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OCTOBER 14, 2016

Southern California's venture capital totals dropped significantly in Q3 of 2016, to a mere $663.2M for San Diego, then $189.0M in funding, according to the latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the report, there were 71 deals worth a total of $663.2M

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DECEMBER 26, 2016

You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. John Greathouse: We opened up our practice in San Diego by investing in Zingle and Raken. I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005.

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MARCH 14, 2018

While Escalier Biosciences BV is based in the Netherlands, the company is managed by its subsidiary, Escalier Biosciences, based near San Diego in coastal Encinitas, CA, according to Chris Krueger, Escalier’s chief business officer. The Dutch biotech and its Encinitas subsidiary were both founded in 2016, but the.

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MAY 18, 2017

Preliminary findings from an economic impact study show that genomics is emerging as a distinct innovation cluster in San Diego. The San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. began collecting data for the report earlier this year in a bid to assess how genomics fits into San Diego’s innovation economy.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

San Diego-based TurboTax , the software division of Intuit which makes the popular tax filing software, says on Wednesday that it has opened up for the season, and has begun allowing its users to start working on their taxes. Is it tax time already?

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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., READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2017

Thirty-seven venture-backed companies in the San Diego area collected almost $350 million in new funding during the first three months of 2017, according to data released this week as part of the latest Venture Monitor report from the National Venture Capital Association and Seattle-based PitchBook. billion invested.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

San Diego-based Netradyne , a developer of artificial intelligence and "deep learning" software used for vision recognition--particularly in autonomous vehicles--has raised $21M more in a funding round. percent of the startup; Reliance had invested $16M in Netradyne in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

San Diego-based ID Analytics has named a new CEO, saying on Wednesday that it has named Ajay Nigam to the position. ID Analytics became part of Symantec, when Symantec acquired Lifelock in 2016. ID Analytics became part of Symantec, when Symantec acquired Lifelock in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm has launched a new reference platform, specifically aimed at helping designers incorporate its chips into drone aircraft, the company said Thursday. Yuneec is expected to launch its Qualcomm-based platform in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As we draw closer to the end of 2016, it is important that we take a moment to look back and reflect on all of the ways technology has inspired us, and transformed the way we live and do work.

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JULY 17, 2017

San Diego-based diagnostic testing systems developer Quidel announced this morning that it is acquiring a number of assets from Alere Inc. According to Quidel, it will pay $400M plus another $40M in contingent consideration for the Triage business, including its San Diego facilities. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 11, 2017

Qualcomm Ventures , the venture arm of San Diego-based Qualcomm , has scored a quick exit out of its venture portfolio. Financial details of the buy were not announced, but Owlchemy Labs had only raised $5M, in a funding in August of 2016. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 27, 2020

San Diego-based Lead Inclusively , a consulting firm which provides technology-enabled services around diversity, equity, and inclusion, said last week that it has raised $1.5M Denise Hummel is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lead Inclusively, which was founded in 2016. in a funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 5, 2016

San Diego-based residential solar installer OneRoof Energy announced on Monday that it has sold 19.8MW of its solar project assets, in a deal worth approximately $61M. OneRoof Energy said it will initially received $19M, with an additional $42M being paid in additional tranches through September 2016.

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APRIL 12, 2017

invested across 71 deals in Q2 of 2017 in LA and Orange County, and $202.37M invested in San Diego for the quarter across 32 deals. invested in Q4, with San Diego also up from $175.73M in Q4. The report tallied up $926.4M Investments in LA/OC were up slightly from the $898.3M Nationally, investors invested $13.9

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

San Diego-based Impact Biomedicines , a biopharmaceuticals startup targeting treatments for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms and other cancers, has raised $22M in a funding round, the company said this morning. The Series A funding came from Medcxi.

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APRIL 3, 2017

San Diego-based aTyr Pharma announced this morning that it is expanding its board of directors, adding independent director Jeffrey S. Hatfield served in that position from March 2004 until October 2016, when Vitae was acquired by Allergan for $639M. Hatfield to its board.

