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Thousand Oaks-based Amgen announced last week that it has appointed Charles M. Holley Jr. to its board of directors. Holly said the appointment brings its board size to 15 directors, 14 of whom are independent. Holley is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Wal-Mart Stores, where he had been since 1994. READ MORE>>. amgen walmart board member charles holley executive MORE
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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies announced on Thursday that it has acquired Scientific Systems, Inc. , a manufacturer of precision components and specialized subassemblies for the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and specialized medical devices market. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Teledyne said it made the acquisition through its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, Inc. Scientific Systems was founded in 1967. READ MORE>>. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said on Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Pennsylvania-based Scientific Systems Inc. SSI is a manufacturer of precision components and specialized subassemblies used in analytical and diagnostic instrumentation, such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>. MORE
Amgen Ventures , the venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the investors in a Boston biotech company, Akili Interactive. Akili said Tuesday that it has raised $55M in a Series C funding, which was led by Temasek, and also included Baillie Gifford, Amgen Ventures, M Ventures (the CVC fund of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), JAZZ Venture Partners, Canepa Advanced Healthcare Fund, and Brooklands Capital Strategies. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said it is entering the market for consumables for the extreme, ultraviolet lithography (EUV) semiconductor market. According to Teledyne, its subsidiary, Teledyne DALSA, is partnering with ASML Holding N.V. to produce pellicle membranes for use in Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography-based semiconductor fabrication. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Ceres has delayed its IPO, after lowering its IPO pricing estimates this week. According to industry reports , Ceres is delaying the offering until next week. Ceres had initially planned to price its IPO on Thursday. READ MORE>>. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Servoy , a developer of software for creating web-based applications, said Friday that the firm has upgraded its products. Tags: servoy thousand oaks software saas The firm said its product allows companies to build software applications that run both through a browser and through native desktop applications. The firm said the latest update, version 4.1, includes over 350 enhancements and fixes. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said Wednesday afternoon that it is cutting 380 jobs from the firm, as part of a corporate restructuring. The firm said it is cutting 226 people in its Thousand Oaks headquarters. amgen thousand oaks jobs employment employer layoffThe firm said most of the positions are in its research and development division, and that it is notifying its employees today. READ MORE>>. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said last week that it has acquired Photon Machines , a developer of laser-based, laboratory instrumentation. Its corporate headquarters and research labs are in Thousand Oaks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Teledyne said the acquisition was made through its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments. Photon Machines was based in Bozeman, Montana. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne said Monday that it has acquired Bowtech Products Limited , an Aberdeen, Scotland maker of underwater vision systems. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Bowtech''s cameras are used in remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and other harsh underwater systems, and was founded in 1989. Teledyne said the buy helps fill a product gap in its marine technology portfolio. READ MORE>>. MORE
Lundring Events Center, California Lutheran University, 130 Overton Court (inside Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center), Thousand Oaks. Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -- Startups: The Year That Was and The Year That's Ahead. Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship. Speaker: Ben Kuo, editor and founder, socalTECH.com We are excited to invite back Benjamin Kuo, editor and founder of socalTECH.com, for another year in review. MORE
805 Startups is partnering with the City of Thousand Oaks to hold a startup demo competition at their beautiful Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Wednesday, July 26, 2017 -- Startup Demo Competition. The selected startups will present in front of an audience of 400 people from across Southern California and to a panel of judges made up of ACTIVE startup investors (angels and VCs). See [link] (more MORE
Thousand Oaks-based California Lutheran University and its School of Management said on Monday that it has named both an Executive-In-Residence and Entrepreneur-In-Residence to the school. The school said Primo Custodio, most recently VP for Human Resources at NBC Universal, will become Executive-in-Residence for the business school, and Jim Cathcart, a motivational speaker and author, becomes Entrepreneur-in-Residence. MORE
