Kate Farms closes Series B round with another $9M
Plant-based meal replacement producer Kate Farms saw a new backer join its series B funding round when it announced Jan. 26 that Main Street Advisors joined Goldman Sachs and Kaiser Permanente Ventures to invest $9 million, closing the round at $60 million. Kate Farms, which is headquartered in Santa Barbara, has told the Business Times Read More →
Real Estate: Amazon building fetches one of highest prices ever for downtown Santa Barbara
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Southwest’s next destination: Santa Barbara Airport
Southwest Airlines announced Dec. 16 that it plans to start flying out of Santa Barbara Airport in the spring, something airport officials and frequent fliers have wanted for decades. The airline has not said yet which cities it would serve from Santa Barbara, or how often, but airport officials anticipate “several departures a day,” Deanna Read More →
Amazon’s Santa Barbara office sold in one of downtown’s biggest commercial deals ever
Amazon’s downtown Santa Barbara building got a new landlord when the property was sold in early December to an international investor. Global Mutual, a London-based investment firm, bought the three-story building for close to its listed price of $38.4 million, making it one of the largest sales ever of commercial property in the downtown Santa Read More →
Edison settles case over unpermitted work in Mission Canyon
Santa Barbara District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced Dec. 7 that her office has reached a settlement with Southern California Edison over a grading project that caused environmental harm in the Mission Canyon area. Civil and criminal complaints alleged that between Dec. 4 and Dec. 16, 2019, SCE did unpermitted road work along 1.6 miles of Read More →
Dubroff: Seeking justice and accountability in Santa Barbara dive boat fire
Among the many unanswered questions around dive boat tragedy, safety measures for onboard electronics should rank near the top of the list.
Well Health closes $45M venture round
Well Health, a Santa Barbara-based telehealth software firm—and one of the fastest-growing companies in the region—recently closed a $45 million funding round.
