and others. Omega Fund Management, and others.

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JULY 27, 2017

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals had its IPO this morning on the NASDAQ, and was up over 33 percent in morning trading on its first day trading as SNNA, trading at around $19.98. The aesthetic medicine developer, led by President and CEO Dr. The aesthetic medicine developer, led by President and CEO Dr. Frederick C.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light.

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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. Financial details of the funding were not announced.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Westlake Village-based inVia Robotics , the developer of warehouse robots led by Lior Elazary, has raised $20M more in funding, in a Series B round. inVia said the new funding was led by Point72 Ventures and also included investments from Upfront Ventures and Embark Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A major competitor to Westlake Village-based Row 44 , which develops Wi-Fi equipment for the commercial aviation market, has scored a big funding round this morning. Those investors include Ripplewood Holdings, Blumenstein/Thorne Information Partners and other investment entities associated with Oakleigh Thorne.

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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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JULY 13, 2016

Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals has had a second close on its Series A funding, bringing the total raised in the round to $46M, the company said on Tuesday. Sienna Pharmaceuticals said the new funding will go towards its pharmaceutical research efforts and business development. Beddingfield III.

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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. The funding came from Carrick Capital Partners. The funding, although announced in March, has not been widely covered. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems said Wednesday that it has raised $25.5M in a Series B funding round. The developer of life sciences equipment, used to profile cancer cells circulating in whole blood, came from Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, along with Greenwoods Private Equity Funds and Syno Capital.

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APRIL 14, 2011

Westlake Village-based Altasens , a developer of CMOS image sensors, has raised $15.1M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. Details on the funding have not been announced by the company. out of a $20.1M READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , which is developing molecular diagnostics systems for cancer, announced this morning that it has received $2.0M The funding came from the company's existing investors. of the funding, as part of the fully committed $2.0M of the funding, as part of the fully committed $2.0M

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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 in a funding round from a single investor, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , which is developing an electronic bill payment service, has raised an additional $9.7M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. in funding in August of 2009. The firm previously raised $8.0M

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Westlake Village-based Specialists On Call , a firm developing a service to provide physician specialists to urban, suburban, and other hospitals via videoconferencing, has raised around $11.73M in a series of fundings, according to regulatory filings by the firm this week.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Westlake Village-based Blue Microphones , the manufacturer of both professional and consumer microphones, has scored a new, $2.5M According to Wells Fargo, the funding will go towards growth at the company. line of credit from Wells Fargo & Company.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of wireless broadband systems for the commercial aviation industry, is expected to announced today that it has raised another $37M in funding. Source of the funding was not announced.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , a developer of high speed, bioseparation instruments for the life sciences market, has raised $1.96M in a Series B funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm was co-founded by Frederick W.

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MAY 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of in-flight, wireless access systems run by John Guidon, has raised another $27.75M, as part of an ongoing $60M funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. Row 44 has previously raised funding from PAR Capital Management.

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JULY 21, 2010

Favrav , Westlake Village - FavRav has developed an online tool to help small businesses to promote and gain referrals from facebook users. Backed by Steamboat Ventures, Greycroft Partners, AT&T, and The Mail Room Fund. Backed by Facebook's fbFund. Founded by Rob Carpenter. Headed by Ian Swanson. Let us know!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

the developer of high speed switching chips which has major operations in Westlake Village, said late Friday that it has set its anticipated pricing range in its IPO. Inphi filed for an IPO in June, and is venture backed by Walden International, Tallwood, Mayfield Fund, and Samsung Electronics. Inphi Corp. , and $12.00

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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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JUNE 17, 2010

a developer of high speed, analog semiconductors, has filed for an IPO, saying late Wednesday evening in a filing with the SEC it is looking to raise up to $115M in an IPO on the NYSE. Inphi is venture backed by Walden International, Tallwood, Mayfield Fund, and Samsung Electronics. In its S-1, the firm said it had net income of $7.3M

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a developer of a system for sending electronic mail to postal addresses, announced today that it has raised $8M in a funding. The firm said it will start a national roll out of the service in Q4 of this year.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. based in Malibu, which secured around $100M in funding to acquired the North American Credit-on-Self division of D&B in July.

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JULY 8, 2009

Westlake Village-based Inphi , a provider of high performance analog components, said today that it has tapped the former CEO and President of NEC Electronics America, Hirakazu Hashimoto, to its advisory board. Inphi is a developer of analog components, including DDR memory interfaces, optical components, and other components.

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JUNE 26, 2009

Westlake Village-based Cyber-Rain , a developer of smart irrigation controllers, has raised $792,454 in an equity funding raise, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. No details on the funding have been released by the firm.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For our interview this morning, we sat down with Lior Elazary , the CEO of Westlake Village-based inVia Robotics (www.inviarobotics.com), which develops robots being used to automate the labor intensive, exhausting work of retrieving items from warehouses for e-commerce. Talk about your funding?

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APRIL 9, 2020

It's an unusual time for the startup world, however, despite the ongoing health emergency, companies are still announcing funding. Did you close the funding before the pandemic hit? Guy Friedman: I'm based in Saint Louis, Missouri, and Yarone is based in Westlake Village. Yes, we closed before all of this.

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JULY 10, 2009

Diane Schulz, CEO of Westlake Village-based Cyber-Rain , a venture backed developer of smart irrigation controllers, says that the recent increase in awareness of water conservation issues, plus increases in water rates are driving more customers to the firm.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Alex Schneider: It all started in 2003, when the city created an economic development fund worth $5M. It was a kind of rainy day fund, available for economic development purposes. In 2007, we started to put some policy attached to the money, and created a jobs investment fund.

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