North Bay Business Journal

  • Sources of capital for startups

    July 11th, 2011

    According to venture capitalists and angel investors serving the North Bay, entrepreneurs have a number of sources of capital sources to get their companies started. Credit card or small-business loan: Often the first funding entrepreneurs will seek is a simple credit card or a small line of credit from their financial institution. Friends and family: The next stage is [...]

  • North Bay angel investors and venture capitalists

    July 11th, 2011

    Editor’s note: These firms are located in the North Bay or heavily involved with local entrepreneurial efforts. Cascade Capital Corp. 187 Forrest Ave., Fairfax, 415-456-1001. Cascade Capital Corp. specializes in agriculture, alternative energy, biotech, business services, clean tech., consumer, industrial and information technology. It funds in the $100,000 and up range and prefers expansion of [...]

  • Oculus inks deal to borrow $2.5 million more for growth

    July 8th, 2011

    PETALUMA — Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: OCLS) signed an agreement with a San Jose-based venture capital lender to borrow up to $2.5 million to fund growth, according to regulatory filings.

  • Khosla-backed Caitin launches in Petaluma

    November 4th, 2010

    PETALUMA — Caitin, Inc., a newly formed clean tech company backed by Khosla Ventures, has selected a CEO, the Petaluma company announced today. Dr. Thomas Caulfield will lead the spinoff from Pax Streamline of Novato, once led by telecom veteran John Webley.

  • 2009 year of economy, energy

    January 4th, 2010

    It was a year dominated by a struggling economy that touched virtually everyone.

  • Startups pitch at first North Bay Investors Summit

    June 15th, 2009

    Expectations ran high among a group of 10 early-stage companies as they presented their business ideas and funding needs at the first North Bay Investors Summit at the Sonoma Mountain Village Event Center on June 10. The summit, organized by the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster in partnership with the Keiretsu Forum and the North Bay Angels, attracted 80 members of the Bay Area angel capital community.

  • PAX technology offers AC breakthrough

    May 4th, 2009

    NOVATO – A hand-picked team of scientists at PAX Streamline has come up with an air-cooling system that could remove up to 80 percent of electricity from the grid and revolutionize the way large spaces are cooled.

  • Growth when businesses incubate

    February 16th, 2009

    ROHNERT PARK – Entrepreneurship is thriving in the North Bay if the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster is any indication.

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