Co-working spaces foster startups in Santa Maria, Westlake Village
Central Coast, East Ventura County, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyNew co-working spaces are springing up in Santa Maria and Westlake Village.
Alive and clicking: Visus thriving after 20 years in software
Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyWhen Michael Daoud founded Santa Barbara software firm Visus 20 years ago, America Online launched its first portal onto something called the World Wide Web, letting home users access it for the first time. About a quarter of American homes had computers, and in San Francisco, the first-ever conference on the commercial potential of the Web featured Marc Andreessen, founder of a fledgling startup called Netscape, as a key speaker.
Procore to build out South Coast operations with $15M Bessemer raise
South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County EconomyCarpinteria-based Procore Technologies, a maker of cloud-based construction management software, recently raised $15 million from the same Silicon Valley investors that have backed Yelp, LinkedIn and Skype, bringing its total funding to date to $20.5 million.
FzioMed aims for year-end U.S. approval
Central Coast, Law & Goverment, Technology, Tri-County EconomyAfter nearly eight years of tangling with the Food and Drug Administration, San Luis Obipso-based FzioMed said it might receive approval to sell its products in the U.S. by year’s end.
