Procore Technologies raises $15M from Bessemer
By Staff Report / Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Procore Technologies raises $15M from Bessemer
Carpinteria-based Procore Technologies, company that makes cloud-based construction management software, has raised $15 million from the same Silicon Valley investors that have backed Yelp, LinkedIn and Skype.
Resonant taps $16.2M for Skyworks deal
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 6th, 2014 / Latest news, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Resonant taps $16.2M for Skyworks deal
Santa Barbara-based semiconductor firm Resonant, which has a key development deal with a major supplier to the mobile phone industry, has raised $16.2 million in an initial public offering.
Remembering Myra: Harrison Industries co-founder dies at age 99
By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 6th, 2014 / Features, Latest news, Top Stories, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Remembering Myra: Harrison Industries co-founder dies at age 99
When E.J. Harrison turned to hauling trash to earn money for his family in the middle of the Great Depression, he already had a strong partner — his wife Myra.

Get a move on: StartupWeekend winner taps sharing economy for moving
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 6th, 2014 / Small Business, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Get a move on: StartupWeekend winner taps sharing economy for moving
Moving is never fun, but a Santa Barbara startup is hoping to make it a little less stressful by connecting people who need to move with nearby truck owners looking to earn extra money. NextMover bills its service, which launched earlier this year, as “your friend with a truck.”

Tri-county energy firms: our Monterey shale will pay off
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 6th, 2014 / Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Tri-county energy firms: our Monterey shale will pay off
Federal officials have slashed their estimate for how much oil is held in California’s Monterey shale by 96 percent, but energy companies working in the Tri-Counties say they have no plans to abandon their efforts in the long-producing formation or its rising competitor, the diatomite.

SCOTUS ruling was key to firm’s patent victory
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 6th, 2014 / Latest news, Law & Goverment, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on SCOTUS ruling was key to firm’s patent victory
With a late-in-the-game assist from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, FindTheBest has won the right to recover its costs in what a federal judge called a “frivolous” and “objectively unreasonable” patent lawsuit brought against it.
Amgen to cut 70 jobs
By Staff Report / Thursday, June 5th, 2014 / East Ventura County, Health Care & Life Science, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies / 2 Comments
Thousand Oaks-based Amgen plans to lay off 70 people, primarily in its information systems department at its headquarters.









