January 10, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

Cure reports net loss, rising revenue in Q1

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Oxnard-based Cure Pharmaceutical saw another spike in revenue in the first quarter of 2021, but net losses also continued to grow. Cure had $1.5 million in revenue in the quarter ended March 31, up 400% from the first quarter of 2020, according to the company’s earnings report, released May 17. The bulk of that growth Read More →

| Monday, May 17th, 2021

Procore awaits IPO

Banking & Finance, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Editor’s note: This article was updated May 19 to reflect the fact that Procore did not begin trading that day. The Carpinteria-based software company Procore Technologies expects to raise around $615 million in an IPO scheduled for no later than May 21. The Procore IPO is on the New York Stock Exchange’s calendar for the Read More →

| Friday, May 14th, 2021

Apeel Sciences broadens its scope with first acquisition

Agribusiness, Latest news, left, South Coast, Sponsored, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, May 14th, 2021

Direct Relief comes to India’s aid during COVID crisis

Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, middle, Nonprofits, Subscriber content, Top Stories

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| Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

Revenue up at MannKind, but losses mount

Banking & Finance, Earnings, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Westlake Village-based biotech company MannKind saw a slight bump in revenue in the first quarter thanks to its product Afrezza, but net losses continued to climb. MannKind released its earnings after the markets closed on May 12. It ended the day down 8.6% and regained 0.25% on May 13, to close at $4.03. MannKind, which Read More →

| Monday, May 10th, 2021

Procore discloses projected share price for $600 million-plus IPO

Banking & Finance, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies plans to price its initial public offering between $60 and $65 per share, which would raise more than $600 million and give it a market capitalization of around $8 billion. Procore, a cloud software company for the construction industry, filed an amended S-1 statement on May 10 with the U.S. Securities and Read More →

| Monday, May 10th, 2021

Trade Desk faces uncertainty in post-pandemic advertising market

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, right, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

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