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in a Series C funding round, which it said partially go to expanding hiring at its San Diego offices, the company announced on Wednesday. Health IQ plans to use the funding to fuel hiring in its Mountain View and San Diego offices, continue product development and accelerate customer growth, according to the company.

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APRIL 1, 2019

San Diego-based Reveal Biosciences , a startup applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to pathology, has received a round of funding from Intel Capital , the corporate venturing arm of microprocessor giant Intel. Size of the investment in Reveal Biosciences was not announced.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Nimble Pharmacy , a pharmacy delivery startup which currently offers up service in just San Diego and the Bay Area, has raised $28M in new funding. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, and also included Y Combinator, First Round Capital, DAG Ventures and Khosla Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2018

San Diego-based software developer TriTech , a developer of public safety software for 911 dispatching, crime mapping, emergency medical services, and other related areas, has been rolled into single company with another two companies, Superion and Aptean. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Illumina Ventures , the early-stage venture capital investor which was founded by San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina , says it has raised $230M for its first fund. The fund launched in summer of 2016 with $100M from Illumina. The venture investment fund was founded by Nicholas Naclerio, Ph.D.,

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

San Diego-based Seismic , a developer of sales and marketing software, has raised $100M more in a funding round, which values the company at $1 billion, the company said on Tuesday. The funding round came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, T. Rowe Price, plus General Atlantic, JMI Equity, and Jackson Square Ventures.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

A startup which is based on research conducted at the University of California, San Diego has scored $15M in a Series A funding. which was co-founded by Tom Driscoll, a former University of California at San Diego researcher. echodyne metamaterials spinout ucsd duke venture capital radar bill gates materials'

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JUNE 5, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 -- San Diego FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! We're doing it again!

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Startups related to the many University of California campuses in Southern California may soon have a new source of funding: The University of California itself, via a new, $250M venture capital. The fund would seek to invest in companies started on campus, from University research, and from students. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2019

Let’s catch up with the latest tech news in San Diego. —San Diego’s AON Devices was among 10 startups selected to compete at a recent pitch competition hosted by the corporate venture capital arm of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ).

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APRIL 29, 2021

San Diego- and Shanghai-based Adcentryx Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on antibody drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutic development, says it has raised $50M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by CBC Group, and also included Zoo Capital the venture arm of Boyu Capital.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

El Seguno-based SmartAction , which is developing artificial intelligence-driven, call center automation software, said today that it has raised funding in a management recapitalization by private equity investors Staley Capital and TVC Capital. Staley Capital is based in Boston, and TVC Capital is based in San Diego.

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JUNE 8, 2021

San Diego-based Emerged, a new startup which provides qualified leads to healthcare organizations, says it has raised a seed round of funding. The funding came from Round One Capital. According to Emerged, Jay Love, the co-founder of Round One Capital, will join its board of directors.

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in a funding round, and set up a U.S. office in San Diego. REGEN, which develops wireless demand management and demand response products for the utility industry, said the funding came from NGEN Partners and BDC Venture Capital, and will go towards rapidly expanding its marketing activities across North America.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area – GeekWire. TGIF, am I right?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

San Diego-based 858 Therapeutics, a biotech startup focused on small molecules, has exited stealth mode and announced a $60M, Series A funding. According to the company, the funding was led by founding investor Versant Ventures, with participation from NEA, Cormorant Asset Management and Logos Capital.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

San Diego-based venture capital investment firm Section 32, led by former Google Ventures founder Bill Maris, has raised $740M in its fourth venture capital fund, the company said this morning.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

San Diego-based Opy USA and its parent company, Openpay Group Ltd., in a debt funding round, which came from Goldman Sachs and Atalaya Capital Management. The two, who provide "buy now pay later" financial products, said the funding will help it with expansion in the the U.S. payments market.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Shift , an online car buying and selling startup based in San Francisco, said on Thursday that it has launched buyer operations in San Diego, allowing people to buy and sell cars in the market. The startup is backed by more than $73M in funding from DFJ, Highland Capital, and Goldman Sachs Investment Partners.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

San Diego-based Genalyte, a developer of laboratory diagnostics and analytics products, announced on Monday that it has raised $50M in a funding round. The funding was led by Verily, an Alphabet company, and also included Provenio Capital, Redmile, Khosla Ventures, HBM Partners, Samsara and others.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

San Diego-based DNA sequencing giant Illumina, and venture capital investor Sequoia Capital via its Sequoia Capital China arm--said they are partnering to launch a new, genomics incubator based in China. The two did not say how much they are investing in the Chinese incubator.

