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Westlake Village BioPartners Raises $500M In Two Funds

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Los Angeles-based life sciences investor Westlake Village BioPartners announced today that it has raised two new venture capital funds, worth a total of $500M, for its investments in biotech companies. The venture investor says it has now raised more than $820M in total for its investments. READ MORE>>.

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Westlake Bio Unveils $320M Fund to Put Los Angeles on the Biotech Map

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Los Angeles has long been in San Francisco’s shadow when it comes to life sciences investment. But a new venture capital firm led by industry veterans is trying to cast the City of Angels in a new light. Westlake Village BioPartners is launching today with $350 million in committed capital.

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Life Sciences IPOs Target Collective Raise of More Than $600M This Week

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By month’s end, five more are anticipated to join the class of 2020 initial public offerings—and four of those are in life sciences, according to IPO research firm Renaissance Capital. Cancer drug developer Black Diamond filed IPO paperwork with regulators on Jan. 7 detailing its plans to use to the cash to finance Phase 1/2.

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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. Other big deals included $60M in investment in San Diego's Skinit , a developer of personalized "skins" for electronic devices, and $37.0M

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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. Tags: entrepreneur startup venture capital investment repeat. Have we missed a repeat entrepreneur or company you think ought to be watched?

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Bio Roundup: A Gene Editing 1st, China Rises, Schenkein Steps Away

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If you’re still recovering from a Labor Day hangover or busy searching for the identity of the anonymous writer of the anti-Trump op-ed for the New York Times, you may have missed a few biomedical firsts.