Search software company Elastic NV is the latest Silicon Valley tech business to join the IPO parade. The Mountain View company filed a prospectus on Wednesday that said it plans to debut on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol of “ESTC.” Its subscription-based data search software is used by Uber, Adobe, Dell, Netflix, The New York Times and others Elastic NV said in its prospectus that it lost $18.6 million in the latest quarter despite a 79 percent jump in sales to $56.6 million.…

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The tech company bought 272 acres of land west of Phoenix.

State Farm plans to close its 1,400-employee office in Tacoma by the end of 2018.

Roblox Corp., a video game hub that says it will pay $70 million to developers this year, reportedly doubled its valuation in a $150 million funding round it disclosed on Wednesday. The San Mateo company hosts 40 million games that were made by its base of mostly young developers, some of whom say they have become millionaires from it. The revenue comes when users buy in-game perks such as virtual weapons upgrades. The Series F funding led by Greylock Partners and Tiger Global Management came at…

Harley-Davidson Inc. said Wednesday that will open a new research and development facility in Silicon Valley later this year, initially hiring about 25 people from the local market. The Milwaukee-based motorcycle company intends to use the facility to support the development of its newest electric bike line, LiveWire, which will hit the market in roughly 12 months. A Harley-Davidson spokesperson told to the Silicon Valley Business Journal that the company is “looking to lease property in the Silicon…