Stephen Nellis | Friday, January 17th, 2014
Software, squared: ProductPlan makes tools for software product managers
Features, Small Business, Technology, Top StoriesIt’s a low-cost, simple-to-use Web application for making and sharing product road maps, keeping everyone on the same page.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, January 17th, 2014
Round 2: Atara raises $13.5M as T.O. biotech boom takes hold
Technology, Top StoriesThousand Oaks-based Atara Biotherapeutics has brought on more investors to its second financing round, bringing the total raised to $52 million.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, January 17th, 2014
Invoca calls up $20M: Fast-growing tech firm to double work force
Features, Technology, Top StoriesSanta Barbara-based inbound call technology firm Invoca has raised $20 million from Accel Partners, bringing the company’s funds raised to date to $30.8 million.
Stephen Nellis | Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Invoca funding hits $30.8M
Technology, Top StoriesSanta Barbara-based inbound call technology firm Invoca has raised $20 million from Accel Partners, bringing the company’s funds raised to date to $30.8 million. Invoca’s technology lets companies generate unique phone numbers to insert into marketing campaigns, filter calls as they come in, and track and attribute any sales that result.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, January 10th, 2014
$114M slated to fuel Santa Maria Energy operations
Central Coast, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public CompaniesSanta Maria Energy has disclosed plans to pump up to $114 million into Santa Barbara County this year as it pursues its $1.2 billion in oil reserves and more than 7,700 potential drilling locations.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, January 10th, 2014
Cohen, Cohen and Begun’s move to JDTP could spark growth
Columns, Law & GovermentThree of Ventura County’s best-known development attorneys have found a new home and are looking to expand up the coast.
Stephen Nellis | Friday, January 10th, 2014
TekTegrity buy caps IT industry consolidation
Central Coast, Technology, Top StoriesSan Luis Obispo-based TekTegrity has acquired Digital Foundation, continuing a wave of consolidation in the Central Coast IT services industry.