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San Diego Biotech Entrepreneurs, Innovation Lead to “Maturing” Ecosystem

Xconomy

San Diego has long been considered a second-tier primary biopharma hub in terms of number of companies and venture capital raised, falling behind the twin behemoths of Boston-Cambridge and the San Francisco Bay Area on those and other metrics.

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Daasity Gets $2.3M For Business Data Analytics

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San Diego-based Daasity , a startup working on data analytics for direct-to-consumer retailers, has raised $2.3M The funding was led by Okapi Venture Capital, and also included Serra Ventures, Cove Fund II, 1855 Capital, and Mooring Ventures LLC. in a funding round, the company said this week.

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Interview with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

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Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. Like any entrepreneur, we had the idea that there should be local capital, supporting the local ecosystem.

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How Arivale Is Harnessing Genomics To Optimize Human Health and Wellness

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For cohorts who are actively engaged in healthcare, and who were healthy, how many of this group could we identify transitions, where they might not understand their healthcare trajectory; second, what was our ability to change that path; and third, how could we start to get insights into scientifically validated metrics. READ MORE>>.

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Is Technology Crucial for Innovation?

Xconomy

Today, the Puget Sound region is home to intense, interconnected innovation clusters that are continuing to pioneer in information technology, the cloud, e-commerce, gaming, data science, sensors, global health (including health metrics), neuroscience, and more. ” That would be death.

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Interview with Jason Howe, CEO of Awarepoint

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San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags. But, we're not focused on an exit--we're focused on profitability, which is a key metric for management. Congrats on funding. Explain what your products do? READ MORE>>

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We were now set to close at $46 million in new capital. I flew from San Diego (where I was visiting for Thanksgiving) to New York to persuade investors to stick with us. We were based in London.