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Amgen Ventures Backs Akili In $55M Funding

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Amgen Ventures , the venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the investors in a Boston biotech company, Akili Interactive. Akili is developing digital medicine products aimed at treating cognitive dysfunction, including ADHD, multiple sclerosis, and depression. READ MORE>>.

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Capsida Uncloaks With $140M In Funding

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Thousand Oaks-based Capsida Biotherapeutics, a new biotechnology company focused on using adeno-associated virus (AAV) engineering and cargo development platform to develop tissue-targeted gene therapies for multiple types of diseases, has uncloaked from stealth mode, saying it has raised $140M in total capital.

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Amgen Backs Tizona Therapeutics In $43M Funding

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Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has made another investment this morning in immunology startup Tizona Therapeutics , via its venture capital arm, Amgen Ventures. Series A investors--including Amgen Ventures--also participated, with investments from MPM Capital, Astellas Venture Management and InterWest Partners.

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Dantari Gets $47M For Tumor Medicine Effort

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Thousand Oaks-based Dantari has raised $47M in its Series A funding, saying that it has launched a new, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancers and other diseases.

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Amgen Backs New $315M Life Sciences Fund

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Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has helped to back a new, life sciences fund, managed by San Francisco-based venBio , as an anchor supporter of a new fund. venBio did not say how much Amgen committed to the fund, which is venBio's second life sciences fund. READ MORE>>.

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Xirrus Raises $10M More

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Thousand Oaks-based wireless hardware provider Xirrus has raised yet another $10M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the company Monday. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. in the funding round, which so far includes 12 investors. Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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Atara Biotherapeutics Gets $38.5M

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Thousand Oaks-based biopharmaceuticals startup Atara Biotherapeutics announced this morning that it has raised $38.5M in a Series B funding round, for its efforts to develop treatments for patients with end-stage renal disease. atara biotherapeutics venture capital renal disease lifescience amgen' READ MORE>>.