
Women on wheels: AskPatty.com works puts female-friendly stamp on car businesses

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Ventura startup aims to make real estate sales a social business

Ventura Home Team wants to put a socially responsible spin on real estate selling.
Eucalyptus raises $30M in venture capital
Eucalyptus Systems has raised $30 million in fresh venture capital from the same firm that funded Netflix and Twitter, bringing the Goleta-based cloud computing software company’s total capital raised to date to $55.5 million. Eucalyptus was founded in 2009 by a team of computer scientists led by UC Santa Barbara professor Rich Wolski. It makes Read More →

Back in the game: Industry veterans launch second document filing business

Four years after selling their first business to Intuit for $20 million, the Akalps started a new company.
Sientra funding rises to $151M
Sientra, the Santa Barbara breast implant company that recently received the first FDA approval in several decades for new implants for the U.S. market, has closed a $65 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $151 million. The lead investor on the private equity deal was London-based life sciences fund Abingworth. Sientra’s existing Read More →

Cleaner yoga: Buellton startup makes mat-sanitizing machine

Matsana manufactures a machine that disinfects yoga mats using ultraviolet technology.