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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.


| Monday, November 23rd, 2020

Kate Farms secures $51 million round to finance expansion

Agribusiness, Latest news

Plant-based meal replacement company nets $51 million investment.

| Friday, November 20th, 2020

Vandenberg advocates vow to keep fighting

right, Technology, Tri-County Economy

Advocates of Vandenberg Air Force base as the headquarters for the U.S. military’s new Space Command say they’re not giving up, despite the omission of the Lompoc-area base from the list of finalists for the site. The U.S. Air Force announced its finalists on Nov. 19. The six locations are in New Mexico, Nebraska, Florida, Read More →

| Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

California moves up a notch in tech rank

Technology

California earned a No. 3 ranking in the 2020 Milken Institute State Technology and Science Index, moving up one spot from the last report in 2018 and finishing behind No. 2 Colorado and No. 1 Massachusetts. The Milken Index uses 105 metrics to determine each state’s science and technology capabilities relative to opportunities for job Read More →

| Monday, November 16th, 2020

LaunchPoint EPS develops electric flight systems in Goleta

right, Technology

LaunchPoint EPS is yet another Goleta-based tech startup with hopes to advance its game-changing technology.

| Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Resonant reports growing revenue, shrinking losses

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

Resonant, a Goleta-based cellular technology company, reported its third quarter earnings on Nov. 10 with a net loss of $6.1 million, or 11 cents per share. That was an improvement upon the same quarter a year ago, where Resonant had a net loss of $7.4 million, or 26 cents per share. Revenue in the third Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2020

AppFolio earnings up as sale of MyCase unit closes

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

AppFolio, the Goleta-based property management software company, beat analysts’ expectations on Nov. 9 with earnings of $3.86 per share for the third quarter of 2020, driven mainly by a sale of one of its business units. Quarterly earnings were much higher than the same quarter last year, when the company earned 14 cents per share. Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2020

Inphi, Marvell to form $40 billion chip giant

left, Technology

Marvell’s acquisition put’s Inphi’s Thousand Oaks operation in question