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Transphorm’s funding tops $104M

By   /  Monday, October 1st, 2012  /  Green Coast, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Transphorm’s funding tops $104M

Transphorm, the Goleta-based company focused on energy efficiency in electronics, has raised $35 million from a group backed by the Japanese government and has secured a mass manufacturing agreement with a Japanese firm. The South Coast company, founded by UC Santa Barbara professor Umesh Mishra and longtime business partner Primit Parikh, has raised $104 million Read More →

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Plugged in to electric cars: Gridtest’s little yellow box checks charging stations

By   /  Friday, September 28th, 2012  /  Features, Technology  /  Comments Off on Plugged in to electric cars: Gridtest’s little yellow box checks charging stations

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Xirrus raises $23.5M in new capital

By   /  Thursday, September 27th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Xirrus raises $23.5M in new capital

Thousand Oaks-based wireless firm Xirrus has raised an additional $23.5 million in venture capital, bringing its total funding to an estimated $122 million. The lastest funding round was led by existing investors August Capital, Canaan Partners, InterWest Partners, QuestMark Partners and US Venture Partners. Xirrus makes heavy duty Wi-Fi systems designed to replace wired networks Read More →

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Westlake film makers bank on fraternity humor site

By   /  Friday, September 21st, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Small Business, Technology  /  Comments Off on Westlake film makers bank on fraternity humor site

Word, brah. A pair of Westlake Village film industry veterans are out to raise $3.5 million to make a motion picture based on Total Frat Move, a wildly popular website that chronicles, sometimes crassly but always humorously, Greek life on campus from the male viewpoint. The brand’s ultimate owners hope it will ultimately become a Read More →

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Software in the toolkit: Tech execs founded Procore to streamline construction

By   /  Friday, September 14th, 2012  /  Features, Real Estate, Technology  /  Comments Off on Software in the toolkit: Tech execs founded Procore to streamline construction

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Fardad draws $40M card in digital ad game

By   /  Friday, September 14th, 2012  /  Banking & Finance, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Fardad draws $40M card in digital ad game

Farshad Fardad has raised $60 million and used $40 million of it to buy a Canadian firm in a bid to build a digital marketing conglomerate big enough to compete with the likes of ValueClick and the region’s other top names. Fardad is CEO of Westlake Village-based GlobalWide Media, founded in 2007. In May, the Read More →

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SLO startup season heats up: Tech entrepreneurs gear up to pitch investors

By   /  Friday, September 7th, 2012  /  Features, Small Business, Technology  /  Comments Off on SLO startup season heats up: Tech entrepreneurs gear up to pitch investors

It’s tech pitch season in San Luis Obispo, with Cal Poly’s HotHouse turning out a crop of startups angling for funding and Softec and other groups gearing up for a fall symposium that promises to draw hundreds of listeners and, hopefully, a few investors. The Cal Poly effort has kept students focused on business ideas Read More →

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