socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The founder and former CEO of Santa Barbara-based Sientra , Hani Zeni , has been charged by the SEC of fradulently concealing damaging information about the company, as it was raising more than $61M in its stock offering in 2015.

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2016

Santa Barbara-based container software technology developer Anchore , which was founded by veterans of Ansible, has raised $2.5M Ansible was acquired by Red Hat for $150M in October of 2015. Ansible was acquired by Red Hat for $150M in October of 2015. in a funding round, the company disclosed today. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2016

Santa Barbara-based healthcare technology provider BioIQ said it has expanded to Atlanta, and more than doubled its employee base in 2015. The company, which offers up home tests for medical conditions tied into healthcare improvement programs, announced the expansion as part of what it called a "record-breaking" year.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2018

According to Santa Maria and Wave Broadband, the city sees the project as "essential" to the community's economic expansion. Santa Maria is midway between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Mindbody is in San Luis Obispo. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2016

Santa Barbara-based real estate software maker Yardi reported another win this morning, with a Texas-based residential real estate property owner. Old El Paso said the software has made its company more efficient, profitable, and financially accountable, although neither Old El Paso or Yardi disclosed any financial details.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 11, 2015

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , which got its start offering up lists and ways to compare the merits of a myriad of different things (products, colleges, you name it), has rebranded itself as Graphiq , and has refocused on the visual tools behind FindTheBest's original service. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Those products--most of which are developed in Santa Barbara--will be split out from Citrix in late 2016, according to the company. A large chunk of those products can trace their roots back to Santa Barbara's ExpertCity, which was acquired by December of 2003 and became Citrix Online.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Instead, grab your surfboard and head to UC Santa Barbara. Although UCSB has room to grow with regard to the total number of VC-backed startups it generates, the Santa Barbara region fares well when its relative size is taken into account. Image Credit: University Of California, Santa Barbara.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 27, 2015

I’ve bought several cars from Bunnin in Oxnard and many cars from the Chevy dealership in Santa Barbara. Now that Bunnin owns the dealership in Santa Barbara, I am a customer for life. Since 2015 has been a great year to date, this means I literally would be getting $9,000 in savings for the year.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. Geographically our strategy is to fund about 50% of our deals in Southern California (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) and 50% of our deals on a national basis.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Good news: a quick review of TechCrunch’s March 2015 List of Top 20 U.S. Feetz earned coverage in the Wall Street Journal following The TENN’s 2015 West Coast trip for their innovative 3D printed shoes. Such was the case with Chattanooga-based Feetz , the self-described “digital cobbler” and graduate of The TENN. Share and Enjoy.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. 5) It is 2015. Is it hard to balance your work hard / play hard culture, especially in beautiful Santa Barbara?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

After studying at UC Santa Barbara''s entrepreneurial program , he returned to Spain, excited to start a venture and make a positive impact on his homeland. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. One of my top former students, Fredi Fernandez , recently sent me a compelling email. He founded Alpha Origins in 2011.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Our interview today is with Andrew Schydlowsky , the CEO and founder of Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet (www.trackstreet.com), a startup which is backed by Okapi Capital, The Cove Fund, Early Light Ventures, SaaS Venture Capital, and Stage Venture Partners. How long have you been doing this, and who is backing you?

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Xconomy

JULY 21, 2016

The funding, provided by Santa Barbara, CA-based Rincon Venture Partners and Venice, CA-based CrossCut Ventures, represents the first institutional investment for Zingle. The company raised $1 million last year, according to a 2015 regulatory filing.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. billion).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. This got him more power and with that power he executed on his belief system and had a lousy 2015 season. We can be blunt but we believe that builds healthier relationships. Team Building.

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