It’s a long way from fleeing Vietnam to founding Costa Mesa-based software company MeridianLink Inc. by way of a refugee camp in Hong Kong. Tim Nguyễn, a graduate of University California, Irvine, definitely took the road less traveled. “The fall of Saigon in 1975 precipitated a mass exodus of the Read More
Rocket Lab Corp., which launches rockets with diverse payloads, has been selected by the European Space Agency to launch the first two spacecraft for a future satellite-based navigation system for the continent. The choice of the Electron rocket as the launch vehicle is the latest milestone for the Long Beach-based Read More
For Sundt Construction’s OC chief Jim Householder, there’s a key to being the best place to work: 100% employee ownership. “This is ours and we treat it accordingly,” said Householder, vice president and Irvine regional director for Sundt. The advantages are clear for Sundt, which ranked No. 3 in the Read More
A group of tech billionaires led by Anduril Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey is launching a new crypto-focused U.S. bank to fill the void left by the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The group also includes Peter Thiel’s Founders Read More
Mach Industries, a two-year-old defense startup founded by a then 19-year-old college dropout, has added $100 million to its funding in the race to upgrade airborne warfighting. Mach will use the Series B financing to expand its unmanned military aircraft production and build advanced jet propulsion systems. Mach, which began Read More
IRVINE — CTC Global in Irvine and tech giant Google are teaming up to improve the U.S. electric grid as data centers increase the power demand. The two companies said June 17 that CTC’s high-capacity, U.S.-manufactured, composite-core conductors can “boost grid capacity and reliability” at high speed. Google said the Read More
The OC business outlook for the quarter starting next week has picked up considerably, according to economists at California State University, Fullerton led by Anil Puri. The overall expectations index, OCBX, for the third quarter of 2025 improved to 68.6% from 52.2% in the current quarter. A reading above 50 Read More
Scott Germann says mutual respect and reasonable understanding are key to success when working with his two sons and a daughter at Main Electric Supply Co. “I never try to be dogmatic or absolute in my decision-making,” Germann, the company owner and chief executive, says of the family links. That Read More
Defense startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach said it has closed a$100 million Series B funding round. Mach Industries said in a statement it will use the money to build up its flagship factory Forge Huntington; expand its tactical engine division; and further the deployment of its unmanned military drones. The Read More
Irvine-based Tellus Power, a supplier of electric vehicle chargers, said today it has signed an agreement in the United Arab Emirates to produce the equipment. Tellus signed the joint venture with BinHendi Holding and SFE Group at the end of last month, according to a statement Tellus released today. The Read More
