Trade Desk CEO is region’s richest, at $4.4B
The 2021 edition of the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans has just one person whose primary residence is in the tri-county region: Jeff Green, the CEO and co-founder of The Trade Desk in Ventura, with a net worth of $4.4 billion. Green is No. 253 on the Forbes list, which was released Oct. 5. Read More →
Amgen invests $100M in startup pursuing brain treatments
An Amgen-funded biotech company launched Oct. 7, announcing a strategic partnership between the two companies that includes $100 million in funding and global rights to develop and sell some of Amgen’s experimental drugs for neurodegenerative diseases. Thousand Oaks-based Amgen, one of the largest biotech companies in the world, committed $100 million in equity investment to Read More →
Tech Briefcase: Interlink expands in Scotland; Arcutis gets patent; Marcus & Millichap hacked
Interlink Electronics, an Irvine-based sensor manufacturer with its research and development hub in Camarillo, announced Sept. 23 that it plans to expand its European presence with a new engineering team in Scotland. The new team will start with five engineers and will be located near the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. To support the group, Read More →
Two Central Coast marketing companies rake in 8-figure financing deals
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Former Mindbody CEO Rick Stollmeyer’s next big thing is a drone company
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New funding round values Apeel Sciences at $2B
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Procore makes its biggest acquisition yet
Procore Technologies announced its first acquisition since going public in May, and it’s the largest one in company history. The Carpinteria-based construction software company said on Sept. 22 that it is purchasing Levelset, a New Orleans-based construction software company, for $500 million: $425 million in cash and $75 million in the form of Procore common Read More →
