August 6, 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.


| Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

AeroVironment shares drop after earnings report

Banking & Finance, Earnings, East Ventura County, Latest news, right, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

AeroVironment, a drone and robotics company with its chief operations in Simi Valley, delivered record revenue in the fourth quarter and full year of 2021, according to earnings released June 29, but a couple of key losses led to a year-to-year earnings drop. In the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, AeroVironment posted a Read More →

| Monday, June 28th, 2021

Thoma Bravo deepens investment in region with $2B acquisition of QAD

Latest news, left, Technology, Top Stories

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted June 28, and updated July 1 with additional reporting on the pending deal. The enterprise software company QAD is being acquired by Thoma Bravo in an all-cash transaction worth around $2 billion, another sign of growth in the Santa Barbara technology industry. Santa Barbara-based QAD, which provides cloud Read More →

| Friday, June 25th, 2021

Revenue and losses both grow at Transphorm

Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Goleta-based Transphorm generated a slight bump in revenue in the fourth quarter of its 2020-21 fiscal year, but net losses continued to mount for the company, according to financial results released June 24. Transphorm reported a loss of $6.5 million, or 16 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, up from a net loss of Read More →

| Thursday, June 24th, 2021

Water agencies file suit against Santa Barbara County

Central Coast, Latest news, Law & Goverment, right, South Coast, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, June 24th, 2021

Safran Cabin rebounds in Santa Maria

Central Coast, Latest news, middle, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

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| Thursday, June 24th, 2021

Trade Desk shares jump after Google says it will keep tracking cookies until 2023

Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Google will be delaying its plan to phase out third-party tracking cookies from its Chrome browser until the second half of 2023, the tech giant announced early June 24, a move that gave a big boost to Ventura-based advertising technology company The Trade Desk. Shares of The Trade Desk opened at $66.23 and shot up Read More →

| Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021

Kate Farms closes $30 million credit facility

Latest news, South Coast, Tri-County Economy

Kate Farms, a plant-based meal producer, secured a $30 million senior credit facility with Pacific Western Bank to help fuel the company’s further growth and expansion, the company said in a news release on June 15. “We are proud to have successfully closed this credit facility with Pacific Western Bank as they very clearly understand Read More →