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DECEMBER 13, 2022

San Diego-based Pack, a developer of e-commerce tools, says it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Alpaca and Vanterra Ventures. The company said the funding goes towards engineering, product, design, and go-to-market.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

San Diego-based CRISPR QC, a startup developing data and analytics tools for the gene editing market, announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Serra Ventures, and also included CaerusX Ventures, the investment company of George Bonaros.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

San Diego-based medical visualization software developer LifeVoxel.AI announced this morning that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. Source of the funding was not announced, however, the company said the round came from medical and radiology specialists, strategic medical technology investors and family offices.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Stemson Therapeutics , a startup working on therapies to cure hair loss, has raised $7.5M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Allergan Aethetics and Fortunis Capital. According to the company, the new funding will go to advance development of its therapeutic solution to cure hair loss.

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APRIL 5, 2019

—Mobile app startup Bitmo announced it had raised more than $3 million in seed funding from investors including Everplus Capital, Longboard Capital Advisors, and several Southern California-based family fund offices. The company says it has about 130 national brands on the platform, including Nike, Nordstrom, and Old Navy.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

San Diego-based Novoron Biosciences, a biotech company that is developing therapies aimed at reversing central nervous system (CNS) damage due to spinal cord injuries, has raised $3M in a seed fudning round. The company came from Two Bear Capital. Novoron is led by co-founder and CEO Travis Stiles, PhD.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

San Diego-based Grid2Home , a developer of energy management software, said today that it has raised a seed round of funding. The funding was led by Granite Ventures. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed by the company. Granite is represented by Sam Kingsland on Grid2Home's board.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

San Diego-based Drata, a startup developing security automation and compliance software, has raised $3.2M in a seed funding, the company said Wednesday. According to the company, the funding was led by Cowboy Ventures, and also included Leaders Fund and SV Angel, along with angel investors.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

San Diego-based JUNO, a company developing collaborative learning software for virtual environments, says it has raised $3.5M in a seed funding. The funding came from Jerry Murdock, co-founder of Insights Partners, and Walter Scott of TeamViewer.

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APRIL 23, 2021

San Diego-based Kandji, a startup which develops Apple device management software, says it has raised $60M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Felicis Ventures, and also included SVB Capital, Greycroft and Okta Ventures, as well as The Spruce House Partnership, and First Round Capital.

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JUNE 24, 2021

San Diego-based Drata, a startup working on security and compliance automation software, said it has raised $25M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by GGV Capital, and also included Okta Ventures, Silicon Valley CISO Investors (SVCI), Cowboy Ventures, and Leaders Fund.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

San Diego-based 9am.health, a startup that offers up a virtual diabetes clinic, to provide care to those living with diabetes, has raised $3.7M in a seed funding, the company announced this morning. The funding came from Founders Fund, Define Ventures, Speedinvest and iSeed Ventures.

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JUNE 17, 2020

San Diego-based startup Trust & Will , which offers up online estate planning, says it has hit 100,000 members to its service. According to the company, the recent pandemic doubled the volume of individuals seeking its estate planning services. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which operates an online software tool to help people create their own estate plans, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. Thec ompany was also part of the Techstars Anywhere startup accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2019

San Diego-based IKIN said this morning that it has launched its company, backed by $5M in seed funding, to bring personalized, 3D holograms to life. The source of the seed funding round was not announced. The source of the seed funding round was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

San Diego-based Deckard Technologies , a new startup founded by serial entrepreneur Neil Senturia, said on Monday that it has raised $4M in funding and launched a new company focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify property tax scofflaws. The company said its latest funding was worth $500,000.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Among those funds is TYLT Lab (www.tyltlab.com), which recently announced a new, $20M early stage investment fund specifically focused on companies here. We''re pretty agnostic in terms of the kind of company, and historically we''ve been all over the place. Pretty much the top four carriers here.

