Nexstera Tech, Mense win big at AngelCon 2024
Female founders stood proudly in the spotlight on May 2 as two women-founded companies took first and second place at the seventh annual AngelCon Pitch Competition. Hosted by the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Small Business Development Center, six teams competed at AngelCon, which raised a total of $215,000 from 21 investors. Nexstera Tech, a Read More →
Dubroff: Housing projects have the green light but more construction is still needed
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VC Housing Trust announces $12M for affordable housing
Housing Trust Fund Ventura County on May 2 announced $12 million in loan commitments for 492 affordable housing units in Oxnard, Santa Paula and Ventura. The nonprofit said $7 million of the commitments will be matched by Prop 1 funding. The Valentine Road Apartments in Ventura, a Homekey development by the Housing Authority of Ventura, Read More →
Homebuilder Lennar buys 554 residential homesites at Harvest at Limoneira
Homebuilder Lennar has bought 554 residential homesites at the Harvest at Limoneira master-planned community in Santa Paula, lemon grower Limoneira announced May 2. The transaction completes the sell-out of Phase 2 of the 1,500-unit development. “This is a big deal,” Limoneira CEO and President Harold Edwards told the Business Times. Limoneira did not disclose the value of the Read More →
Airborne Wireless insiders indicted for involvement in alleged ‘pump-and-dump’ scheme
Two men heavily involved with Simi Valley-based Airborne Wireless Network were indicted April 25 for allegedly conspiring to defraud investors in a multi-year scheme involving the acquisition and sale of the company. Kalistratos “Kelly” Kabilafkas, 48, of Moorpark, and Jack Edward Daniels, 74, of Agoura Hills, were both charged with one count of conspiracy and one Read More →
Dubroff: Inside the launch of our inaugural ‘Civil Dialogues’ podcast
I first got to know Vince Stanley five years ago when the Business Times held its Central Coast Innovation Awards in the wake of the Thomas Fire and Montecito Mudslides. We had not given a lot of coverage to Patagonia until then and the Business Times sometimes felt that Patagonia’s stands against development were making Read More →
Adventist eyes healthy donations in SLO County
Nonprofit Adventist Health, which has donated generously to communities throughout the state, is expected to also do so in San Luis Obispo County, where it recently acquired two hospitals. Japhet De Oliveira, a spokesman for Roseville-based Adventist, which operates nearly 30 hospitals in California, told the Business Times April 15 that the likely contributions will Read More →
