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Apeel Sciences Finds $70M

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Apeel is already supplying two products--one for extending the shelf life of avocados, the other of citrus--on products which have been shipping at Costco and Harps Food Stores since June. The company said the funding will go to meet demand from both U.S. The company said the funding will go to meet demand from both U.S.

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Ice Energy Ties With Solar Panel Providers For Energy Bundle

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Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy , the developer of energy storage devices which use ice to offload electric grids of peak loads, said Wednesday that it has launched a new, bundled solution which combines both its energy storage and photovoltaic solar energy. READ MORE>>.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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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. This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit.

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FindTheBest Launches Campaign Against Patent "Troll"

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Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , the products review startup headed by former DoubleClick founder Kevin O''Connor, has a new mission in life: fight patent trolls. FindTheBest has accused Lumen View of extortion and violation of the RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations) Act. READ MORE>>.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. The now-public. Edmunds was also one of the companies.

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Interview with Winston Damarillo, Morphlabs

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Morphlabs is a cloud computing company, part of a good cluster of firms that we now have in Southern California, including 3Tera in Orange County, and Eucalyptus in Santa Barbara. The company is about three years old, and we had our first product initially in Japan. There's really big demand. We brought that to the U.S.

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Forget Cash: What Will You Really Make At Your Startup?

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I consistently remind my UC Santa Barbara startup students that for most people, money is not a sustaining motivator. Dealing with their precocious students and demanding parents can cause a single day to be filled with poignant highs and unnerving lows. A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

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