According to the Thousand Oaks university, Dorfman's contribution will go towards the construction of the two-story, 27,000-square foot Steven D. California Lutheran University (CLU) is receiving a big, $6M donation from former Hughes Electronics Vice Chairman Steve Dorfman, for a new building for the school's School of Management, the school announced this morning. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has put its backing behind a new, life sciences incubator, called QB3@953. A similar effort, the Ventura BioCenter , operates just around the corner from Amgen in the Thousand Oaks area. According to Amgen, it will provide a five year, platinum sponsorship of the San Francisco life sciences incubator, to accelerate the development of new therapies to improve human health. Financial details of the sponsorship were not detailed. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and Swiss biotech company Molecular Partners AG said Tuesday that the two are in a collaboration and licensing deal, for the commercialization of a molecule aimed at the immuno-oncology area. MORE
Amazon.com is getting set to open up a new "fulfillment center", this time in Ventura County, in the city of Thousand Oaks, according to local paper The Acorn. amazon ventura county newbury park thousand oaks employment jobs fulfillment center warehouseAccording to the report, Amazon has leased space in the Conejo Spectrum Business Park, and is now advertising for such positions as driver trainer, warehouse fulfillment associate and sortation associate. MORE
The Ventura County Sheriff''s department reported this morning that it arrested two suspects in Thousand Oaks, who were using Uber to help conduct deals. According to the Sheriff''s Department, Cody Jens (24) of Agoura Hills, and Luke Karasiuk (22) of Thousand Oaks were arrested after local police made a vehicle code enforcement stop on an Uber driver on Wednesday morning. uber drug deal thousand oaks ventura county crime criminal mobile MORE
Atara Biotherapeutics , the biopharmaceuticals firm which has its manufacturing and research efforts based in Thousand Oaks, said on Thursday that its current President and CEO, Isaac Ciechanover, M.D., The company is based in South San Francisco, but was founded in Thousand Oaks and has a large facility in the city. MORE
Move has operations in the Thousand Oaks, California area, although it is now based in San Jose. The company was started in Thousand Oaks in 1993, and now has 913 employees. Move, Inc. , the operator of the Realtor.com, Move.com, and other related real estate businesses, is being acquired by News Corp. , in a deal worth approximately $950M, the two companies said this morning. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based biotech Amgen is cutting 300 jobs in San Francisco, as part of a shutdown of the South San Francisco operations of subsidiary Onyx Pharmaceuticals , according to a memo leaked from the company on Tuesday. Amgen plans to transfer workers in San Francisco back to its Thousand Oaks headquarters. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne said late Tuesday evening that it has shuffled its CEO position, with current CEO Robert Mehrabian moving to become Executive Chairman, and appointing Al Pichelli as its new CEO. The company said that Mehrabian will continue to be involved with the company, with a focus on strategy, technology, mergers and acquisitions and margin expansion programs. Pichelli was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. MORE
HARDATA , a developer of workflow management software for the broadcast and entertainment industry, has set up shop in Thousand Oaks, and hired a new President and CEO. The Argentina-based software developer said it has named Philip B. Cox as President and CEO, and opened up its world headquarters in the United States. Cox has previously served at such firms as CalAmp, Signal Technology COrp. M/A/Com, Inc., and 360 Systems. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Akriveia Therapeutics , a biotechnology startup focused on immuno-oncology, announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A investment. The investment came from F-Prime Capital Partners. Akriveia Therapeutics said it is developing immunotherapeutic products that are specifically activated in the microenvironment of the tumor. As part of the funding, F-Prime's Thomas Beck and Ben Auspitz have joined the company's board. MORE
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has made a list of the top areas where CEOs live , published in this week''s Wall Street Journal. executives ceos jobs employment ventura oxnard oaks thousand The report--ranking the percentage of residents identified as CEOs--said 1.21% of residents in the metro workforce were CEOs. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has acquired Falcon Analytics Systems & Technologies , a West Virginia-based developer of compact, rugged gas chromatographs (GC) for industrial process control, industrial laboratory and transportable GC applications, the company said this morning. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies is hailing the arrival of the NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission yesterday, saying that its sensors were a key part of that mission, aimed at investigating how planets formed, life began, and investigating how asteroids impact Earth. MORE
Thousand Oaks- and Shanghai-based Thousand Oaks Biopharmaceuticals , a new contract manufacturing organization fort he biotech industry, said it has received $45M in a Series A financing round. The funding came from New Alliance Capital, plus ADDOR Capital, Tenyall & Sumin, Broadhi Capital, QianRong, Ji Lin Ao Dong, and Bluebay Capital. MORE
