May 15, 2025

		

Jorge Mercado

Jorge Mercado is a staff writer with the Business Times. His beats include technology, agriculture, cannabis, energy and the environment, and higher education.


| Friday, October 8th, 2021

Hueneme offers port in storm of LA shipping traffic

Latest news, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

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| Thursday, October 7th, 2021

Amgen invests $100M in startup pursuing brain treatments

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, left, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

An Amgen-funded biotech company launched Oct. 7, announcing a strategic partnership between the two companies that includes $100 million in funding and global rights to develop and sell some of Amgen’s experimental drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, one of the largest biotech companies in the world, committed $100 million in equity investment to Read More →

| Friday, October 1st, 2021

Calavo shares down amid turnover and uncertainty

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, right, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

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| Friday, October 1st, 2021

Two Central Coast marketing companies rake in 8-figure financing deals

Central Coast, Latest news, South Coast, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Friday, October 1st, 2021

Former Mindbody CEO Rick Stollmeyer’s next big thing is a drone company

Central Coast, Latest news, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, September 30th, 2021

Ventura County CEO praises county’s vaccine efforts, business grants

East Ventura County, Government, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County

As mass vaccinations have helped California alleviate some of the stress brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ventura County’s leaders took a step back on Sept. 30 and reflected on the past year. Ventura County Executive Officer Mike Powers, who is in his 10th year as the county government’s top executive, delivered the annual State Read More →

| Friday, September 24th, 2021

New funding round values Apeel Sciences at $2B

Agribusiness, Latest news, middle, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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