Santa Barbara-based Lucidean said today that it has raised $18M in a seed funding round for what it calls "coherent optical links for data centers". The company said the funding was co-led by Entrada ...

Santa Barbara-based Lucidean said today that it has raised $18M in a seed funding round for what it calls "coherent optical links for data centers". The company said the funding was co-led by Entrada ...

Orange County-based Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company which has only recently started launching private space tourists into space, is cutting an unspecified number of jobs, according to a ...

San Diego-based Firestorm Labs, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), says it has received $12.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Lockheed Martin Ventures, as well as Decisive ...

The Tech Coast Angels angel investment group, which has long organized angel investments in Southern California companies, says it has changed its name to the TCA Venture Group (TCA VG). According to ...

Rakuten medical, a company developing precision therapies for treating cancer, has raised $119M in a Series E funding round. The company said the new funding came from Hikma, a global pharmaceutical ...

Los Angeles-based SeatBoost, which offers up a service which lets passengers use their mobile phones bid on seat upgrades, says it has received an investment from International Airlines Group (IAG).

Los Angeles-based venture capital investor Act One Ventures said this morning that it has raised a $73M, third fund. The firm--led by General Partners Alejandro Guerrero and Michael Silton--said it ...

Los Angeles-based LegalMation, a company that is developing generative AI powered software for high volume litigation in the legal industry, says it has raised $15M in a Series A funding round. The ...

Los Angeles-based Haven Energy, a company which focuses on selling home battery storage systems for "virtual power plants", has raised $7M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Giant Ventures, ...

Evan Britton: People love looking up who was born on their birthday. It's one of the most popular things they like to see, to see what birthday they have in common with the stars. That was the genesis ...

Solana Beach-based Alvys, a developer of logistics and supply chain management software, announced today that it has raised $20.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Titanium Ventures ...