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San Diego Venture Investor Barbara Bry Takes Aim At Mayor's Seat

San Diego venture investor and entrepreneur Barbara Bry, who co-founded Proflowers.com and several other local technology companies, said on Wednesday that she is running for Mayor of San Diego, in a move to further extend her experience in the technology industry into politics. Bry--who currently is on the San Diego City Council--said that she is hoping to expand access to the "innovation economy" and also help improve access to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math opportunities in every neighborhood in San Diego through her candidacy. Bry is married to fellow investor and entrepreneur Neal Senturia, who she co-ran a venture investment firm, Blackbird Ventures with. She was also closely involved with San Diego technology organization CONNECT, an costed an AM radio show revolving around technology entrepeneurship, "I'm There For You Baby" with Senturia (who currently is part of a new, venture investment TV show called VCs in a Van).