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Amgen Ventures Backs Syapse In $30M Precision Oncology Funding

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Amgen Ventures , the venture investment arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the new investors in precision oncology and medicine startup Syapse. READ MORE>>.

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Amgen Co-Founder Bowes Passes Away

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the founding shareholder and chairman and treasurer of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , has died, at the age of 90. USVP has backed such companies as Sun Microsystems, New Focus, Check Point Software Technologies, and hundreds of others. Bowes founded USVP after spending nearly 25 years at investment banking firm Blyth & Co.,

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VC Invest $587M In SoCal In Q4, But National Investments Drop 47 Percent In 2009

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invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in Southern California, as well as Q4 of last year, when $508.2M was invested in the region. However, nationally, venture capital numbers were much worse, with venture investments dropping to the lowest level in more than a decade. in investments. in investments.

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VC Invest $587M In SoCal In Q4, But National Investments Drop 37 Percent In 2009

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invested in Southern California in Q4. was invested in Southern California, as well as Q4 of last year, when $508.2M was invested in the region. However, nationally, venture capital numbers were much worse, with venture investments dropping to the lowest level in more than a decade. in investments. in investments.

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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

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We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. I grew up in Thousand Oaks, went to USC, and we met each other way back in the 90's. in a funding round.

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Biotech Roundup: Scangos’s Exit, Zafgen’s Shakeup, Jounce, Relypsa & More

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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 on the West coast, Palo Alto, CA-based Bioz started up with $3 million in seed cash from 5AM Ventures to help develop software meant to help speed up life sciences research.

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Pacific Coast Business Times - Hall of Fame Announced

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• Jack Gilbert , once the chief executive officer of a large Los Angeles-based corporation, later founded Thousand Oaks Land Development and played a major role in the development of Thousand Oaks area, leading that city’s emergence as a major business and corporate center.