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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has backed a developer of therapeutic antibodies, via its venture capital arm, Amgen Ventures. Other investors in the round were ARCH Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, MPM Capital, Healthcare Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and Zenyaku Kogyo. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 2, 2010

Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , a developer of biofuel crop technology, has raised another $20M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Friday. Ceres has previously raised funds from Warburg Pincus, Soros Private Equity, QuestMark Partners, Oxford BioScience, Oppenheimer, Monsanto, KBC, H&Q, and GIMV.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2010

Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , a developer of biofuel crop technology, and Novozymes , a developer of enzymes, said today that the two have entered into a research collaboration around cellulosic biofuel production. Ceres is working on both crops to optimize the amount of sugar which can be used to produce biofuel. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The firm, which is based in Northern California but has major operations in Thousand Oaks, said that Elevation will continue to hold $50M in Series B preferred stock in the firm. Move, Inc. , Move said the moves are part of a plan to "streamline" its capital structure.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

I grew up in Thousand Oaks, went to USC, and we met each other way back in the 90's. Where there are lots of players focused on different types of equity, different types of investments, different types of debt, they're doing it in a very unfocused manner. Brew Johnson: It's exciting to be building this business in LA.

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JUNE 10, 2016

—On the positive side, Thousand Oaks, CA-based Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN ) released an overview of Phase 2 data that showed its migraine prevention drug, erenumab, is keeping pace with rival drugs in a heated race to market.

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JULY 22, 2016

It’s the first partnership for Jounce, and a big one: the startup got a $225 million up front cash payment from Celgene and a $36 million equity investment. And in other Amgen news, the Thousand Oaks, CA, company filed for FDA approval of osteoporosis drug romosuzumab.

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