Dubroff: Sientra goes for gold by partnering with Lubrizol
News from breast implant maker Sientra that it had secured a contract with a unit of lubricants maker Lubrizol to have its silicone breast implants produced in the U.S. sent the stock soaring on Aug. 9. In an ironic twist on the Rio Olympics, Sientra has been running away from Brazilian manufacturer Silimed after European Read More →
Goleta’s Sientra lines up new manufacturer for breast implants
Eleven months after manufacturing of its silicone breast implants stopped because it’s Brazilian factory was alleged to have unsafe manufacturing conditions, Sientra announced an agreement with a domestic manufacturer to make its implants Aug. 9. Sientra will use Vesta, a unit of Ohio-based tech conglomerate Lubrizol LifeSciences, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. CEO Jeffrey Read More →
AppFolio second quarter revenues up, net loss down
AppFolio raised its financial outlook for the year as revenues increased sharply and losses narrowed in the second quarter, the company said Aug. 8. AppFolio, a Goleta-based developer of property management software for small- to medium-sized property managers, raised full-year financial-guidance estimates to a range between $103 million and $105 million Aug. 8. Previous estimates Read More →
Inogen’s second quarter revenues, profits way up
Inogen revenues increased 24 percent and profits increased 48 percent, the company said when it released second quarter earnings results Aug. 4 Revenues for the Goleta-based maker of direct-to-consumer respiratory products increased 24 percent from $44 million during the second quarter of 2015 to $54.57 million in 2016, beating analyst revenue estimates of $52.44, million Read More →
Goleta-based Yardi Systems has 5,000 employees
Goleta-based Yardi Systems said Aug. 4 that it now has 5,000 employees. Yardi, a software developer that makes software and apps for small and large real estate managers, said in a news release it hired its 5,000th employee and now has large offices in India, Romania and Canada. The company provides tenant-management software for some Read More →
CFO of Goleta’s Resonant leaves company
Goleta-based Resonant, a designer of filters for radio frequency front-ends, announced July 29 that John Philpott, the company’s chief financial officer, has left the company for personal reasons. Ross Goolsby of Bridgepoint Consulting will join the company Aug. 1 and will become interim CFO after the company files its form 10-Q for the second quarter. Read More →
Community West Bancshares second quarter income up over last year
Community West Bancshares, the parent company of Goleta-based Community West Bank, reported net income of $1.1 million in the second quarter of 2016, up from a net loss of $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2015. “Our momentum during the first half of the year has been fueled by robust loan and deposit growth, Read More →