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MAY 27, 2015

La Jollla-based MANTA Instruments , a developer of technology for characterizing nanoparticles, has raised a round of seed funding, from Triton Technology Fund. Size of the funding was not announced. The company is part of the EvoNexus startup incubator, and is led by Rick Cooper.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Tortuga Logic , a new startup focused on chip-level cybersecurity technology whose founders include professors from UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, has raised $2M in a seed funding, the company disclosed on Thursday. The seed funding came from Eclipse Ventures.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which offers up online services to help people create trusts, wills, and guardianships, has raised $6M in a new funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The startup had announced $2M in an earlier funding in January of 2019. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

San Diego-based Trust & Will , which operates an online estate planning service, has raised $15M in a Series B funding round, the company said on Tuesday. According to the company, it has now raised $23M in total funding.

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JUNE 13, 2019

San Diego-based Atlazo , a startup developing systems-on-a-chip (SoC) semiconductors aimed at used in healthcare and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications, has raised $3.4M in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by the Tech Coast Angels, and the TCA's San Diego chapter. in the round.

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JUNE 24, 2020

San Diego-based Carlsmed , a developer of medical devices to improve complex spin surgery, has raised $2.5M in a funding round, the company said on Tuesday. The seed funding was led by Cove Fund II, and also included Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health and Device of Tomorrow Capital, as well as un-named angels.

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APRIL 20, 2016

San Diego-based SkySafe , a developer of technology to disable--and take over--rogue consumer drones, has raised $3M in a seed funding, the company disclosed today. The funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and also included Founder Collective and SV Angel.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

San Diego-based Launch Factory a new "venture studio" which is looking to recruit entrepeneurs to help it launch vetted business concepts, recently raised $2.5M in funding, according to the group. The funding came from a number of angels, including Broadway Angels, San Diego Venture Partners, and TI Platform Management.

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MARCH 19, 2019

San Diego-based Trovata.io , a developer of software used for automating cash management and for open banking, has named two new executives, the company said on Tuesday. The company said it has named Joseph Drambarean as Chief Technology Officer and Dave McCutcheon as Vice President Sales. Trovata is backed by J.P.

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MAY 2, 2019

San Diego-based fintech startup Trovata.io , which is developing software to automate cash management, has raised $5.5M in a seed funding round, the company said this week. The funding was co-lead by FINTOP Capital and JPMorgan Chase.

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MARCH 21, 2019

San Diego-based Bitmo , a startup developing a mobile gifting and payment app, has raised $3M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday afternoon. Michael Smallwood is the founder and CEO of Bitmo. Michael Smallwood is the founder and CEO of Bitmo.

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MAY 15, 2017

San Diego-based Truepic , a company developing mobile apps which help to certify that images--such as those for real estate, car rentals, home rentals, and online dating--have not been modified or altered before uploading, has raised $1.75M in a seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

San Diego-based XOKind , a new startup focused on building artificial intelligence software for the travel market, has raised $1.6M in a seed funding round, and emerged from stealth mode, the company said today. Nervana Systems was acquired in 2016 by Intel. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

San Diego-based Biproxi , a new startup developing a commercial real estate data platform, has raised $10M in a seed funding, the company announced on Tuesday morning. Biproxi is led by founder and CEO Gordon Smith, who the company says has 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

San Diego-based Molecular Stethoscope , a biotechnology startup developing a blood-based, liquid biopsy platform for early detection and monitoring of disease, has raised $8.2M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Data Collective, Pfizer, Index Ventures, an un-named research university, and angels.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

San Diego-based Gossamer Bio , a new biopharma startup founded by former executives of Receptos, has raised $100M in a Series A funding, the company said late Thursday evening. Gossamer said the funding included seed funding from Omega Funds, and a Series A co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and Omega Funds.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

San Diego-based Molecular Assemblies , a startup developing enzymatic DNA synthesis technology, has raised $2.3M in a seed funding, the company announced this morning.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

San Diego-based GoShare , the developer of an on-demand, moving and delivery app, has raised $1M in a seed funding round, the company said on Friday. The company said it will use the funding to improve its product and expand into new cities. Burtin is known for creating truck bed liner company LINE-X.

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MARCH 14, 2013

San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the winner of its annual, Qualcomm Ventures QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the company said this morning. The company said it awarded over $1M in total seed funding as part of the event this year. Qualcomm's venture prize competition is in its third year.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

San Diego-based LoanHero , a startup which helps merchants easily offer up financing to their end customers, has raised $2.5M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday. The funding was led by Alsop Louie Partners and Mucker Capital. in equity funding for the company. READ MORE>>.

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