socalTECH

JULY 13, 2017

According to Blackbird, the startup, regional air service offers up flights starting at $124, and hopes to serve such destination which aren't well served by commercial airlines, such as Santa Monica and Palm Springs. The company said it is aggregating the existing charter industry to provide the fleet for its services. READ MORE>>.

Santa Monica 165

Santa Monica Santa Barbara Startup San Diego 165

Xconomy

MAY 3, 2017

In early 2002, the Finnish-born scientist Errki Ruoslahti stepped down as CEO of what is now San Diego’s Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. He moved to Santa Barbara, CA, where he established what he calls “a little subsidiary” of the SBP institute, and joined the faculty of UC Santa Barbara.

San Diego 45

San Diego Santa Barbara Research Startup 45

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2019

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Los Angeles Chapter has teamed up with the Orange County, Inland Empire, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco Bay Area Chapters to bring you another great AppSec California. Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- AppSec California 2019. See [link] (more)

Orange County 100

Orange County Santa Barbara San Diego Web 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

San Diego's Optimer Pharmaceuticals was number 15, at 18798% growth; Marina Del Rey-based TeleSign ranked 23 at 7534% growth; followed by FastSpring in Santa Barbara, with a 6742% growth rate. Editor's note: Deloitte is a sponsor of this site, although that does not affect our coverage. READ MORE>>.

Marina Del Rey 264

Marina Del Rey Southern California San Diego Santa Barbara 264

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The report did not provide details on Orange County, San Diego, Ventura, or Santa Barbara counties. The report did not break down Southern California as a single region, but reported $4.408 billion invested across 386 so far in the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA this year. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 147

Venture Capital Orange County Report Capital 147

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2016

The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies.

Dollar Shave Club 100

Dollar Shave Club Southern California Agoura Hills West Hollywood 100

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2018

Surf Air's unlimited, all-you-can-fly service lets its members fly between San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Truckee/Lake Tahoe, Napa, Palm Springs and San Diego. The connecting flights will cost $199 per shuttle flight, and are not included as part of Surf Air's existing membership. READ MORE>>.

Orange County 113

Orange County Santa Barbara Hawthorne San Diego 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The launch, if successful, is expected to be highly visible across Southern California, as the Falcon 9 travels South from Vandenberg Air Force Base (near Santa Barbara), past Los Angeles, and out over the coast of San Diego. Image: the Falcon 9 and PAZ on the launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Tuesday.

SpaceX 133

SpaceX Santa Barbara Southern California Hawthorne 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Tim Cadogan , OpenX (Pasadena, advertising).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The University of California has ten campuses, of which half of them are in Southern California, including UC Irvine, UCLA, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara. Among the successes driving the creation of the fund was the IPO of Santa Monica-based Kite Pharma, which is a spinout of UCLA.

Venture Capital 223

Venture Capital Capital UCLA UCSD 223

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The highest ranked was San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos , with 11.1 percent of private jobs in the technology sector, ranked at number 13 nationwide; Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta had 8.9 Finally, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine was ranked number 25, just making the list, with 8.2

Report 203

Report Santa Barbara Technology Southern California 203

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2017

Steve Poizner , the former California gubernatorial candidate and former founder of SnapTrack (which he sold to San Diego's Qualcomm), says he has created a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation , which will focus on further developing Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 100

Southern California San Diego Riverside Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The full list follows: 13 EdgeCast Networks 21406% Santa Monica Alex Kazerani 15 Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 18798% San Diego Pedro Lichtinger 22 Phone Power 7642% Winnetka Ari Ramezani 23 TeleSign Corporation Software 7534% Marina del Rey Steve Jillings 26 FastSpring 6742% Santa Barbara Dan Engel 30 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

Southern California 242

Southern California Marina Del Rey El Segundo San Diego 242

socalTECH

MARCH 25, 2015

According to those emails, prospective members of the membership-based airlines in Carlsbad, Santa Barbara, and other destinations may be put on a wait list. Surf Air allows members to take all-you-can fly trips between Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, and many other California destinations.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Santa Monica San Diego Email 100

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2015

Santa Barbara-based AppFolio , which develops cloud-based business management software, has acquired RentLinx , a developer of software to help syndicate rental housing listings to apartment search websites. RentLinx was based in San Diego. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. AppFolio is led by Brian Donahoo.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara San Diego Acquisition Sites 100

socalTECH

MARCH 29, 2018

PDT from Vandenberg Air Force Base, with the payload heading South past Los Angeles and San Diego--typical for launches from Vandenberg for the Iridium satellite constellation. Steven", courtesy AIS marine traffic captured by the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club. Path of the "Mr. READ MORE>>.

SpaceX 100

SpaceX Santa Barbara Long Beach San Diego 100

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

The Wall Street Journal, at a conference in Santa Barbara this week, named its list of "Top 10" clean technology firms, naming two local companies to the list of firms with the "greatest potential to succeed." The WSJ held its ECO:nomics Executive Conference in Santa Barbara this week.

Santa Barbara 140

Santa Barbara Technology Idealab Burbank 140

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2010

According to DEMO, Thousand Oaks-based Invested.In , Santa Barbara-based Phone Halo , San Diego-based Tastr , and Los Angeles-based Immitter will all be presenting at the technology launch conference. DEMO has traditionally been a major launch event for startups and new technology products.

Southern California 203

Southern California Thousand Oaks SoCal Santa Barbara 203

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2012

Santa Barbara-based audio system maker Sonos said Monday that it has tied its whole home, connected audio systems to San Diego-based Dar.fm , the radio station recording service started by Michael Robertson. According to Sonos, you can now add Dar.fm to its service, allowing users to access a "DVR for radio".

