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JULY 8, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011 -- San Diego Padres High Tech Night. Feel the strength of San Diego's Tech Community when we pack PETCO Park! Highlights the rivalry between the "Silicon Beach" Padres and the "Silicon Valley" Giants. Email MLeonard@commnexus.org.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 -- TEDxAFC San Diego Biomimicry Design Workshop. In partnership with TEDxAmericasFinestCity, we invite you to join us for a biomimicry design workshop. The evening will include appetizers, special encounters with animals, and an interactive design workshop. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011 -- Economic Roundtable 2011. 27th Annual San Diego County Economic Roundtable. See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- San Diegos Gazelles- What is behind their success? There are thousands of books on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Our panelists havent written any of those books.

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APRIL 29, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011 -- 2011 California Clean Innovation Conference. The 2011 CACI Conference will be held at the Price Center at UC San Diego, one of the most sustainable universities in the country.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. In Southern California, San Diego County took the lead in investment totals, raising $262.1M in venture funding.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 -- How Do We Make "Made in San Diego" a Winning Business Model? This month, the MITEF San Diego chapter is modifying its standard business case presentation to bring you a dynamic discussion on nearsourcing vs. outsourcing. MIT Enterprise Forum.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

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San Diego Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup 40

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

San Diego-based Aptera , the latest reincarnation of an electric car maker started in 2005, has announced a new, solar powered car, which recharges from the sun, and not from a plug.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

San Diego-based beauty brand Beauty Bakerie , a developer of cosmetics aimed at Millennials, has raised $3M in a seed funding. Beauty Bakerie was founded by CEO Cashmere Nicole, who founded the brand in 2011. The funding was led by Unilever Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2019

Yet another new biotech company has been founded in San Diego by serial entrepreneur Mike Grey and other alumni of rare disease startup Lumena Pharmaceuticals. Grey, who was president and CEO of Lumuna from 2011 through its 2014 acquisition by Irish drugmaker Shire (now part of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical.

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San Diego Acquisition Entrepreneur Startup 88

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JANUARY 3, 2019

San Diego- and Baltimore-based private equity investor JMI Equity is the lead backer of a developer of artificial intelligence software for the healthcare industry this morning. Jvion is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and was founded in 2011. Jvion said it will use the funding to accelerate expansion across its market.

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Equity Artificial Inteligence Software Enterprise Partners 113

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MAY 6, 2014

Epicor--which is now based in Austin, Texas, but which had been based in Irvine for years--was sold to Apax Partners back in 2011. Epicor still has operations through Southern California, including in Irvine, and San Diego. Apax paid $976M for Epicor back in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Equity Orange County Software Southern California 185

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

The number of IPOs of companies on the Journal's list from 2011 from Southern California matched the number of IPOs of Silicon Valley companies. Of the list of 50 startups, both San Diego's ServiceNow and fellow San Diego firm Active Network has IPOs last year, out of only a total of six IPO exits from the WSJ's list.

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Southern California Journal SoCal San Diego 223

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

San Diego-based RapidEngage , a developer of online survey software and tools used to collect customer feedback and to engage users, has been acquired by fellow online survey company QuestionPro. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. RapidEngage was one of the companies incubated at EvoNexus. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2018

San Diego- and Redwood City-based online crowdfunding site GoFundMe announced Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired YouCaring , another online fundraising site. YouCaring was founded in 2011, and was based in Redding, California. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

San Diego-based online nonprofit fundraising software developer CLassy said this morning that it has just hit $1 billion in total donations through its platform. Classy was launched in 2011, and is led by CEO and co-foudner Scot Chisolm.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that it has added longtime Hewlett Packard executive Ann M. She is also on the board of United Parcel Services (UPS) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), in addition to serving on the board of HP from June 2011 to November of 2015. Livermore to its board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

San Diego-based Take Lessons , an online marketplace which helps people find local teachers for music and singing lessons, disclosed today that it has raised $4M in a Series A follow on funding. TakeLessons raised $6M in a funding round back in August of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Acutus Medical, based in the northern San Diego community of Carlsbad, was founded in 2011. The company’s flagship product, dubbed AcQMap, uses ultrasound to allow physicians to see what is causing a patient’s irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia.

