socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Westlake Village BioPartners , a brand new venture capital fund focused on the life sciences, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new, $320 investment fund aimed at early stage companies. general partner at Kleiner Perkins and former chief medical officer and head of global development at Amgen, and Sean Harper, M.D.,

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based ACELYRIN , a new startup biopharma company, announced this morning that it has raised a Series A funding. The funding came from Westlake Village BioPartners. Beth Seidenberg, MD, co-founding managing director of Westlake Village BioPartners, has joined ACELYRIN's board as part of the funding.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Los Angeles-based LED lighting manufacturer EcoSense Lighting has acquired fellow LED lighting developer Journee , according to EcoSense. Journee Lighting, which was based in Westlake Village, developed downlight and track lighting. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2010

Semiconductor manufacturer Inphi Corporation , which has operations in both Sunnyvale and Westlake Village, said today that it has hired Diane Nott-Kilfoil to the position of Vice President of Human Resources. Nott-Kilfoil was most recently VP of Human Resources at Los Angeles-based LRN, and also has served at J.D.

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Westlake Village Resource Los Angeles Report 145

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2010

Favrav , Westlake Village - FavRav has developed an online tool to help small businesses to promote and gain referrals from facebook users. Friendgiftr , Hollywood - looking to allow Facebook users to send actual gift cards to their friends. Founded by Rob Carpenter. Founded by Taher Scherzay and Bill Manos [ Profile ].

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