AeroVironment commits $100M to new Moorpark campus
AeroVironment has doubled down on its Ventura County presence after the drone maker announced that it is investing $100 million into a unified company-owned campus across approximately 20 acres in Moorpark to bring together capabilities from five leased Southern California locations to strengthen collaboration across research, engineering, design, prototyping, and production. Founded in 1971 in Read More →
Santa Barbara-based Quintessent raises $40M in Series A
Santa Barbara-based Quintessent, a semiconductor company that specializes in resilient and low-cost AI datacenter optical interconnect products, announced it has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. Announced Aug. 24, Quintessent also announced the start of a customer sampling of its single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser — a new class of light Read More →
Women and wealth panel
For our August Women & Wealth panel, we asked our experts to weigh in on longevity planning and some of the non-financial considerations for retirement. Our Q&A was conducted via email in mid-August and the responses were lightly edited. Our panelists are: Austyn Shepherd Abbas, senior vice president and private client manager at Bank of America, Nicole Read More →
New Santa Barbara CEO excited to start top role
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Limoneira’s Windfall Farms nets $15M in all-cash sale
Santa Paula-based Limoneira announced the successful sale of its 724-acre vineyard property in Paso Robles, Windfall Farms, for $15 million in an all-cash deal with a private buyer. Announced Aug. 17, the sale follows a competitive public auction conducted by Concierge Auctions in cooperation with Sotheby’s International Realty, which started on Aug. 15. The transaction Read More →
Latigo’s successful IPO boosts Conejo Valley
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26 companies represent the region on 2026 Inc. 5000 list
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