Bird-watching apps and electric Porsches: Startups pitch ideas

Spring is startup time at the region’s universities.
Eucalyptus raises $30M in venture capital
Eucalyptus Systems has raised $30 million in fresh venture capital from the same firm that funded Netflix and Twitter, bringing the Goleta-based cloud computing software company’s total capital raised to date to $55.5 million. Eucalyptus was founded in 2009 by a team of computer scientists led by UC Santa Barbara professor Rich Wolski. It makes Read More →

Back in the game: Industry veterans launch second document filing business

Four years after selling their first business to Intuit for $20 million, the Akalps started a new company.

Many tri-county entrepreneurs skeptical of startup JOBS Act

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Technology awards unveiled: Honors go to Appfolio, Cottage Health, Houweling’s

Two awards dinners tare set to honor the region’s top technologists and businesspeople in coming months.
Teledyne increases stake in Optech
Military-industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies said April 3 that its Dalsa subsidiary has increased its ownership stake in the parent company of Optech from 19 percent to 51 percent. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Optech is a Canadian maker of laser-based survey and digital imaging equipment. Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne has been moving away from Read More →