Xconomy

APRIL 19, 2018

Today, however, the inaugural class of the 40th program—Techstars Anywhere—is graduating after completing an online Demo Day that capped the past three months of the program’s first “virtual accelerator.” “We

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APRIL 15, 2021

San Diego-based TuSimple priced its IPO last night, saying that it will sell 33,783,783 shares of its Class A common stock at the price of $40.00 per share, raising just over $1 billion for the company. The company will begin trading this morning on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as TSP. Piper Sandler and Valuable Capital.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Hone, a provider of a corporate learning platform, has raised $16M in a Series A funding round. The company says it offers up live online classes for employee and corporate training. According to the company, John Lin of F-Prime Capital will join the company's board as part of the funding.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

San Diego-based Ensysce Biosciences , which is developing opioid pain medication, says it has named Steven R. Ensysce says it is developing 2 new classes of opioid pain medication with abuse and overdose protection. Ensysce says it is developing 2 new classes of opioid pain medication with abuse and overdose protection.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based biotech BioAtla has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market as BCAB. BioAtla is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a class of highly specific and selective antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of solid tumor cancer.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that the firm has been granted a motion to dismiss a consumer, class action lawsuit against the firm.

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JUNE 16, 2020

San Diego-based Cardiff Oncology said this morning that it has raised $13.5M Cardiff Oncology says that its lead compound, onvansertib, is a first-in-class, third-generation Polo-like Kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitor, which is being evaluated in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy and targeted therapeutics. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The inaugural class of four companies in the the accelerator includes two different companies with founders in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2020

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer VelosBio says it has raised $137M in a Series B funding roudn, to go towards its oncology efforts. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners, Viking Global Investors, Wellington Management Company, as well as the company's existing investors.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

San Diego-based TakeLessons , which operates an online marketplaceto connect users with instructors in such areas as singing, piano, guitar, Spanish, and other areas, said this week that it has launched a new service called TakeLessons Live. The new service provides unlimited, live online group classes, via a monthly subscription.

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APRIL 16, 2019

San Diego-based Ensysce Biosciences , a clinical phase, drug development company aiming at overcoming prescription drug abuse and overdose issues, said it has named a new CFO and COO this morning. The startup says it is working on a new class of analgesic which will curb prescription drug abuse and overdose. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that it has launched a new, San Diego startup accelerator, which is being powered by Techstars. The accelerator will be based on Qualcomm''s corporate campus in San Diego. READ MORE>>. qualcomm robot robotics semiconductor accelerator techstars incubator'

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APRIL 26, 2018

San Diego-based lifesciences equipment maker Illumina says it has selected five companies to participate in its startup accelerator the Illumina Accelerator.

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Xconomy

MAY 17, 2018

An Amgen migraine drug developed to head off pain before it starts has won FDA approval, the first for a new class of preventive drug candidates for the condition. The Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN ) drug, erenumab (Aimovig), is a subcutaneous injection given once a month.

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MARCH 19, 2014

HardTech Labs said that it will provide as much as $150,000 plus, and up to $300,000 or more to startups in the accelerator, which looks to tap the many contract manufacturers with operations in Tijuana, as well as development resources in San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Gossamer Bio, the San Diego-based biotech founded by former Receptos executives, has raised $276 million in its initial public offering, a total that puts it in a rare class among biotechs that have gone public in recent years. The amount raised surpassed expectations.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

EvoNexus charges 1% of common shares for its incubator, and does not charge any fees during the incubation of companies--which can be as long as two years.

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Xconomy

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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JANUARY 3, 2019

San Diego-based Forge Therapeutics , a biotechnology startup which is developing antibiotics to treat lung infections, has received $11.M Forge said the new award will support the development of a new class of LpxC inhibitors to treat serious lung infections attributed to Gram-negative bacteria, including multi-drug resistant P.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

San Diego-based startup incubator EvoNexus said Friday that the deadline for its Fall startup class is Monday. through the incubator.

