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By Staff Report / Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on The Trade Desk raises $20M
In what is likely the biggest funding round ever for a Ventura-based tech company, digital advertising firm The Trade Desk has raised $20 million in venture capital in a second financing round led by Hermes Growth Partners.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 21st, 2014 / Green Coast, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Venture capital raises at Goleta firms Transphorm and Tyrian top $23M
Transphorm, a maker of energy-efficient electronic components, has raised $15 million in additional capital related to its recent partnership with Fujitsu Ltd. of Japan. Tyrian Systems, a firm founded by a pair of longtime infrared sensor entrepreneurs to commercialize thermal vision technology, has raised an $8.3 million Series B investment.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, February 20th, 2014 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on DenMat acquires portfolio of oral hygiene products
DenMat has acquired most of the dental assets of Fort Collins, Co.-based Zila and will move some of that firm’s operations to its Lompoc headquarters, the company said Feb. 20. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, February 20th, 2014 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Mindbody raises $50M for global push
San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody has raised $50 million in new capital, its largest amount to date, that will used to fund global expansion and mobile product development. The raise brings its total venture capital raised thus far to more than $110 million and likely marks the largest-ever raise in San Luis Obispo County.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, February 20th, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Connexity sold to Shopzilla
Ventura-based digital advertising firm Connexity has been purchased by Shopzilla, an online comparison shopping website out of Los Angeles, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal marks the first exit for a business that had operated out of the Ventura Ventures Technology Center, the city of Ventura’s startup incubator.
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