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Carrick Leads DailyPay $175M Investment
FINANCE: Madden sees payday lending revolutionPayday lending will never be the same if Jim Madden’s investment sense proves rightNekter Juice Bar Plots 200 More Locations
Opened 14 in 2020
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Vizio, Del Taco decline
Orange County Museum of Art to Open October 2022
New $93M Building to Feature California Biennial
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Evolus on the rise; Tilly’s falls
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Viant drops 13%; loanDepot up
Howard’s Plots Its Own Shopping Spree
RETAIL: Victorville buy; eyes out-of-state growth
As Howard's area expansion unfolds, it has also added more luxury consumer brands to its merchandise portfolio
Acorns Grows Fast, To $2.2B Valuation
FINTECH: Going public through SPAC
Various membership tiers helps maintain more than 4 million subscribers, a number that Wall Street investors will consider
Cloudvirga Sold To Stewart Title
TECHNOLOGY: Software firm keeping Irvine base
Reaffirmed position in Orange County brings more local hiring and focus on software service after acquisition
STARTUPS & INNOVATIONS
iLife Technologies Inc., an Irvine-based automated sales insurance platform, raised a $4 million round of financing at the end of May.
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Inari Medical, Tilly’s on the rise
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Clean Energy jumps 15%; Alignment Healthcare falls
First Foundation Buys Florida Bank
Pays $295M to add $2.3B in assets
Community Banking Matters in Times of Crisis
California’s Covid-19 stay-at-home orders were announced on March 19, 2020. When you’ve been in business for 114 years, you know how to handle a crisis.
Octane Aims to Keep Investment Returns in OC
INNOVATION: $50M goal for group’s first Elevation fund
New sources of capital will prop up local entrepreneurs while ensuring returns from successful investments to benefit Southern California
STARTUPS & INNOVATIONS
Docbot Inc. raised $4 million and appoints Andrew Ritter as chief executive, other Orange County businesses also making moves
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Clean Energy Fuels swings down; STAAR Surgical rises
PIMCO Foundation Invests $10 Million in Food Bank
Largest donation ever to support Global FoodBanking Network
Acorns to go Public: WSJ
Values Irvine fintech at $2.2B
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Clean Energy Fuels, loanDepot rise on low volume
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FivePoint rises; Viant slides
OC Unemployment Dips to 6.2% in April
Gains 23,800 jobs, mostly in leisure, hospitality
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Staar Surgical, loanDepot rise while market indexes drop
Nature Care Buys 2 More Companies
Says rolling up companies in gardening space
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