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JULY 20, 2015

Six outstanding entrepreneurs have created this sweet flavor of success in one of the most beautiful places on earth – Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. Doug morphed this Hawaiian slang and christened his company “ Deckers.”.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Kevin O'Connor , a longtime investor and serial entrepreneur, who is now running venture capital investment firm ScOp Venture Capital. Kevin sold his last company, Santa Barbara-based Graphiq, in July of 2017 to Amazon, but has a long history of successful companies, including founding DoubleClick.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based HeyTutor , an online marketplace for finding tutors, has raised $1M in its Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday, from Santa Barbara-based ScOp Venture Capital, the venture investment firm led by serial entrepreneur and investor Kevin O'Connor.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Total venture capital investment dollars in 2017 are on their way to a decade high, according to a new report issued today, with $21.5 billion invested in the third quarter in more than 1,699 companies. The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops call tracking and other customer tracking software, says it is on the path towards $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR) by the end of its fiscal year. The company did not disclose its current revenues, but said it has seen "record growth" in the first half of FY21.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Thus, the "best" place for you to start your company is the community you want to live in. Santa Barbara Dreaming. When my wife and I arrived in Santa Barbara in the early 1990''s, we did not know a single person. Don''t believe the hype. My response was equally consistent, "Never.". Home Field Advantage.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

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 spit between a seed round of $4M, and earlier pre-seed and seed funding.

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MAY 20, 2021

Morgan Securities, Barclays Capital, and Jefferies, along with Canaccord Genuity, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Oppenheimer & Co., Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, and William Blair & Company. The IPO is the first in the technology sector in the Santa Barbara area since Sonos went IPO in 2018. Piper Sandler & Co.,

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MAY 20, 2021

The company starts trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCOR. The IPO priced above the company's initial estimated IPO range, which was $60.00 Morgan Securities, Barclays Capital, and Jefferies, along with Canaccord Genuity, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Oppenheimer & Co., Piper Sandler & Co.,

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MAY 26, 2020

Goleta-based Apeel Sciencs , a startup developing technology which coats fresh fruit and vegetables with what it calls an "extra peel" to help preserve fruit for longer, has raised a huge, $250M funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The funding was led by GIC. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Wiser Capital has raised $1.25M in a funding round, to go towards its online platform for sourcing and funding commercial solar projects. The company said the funding came from private investors, and will go towards adding personnel and resources to the company. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Santa Barbara-based WELL Health , a startup which offers up patient communications tools to healthcare providers, payers, and others, has raised $45M more in a SEries C funding round, the company said this week. According to the company, it has now raised $75M in total funding since it was founded in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Clean technology investor NGEN Partners , which is based in Santa Barbara, is one of the lead investors in a new funding round for urban farming company BrightFarms , which was announced Tuesday. in a Series B financing round, led by NGEN Partners, Emil Capital Partners, as well as others.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel Sciences, which has developed a plant-based coasting for fresh produce to extend its shelf life, has raised another big $250M funding round, a Series E for the company. The company--led by CEO James Rogers--has created a coaating it says helps reduce "shrinkage" in their produce inventory by 50%.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Santa Barbara-based Live Data Technologies said this morning that it has raised $5M in a Series A funding round. The company says it is developing software to verify B2B contact data for people, tracking people as they move jobs. Source of the funding was not announced.

