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JUNE 15, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which helps marketers correlate phone calls to what advertising drove those calls, has rolled out another product for Facebook, the company said Tuesday. The company said the new product is a result of integration with Facebook's Offline Conversions API.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Citrix Systems is moving closer to a spinout of its GoTo product line this week, saying that it has named Kevin Parker, co-founder and senior operating principal at Bridge Growth Partners as Chairman of a soon-to-be-formed company specifically encompassing the Citrix "GoTo" product line. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Looking to take on comparisons between products, services, and other information, a new startup, FindTheBest.com , has emerged in Santa Barbara. O'Connor--who moved out to Santa Barbara in 2000--founded and was CEO of DoubleClick, which he started in 1995. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Santa Barbara-based Beni, a startup which lets users find and buy secondhand apparel and accessories, said this morning that it has raised $5M in funding. The company said it offers up access to secondhand products through its own browser extension software. Beni is led by CEO Sarah Pinner, and was co-founded by CTO Celine Mol.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Santa Barbara-based C-Zero, a startup developing natural gas decarbonization technology--based on research out of UCSB--has raised $11.5M The company said its technology is applicable to industrial users in applications like electrical generation, process heating and the production of commodity chemicals like hydrogen and ammonia.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which develops artificial intelligence powered, sales conversation tools and call tracking products, says it is launching a certification program for its agency customers.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Santa Barbara-based CALIENT Technologies , which provides optical circuit switching technology, said today that it has linked up with American Networking Solutions to offer up a cyber-security product.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout whic is backed by Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and NGEN Partners, said today that it has launched its first, outdoor LED lamp product, which it says patches the performance of a 40W halogon MR16 lamp. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Santa Barbara-based performance marketing firm Mobile Focused Media says it has renamed itself Intelsio, and has added a new Chief Revenue Officer. The company says it serves company across the home services, consumer products (CPG), financial services, e-commerce and other industries. Intelsio is led by CEO Matt Frank.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout funded by Khosla Ventures, NEA, and NGEN Partners, has unveiled its first product, a new LED lighting lamp. Soraa is manufacturing its products in Fremont. Soraa, which was started in Goleta, said its Soraa LED MR16 lamp is intended as a replacement for traditional, halogen MR16 bulbs.

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JULY 20, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of wireless music systems, has launched a new product this morning, called the PLAY:3. Along with the new device, Sonos also said it has dropped the price on its Sonos BRIDGE product, which connects to your Internet router to stream wireless music to Sonos equipment.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Jason is another local Santa Barbara CEO and we had a great chat about Make It Work, Ring Revenue, Affiliate Marketing and life in SB. The secret in this game is to start with a product that is viable to the online audience, garner attention from leading affiliates and then turning the traffic into paying customers.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Santa Barbara-based QAD, which develops software for the manufacturing sector, said Tuesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Allocation Network GmbH. The company said the acquisition will strengthen its suite of products and services, plus support its cloud growth initiatives.

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JUNE 1, 2021

Santa Barbara-based software developer FastSpring--best known for its e-commerce software tools--says it is expanding its offerings, and will offer up support to B2B, software-as-a-service and downloadable software companies with sales team.

