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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. The report , from the Wall Street Journal, says the IPO will value Sonos at between $2.5 billion and $3.0 and Redpoint Ventures.

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Santa Barbara Redpoint Journal Report 113

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JULY 27, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of software for the embedded market, reported today that it is shipping its software for chips from TrendChip Technologies. Tags: embedded software voip trendchip technologies. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the report, there were 71 deals worth a total of $663.2M Another $28.68M was invested in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, plus Ventura. for San Diego, then $189.0M

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JULY 20, 2017

Santa Barbara-based GraphIQ , the visualization software developer led by technology veteran Kevin O'Connor, has quietly been acquired by Amazon.com , it emerged today. A report from the LA Times estimates the acquisition was worth around $50M. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Santa Barbara Acquisition Software Development Report 124

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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. Scanlon was most recently at Gartner, and also has served at Recourse Technologies, Vormetric and BigFix, along with IBM and Verizon. Curtail is led by CEO Frank Huerta. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Rightsignature , a developer of online, electronic signature software-as-a-service, reported Friday that the firm has signed on a healthcare staffing technology firm as a customer. Financial impact of the new customer was not disclosed.

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MAY 21, 2018

Vista-based Sound United , the parent firm of audio brands Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Boston Acoustics and ClasseAudio, says it has settled all of the patent infringement litigation between the company and Santa Barbara-based Sonos. Terms of the settlement are confidential. READ MORE>>.

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Patents Santa Barbara Report Technology 113

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JULY 19, 2016

LED lighting developer Soraa , which developed LED lighting which is based on technology developed at UC Santa Barbara, reported today that its LED lighting is being used at Madame Tussauds San Francisco. Soraa is a developer of Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based LED lamp technology.

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LAMP Santa Barbara Research Report 100

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Santa Barbara-based optical switch developer CALIENT Technoloogies reported a win today, with remote broadcast production company CP Communications. calient technologies hdtv television equipment broadcast cpcommunications hardware golf' Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Networking Santa Barbara Report Product 159

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, reported a win Monday with American National Insurance Company. Yardi said that American National is using the company''s technology for property management and accounting. Size of the win was not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Based on a trio of recent, cloud technology acquisitions by major, Silicon Valley technology powerhouses, that would be Southern California. the acquisition of Santa Barbara-based Eucalpytus by HP last week; and the acquisition earlier this year of Los Angeles-based Inktank by Red Hat. .;

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Southern California Startup Santa Barbara SoCal 145

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Other large deals include Santa Barbara-based CytomX , with a $30.0M Nationwide, there was $4.8 in funding.

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Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

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APRIL 4, 2012

Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies has appointed a new Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. Miglani has been at the firm since 2010, and also has previously served at Juniper Networks, 3Com, Lucent Technologies, Bay Networks/Nortel, and Essar Telecom. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Software Engineering Networking Report 150

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MARCH 13, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy , a developer of energy storage technology, reports that it has scored a win with Riverside Public Utilities. According to Ice Energy, it has signed a five-year contract to provide 5 megawatts of thermal energy storage, using its systems.

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Riverside Santa Barbara Outsource Development Report 100

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

The fire, which had made its way into the city limits of Ventura early in the Tuesday morning hours, burning behind the Ventura Ventures startup incubator and--based on Ventura County Fire Department reports several hours ago, at least 150 structure destroyed.

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Ventura Technical Review Santa Barbara Incubator 124

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

Santa Barbara-based SpectraFluidics , the developer of chemical detection and analysis technology, reported yesterday that it has been awarded a $1.3 SpectraFluidics' technology is used to detect trace vapor chemicals. million contract from the Transportation Security Administration. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Outsource Development Report Technology 133

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

Santa Barbara, reported today that it has been awarded several million dollars in funding from the Department of Energy''s Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E). Soraa , the LED lighting technolgoy developers which was spun out of U.C. According to the company, the funding comes as part of a four year, $3.2M

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Funding Santa Barbara Outsource Development Research 149

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ , the developer of technology used by employers as part of their corporate health and wellness programs, said Tuesday that it has partnered with Maxim Health Systems , to develop a tablet-based, software application which integrates health screening and wellness with real-time data management, analysis, and reporting.

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Screening Company Companies Santa Barbara 138

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Goleta-based Aurrion , a developer of silicon photonics fabrication technology, reported today that it has been awarded $13.9M Aurrion's technology is aimed at allowing active components such as lasers and amplifiers to be fabricated on silicon wafers. in a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract.

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Outsource Development Santa Barbara Research Activity 145

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JULY 18, 2017

The list of technology startups in Southern California who are "unicorns"--valued at more than $1 billion--surprisingly, might not be who you think, and in the sectors you might expect. and no, there aren't any entertainment-technology companies anywhere in sight). SpaceX (www.spacex.com). The space rocket maker is run by Elon Musk.

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Southern California Orange County SpaceX Santa Barbara 133

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

He is well known in the Southern California Technology scene for his work producing the Digital Family event series, along with the MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) series. We have regular monthly meetings in Westlake Village, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Newport Beach. " Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing.

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Los Angeles Southern California Technology Angel 150

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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Funding Santa Barbara ReachLocal Southern California 178

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JANUARY 28, 2009

Santa Barbara-based SpectraFluidics Inc., a developer of handheld chemical-detection devices, reported Tuesday that Casey Hare has joined the firm as vice president of systems engineering. SpectraFluidics is currently partnering with the U.S.

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Santa Barbara Report Help Marketing 124

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The company recently reported record. NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. has long been home to both technology and fashion--but, based on its trajectory, looks to be one of the fastest growing. The now-public. Rubicon Project. is a good place for employees.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Their report crystallized the opportunity and pathways to moving SoCal forward as one of the leading global innovation ecosystem.

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Southern California SoCal Pasadena Startup 113

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Santa Barbara-based FarStone Technology , a developer of backup software, reported this week that it has released a new line of backup and recovery appliances supporting the iSCSI storage standard. The firm said that its TreasureStone appliances support up to 15TB of data, and is integrated with its DriveClone software.

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Santa Barbara Pricing Software Report 100

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JANUARY 30, 2009

A stealthy Goleta-based startup, Kaai, which is focused on LED technology, has quietly raised $5M in funding, according to both regulatory filings and recent numbers in the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Moneytree report. Nakamura is the inventory of the blue LED, and DenBaars is a professor a the University of California Santa Barbara.

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Santa Barbara Technology Report Funding 100

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

California's technology industry possible. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. Venture Partners , Rustic Canyon Partners , Binary Pulse Technology. Technology.

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APRIL 5, 2010

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

It’s not that BI reports on NYC, but when your journalists know lots of people and tend to see more NYC people than others they’re naturally going to have their ears bent on this “company that they invested in that is crushing it! And so you have great local tech press like Business Insider who covers the industry very well.

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Startup Venture Capital Press San Diego 378

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

We've basically taken advantage of all the new technology out there--especially, the web-based service model. For college, or maybe even high school, you can take a look at what courses you've taken, how we'll you've done, and you can even submit your report card or portfolio to college.

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Education Startup Course Tool 124

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MAY 24, 2021

All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. Today they announced that they acquired a large competitor in their space for what is reported to be a $100 million transaction. My first ever investment as a VC was Invoca.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Startup 363

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JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 50% of our investments are in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures.

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