179 structures were tallied as destroyed as of 10:00pm on Sunday evening, and hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated at one time, with continuing evacuations and displacements of entire cities and communities. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is the lead investor in a round for San Francisco- and Bozeman, Montana-based SiteOne Therapeutics , SiteOne said on Friday. SiteOne said it raised $15M in a Series B funding round, which was led b Amgen, and also included Next Frontier Capital and insiders. SiteOne is developing no-opioid analgesics, aimed at treating chronic pain without causing addiction. READ MORE>>. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said this morning that it has completed the acquisition of Canadian software company CARIS. CARIS develops geospatial software for seafloor mapping and sonar processing. Financial details of the previously announced deal were not disclosed. CARIS was based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, and had been founded in 1979. READ MORE>>. teledyne caris merger acquisition software sonar geospatial mapping MORE
Thousand Oaks-based agricultural biotech developer Ceres is being acquired by Minnesota-based agriculture firm Land O'Lakes , in a deal worth approximately $17.2M, the companies said on Friday. The two said that Land O'Lakes will pay $0.40 per share, in cash, for Ceres. Ceres will become part of Land O'Lakes Forage Genetics International (FGI) subsidiary. Ceres said the acquisition came after evaluating strategic options, and was unanimously backed by its board of directors. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant Amgen said Tuesday that it plans to cut 2,400 to 2,900 staff, including at its headquarters location, and will also close facilities in both Washington and Colorado. As part of the move, Amgen said it will also consolidate staff into less buildings in the Thousand Oaks area. Amgen did not say how many of its staff in Thousand Oaks would be cut. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics , which is developing treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and infectious disease, has leased a 90,000 square foot building in the Conejo Spectrum, according to developer SARES-REGIS Group. atara biotherapeutics biopharmaceuticals expansion growth thousand oaks ventura county MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired a number of scientific imaging brands from Roper Technologies , in a deal worth $225M in cash. According to Teledyne, the businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera, as well as other brands. Roper Technologies is based in Sarasota, Florida. MORE
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said late Tuesday that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval on a treatment for kidney disease. Amgen said the FDA approved Parsabiv (etelcalcetide) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis. According to the company, its new treatment is the first approved for the condition in 12 years. READ MORE>>. MORE
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APRIL 20, 2017
Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics , which is developing treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune and infectious disease, has leased a 90,000 square foot building in the Conejo Spectrum, according to developer SARES-REGIS Group. atara biotherapeutics biopharmaceuticals expansion growth thousand oaks ventura county
socalTECH
JANUARY 29, 2015
The Ventura County Sheriff''s department reported this morning that it arrested two suspects in Thousand Oaks, who were using Uber to help conduct deals. According to the Sheriff''s Department, Cody Jens (24) of Agoura Hills, and Luke Karasiuk (22) of Thousand Oaks were arrested after local police made a vehicle code enforcement stop on an Uber driver on Wednesday morning. uber drug deal thousand oaks ventura county crime criminal mobile
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2011
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said Wednesday afternoon that it is cutting 380 jobs from the firm, as part of a corporate restructuring. The firm said it is cutting 226 people in its Thousand Oaks headquarters. amgen thousand oaks jobs employment employer layoffThe firm said most of the positions are in its research and development division, and that it is notifying its employees today. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JANUARY 3, 2019
Thousand Oaks- and Shanghai-based Thousand Oaks Biopharmaceuticals , a new contract manufacturing organization fort he biotech industry, said it has received $45M in a Series A financing round. The funding came from New Alliance Capital, plus ADDOR Capital, Tenyall & Sumin, Broadhi Capital, QianRong, Ji Lin Ao Dong, and Bluebay Capital.
socalTECH
AUGUST 8, 2014
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has made a list of the top areas where CEOs live , published in this week''s Wall Street Journal. executives ceos jobs employment ventura oxnard oaks thousand The report--ranking the percentage of residents identified as CEOs--said 1.21% of residents in the metro workforce were CEOs.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 18, 2012
HARDATA , a developer of workflow management software for the broadcast and entertainment industry, has set up shop in Thousand Oaks, and hired a new President and CEO. The Argentina-based software developer said it has named Philip B. Cox as President and CEO, and opened up its world headquarters in the United States. Cox has previously served at such firms as CalAmp, Signal Technology COrp. M/A/Com, Inc., and 360 Systems.
socalTECH
JUNE 12, 2009
Thousand Oaks-based Servoy , a developer of software for creating web-based applications, said Friday that the firm has upgraded its products. Tags: servoy thousand oaks software saas The firm said its product allows companies to build software applications that run both through a browser and through native desktop applications. The firm said the latest update, version 4.1, includes over 350 enhancements and fixes.
socalTECH
JANUARY 4, 2019
Atara Biotherapeutics , the biopharmaceuticals firm which has its manufacturing and research efforts based in Thousand Oaks, said on Thursday that its current President and CEO, Isaac Ciechanover, M.D., The company is based in South San Francisco, but was founded in Thousand Oaks and has a large facility in the city.