Santa Barbara 150

Santa Barbara San Diego Services 150

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2012

Sirigen , a developer of fluorescent biomarkers used in flow cytometry, and which was started at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been acquired by Becton, Dickinson and Co. Sirigen is now based in the United Kingdom, and also has operations in San Diego. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Santa Barbara 133

Santa Barbara San Diego Competition Capital 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems announced Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired San Diego Real Estate Electronic Publishing Company (REEPCO) , which operates InternetCrusade, an online site focused on training real estate professionals, and RealTown, an online real estate community. READ MORE>>.

Santa Barbara 124

Santa Barbara San Diego Training Acquisition 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Santa Monica-based membership-based airline Surf Air is telling potential customers that it recently reached 1200 members for its service, which allows members to take all-you-can-fly trips between the Los Angeles, Bay Area, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, San Diego, and other areas via its own fleet of turboprops.

Santa Barbara 100

Santa Barbara Southern California Santa Monica San Diego 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 31, 2010

San Diego-based Fallbrook Technologies , a developer of continuous variable transmissions for the electric car and other industries, has raised $6M more in venture capital, according to an updated S-1 from the firm.

Technology 154

Technology Santa Barbara Venture Capital San Diego 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 23, 2011

Los Angeles based Savings.com was 135, with 2,077% growth; San Diego's ServiceNow was 260 at 1,240% growth; and Santa Monica's TrueCar was 480, with 721% growth in the last three years.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization Angel Thousand Oaks 198

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

Unlike Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County--all of which have a number of schools with an engineering focus--and even Santa Barbara, which has benefited greatly from having a strong engineering program at UCSB--Ventura County does not have a major engineering school.

Ventura 191

Ventura Orange County Santa Barbara CalTech 191

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2016

for San Diego, then $189.0M Another $28.68M was invested in Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, plus Ventura. The most amount of investment came for the Los Angeles-Long Beach MSA, which saw $247.6M in investments in the quarter, followed by $197.5M in funding in Orange County.

Southern California 100

Southern California Orange County Report Santa Barbara 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Santa Barbara-based QAD , the developer of enterprise resource planning software, said this morning that San Diego-based life sciences firm Nexus Dx has adopted its software. According to QAD, Nexus Dx is using QAD Enterprise Applications, its ERP software. Financial details of the win were not announced.

Santa Barbara 140

Santa Barbara Resource San Diego Software 140

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , which develops real estate and property management software, has acquired another firm, saying Thursday tht it has acquired the Multifamily Services Group (MSG) unit of ista North America. and San Diego, which will add about 200 employees to Yardi. The unit has employees in Alpharetta, Ga.,

Services 133

Services Santa Barbara San Diego Acquisition 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2015

Interestingly enough, in Southern California, the first on the list for women is all the way down at 14 (San Diego State University); the only other was 27 (University of Santa Barbara). For men there was only one area university on the list; number 35, the University of Southern California. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 100

Southern California Santa Barbara San Diego Los Angeles 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

in San Diego, and Wyatt Technology , in Santa Barbara. The SBA also gave a "Hall of Fame" award to eight companies, including San Diego's Qualcomm and carlsbad-based ViaSat , as previous SBA grant recipients. Firms recognized by the SBA with the Tibbets Award included.

SoCal 133

SoCal Southern California Santa Barbara Torrance 133

socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2010

funding round from Irvine's Fisker Automotive , $30M for Irvine's NeoMend , $30M for San Diego's Tandem Diabetes , and $25.0M for Santa Monica electric vehicle firm Coda Automotive. Father north, in Santa Barbara, Sonos scored $25.0M Other big funding deals included a big, $115.3M in a March deal.

Southern California 160

Southern California Santa Barbara Anthem Redpoint 160

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M The biggest investments in Southern California for the quarter were for San Diego's SkinIt , a maker of customized "skins" for electronic devices, with $60.0M Other large deals include Santa Barbara-based CytomX , with a $30.0M

Southern California 195

Southern California Venture Capital Orange County Rustic Canyon 195

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Yardi Systems , a developer of real estate and property management software, said late Thursday that it has acquired Point2 Technologies , a developer of online marketing software for the real estate industry. Point2 is headed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with offices in Vancouver, British Columbia and San Diego.

Technology 127

Technology Santa Barbara San Diego Acquisition 127

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2010

According to HP, among the sixty professors were Dr. Amin Vahdat of the University of California, San Diego; Dr. John Bowers at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Dr. Gerard Medioni and Dr. Alan E. Willner at the University of Southern California.

UCSD 145

UCSD USC Santa Barbara Funding 145

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2013

It''s a list of individuals--across Southern California, from San Diego to Santa Barbara--who people ought to watch. Nominations will close on Friday, November 1st. More details on the list: it''s not a popularity contest, and it''s not based on celebrity.

SoCalTech 170

SoCalTech Southern California Santa Barbara San Diego 170

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

According to Chase, five California charities were awarded a total of $5M in grants through Facebook, including $1M to San Diego-based Invisible Children , a charity helping children in central Africa who were kidnapped in Uganda, and $100,000 to Santa Barbara-based Gwendolyn Strong Foundation , focused on finding a cure and awareness for Spinal Musclar (..)

Santa Barbara 154

Santa Barbara Southern California San Diego Funding 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. How was it you ended up in San Diego? I find San Diego is very good for that.

San Diego 159

San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159