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Alexandria Venture Investments Ramps Investment Activity

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Pasadena-based Alexandria Venture Investments, the venture arm of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, says that has been ranked as one of the year's top five most active U.S. According to the company, it is on track to double its investment activity this year. investors in the "agrifoodtech" sector.

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MobLab Finds Funding For Personalized Learning

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Pasadena-based MobLab , a new startup which develops personalized learning software for the education market, has scored a round of funding, the company said today. The funding came from the Andrew Nikou Foundation (ANF), which is the foundation of entrepreneur Andrew Nikou. Size of the investment in MobLab was not announced.

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Parchment Acquired By Brentwood Associates

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Parchment got its start in Los Angeles as Docufide, a startup offering up handling of high school transcripts for colleges and university applications; Docufide was venture backed by the Tech Coast Angels and Pasadena Angels.

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Miso Robotics Looks Towards Crowdfunding For $30M

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Pasadena-based robot developer Miso Robotics is turning towards equity crowdfunding for its next fundraise, the company said this week. Miso--known for its kitchen assistant robot, Flippy--says it has started opening up reservations for a new equity crowdfunding round.

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Arrowhead Lands $3.7 Billion Licensing Deal With Janssen

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Pasadena-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals , which develops RNA-based gene therapeutics, has entered into a $3.7 billion license and collaboration agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals , the company announced this morning. billion in potential milestone payments and future royalties.

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Reflections on 2020: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

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For the tech/startup ecosystem in SoCal, I am looking forward to continued momentum in addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workforce and support for emerging entrepreneurs. Andy Wilson is a well known leader in the Southern Californian innovation ecosystem and has started, led or invested in more than two dozen tech start-ups.

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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year

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Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund. We went out to market to LPs.

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