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OCTOBER 22, 2016

Friday, October 28, 2016 -- Contextual Robotics Forum. World leaders developing robotics for the benefit of society will connect with San Diego's growing robotics community at the Forum on Oct. Invited speakers will explore the theme of “Shared Autonomy: New Directions in Human-Machine Interaction”. See [link] (more)

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JULY 16, 2018

San Diego-based Human Longevity , which is developing genomics-powered, health intelligence software, said on Friday that it has named David Karow, M.D., Karow has previously been a researcher at UC San Diego, UCLA, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. as its Interim CEO. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2017

San Diego-based gaming accessory maker Mad Catz Interactive has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with PricewaterhouseCoopers being assigned the trustee of the company. Mad Catz had said in 2016 that it was considering "strategic alternatives" for the company. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 15, 2016

billion in venture capital in Q2 of 2016, according to the latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters. Southern California companies raised $2.49 billion round for Venice based Snapchat.

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APRIL 2, 2018

San Diego-based ResMed said Monday morning that it has named Bobby Ghoshal as the company's first Chief Technology Officer. Ghoshal was previously Vice President of Information Technology at Resmed from 2012 to 2016. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina announced this morning that it has acquired Menlo Park-based GRAIL , a developer of cancer early detection technology. GRAIL was spun out of Illumina in 2016 as a standalone company. According to Illumina, it will acquire GRAIL for cash and stock worth $8 billion.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Six San Diego business risk-takers have been inducted into the pantheon of EY Entrepreneurs of the Year, joining over 10,000 people around the world who have been honored over the last 30 years by the multinational professional services firm. The winners are: — Life Sciences: BioLegend CEO Gene Lay.

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JUNE 4, 2019

FTD also agreed to sell both its North American and Latin American businesses to private equity investor Nexus Capital Management , in a move that includes San Diego-based Proflowers. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service. United Online was acquired by B.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

ServiceNow , the developer of information technology service management software which has major operatinos in San Diego, has acquired Mountain View-based Passage AI , a developer of conversational AI tools. Passage AI was founded in 2016 and had received funding from Blumberg Capital, Storm Ventures, Engineering Capital, 11.2

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JULY 28, 2016

San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems , which develops video-based, driver monitoring systems, announced today that it had record growth in its second quarter and first half of 2016. The company did not disclose any financials, but said it saw nearly 200% growth in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

However, the San Diego-based company, which emerged from stealth mode in 2016, was guided through its early years by president and CEO Stephan Chenette. AttackIQ said Galloway is taking over the role from Carl Wright, who has been named chief commercial officer. Wright was hired as chief revenue officer in August 2017.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina says that its cancer detection spinout, GRAIL , is now expecting to raise approximately $1 billion in its Series B funding. GRAIL, which was founded by Illumina, is developing blood tests for early stage cancer detection. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2020

Docupace is led by CEO Mark Tapling; the company also is backed by San Diego-based TVC Capital. funding round for Docupace in 2016. Palisades said it sold its interests in Docupace to another private equity investor, FTV Capital. Both Palisades Growth Capital and TVC Capital were part of the investors in the $16.5M

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APRIL 12, 2017

Lymber was barely a year old when Mindbody (NASDAQ: MB ) announced recently that it acquired the San Diego mobile app developer. Lymber, named as a 2017 Xconomy San Diego startup to watch , has developed a technology platform that enables mobile users to book openings in fitness and wellness classes.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

GreatCall, the maker of the Jitterbug cellphone and other products and services for older adults, has extended its partnership with the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company Lyft to offer GreatCall customers the ability to schedule rides without a smartphone app. No financial terms were disclosed.

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APRIL 10, 2017

San Diego-based antenna technology developer Airgain announced late Sunday that it has acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Antenna Plus , a developer of antenna products for the mobile and automotive fleet market. in 2016, and that it expects the acquisition to be accretive to the firm within 2017.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

San Diego-based AnaptysBio , which develops antibodies for treating inflammation, has set its estimated IPO pricing range, saying on Tuesday that it expects to price its IPO at between $14.00 and $16.00 The company is selling 4,000,000 shares of its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as ANAB. as early as Thursday.

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MAY 1, 2017

Kyriba , which develops cloud-based treasury management software, and was founded in San Diego, said over the weekend that it is in an expansion in Southern Europe, particularly in Italy and Spain. The company said its growth rates between 2015 and 2016 in the countries are 166 percent for Italy and 67 percent for Spain.

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MAY 16, 2019

San Diego-based bioClarity , a skincare brand which markets itself to millennial and Gen-Z consumers, has raised $13M in a funding round, the company said thsi week. The company was founded in 2016. The funding was led by Prolog Ventures. The company is part of Adigica Health, Inc. READ MORE>>.

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