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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

No Startup Weekend Santa Barbara this year

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Startup Weekend Santa Barbara will not be happening this year. The event was held the second weekend in November each of the past two years. Santa Barbara startup NextMover won the inaugural event in 2013. NextMover provided users with a cheap alternative to moving companies by connecting people with owners of large vehicles that wanted Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2015

Santa Barbara’s Beneflex buys Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions

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Santa Barbara-based Beneflex Insurance Services recently acquired Newbury Park-based Insurance Dimensions. Beneflex helps small- and medium-sized companies in the tri-county region navigate Affordable Care Act compliance and other issues regarding employee benefits. It acquired Insurance Dimensions on Oct. 1 to increase its client base throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and benefit from owner/operator Aline Read More →

| Monday, November 9th, 2015

AppFolio reports strong revenue for third quarter

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      AppFolio founder and chief strategist Klaus Schauser   Santa Barbara-based cloud computing firm AppFolio said revenue jumped 56 percent to $20.3 million for the third quarter as losses grew to $4.8 million. The company, which specializes in providing business-to-business cloud services, said that it had increased both law firm and property management Read More →

| Friday, November 6th, 2015

FDA to review Amgen’s new kidney disease dug

East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news

Thousand Oaks-based biotech giant Amgen announced on Nov. 6 that the Food and Drug Administration will review a new treatment for patients with chronic kidney disease. The new drug, Etelcalcetide, works by suppressing the secretion of a parathyroid hormone. The drug is administered intravenously three times per week at the end of a dialysis session. Read More →

| Friday, November 6th, 2015

Port Hueneme’s Stellar Biotechnologies trading on Nasdaq

Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County

Port Hueneme-based Stellar Biotechnologies started trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Nov. 5. Stellar makes a protein for immunotherapy treatments using a unique sea snail only found off the coastal shores of a small part of California. Shares opened at $8.74 on Nov. 5 and were trading on the Nasdaq at $9.40 as of 11:30 Read More →

| Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Mindbody Revenues up, raises guidance slightly.

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MindBody, the newly public wellness software service company based in San Luis Obispo, said Nov. 4 that revenue jumped 48 percent to $26.1 million for the third quarter as its loss narrowed compared to a year earlier. The company, which sells products and merchant processing to yoga and fitness centers worldwide, reported a loss of Read More →

| Friday, October 30th, 2015

Pacifica Hotels buys El Colibri Boutique Hotel & Spa in Cambria

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Pacifica Hotels purchased El Colibri Boutique Hotel & Spa in Cambria for an undisclosed price, the company announced on Oct. 30. The deal marks Pacifica’s fifth property in Cambria. The Irvine-based hotel management company already owns the FogCatcher Inn, Pelican Inn & Suites, Cambria Landing Inn & Suites, and Fireside Inn on Moonstone Beach. The Read More →