socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. What is the Ventura incubator? It's about 10,000 square feet of space in downtown Ventura, in a city owned office building.

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Ventura Incubator Technology Startup 200

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2016

Ventura-based outdoor apparel company Patagonia has partnered with a startup developing a high performance, synthetic silk fabric, made out of natural proteins. The investment round came from Nan Fung, Innovation Endeavors, Alafi Capital, East West Capital, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>.

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High Tech East West Capital Ventura Startup 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

but also speculated on if there's enough capital to fund follow on investments for graduates of those accelerators. Participants hailed the work that the many accelerators in town have done to spur startups and innovation here: Amplify, LaunchpadLA, MuckerLab, io/LA, StartEngine, et al.--but

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2016

Ventura, California--despite a number of growing high tech startups--has not been known for buildling multi-million dollar Internet companies. However, The Trade Desk , the advertising software developer led by Jeff Green, has quietly pushed past $202M in revenues, to become one of the faster growing firms in the region.

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Ventura High Tech Advertising Software Development 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Santa Barbara has become a high-tech startup mecca, rivaling cities many times its size. Note: Patagonia’s headquarters are located just down the road from Santa Barbara, in Ventura, California). Many of these individuals become restless in their youthful “retirement” and begin investing and advising young companies.

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Santa Barbara Startup Sales Entrepreneur 100