San Diego-based Arena Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has launched a new company, Longboard Pharmaceuticals, with $56M in funding. According to Areana, the newly launched company will ...

San Diego-based Maxwell Biomedical announced this morning that it has acquired Cardialen, a Minneapolis-based company that develops a low-energy defibrillation and cardioversion therapy designed to ...

La Jolla-based Platform Science, a developer of fleet management software and technology, has raised $42M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed recently. The funding was led by Prologis, and ...

Autograph, the NFT ageny which was co-founded by longtime Los Angeles technology veteran Richard Rosenblatt, alongside NFL quarterback Tom Brady, has raised $170M mor follow up investments from 01A ...

Santa Barbara-based Beni, a startup which lets users find and buy secondhand apparel and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $5M in funding. According to the company, the funding was ...

San Diego-based Firestorm Labs, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), says it has received $12.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Lockheed Martin Ventures, as well as Decisive ...

Los Angeles-based game studio Sequoia Games says it has raised a Series A round of funding, from such angels as Mark Mastrov (founder of 24 Hour Fitness), Steve Kokinos (CEO of Algorand), George Ruan ...

Auto maker Volkswagen Group said this week that it will invest up to $5 billion in Irvine-based EV maker Rivian. According to the two, they are in a joint venture to create a "next generation software ...

Santa Ana-based Yotta Energy, a developer of energy storage technology, says it has received a $1.23M award from the California Energy Commission (CEC), to develop a storage and storage system in ...

San Diego-based Libra Therapeutics, a new startup developing treatments for various neurodegenerative diseases, has raised $29M in its Series A funding round, the company said this morning. According ...

Los Angeles-based mPulse Mobile, which develops conversational AI software for the healthcare industry, says it has acquired HealthCrowd, a provider of healthcare communications services for the ...

Los Angeles-based Tellie, which develops site building tools for creators, has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Malibu Point Capital, Galaxy Digital, Osage Venture Partners, ...