Apeel blooms: Startup gets $1.3M to explore flower, produce coatings
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 4th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Apeel blooms: Startup gets $1.3M to explore flower, produce coatings
Apeel Sciences has raised $1.3 million and is working on a new product for flower growers to complement its existing efforts to prevent fruit and produce losses to pests and spoilage.
GoTek revs up global plans as it secures rotary engine patent
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 4th, 2014 / Columns, Technology / Comments Off on GoTek revs up global plans as it secures rotary engine patent
GoTek’s detailed patent drawings make clear once and for all that its engine is definitively not a Wankel, or anything close to it.
AppScale refines cloud technology, signs major clients
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, July 4th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on AppScale refines cloud technology, signs major clients
A year after commercializing its code, Santa Barbara-based AppScale Systems has released a major update to its cloud-hopping technology and is signing up partners and customers such as IBM and Chico’s.
NASA chief tours Goleta space firm
By Stephen Nellis / Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on NASA chief tours Goleta space firm
A Goleta company with a new design for spacecraft solar arrays got a chance to show off its technology to the head of NASA on July 1. Deployable Space Systems, or DSS, is working on a flexible solar blanket that can be rolled up like a sleeping bag. The design saves precious space and Read More →
Sansum Diabetes center announces name change, focus on local care
By Austen Hufford / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Nonprofits, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Sansum Diabetes center announces name change, focus on local care
The Santa Barbara-based organization is now named the William Sansum Diabetes Center, after its founder.
Region’s entrepreneurs raise millions with crowdfunding
By Austen Hufford / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Personal Finance, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Region’s entrepreneurs raise millions with crowdfunding
According to data compiled by the Business Times, at least $6.3 million has been raised for crowdfunding projects in the Tri-Counties since 2010.
Co-working spaces foster startups in Santa Maria, Westlake Village
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 27th, 2014 / Central Coast, East Ventura County, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Co-working spaces foster startups in Santa Maria, Westlake Village
New co-working spaces are springing up in Santa Maria and Westlake Village.