Details on the funding have not been announced, however, the company is venture backed by Avalon Ventures. Avalon's Jay Lichter is listed as the firm's CEO. ...Tags: Tags: afraxis venture capital biotech lifescience autism avalon venture San Diego-based aFraxis , a stealth-mode firm developing treatments for Fragile X Syndome and autism, has raised $750,000 in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday.

According to the firm, the financing came from Avalon Ventures LLC. San Diego-based Zacharon Pharmaceutical said today that it has raised $3.5M in a Series A financing for the firm's biopharmaceuticals technology. The firm also said it has received more than $2.2M

The firm has previously raised funding from Avalon Ventures, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Masthead Venture Partners, and JK&B Capital. Tags: chumby venture capital debt financing internet device hardwar San Diego-based Chumby , a maker of a Internet-enabled information device, has raise $3M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Thursday. According to the filing, the funding came in the form of debt plus warrants; source of the funding was not disclosed.

Chumby has previously gained funding from Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Tags: chumby venture capital internet clock radio linu San Diego-based Chumby , a maker of Internet-connected clock radio devices, has raised another $1.0M in funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today.

Ambit has raised over $105M in venture funding, from firms such as Apposite Capital, MedImmune, OrbiMed, Radius Ventures, NovaQuest, Horizon Technology Finance, Avalon Ventures, Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical Fund, Forward Ventures, Roche Venture Fund, Lumira Capital, GIMV, Genechem Management, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. ...Tags: Tags: ambit biosciences venture capital debt funding biopharmaceuticals lifescienc San Diego-based Ambit Biosciences , a developer of small molecule profiling tools being used for biopharmaceuticals development, has raised $6.5M in

The firm said the round was led by Cardinal partners, and also included Venrock and prior investor Avalon Ventures. San Diego-based Awarepoint, a developer of systems for tracking assets and patients in hospitals, has raised $13.3M in a Series D funding. Awarepoint said the funding will go towards expansion of its product in both domestic and international

According to E-Band, the round was led by Hercules Technology Growth Capital, and also included Avalon Ventures. San Diego-based E-Band Communications , a developer of millimeter-wave wireless transmission systems, said Wednesday that the firm has raised a Series C financing round. Amount of the funding was not disclosed by the firm.

Ortiva is backed by Artiman Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital, and Mission Ventures. La Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless, a provider of products for managing and optimizing mobile video streams, has snagged Vodafone Portugal as a customer, the firm said today. Ortiva said that Vodafone Portugal will deploy its mobile Video Optimization Gateway product.

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) released their 2008 Q4 MoneyTree Report this evening, reporting that $28.3 According to the report, the most active Southern California investors (those with their headquarters in Southern California) were Clearstone Ventures, with 6 deals; followed by Miramar Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, Amgen, Shepherd Ventures, Avalon Ventures, NGEN Partners, and Anthem Ventures, all with 3 deals each. READ MORE>> ...Tags: billion was invested in 3,808 deals in the fourth quarter of 2008. The report, based

Chumby is venture backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. ...Tags: Irvine-based Broadcom and San Diego-based Chumby are working together to integrate Chumby's technology into set top boxes, the firms announced this morning. Chip maker Broadcom said that it is integrating Chumby's rich media Internet platform into a system-on-a-chip for digital television and set-top boxes.