Amgen enters into deals for colon cancer, IBD treatments
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen has entered into two new collaborations, one involving treatment for colon cancer and another regarding therapies for inflammatory bowel disease.
New capital injection brings Suneva Medical total to $70.5M
Suneva Medical, a San Diego aesthetics company with executive offices in Santa Barbara, has raised $35 million in debt and equity financing, bringing its total funding to $70.5 million over the past two years.
Software, squared: ProductPlan makes tools for software product managers
It’s a low-cost, simple-to-use Web application for making and sharing product road maps, keeping everyone on the same page.
Round 2: Atara raises $13.5M as T.O. biotech boom takes hold
Thousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics has brought on more investors to its second financing round, bringing the total raised to $52 million.
Invoca calls up $20M: Fast-growing tech firm to double work force
Santa Barbara-based inbound call technology firm Invoca has raised $20 million from Accel Partners, bringing the company’s funds raised to date to $30.8 million.
Dry farming in Paso Robles: vintners’ tough love for the vines
With so much attention focused lately on water issues in Paso Robles, I was curious about the vintners who direct a kind of tough love to their vines known as dry farming.