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JULY 25, 2017
805 Startups is partnering with the City of Thousand Oaks to hold a startup demo competition at their beautiful Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Wednesday, July 26, 2017 -- Startup Demo Competition. The selected startups will present in front of an audience of 400 people from across Southern California and to a panel of judges made up of ACTIVE startup investors (angels and VCs). See [link] (more
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2015
Thousand Oaks-based biotech Amgen is cutting 300 jobs in San Francisco, as part of a shutdown of the South San Francisco operations of subsidiary Onyx Pharmaceuticals , according to a memo leaked from the company on Tuesday. Amgen plans to transfer workers in San Francisco back to its Thousand Oaks headquarters.
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DECEMBER 3, 2018
Lundring Events Center, California Lutheran University, 130 Overton Court (inside Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center), Thousand Oaks. Wednesday, December 5, 2018 -- Startups: The Year That Was and The Year That's Ahead. Cal Lutheran Center for Entrepreneurship. Speaker: Ben Kuo, editor and founder, socalTECH.com We are excited to invite back Benjamin Kuo, editor and founder of socalTECH.com, for another year in review.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
179 structures were tallied as destroyed as of 10:00pm on Sunday evening, and hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated at one time, with continuing evacuations and displacements of entire cities and communities.
socalTECH
JULY 29, 2014
Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant Amgen said Tuesday that it plans to cut 2,400 to 2,900 staff, including at its headquarters location, and will also close facilities in both Washington and Colorado. As part of the move, Amgen said it will also consolidate staff into less buildings in the Thousand Oaks area. Amgen did not say how many of its staff in Thousand Oaks would be cut.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has acquired Falcon Analytics Systems & Technologies , a West Virginia-based developer of compact, rugged gas chromatographs (GC) for industrial process control, industrial laboratory and transportable GC applications, the company said this morning.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Thousand Oaks-based California Lutheran University and its School of Management said on Monday that it has named both an Executive-In-Residence and Entrepreneur-In-Residence to the school. The school said Primo Custodio, most recently VP for Human Resources at NBC Universal, will become Executive-in-Residence for the business school, and Jim Cathcart, a motivational speaker and author, becomes Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said it is entering the market for consumables for the extreme, ultraviolet lithography (EUV) semiconductor market. According to Teledyne, its subsidiary, Teledyne DALSA, is partnering with ASML Holding N.V. to produce pellicle membranes for use in Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography-based semiconductor fabrication.
socalTECH
MAY 4, 2016
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said this morning that it has completed the acquisition of Canadian software company CARIS. CARIS develops geospatial software for seafloor mapping and sonar processing. Financial details of the previously announced deal were not disclosed. CARIS was based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, and had been founded in 1979. READ MORE>>. teledyne caris merger acquisition software sonar geospatial mapping
socalTECH
APRIL 8, 2014
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said last week that it has acquired Photon Machines , a developer of laser-based, laboratory instrumentation. Its corporate headquarters and research labs are in Thousand Oaks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Teledyne said the acquisition was made through its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments. Photon Machines was based in Bozeman, Montana.
