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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.

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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. Bowes--who also founded venture capital firm USVP --died peacefully in his home on December 28th. Bowes, Jr. , Amgen said that "without Bowes, there would be no Amgen". Bowes retired from Amgen's board in 2002.

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

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The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M Tags: venture capital investment quarterly moneytree thomson reuters. was invested in the region.

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

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The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data from Thomson Reuters, were released this morning, finding that there was $587.8M invested in Southern California in Q4. Those numbers were up from both Q3, when $506.9M was invested in the region.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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venture capital exits in. 2011, showing a reduced number of exits--but more IPOs--in venture backed companies. Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies - Also in November, we published. another "Top Ten" list, listing out some of Southern California's top software focused. We have no idea.