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JUNE 23, 2014

San Diego-based TakeLessona , the online marketplace for finding tutors, music teachers, language lessons, and more, has launched a new scholarship program specifically aimed at college and university students. takelessons scholarship program marketplace lessons tutoring classes' Students can submit their entry online.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

VelosBio joined Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS @ San Diego incubator in January. The company is developing antibody drug conjugates, a class of cancer drug that links antibodies to potent cancer-fighting toxins. The new VelosBio cash, a Series A round of financing, was led by Arix Bioscience (LSE: ARIX ) and Sofinnova Ventures.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 7, 2019

SDSI, a nonprofit organization based north of San Diego in coastal Solana Beach, focuses on advancing companies that involve sports, active lifestyles, health, and wellness.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2016

In contrast to some alternative lenders, the San Diego firm said it is growing fast and is consistently profitable. Another oft-mentioned concern about peer-to-peer lenders is that most members of the new class of lending companies have yet to prove their business model in the ultimate stress test —an economic downturn.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

San Diego-based ACTIVE Network is expanding its footprint in the parks and recreation management market, reporting this morning that it has signed up the cities of Phoenix, Portland, and Denver as customers of its ACTIVE Net software. Financial impact of the wins were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

In at least the third piece of accelerator-related news today, San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said it has made an investment in three startups, as part of its first, startup accelerator class.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

For these reasons, fatty liver disease is often called a “silent disease,” says Ariel Feldstein, a gastroenterologist at the University of California San Diego. Feldstein has been studying the liver for nearly 20 years, and his research now forms the basis of a newly launched company called Jecure Therapeutics.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

In this case, it’s mostly just the SF Bay Area, plus others scattered between Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego and one ( Magic Leap ) in the unfortunately named Plantation, Florida. The San Francisco Bay Area is perhaps one of the best-known tech and startup hubs in the world. How much more? companies have raised $38.4

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JULY 27, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm Incorporated has agreed to pay $19.5M to settle a gender discrimination suit, filed on behalf of its employees, according to class action law firm Sanford Heisler LLP.

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Xconomy

JULY 26, 2017

Genomics startups are increasing in number and quality, so much so that three-year-old Illumina Accelerator has expanded with its latest class to accommodate five of them. Xconomy got an early look at the specialty accelerator’s sixth cohort, which includes a company named for a butterfly and the accelerator’s first digital health startup.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Under Bob Sullivan, the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego matured into its teenage years. Sullivan became Rady’s founding dean in 2003, ahead of the fall 2004 enrollment of the school’s charter MBA class. Rady School is marking its sweet sixteen under a new leader, Lisa Ordóñez.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The San Diego biotech company’s list of alliances is now getting longer. The deal covers up to 11 potential drugs, including a class of. Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY ) announced Thursday that it will pay $105 million up front to license Halozyme’s (NASDAQ: HALO ) technology to develop injectable immuno-oncology drugs.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Two, Southern California companies are on the list of the next class for Microsoft's startup accelerator, the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure , according to Microsoft Monday. Microsoft said it had ten finalists who will be included in the three month program--powered by TechStars--to help accelerate companies using Windows Azure.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010 -- San Diego/Orange County Founder Institute Information/Networking Event. On Thursday evening, September 9th @6pm, the Founder Institute is hosting an information/networking event in San Diego at the offices of Cooley LLP. Founder Institute.

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MARCH 26, 2012

The startup said it has launched into San Francisco, Orange County, and San Diego, in addition to Los Angeles, and is also now part of the MuckerLab accelerator. LifeCrowd operates an online site which makes it easier for users to find group activities, such as classes and activities.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

San Diego-based Cidara (NASDAQ: CDTX ) said in a statement on Tuesday it will now shift its resources to other compounds in its portfolio, including an intravenous form of the antifungal. Cidara’s drug, CD101, is part of a class of antifungal drugs called echinocandins that target the. this morning.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Are you interested in becoming a World-Class Founder? The Founder Institute is hosting an informational event in San Diego/North County at the offices of Pillsbury Law. Anyone interested in becoming a world-class technology founder is invited to hear how the Institute can help.

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