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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 fund launched in summer of 2016 with $100M from Illumina.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Even as all eyes were on the American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference in downtown San Diego this week, other biotech companies were staying busy. Let’s get caught up with the latest life sciences news in San Diego. The San Diego biotech is developing therapies for cancers related to the Epstein-Barr virus.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

San Diego-based Model Medicines, a company that is developing artificial intelligence and machine learning software for the drug discovery and development process, has raised $4.1M in a funding round. The funding came from 8VC, Irving Investors, Particle X and Nex Cubed.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

San Diego-based virtual reality startup Nanome, which is developing technology to help researchers explore the interaction of molecules and molecular compounds using VR, has raised $3M in a funding round, the company disclosed today.

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JULY 14, 2016

San Diego-based Plex Pharmaceuticals , a biotechnology company aiming at treating ALS, Parkinson's disease and cataracts, says it has raised $670,865, via the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF). The company says its technology was originally developed at the Yale University School of Medicine.

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MAY 26, 2021

San Diego-based Phanes Therapeutics, a developer of immuno-oncology drugs, has raised $40M in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital China, and also included the company other investors. The company said it is discovery and development of biologic drugs in oncology and eye diseases.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceuticals is slated to receive up to $42.3M in a bid to accelerate the company''s development of a treatment for Ebola, the U.S. That funding will go towards supporting the government repsonse to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

San Diego-based OncoSec Medical , which is developing DNA-based intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, said this morning that it has received a Phase I, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH). oncosec medical sbir funding immunotherapy tumor cancer biotech lifescience'

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

San Diego-based Replicate Bioscience, which is looking to use self-replicating RNA (srRNA) to treat cancer, autoimmune, inflammatory disorders and other diseases, has raised $40M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by life sciences venture capital investor ATP. Replicate is led by CEO Nathaniel Wang, Ph.D.

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APRIL 28, 2021

San Diego-based Boundless Bio, a company developing therapeutics for treating cancer, has raised $105M in its Series B funding, the company said this morning. The company said it will use the funding to support development of its multiple programs. As part of the funding, Jakob Loven, Ph.D.,

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MARCH 29, 2021

San Diego-based Fortis Therapeutics, a biotechnology startup developing treatments for late-stage prostate cancer and multiple myeloma, has raised $40M in a Series A financing, the company said on Monday.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

San Diego-based Neomorph , a biotech startup focused on protein degradation, said today that it has raised $109M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Deerfield Management. The company said it will use the Series A funding to further develop its platform, advance lead programs, and expand the research team.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

The Alliance estimates that Southern California’s tech community could be one-third the size of Silicon Valley’s by supporting or further developing the six pillars it already has for innovation to occur. In fact, as is well-reported, the luster of Silicon Valley is fading.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Ambrx has raised $200M in a funding round, according to the company, which included Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Cormorant Asset Management, HBM Healthcare Investments, Invus, Adage Capital Partners and Suvretta Capital Management.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

San Diego-based Element Biosciences , which is developing DNA sequencing technology, says it has raised $80M in a Series B funding round. The new funding came from Fidelity Management & Research Company and JS Capital LLC, along with Foresite Capital and Venrock. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

San Diego- and New Jersey-based OncoSec Medical, a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on treatment of cancer, said today that it is raising $42.0M in a public offering of its common stock. The company said it is offering of 7,711,284 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.45, with an expected close on January 25th.

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JULY 20, 2021

San Diego-based Wugen, a biotechnology company which is developing treatments for solid tumors, recently annoucned a $172M, Series B funding round. Venture Partner at ICG, will all join the company's board with the funding. Venture Partner at ICG, will all join the company's board with the funding.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2010

Five, Southern California firms are among companies who are splitting up $62M in government funding for the research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems, according to an announcement by the U.S. for building a solar power tower plant design; San Diego-based General Atomics getting up to $2.1M

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JUNE 5, 2017

San Diego-based Comhear , a developer of immersive, 3D audio software, announced on Monday that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding. Comhear develops audio enhancing software. The company said its technology is based on research from the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

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JULY 28, 2021

San Diego-based immunology startup Aristea Therapeutics says it has raised $63M in a Series B financing round, which was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, LLC, along with Novo Holdings A/S, plus Arena Pharmaceuticals and funds managed by Tekla Capital Management, LLC.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Prometheus Laboratories , a developer of specialty pharmaceuticals, and the Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles campus, said Thursday night that they are in a exclusive research agreement. Financial details of the research deal were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Monrovia-based Tanner Research , which provides technology research, electronic design automation (EDA) software, and other products and services, said Tuesday that it has been awarded a SBIR Phase I contract worth $100,000 from the Army Research Office. Tags: tanner research army sbir grant contract software sensors.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

San Diego-based sales enablement and marketing software developer Seismic said this morning that it has named Heather Cole as the company Vice President, Market Growth. Cole was previously VP and Research Director at Forrester-SiriusDecisions. Seismic is venture backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, T. READ MORE>>.

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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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JULY 16, 2019

San Diego-based Trefoil Therapeutics , which is developing treatments for corneal diseases, has raised $28M in its Series A funding, the company said on Tuesday. As part of the funding, Bios Partners' co-founder Stella M. Robertson, Ph.D.,

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Xconomy

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. billion worth of funding for home improvements through its HERO program.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging. Here now are responses, edited for clarity, from Mark Bowles, co-founder of medical diagnostics. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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JUNE 25, 2020

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Poseida Therapeutics has raised $110M more in funding, in its Series D round, the company announced this morning.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 31, 2018

It is a commonly held belief that academic research institutions, including those in New York City, are fierce competitors. However, most New Yorkers may not realize that the City’s research institutions—including Columbia University (where we both. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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MAY 3, 2017

He continued his research on tumor vasculature and cancer metastasis. Now 77, Ruoslahti (pictured above) is back in San Diego as a founder and CEO of DrugCendR , a startup developing new ways to improve the uptake of anti-cancer drugs in solid tumors. The company spun out of the SBP.

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MAY 8, 2018

San Diego-based LunaDNA , which is developing a "community owned" platform for genomic and medical research information, said on Tuesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. Aristides Patrinos, who was head of the Human Genome Project. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Diego-based Vividion Therapeutics , a biopharmaceuticals firm tapping into technology developed at The Scripps Research Insitute, has raised $50M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by ARCH Venture Partners and Versant Ventures, and also included Cardinal Partners. READ 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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APRIL 21, 2017

The California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of San Diego (UCSD) have all ranked very highly on a new ranking of universities for their technology transfer efforts, issued by The Milken Insitute , the Santa Monica-based thinktank. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, revealed this week via a regulatory filing that its recently announced round was worth $1.15M, part of a $2.3M Anametrix had announced the funding on August 18th, but had not released the amount of funding received. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, said today that it has received new funding and added a slate of well known advisors. Bourgeois is currently head of "Team FREDNET", which is developing a robotic Lunar Lander for the Google Lunar X Prize. READ MORE>>.

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