Venture capital investor NGEN celebrates exit of Choose Energy
Green tech venture capital investor NGEN — an early investor in Soraa with West Coast headquarters in Santa Barbara — celebrated the exit of Texas-based energy market platform Choose Energy June 26. According to reports, South Carolina-based advertising company Red Ventures spent less than $100 million in its acquisition of Choose Energy, though exact figures Read More →
Soraa’s Sky bulb wins LED lamp innovation award
Soraa’s Sky bulb won the top award for innovation in the LED lamp category at the Lightfair International 2017 in Philadelphia on May 10. The Sky bulb, previously called Helia, automatically adjusts color according to the body’s natural circadian rhythms, the Santa Barbara company said in a news release, using blue light in the morning Read More →
Nakamura’s Soraa lights up museum in Detroit
The Detroit Institute of the Arts opened its Arts of the Middle East Gallery, lit by full visible spectrum LED lamps from Soraa. Soraa’s GaN on GaN LED technology uses the widest range of visible color, without ultraviolet or infrared radiation that can fade or harm the art and artifacts, the company said in the announcement. Read More →
Soraa LED lamps exceed state certification standards
Goleta-based LED technology company Soraa announced Dec. 22 that its products exceeded the certification needed for California’s Title 24 lighting standard, making it the first company with a complete line of LED lamps to do so. Soraa’s LEDs had both a color rendering index and a deep red rendering index of 95, greater than the Read More →
Central Coast Innovation Award honorees announced
This year the Business Times introduced its newest venture, the Central Coast Innovation Awards. The inaugural awards featured a series of tri-county companies, both startups and established, who are revolutionizing the way business is done in the region. The Innovation Awards will be culminated with a ceremony on March 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Read More →
