Thursday, September 8, 2011Amgen Backs Therapeutic Antibody FirmThousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen has backed a developer of therapeutic antibodies, via its venture capital arm, Amgen Ventures. According to Seattle-based Theraclone Sciences, Amgen Ventures was one of the investors in a $10.6M, Series B extension round for the company. Theraclone is developing therapeutic antibodies for treating infectious disease and cancer. Other investors in the round were ARCH Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, MPM Capital,
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SOS Online Backup Gets $3MLos Angeles-based SOS Online Backup, a developer of cloud-based online backup and data protection services, said Thursday afternoon that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding round. The round came from Splashpoind Investors. The firm said the funding brings its total raised since launch to $10M. SOS Online Backup was founded by Ken Shaw, and first launched its services in 2006. The firm said the funding will go towards future product offerings.
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Gaikai Boosted By IntelLos Angeles-based Gaikai, the streaming game service run by David Perry, is one of seven software companies which Intel announced it had made investments in today, for a total of $24M invested by the company. Intel said it invested in DynamicOps, a provider of enterprise cloud automation software; Enlighted, a provider of building management software; Guavus, a developer of real-time analytics tools; IP Commerce, a developer of platform-as-a-service software; Swrve New Media, a social games and (More info...)
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Slacker Links With Automotive Music ServiceSan Diego-based Slacker, the personalized Internet radio service, has inked a deal with an automotive audio device from electronics firm HARMAN, the two firms announced Thursday. The two said that Aha by HARMAN and Slacker are in a partnership, which will bring Slacker's personal radio and on-demand music services into cars. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed, however, the two said that Aha listeners will get access to Slacker's songs on demand and radio stations starting th (More info...)
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Bizzy Connects With FoursquareBizzy, the social recommendations site owned by Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal, reported today that it has connected its mobile apps directly with the popular Foursquare check in service. Bizzy said it has updated both its iPhone and Android apps, so that foursquare accounts are now directly linked to Bizzy accounts. Bizzy said that when users check into a venue with Foursquare, it will send a push notification to let users comment on how much they liked those venues, with options to add a phot (More info...)
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Edmunds.com Rolls Used Car Search ToolSanta Monica-based Edmunds.com looks to be busy updating its service this week, with yet another feature. The firm said today that it has added a new, used car inventory search tool, which will help car buyers shop for and compared used vehicles in their local areas. The firm said the new used car search tool is similar to its existing, new car inventory search tools. The new tool allows users to find vehicles based on make, model, mileage, model year, and price. Edmunds just announced earlier t (More info...)
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Morphlabs Partners With Asian Data Center ProvidersManhattan Beach-based Morphlabs, the developer of cloud infrastructure equipment and software headed by Winston Damarillo, said Thursday that it has linked with data center, hosting, and service providers Globe Telecom, Pratesis and Exist Global. All three serve the Southeast Asian market. According to Morphlabs, all of the firms are using its mCloud Data Center Unit (DCU) to provide dynamic infrastructure to their market. Morphlabs appliance helps ISPs implement cloud datacenter services, tying (More info...)
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Echoecho Raises $750KSanta Monica- and London-based Echoecho, which is developing a service to provide location information to your friends via a mobile application, announced today that it has raised $750,000 in a seed funding round. The round came from Google Ventures and PROfounders. The firm, which is headed by Nick Bicanic, said that the new funding will go towards product development, hiring, and scaling of operations. The firm said its applications are aimed at helping friends, family members, and colleagues (More info...)
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Active.com Teams With Best BuySan Diego-based Active.com, the online fitness and sports site run by Active Network, said today that it has inked a deal with Best Buy, to offer up fitness plans at Best Buy's Chicago area stores. According to Active, it will provide Active.com Couch-to-5K Trainer plans with purchases from any item from Best Buy's health and fitness product line, including purchases of pedometers, heart rate monitors, treadmills, and other fitness products. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Acti (More info...)
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BeachMint Announces BeautyMint With Jessica SimpsonSanta Monica-based BeachMint, the celebrity and social e-commerce company run by Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, said last night that it has launched the next in its line of celebrity-focused businesses, BeautyMint. BeautyMint is focused on personalized skincare, and is being run in conjunction with Jessica Simpson and Beverly Hills skincare expert Nerida Joy. BeachMint said that it will launch BeautyMint in October. The company said BeautyMint will provide a personalized, monthly skincare syste (More info...)
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RealD Wins Another Chinese DealLos Angeles-based RealD, the provider of 3D theater projection technology, has signed another Chinese theater chain, the company reported today. RealD said it has signed an agreement with SHIMAO Cinema Investment Company Limited, to install its technology in 100 cinema screens in China. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. RealD said SHIMAO has the option to increase the number of its installations, to up to 500 screens. RealD said it now has 400 screens in China installed with its tec (More info...)
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