July 16, 2024

		

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.


| Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

Mindbody to buy billion-dollar fitness company, fueling talk of new IPO

Central Coast, Latest news, right, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated Oct. 15 with more information about the merger and an interview with Mindbody founder Rick Stollmeyer. After a year of pandemic-related struggles in the health and wellness industry, two companies are announcing a merger just as the sector is starting bounce back. San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody announced Oct. 13 Read More →

| Friday, October 8th, 2021

Jay-Z’s cannabis company buys Santa Barbara dispensary operator

Central Coast, Latest news, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Coastal Holdings Company, a Santa Barbara-based cannabis dispensary and delivery operator, was purchased by The Parent Company, a publicly traded cannabis firm backed by the rapper Jay-Z, in a deal worth as much as $56.2 million. According to details of the transaction, which The Parent Company announced Oct. 4, The Parent Company is seeking to Read More →

| Friday, October 8th, 2021

ParentSquare takes its school-tech platform nationwide

Higher Education, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, October 8th, 2021

Hueneme offers port in storm of LA shipping traffic

Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Thursday, October 7th, 2021

Amgen invests $100M in startup pursuing brain treatments

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

An Amgen-funded biotech company launched Oct. 7, announcing a strategic partnership between the two companies that includes $100 million in funding and global rights to develop and sell some of Amgen’s experimental drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, one of the largest biotech companies in the world, committed $100 million in equity investment to Read More →

| Friday, October 1st, 2021

Calavo shares down amid turnover and uncertainty

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

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| Friday, October 1st, 2021

Two Central Coast marketing companies rake in 8-figure financing deals

Central Coast, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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