#356: Monarch Media Acquired, Digital NEST Expands, Parallel Flight Joins Avanta, and more tech

Digest #356

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Santa Cruz Tech Beat has been sharing news about Monarch Media, the award-winning Santa Cruz-based eLearning company, for many years, starting with How 6 Remarkable Women Are Making Waves in Surf City (2/17/14). It's cool to be able to share Monarch's latest big news: Monarch Media has been acquired. Learn more below.

Parallel Flight Technologies, the La Selva Beach-based industrial-grade drone company, has joined startup accelerator Avanta Studios. The program enables startups like Parallel to expxlore new markets, business models, and technologies. Learn more below.

And, Digital NEST announces plans to grow.

There's plenty more. Scroll down and start reading!

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Monarch Media, the award-winning eLearning company founded in Santa Cruz in 1997 by Claire Schneeberger, has been acquired. Read the article.

Parallel Flight Technologies has been invited to join Avanta Studios, an accelerator for startups with innovative ideas in the InsurTech, Mobility, and Insurance-Adjacent markets. Read the article.

On the eve of their 6th anniversary in Watsonville, Digital NEST announces plans for an expanded presence in Salinas, and plans to open a new site in Gilroy. Read the article.

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