Invoca snags Salesforce.com investment, launches new products
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Invoca snags Salesforce.com investment, launches new products
The company has raised more than $30.8 million to date, with the most recent round a $20 million infusion from Accel Partners.
Artisan food vendors flock to Santa Barbara Public Market
By Tom Bronzini / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism / Comments Off on Artisan food vendors flock to Santa Barbara Public Market
Vendors will offer sustainably and humanely-raised meat and poultry; vegetable and fruit juices pressed on site; fresh seafood; cheeses and salumi; cupcakes and cakes; olive oils and vinegars; and a wine and beer tasting bar.
20 years of honoring innovation: Business & Technology honorees announced
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / Features, Nonprofits, Small Business, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on 20 years of honoring innovation: Business & Technology honorees announced
The South Coast Business and Technology Awards, the largest business networking and educational fundraising event in the region, will honor a green packaging company, a drought-resistant seed company and a rescue equipment maker, among others, as it celebrates its 20th year.
Sebelius speaks frankly about women in leadership at Fielding talk
By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 / Health Care & Life Science, Top Stories, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Sebelius speaks frankly about women in leadership at Fielding talk
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Kathleen Sebelius resigned on April 10, the New York Times and other national media outlets reported.] On a day when President Barack Obama signed an executive order mandating equal pay for women working for federal contractors, Fielding Graduate University hosted Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for a more down-to-earth discussion Read More →
Invoca garners Salesforce.com investment, rolls out new technology
By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Invoca garners Salesforce.com investment, rolls out new technology
Santa Barbara-based inbound call technology firm Invoca has added Salesforce.com to its investor roster and released a new voice intelligence technology to help its customers decode incoming calls. Invoca’s software lets marketers generate unique phone numbers for campaigns and then route and track the calls and sales that result. The company has raised more than Read More →
Montecito’s Starbucks center sells for $14.5M
By Staff Report / Monday, April 7th, 2014 / Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Montecito’s Starbucks center sells for $14.5M
The Starbucks-anchored retail center at 1046 Coast Village Road in Montecito has been sold to a local couple for $14.5 million. Montecito residents Deborah and James Longo purchased the 13,800-square-foot property in an off-market deal, according to Radius Commercial Real Estate & Investments. Along with the coffee shop, the other long-term tenants at the Read More →
Lynda.com buys coding platform
By Staff Report / Monday, April 7th, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Lynda.com buys coding platform
Carpinteria-based online learning company Lynda.com has purchased Compilr, a Canadian firm that runs a cloud-based platform for programmers to write and test code. Terms of the deal were not announced, but TechCrunch said people close to the transaction valued it at around $20 million. Last year, Lynda.com raised $103 million in its first round of Read More →