socalTECH
JULY 21, 2017
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said on Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Pennsylvania-based Scientific Systems Inc. SSI is a manufacturer of precision components and specialized subassemblies used in analytical and diagnostic instrumentation, such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 13, 2017
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies announced on Thursday that it has acquired Scientific Systems, Inc. , a manufacturer of precision components and specialized subassemblies for the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and specialized medical devices market. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Teledyne said it made the acquisition through its subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments, Inc. Scientific Systems was founded in 1967. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2017
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen is the lead investor in a round for San Francisco- and Bozeman, Montana-based SiteOne Therapeutics , SiteOne said on Friday. SiteOne said it raised $15M in a Series B funding round, which was led b Amgen, and also included Next Frontier Capital and insiders. SiteOne is developing no-opioid analgesics, aimed at treating chronic pain without causing addiction. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired a number of scientific imaging brands from Roper Technologies , in a deal worth $225M in cash. According to Teledyne, the businesses include Princeton Instruments, Photometrics and Lumenera, as well as other brands. Roper Technologies is based in Sarasota, Florida.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen and Swiss biotech company Molecular Partners AG said Tuesday that the two are in a collaboration and licensing deal, for the commercialization of a molecule aimed at the immuno-oncology area.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne said late Tuesday evening that it has shuffled its CEO position, with current CEO Robert Mehrabian moving to become Executive Chairman, and appointing Al Pichelli as its new CEO. The company said that Mehrabian will continue to be involved with the company, with a focus on strategy, technology, mergers and acquisitions and margin expansion programs. Pichelli was previously President and Chief Operating Officer of the company.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen said late Tuesday that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval on a treatment for kidney disease. Amgen said the FDA approved Parsabiv (etelcalcetide) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) in adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis. According to the company, its new treatment is the first approved for the condition in 12 years. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies is hailing the arrival of the NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission yesterday, saying that its sensors were a key part of that mission, aimed at investigating how planets formed, life began, and investigating how asteroids impact Earth.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
Thousand Oaks-based Ceres has delayed its IPO, after lowering its IPO pricing estimates this week. According to industry reports , Ceres is delaying the offering until next week. Ceres had initially planned to price its IPO on Thursday. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2018
According to the Thousand Oaks university, Dorfman's contribution will go towards the construction of the two-story, 27,000-square foot Steven D. California Lutheran University (CLU) is receiving a big, $6M donation from former Hughes Electronics Vice Chairman Steve Dorfman, for a new building for the school's School of Management, the school announced this morning.
socalTECH
JUNE 17, 2016
Thousand Oaks-based agricultural biotech developer Ceres is being acquired by Minnesota-based agriculture firm Land O'Lakes , in a deal worth approximately $17.2M, the companies said on Friday. The two said that Land O'Lakes will pay $0.40 per share, in cash, for Ceres. Ceres will become part of Land O'Lakes Forage Genetics International (FGI) subsidiary. Ceres said the acquisition came after evaluating strategic options, and was unanimously backed by its board of directors.
socalTECH
MAY 9, 2018
Amgen Ventures , the venture capital arm of Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , is one of the investors in a Boston biotech company, Akili Interactive. Akili said Tuesday that it has raised $55M in a Series C funding, which was led by Temasek, and also included Baillie Gifford, Amgen Ventures, M Ventures (the CVC fund of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), JAZZ Venture Partners, Canepa Advanced Healthcare Fund, and Brooklands Capital Strategies.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen announced last week that it has appointed Charles M. Holley Jr. to its board of directors. Holly said the appointment brings its board size to 15 directors, 14 of whom are independent. Holley is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Wal-Mart Stores, where he had been since 1994. READ MORE>>. amgen walmart board member charles holley executive
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Move has operations in the Thousand Oaks, California area, although it is now based in San Jose. The company was started in Thousand Oaks in 1993, and now has 913 employees. Move, Inc. , the operator of the Realtor.com, Move.com, and other related real estate businesses, is being acquired by News Corp. , in a deal worth approximately $950M, the two companies said this morning.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Thousand Oaks-based Akriveia Therapeutics , a biotechnology startup focused on immuno-oncology, announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A investment. The investment came from F-Prime Capital Partners. Akriveia Therapeutics said it is developing immunotherapeutic products that are specifically activated in the microenvironment of the tumor. As part of the funding, F-Prime's Thomas Beck and Ben Auspitz have joined the company's board.
socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2016
Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has put its backing behind a new, life sciences incubator, called QB3@953. A similar effort, the Ventura BioCenter , operates just around the corner from Amgen in the Thousand Oaks area. According to Amgen, it will provide a five year, platinum sponsorship of the San Francisco life sciences incubator, to accelerate the development of new therapies to improve human health. Financial details of the sponsorship were not detailed.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne said Monday that it has acquired Bowtech Products Limited , an Aberdeen, Scotland maker of underwater vision systems. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Bowtech''s cameras are used in remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and other harsh underwater systems, and was founded in 1989. Teledyne said the buy helps fill a product gap in its marine technology portfolio. READ MORE>>.
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