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By Jorge Mercado / Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 / Central Coast, Columns, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology / Comments Off on Mercado: Business Times VC list, Latigo IPO highlight Conejo Valley biotech hub
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By Jorge Mercado / Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 / Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology / Comments Off on Quintessent aims to take advantage of AI, data center market size
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By Jorge Mercado / Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 / Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Calico’s Santa Barbara team excited to grow brand after $15M raise
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, August 31st, 2026 / East Ventura County, Latest news, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Updated: AeroVironment commits $100M to new Moorpark campus
Despite relocating its corporate headquarters five years ago, AeroVironment is committed to growing in California, more specifically the Central Coast. AeroVironment doubled down on its Ventura County presence Aug. 24, announcing a $100 million investment in a unified, company-owned campus across approximately 20 acres in Moorpark. The campus will bring together capabilities from five leased Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, August 24th, 2026 / Latest news, middle, Santa Barbara County, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Santa Barbara-based Quintessent raises $40M in Series A
Santa Barbara-based Quintessent, a semiconductor company that specializes in resilient and low-cost AI datacenter optical interconnect products, announced it has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. Announced Aug. 24, Quintessent also announced the start of a customer sampling of its single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser — a new class of light Read More →