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JULY 22, 2020

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of brand protection software, has raised $5.1M The company says it already has customers such Domestic, Mercury Marine, Smuckers, The Weyco Group, and Zeiss. in a funding round. The founder and CEO of TrackStreet is Andrew Schydlowsky.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Entrada Ventures, a venture capital firm led by Alexander Fang, the former co-founder of Aurrion (acquired by Juniper Networks), has raised $1.6M Entrada Ventures has invested in such companies as Anchore, AppliedVR, Coreshell Technologies, d-Matrix, Fathom Computing, and others.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos has filed for a confidential IPO, according to a report on Wednesday, which says that Sonos is hoping to go public as soon as June. Sonos has received backing from such investors as BV Capital, Elevation Partners, Index Ventures, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., billion and $3.0 and Redpoint Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Canndescent an "ultra-premium" cannabis brand, announced this week that it has raised $27.5M The funding was led by cannabis investment fund Green Acre Capital, and also included Carnegie Arch Capital, Senterra, LLC., in a Series C funding round. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, SureSale , has raised $7M in its Series A funding round, the company said this week. The funding was led by Upfront Ventures and also included Coffin Capital. The company's CEO is Donny K. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel, which is venture-backed by Viking Global Investors, Upfront Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Rock Creek Group, as well as Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry, has acquired ImpactVision, a developer of "hyperspectral imaging" technology used to measure data on ripeness and quality of fresh produce.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Theta Lake , a developer of security and compliance software which connects with Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and other collaboration platforms, has raised $12.7M As part of the funding, Lightspeed's Arif Janmohamed joins the company's board. in a Series A funding. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Santa Barbara-based AxiaMed , which is developing healthcare payments technology, said late Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $12.4M The funding was led by Health Enterprise Partners (HEP), and also included Nashville Capital Network and other existing investors. The company's CEO and co-founder is Randal Clark.

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JULY 27, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos, the developer of user-friendly, Internet-connected, whole-home audio systems, is expected to hit the market next Friday, August 3rd, according to the NASDAQ IPO Calendar. Sonos is looking to sell 13,888,888 shares of its common stock at between $17.00 and $19.00 per share, the IPO would raise $303,472,199.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer and manufacturer of whole home, audio systems and devices, has named two new directors to its board, the company said Tuesday. Coles is a TV producer for Disney, an advisor to Cornell Capital, and formerly had been Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Resonant , which is developing radio frequency filters (RF) used for mobile devices, has priced its IPO, saying it is offering up 2,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $6.00 The company is slated to start trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market as RESN today. for the company.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Impact , which develops software used for partnership automation, said this morning that it has raised $75M in an investment round. According to the company, the funding will go towards accelerating development of its platform, for go-to-market and regional expansion, and other growth efforts.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Rincon Venture Partners , the venture fund which was led by Jim Andelman before Bonfire Ventures, has seen an exit of its portfolio, at San Francisco-based Rentlytics. Rentlytics was venture backed by Trinity Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, Cue Ball and Daher Capital. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ , which operates a platform to help manage health testing programs for health plans, employers and enterprise customers, has raised $26.5M The funding was led by HealthQuest Capital, and also included Arboretum Ventures and other, un-nnamed insiders. more in funding, according to the firm.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos saw a successful initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, closing its first day of trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market up nearly 33 percent. The company's IPO was underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co, Allen & Company, RBC Capital Markets, Jeffries, KKR, Raymond James, and Stifel.

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MAY 14, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Curtail , a new cybersecurity startup which recently landed $3.25M in funding, said this morning that it has named two VPs. According to the startup, Deborah Scanlon will serve as vice president of strategic sales, and Nigel Quinnin will take on the role of vice president of development at the company.

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JULY 6, 2018

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , which develops very easy to use, connected whole-home speaker systems, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing on Friday that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The company has applied to list as SONO. The company had a net loss of $14.2M

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Cognixion, a startup which says it is developing a non-invasive, wireless brain-computer interface with augmented reality display--aimed at helping those with communications and physical disabilities--has raised $12M in a funding round. Andreas Forsland is Founder and CEO of the new startup.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Santa Barbara-based real estate software company Yardi is pitching in to help with relief and recovery from the wildfires which have swept over Australia in the last month, and which continue to burn, by donating $250,000 to agencies in Australia, the company said on Sunday. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus , the developer of open source software for managing private and hybrid clouds, has been acquired by HP , HP said Thursday afternoon. Eucalpytus, which is led by Marten Mickos, was venture backed by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Benchmark Capital, BV Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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