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JULY 2, 2013

AddToAny , the developer of WordPress and Drupal social sharing plug-ins which got its start at UC San Diego, is back as an independent firm, according to the company''s founder, Pat Diven II. Diven said that he has acquired AddToAny back from Lockerz, which had acquired the company back in July of 2011.

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UCSD San Diego Blogging Acquisition 147

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

San Diego-based healthcare software developer PatientSafe Solutions said Thursday that it has named company co-founder Si Luo as its new CEO, in addition to his existing position as President. Conduroso had been at PatientSafe since 2011. Conduroso had been at PatientSafe since 2011. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

San Diego-based Slacker Radio , which operates a streaming radio service, has scored a big win with Toyota and Lexus. Slacker said Thursday that it will offer up a new Slacker Radio app on select Lexus models, and soon on select Toyota model years from 2011 to 2015.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. Location : The Shark Club 841 Baker St.,

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MARCH 15, 2013

Photo sharing service Plixi , which got its start in San Diego as Tweetphoto , has just been shut down by owner Lockerz. The shutdown is not a surprise; Lockerz laid off all of its San Diego office in January. That office had been acquired when Lockerz bought Plixi in January of 2011.

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San Diego Startup Services Develop 124

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APRIL 25, 2016

San Diego-based molecular diagnostics developer Trovagene said today that it has named Bill Welch as its new CEO. Welch was most recently President and CEO of Sequenom, where he had been since January of 2011. Welch also served at Monogram Biosciences, La Jolla Pharmaceuticals, Dade Behring MicroScan, and Abbott Laboratories.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise software developer ServiceNow has been ranked the top job creator in a listing from Inc. Magazine, the company reported today. The company added 792 jobs during the three period. The company said it was number six among all companies in California, and number 14 in the overall top 100.

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Software Review San Diego Software Development Software 159

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AUGUST 23, 2013

San Diego-based wireless communications developer Qualcomm is selling off Omnitracs , its North and Latin American transportation and logistics business, to private equity firm Vista Equity. According to Qualcomm, Vista Equity Partners will pay $800M in cash for Omnitracs, which provides commercial vehicle telematics services.

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Equity San Diego Acquisition Capital 153

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JANUARY 4, 2013

San Diego-based ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has named Brandi L. Roberts has been VP, Finance at the company since March of 2011, and also has served at such firms as Alphatec Spine, Pfizer/Agouron, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Roberts as its Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.

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MAY 19, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures , the venture capital arm of Qualcomm, has scored an exit this morning, at bring-your-own-device (BYOD) software developer Divide. seed investment in Divide back in 2011. Divide said this morning that it has been acquired by Google, and will go to work on Google''s Android operating system.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

San Diego-based life sciences software maker Accelrys said Monday that it has acquired QUMAS , an Irish developer of cloud-based and on-premise enterprise compliance software for the life sciences industry. in 2011 and $19.3M Accelrys said it paid approximately $50M in cash for QUMAS, which it says had revenues of $15.2M

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Date : Nov 9, 2011 – 5:30-8:30pm. Location : The Shark Club 841 Baker St.,

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APRIL 19, 2013

It all looked good at the time: oil company Exxon needed to develop a more earth-friendly way to produce oil, and San Diego startup Synthetic Genomics needed funding to get its technology off the ground. But then, ExxonMobil cut back its original investment--worth up to $600M--in Synthetic Genomics. What happened? READ MORE>>.

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Layoffs Outsource Development San Diego Mobile 159

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

San Diego-based eBioscience , a developer of flow cytometry and immunoassay reagents for immunology and oncology research and diagnostics, is being acquired by Affymetrix , Affymetrix said Wednesday. Affymetrix said it is paying $330M in cash to acquire eBioscience, in a deal that is expected to close late in Q4 of 2011.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. And if you’ve never had the Mexican food in San Diego… stop what you’re doing and go.

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San Diego Mobile Startup Cloud Computing 65

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JUNE 18, 2015

San Diego-based KFx Medical said late Wednesday that it has received $35M in a payment, related to the company's patent infringement suite against Arthrex. That patent infringement lawsuit was filed in 2011, but only recently completed its journey through the legal system.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. Size of the funding was not announced. LoopIt is based in Cambridge, Mass., and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge. READ MORE>>.

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Avalon San Diego Incubator Invest 159