Herbl’s high hopes run out of green
For the majority of the past five years, Goleta-based Herbl was shipping a lot of cannabis and making a lot of green in the process, reporting that sales exceeded $200 million in 2022. But as of August 2023, the company has largely ceased operations and filed for receivership. Once the largest cannabis distributor in the Read More →
AI companies in the tri-county region see sizeable backing
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NBVC service member charged with conspiracy
A United States Navy service member who was stationed at the Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme has been indicted and arrested for conspiracy and accepting bribes from China in exchange for giving private U.S. military information. The grand jury indictment was unsealed Thursday, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Read More →
VCCU sued after delaying notification on data breach
Update: The headline of this article has been updated. The Ventura County Credit Union has been hit with two class action lawsuits over a 2022 cyber theft of data from up to 82,000 customers and employees, a breach the nonprofit didn’t disclose for six months. The suits were filed by then-customers Trevor McCartney and Brian Read More →
2023 Spirit of Small Business Awards winners
The Pacific Coast Business Times created the Spirit of Small Business Awards in 2003 to honor small business leaders along the Central Coast. We partnered with the U.S. Small Business Administration to show off the region’s best and brightest, and over the years, we’ve given out 174 awards to small business advocates, pioneers, families and Read More →
Westlake Village BioPartners launches new fund, appoints new and experienced directors
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Westlake Village BioPartners launches new $450M fund
Westlake Village BioPartners, a venture capital firm focused on biotechnology startups in the Conejo Valley and the rest of greater Los Angeles, announced the closing of its third fund on July 17, raising $450 million that will go toward early-stage next-generation biotechnology companies. The new fund will be managed by founding managing director Beth Seidenberg, M.D., Read More →
