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Longtime OC exec Fred Thiel, who works out of an Irvine Spectrum office as CEO for $1.7B-valued bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA), is the brother of Peter Thiel. But not the Peter...
View ArticleLido Isle $47M Listing Highlights Lack of Inventory
It’s growing increasingly challenging for buyers to find housing in Newport Beach, where there were just 95 active listings as of last week, according to California Regional Multiple Listing Service...
View ArticleCalAmp Ex-CEO, B. Riley Unit Seek Board Control
Two former executives at Irvine-based CalAmp Corp. (Nasdaq: CAMP) appear to be closely tracking the Irvine-based telematics firm. CalAmp, which provides software and equipment enabling companies to...
View ArticleMcClain Cellars: Growth Pours Over
On a sunny weekend in Laguna Beach, you can find McClain Cellars filled to the brim with new and longtime customers sampling the independent winery’s selection on the expansive outdoor patio, much of...
View ArticleA Crypto Cluster Emerging in OC
A small office in the Irvine Spectrum is where Fred Thiel—the chief executive of Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the hottest companies in the cryptocurrency industry with a $1.7 billion...
View ArticleWest Coast Arborists: Branching Out
Since receiving the Family-Owned Business Award last September, West Coast Arborists Inc.—the largest municipal tree maintenance company in the state—has been branching out with new partnerships to...
View ArticleRoger’s Gardens Grows a ‘Happy Place’
It is springtime at Corona del Mar’s Roger’s Gardens, one of Southern California’s most iconic gardening businesses. President and majority owner Gavin Herbert Jr., accompanied by his loyal labradoodle...
View ArticleBlue Buoy: New Generation Keeps Swim School Afloat
Whether you’re looking for a summer swim camp for your toddler or you think you have the next Olympian swimmer on your hands, Blue Buoy Family Swim School wants to be your one-stop family swim shop....
View ArticleTravisMathew: Teed Up
For lifestyle brand TravisMathew, growth’s been anything but leisurely over the past five years. When the Huntington Beach-based apparel company was acquired in 2017 by Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE: ELY) in...
View ArticleThermal-Vac: Celebrates With Tacos, Piñatas, $20 Bills
Heather Falcone, the chief executive of Thermal-Vac Technology Inc. in Orange, says her team has celebrated the company’s success and profitability with “tacos and piñatas stuffed with $20s.” “Can’t...
View ArticleTait & Associates: Engineering Growth Across OC
Santa Ana-based Tait & Associates is coming off a record year, and the company is only poised for more growth with a slew of projects and opportunities in and outside of the county. “There is still...
View ArticleLaguna Hills Device Maker Makes $500M+ Buy
Laguna Hills-based Wallaby Medical LLC has purchased Bochum, Germany-based Phenox GmbH for approximately $528 million, a deal being described as one of the largest international transactions in the...
View ArticleRivian Makes Interior Trim Tweaks, Adds New Features
The rollout of new vehicles at Rivian Automotive Inc. (Nasdaq: RIVN) continues to be a work in progress, with a few production changes announced in recent weeks, along with new updates for the first...
View ArticleSTARTUPS & INNOVATIONS
FUNDING Laguna Beach tiny-home company Wilderwise Homes has opened a $10 million Series A round. The news comes after Wilderwise closed an oversubscribed equity crowdfunding campaign last month. The...
View ArticleNewport Beach Developers Add to Residential Portfolio
Newport Beach residential developers appear to be as active as ever, with a bevy of new for-sale and rental projects on the books both in and outside of OC. That’s good timing, as the median household...
View ArticleUST Founder Sajan Pillai Launches New Chip Venture
Sajan Pillai, the Orange County entrepreneur known for founding IT services company UST and turning the Aliso Viejo firm into a global powerhouse and one of OC’s largest private tech firms, has...
View ArticleEphesoft Boosts Document Handling; Plans $50M Raise
Irvine-based software company Ephesoft Inc., which focuses on document processing, automation and data enrichment offerings, has ratcheted up the ability to pull information from all sorts of...
View ArticleCFOs Honored at Business Journal Awards Ceremony
Nearly 700 members of the Orange County business community attended the 15th annual CFO of the Year Awards ceremony on May 5. It was the first of six in-person Business Journal events scheduled for...
View ArticleWest Coast Arborists: Branching Out
Since receiving the Family-Owned Business Award last September, West Coast Arborists Inc.—the largest municipal tree maintenance company in the state—has been branching out with new partnerships to...
View ArticleRoger’s Gardens Grows a ‘Happy Place’
It is springtime at Corona del Mar’s Roger’s Gardens, one of Southern California’s most iconic gardening businesses. President and majority owner Gavin Herbert Jr., accompanied by his loyal labradoodle...
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