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Be Green Packaging Acquired By The Riverside Company

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Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. begreen packaging cleantech recyclable riverside merger acquisition ecofriendly recycle compost' READ MORE>>.

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Helicoid Industries Finds $2.4M

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Indio, California-based Helicoid Idustries , a startup developing advanced composite materials for use in the wind turbine, aerospace, sporting goods, auto parts, defense, and industrial market, has raised $2.4M--the first part of what looks like an ongoing $5M investment round. Helicoid is a spinout of the University of California Riverside.

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FarmSense Harvests $2.2M In SBIR Funding

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Riverside-based FarmSense, a developer of "smart sensors" for the agriculture market, has raised $2.2M in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding. According to the company, the funding will go to ongoing biosecurity research, including the impact of Japanese Beetles and Gypsy Moths as invasive species.

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Massage-on-demand company, Soothe, raises $31 million

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The Series C round from late stage and growth capital investment firm, The Riverside Company , caps a busy first quarter for the massage service. The company said the new round would help keep massage therapists in its network with pricing that can be up to three times more than those therapists would make in their local markets.

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Bourns Buys Assets From Transtek

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Riverside-based Bourns , a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components such as speed sensors, magnetic components, circuit protection, and other components, has acquired assets from Transtek , the company said Monday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Zillow Expands Home Buying Service To LA, OC

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Online real estate site Zillow is expanding its home buying service, Zillow Offers , to the Los Angeles and Orange County markets, saying this morning that it will now let homeowners sell their homes directly to the company, to avoid the hassles of selling their home.

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Bourns Buys Komatsulite Mfg. Co.

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Riverside-based electronic components manufacturer and supplier Bourns has acquired Japanese company Komatsulite Mfg. a developer of safety devices for the rechargeable lithium-ion battery market, the company said Wednesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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