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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 7th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Resonant’s $13.8M IPO sets stage for push into iPhones
Resonant’s planned initial public offering is small at $13.8 million, but there’s a chance that the Santa Barbara-based company’s development deal with a major supplier to Apple’s iPhone and every other mobile handset-maker could become very large, very quickly.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, February 7th, 2014 / Agribusiness, Small Business, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Cloud farming : SLO firm brings sensor technology to the fields
The Tri-Counties may or may not see many rain clouds this year, but farmers around the region will be using cloud computing to manage their irrigation with San Luis Obispo-based Hortau.
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By Staff Report / Thursday, February 6th, 2014 / Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Inogen raises price for IPO
Goleta-based Inogen has boosted the amount it plans to raise in its initial public offering to a possible $91.3 million. The pricing is a sign that Inogen and its underwriters — J.P. Morgan, Leerink Partners, William Blair and Stifel — believe there’s strong demand for its shares.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 / Central Coast, Technology, Top 25 lists, Top Stories / Comments Off on Mainstream Energy sells business units, names new CEO
San Luis Obispo-based Mainstream Energy, parent of REC Solar, is selling off its residential solar installation line to focus exclusively on commercial clients and has named its third CEO in as many years.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Teledyne wins $60M NASA contract
A unit of Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technology has won a $60 million contract to build a critical piece of the replacement of the Space Shuttle.
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By Christine De La Cruz / Friday, January 31st, 2014 / South Coast, Top Stories, Tourism, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Cruise control? Thirty ships slated to call on Santa Barbara in 2014
When 30 cruise ships float into Santa Barbara’s harbor this year, several will have poor-to-failing environmental grades. And all the ships will carry passengers that, on average, spend about a quarter of what day-trippers and overnight tourists do.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, January 31st, 2014 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Central Coast, East Ventura County, Law, Personal Finance, South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Inogen IPO is subject to looser SEC rules
If Goleta-based Inogen goes public this year, it will be the first firm in the region to do so under new securities rules that make it easier for small companies to become listed on the major exchanges but also allow them to reveal less information to investors than their larger counterparts.
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