QAD stock rises after earnings beat
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, May 27th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on QAD stock rises after earnings beat
QAD, a Santa Barbara-based cloud software company for the manufacturing industry, beat analysts’ expectations with its earning for the first quarter of its 2021-22 fiscal year on May 26. QAD’s net income for the quarter was $1.8 million, or 7 cents per share, compared to a loss of $410,000 in the same quarter a year Read More →
Invoca makes first acquisition, will push company past $100M annual revenue
By Jorge Mercado / Monday, May 24th, 2021 / Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Invoca makes first acquisition, will push company past $100M annual revenue
Invoca, a marketing call analytics company based in Santa Barbara, announced its first acquisition May 24, the purchase of a Chicago-based call tracking and analytics company called DialogTech in a combined cash and stock deal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Invoca said the puts it on track to exceed $100 million in revenue Read More →

Connectpoint sees signs of growing demand for its e-signage
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, May 21st, 2021 / Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Connectpoint sees signs of growing demand for its e-signage
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Procore goes public, stock jumps 34%
By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, May 20th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, right, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Procore goes public, stock jumps 34%
Editor’s note: This article was updated after the market closed at 1 p.m. to reflect Procore’s closing price. Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on May 20 and saw its share price shoot up 33.7% on its first day, to close at $89.59. Procore priced shares of its initial public Read More →
Procore awaits IPO
By Jorge Mercado / Monday, May 17th, 2021 / Banking & Finance, Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Procore awaits IPO
Editor’s note: This article was updated May 19 to reflect the fact that Procore did not begin trading that day. The Carpinteria-based software company Procore Technologies expects to raise around $615 million in an IPO scheduled for no later than May 21. The Procore IPO is on the New York Stock Exchange’s calendar for the Read More →

Apeel Sciences broadens its scope with first acquisition
By Jorge Mercado / Friday, May 14th, 2021 / Agribusiness, Latest news, left, South Coast, Sponsored, Startups, Subscriber content, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Apeel Sciences broadens its scope with first acquisition
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New study puts Vandenberg at $5.8B in economic impact, 20K jobs
By Tony Biasotti / Friday, May 14th, 2021 / Central Coast, Latest news, middle, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on New study puts Vandenberg at $5.8B in economic impact, 20K jobs
Editor’s note: This article was updated shortly after it was posted to include information about the planned renaming of the base. Vandenberg Air Force Base was responsible for 20,000 jobs and $5.8 billion in economic activity in 2020, with room to grow to $7.9 billion in output by 2030, according to a new study by Read More →








