socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2021

The startup is backed by $50M in a Series A funding from Versant Ventures and Westlake Village BioPartners, and an additional $90M multi-year strategic collaboration and option agreement with AbbVie. The company said its technology was originally developed based on research in the laboratory of Viviana Gradinaru, Ph.D.,

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital. Harper will start with Westlake in January after retiring from Amgen. Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

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 led the City of Ventura to start an incubator?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2011

Gevo , the biofuels startup spawned out of technology from the University of California, Los Angeles and Caltech, has set an offering range for its IPO. Gevo, which started in Pasadena but is now located in Englewood, Colorado, said it is looking to sell 7,150,000 shares of its common stock at between $13.00 and $15.00

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socalTECH

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. How did you start the company? Talk about your funding?

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socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2020

It's an unusual time for the startup world, however, despite the ongoing health emergency, companies are still announcing funding. Tell me how you started the company? Tell me how you started the company? Guy Friedman: I'm a startup guy, I had a previous startup in the educational technology space.

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socalTECH

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. Deyhimy serves as CEO of the company.

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