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InVia Robotics Scores $30M More In Series C

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Westlake Village-based warehouse robot developer inVia Robotics, which is led by Lior Elazary, says that it has raised $30M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Microsoft's venture capital fund, M12, as well as Qualcomm Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Hitachi, Ltd.,

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Dantari Gets $47M For Tumor Medicine Effort

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The company said the funding was led by Westlake Village BioPartners and included participation from Corner Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Caltech. a co-founding managing director at Westlake. a co-founding managing director at Westlake. Dantari has appointed Richard A. Markus, M.D.,

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Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Gets $34M For Aesthetic Medicine Products

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Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , a new aesthetics and medical dermatology startup, said Thursday that it has raised $34M in a Series A financing round. The funding was led by ARCH Venture Partners, and also included Altitude Life Science Ventures, Partner Fund Management, and Venvest Capital, along with angels.

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Ember Raises $13M For Temperature Controlled Mug

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Westlake Village-based Ember Technologies , the maker of a temperature controlled, thermal mug, has raised $13M more in funding, the company disclosed today. Ember, led by Clay Alexander, says its team includes product designers and engineers formerly with Apple, Google, Nokia, Microsoft, and Amazon Labs.

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Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Files For IPO

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Westlake Village-based Sienna Biopharmaceuticals , a startup biopharmaceuticals firm developing products for the medical dermatology and aesthetics market, has filed for an IPO. Morgan, Cowen, and BMO Capital Markets. Sienna said it is hoping to raised up to $74.8M in an offering on the NASDAQ Global Market.

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Q3 Venture Investments For SoCal Total Around $1.0 Billion

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Southern California venture totals for Q3 totaled around $1.0 billion in investments, according to the Q3 analysis of venture capital deals by socalTECH.com. for Row 44 , the Westlake Village-based developer of wireless equipment for commercial airlines. billion invested in Q2.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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Row 44 / John Guidon / Westlake Village - Guidon sold his last firm--Comcore Semiconductor--back in 1998 to National Semiconductor, for a substantial gain. The firm has backing from such investors as Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and OReilly AlphaTech Ventures. which he sold to AOL.