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MAY 24, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Invoca, which provides software for call and sales tracking, said on Monday that it has acquired DialogTech, a developer of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered call tracking and analytics product. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Goleta-based Transphorm , the stealthy, Google and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers startup in the energy conversion space, has unveiled its first product today at a conference. The firm said that its product cuts energy waste by 20 percent, and simplifies design and manufacturing of electrical systems and devices. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Santa Barbara-based HG Insights , which provides analytics around technology installs, IT spend, and contracts, says it has tied with LinkedIn with a new product, HG for LinkedIn. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole-home audio systems developer Sonos , and audio systems developer Lenbrook Industries have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that Sonos had filed against Lenbrook. Lenbrook is the maker of the NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, and Bluesound wireless audio products. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi announced today that it has acquired We Are Forge Ltd., sells its products into the office, retail, industrial, flexible workspace and the education sectors. We Are Forge Ltd.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos announced this morning that it has named a current Microsoft executive-- Panos Panay , the Chief Product Officer at Microsoft--to the company's board of directors.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Goleta-based Soraa , the Khosla Ventures-backed developer of LED and laser-based lighting and projection display technology, appears to be heading for volume production on its products. manufacturing capacity for volume production. manufacturing capacity for volume production. No details on production dates were given.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos is getting some additional competition from Google's Nest , as Google announced new, whole-home music features to its products.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio systems maker Sonos has filed another patent infringement suit at Google , saying that Google has infringed on five wireless audio patents held by the company. Google's new Chromecast and Nest smart speakers are direct competition to the line of Sonos audio products. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

IKEA has started selling a new line of speakers it devleoped in conjunction with Santa Barbara-based Sonos this week, including an oddly shaped, dual "speaker lamp", the SYMFONISK. IKEA also rolled out a combination speaker-and-shelf and other speaker products. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

The new plan announced by Santa Barbara-based Sonos to essentially "brick" all of its legacy products , is casting doubt on the lifetime of "smart homes" , as loyal, early adopters of the company's products are faced with having to throw away their speakers and other hardware. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2021

Santa Barbara-based Apeel, which is venture-backed by Viking Global Investors, Upfront Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Rock Creek Group, as well as Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry, has acquired ImpactVision, a developer of "hyperspectral imaging" technology used to measure data on ripeness and quality of fresh produce.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Santa Barbara-based QAD Precision , the division of QAD which develops global trade management and transportation execution software, has scored a win with British car parts company Rimmer Bros. will use its Transportation Execution and Transportation Analytics product for its global retail operations.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Seek Thermal , which develops thermal imaging products, says it has rolled out a new, low-cost thermal imaging system which automates temperature screening using skin temperature.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Santa Barbara-based supply chain planning software developer QAD has deployed its software with European luxury goods maker Maroquinerie Thomas , the company said on Thursday. According to QAD, Maroquinerie Thomas is using its QAD DynaSys Cloud Production Planning, Procurement Planning and Advanced Analytics tools.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Santa Barbara-based ContractWorks , which develops contract management software, says it has expanded into Europe, and opened up a new office in London, England. ContractWorks says its founding team and parent company, SecureDocs, was behind such products as GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, AppFolio, and RightScale. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Apeel is already supplying two products--one for extending the shelf life of avocados, the other of citrus--on products which have been shipping at Costco and Harps Food Stores since June. As part of the funding, Apeel said it will be growing its team in Santa Barbara, out of a 105,000 square-foot facility in Santa Barbara.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

That business--headquartered in Santa Barbara--will become a separate subsidiary called GetGo , which will merge with a subsidairy of LogMeIn. Citrix develops GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, GoToAssist, and other related products as part of that business, all of which were originally created by ExpertCity in Santa Barbara.

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MAY 7, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio system and smart speaker manufacturer Sonos released its second quarter results on Wednesday, saying that its revenues have been hit by the widespread closure of physical, retail stores due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even as it has seen an increase in usage of its products.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Affinity Biosensors , a startup developing benchtop, automated systems for microbiology research, has raised $5.9M Affinity Biosensors' products are based on micro-electromechanical (MEMS) technology, which it says allows for cell counting, mass measurements, and visual observation of liquid samples.

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APRIL 13, 2009

Santa Barbara-based Inlustra , a firm developing Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor materials, announced this morning that the firm has begun delivering its products to customers. Inlustra said its production processes reduce the number of microscopic defects in its semiconductor materials.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , the venture-backed developer of cloud computing management software backed by Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures, said yesterday that it has launched a new product specifically focused on grid processing. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi said today that it has launched a new product, which uses machine learning for prescriptive analytics.

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