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APRIL 10, 2018

Venture capital investors sank $547.2 million into 37 startup companies throughout San Diego County during the first three months of 2018, maintaining roughly the same level of venture funding seen in recent quarters, according to the Venture Monitor Report. It was almost 4 percent higher than the $526.7

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MAY 17, 2017

San Diego-based TealTech Capital , a new, $60M venture investment fund backed by Torrey Pines Investment, has launched its new investment fund, and made its first investment.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

San Diego-based Neurophth, a gene therapy company, has raised $60M in a Series C funding round, the company said today. The funding was co-led by CMG-SDIC Capital and Sequoia Capital China, and also included Sunshine Insurance and China Merchant Bank International Capital.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

Kyriba , a developer of cross border, cloud-based treasurey, cash, and risk management software, which has offices in San Diego, said today that it has received an investment from Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. Size of the Series D funding round investment was not announced. Kyriba is led by Chairman and CEO Jean-Luc Robert.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

San Francisco-based synthetic DNA developer Twist Bioscience Corporation is in a big expansion, saying it has opened up a new office in Carlsbad. Twist is venture backed by such investors as Biomatics Capital, plus Reinet Fund S.C.A.,

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

San Diego-based biotech startup ViaCyte , which is developing human cell therapy for treating diabetes, says it has raised $80M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by Bain Capital Life Sciences, and also included TPG, RA Capital Management, Sanderling Ventures, plus angels.

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APRIL 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based private equity investor Palisades Growth Capital announced this morning that it has sold off its ownership interest Los Angeles-based L Docupace , a developer of software for the wealth management industry. Palisades said it sold its interests in Docupace to another private equity investor, FTV Capital.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

San Diego-based SGI-DNA , a biotech company which is developing synthetic genomics and dna data storage technology, announced this morning that it has raised $25M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by Northpond Ventures, and also included Oxford Finance and BroadOak Capital partners. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Matcherino , an online crowdfunding startup focused on funding eSports matches, has raised $1.25M in a funding round, the company said today. The startup--whose co-founder, Mario Gutierrez, is based in San Diego--said the funding was led by Madrona Venture Group, and also included Vulcan Capital and angels.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

San Diego-based Pipeline Therapeutics, a biopharmaceuticals firm focused on small molecules for neuroregeneration, said on Thursday that it has raised $80M in its Series C funding. The company said it will use the new funding to advance development candidates for a number of its programs.

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MAY 19, 2020

San Diego-based Amplyx Pharmaceuticals has raised $53M in a Series C extension funding, bringing its Series C funding to over $90M, the comapny announced this morning. and Adage Capital Management. and Adage Capital Management.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

The San Diego chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest angel investment group in Southern California, as well as the United States, said today that it has established a new, memorial fund, the John G. Watson Foundation , which will support entrepreneurism in the San Diego region. He also served at Vestar Inc.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Lunch delivery service Peach , which provides office dwellers in San Diego and Seattle with an algorithm-driven, curated lunch service, is expanding beyond its two initial markets, into Boston and DC, thanks to a new $8M funding round. Peach said the funding round comes from Madrona Venture Group and Vulcan Capital.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Biotech venture capital investor Sofinnova , which has offices in San Diego, announced that it has raised $650M in its newest fund, Sofinnova Venture Partners X. The firm said it closed the fund at its hard cap of $650M, after exceeding its initial funding target of $550M. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

San Diego-based ProSciento , a clinical research organization (CRO) which focuses on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic diseases, has raised a round of funding, the company said this week. Size of the funding was not announced. ProSciento is led by Dr. Marcus Hompesch.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

San Diego-based GroundMetrics , a startup that develops electromagnetic oil and gas surveying technology, has raised nearly $7.5M in a funding round, with a target of $8.45M, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. of the funding was related to conversion of debt into shares of capital stock.

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