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JULY 31, 2014

San Diego-based Portfolium , a startup developing an online platform to share a students'' academic portfolio, has raised $900,000 in a seed funding, according to startup incubator EvoNexus. The funding came from the Tech Coast Angels, Taner Halicioglu of Keshif Ventures, and others. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , which develops wireless, solar-powered surveillance hardware, has raised $5.7M in an equity funding, the firm said this morning. The funding came from Karmel Capital and others. The company said the new funding will go towards product development, sales, and marketing.

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APRIL 3, 2019

San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator EvoNexus announced today that it has started accepting applications to a new startup incubation effort it is running with high tech material company EMD Performance Materials. EMD is owned by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

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MARCH 13, 2015

Favor , a on-demand, mobile delivery app developer, said today that it will be expanding into San Diego in the coming months, thanks to a new, $13M funding round. San Diego will be the company''s first foray into California. Favor was part of the SLO HotHouse incubator/accelerator. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

San Diego-based DNA sequencing giant Illumina, and venture capital investor Sequoia Capital via its Sequoia Capital China arm--said they are partnering to launch a new, genomics incubator based in China. The two did not say how much they are investing in the Chinese incubator.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, twelve companies moved into the new downtown San Diego, EvoNexus incubator--which is run by CommNexus. Running that effort is Kevin Hell , the founder of DivX, who we caught up with to learn more about EvoNexus and how the group is trying to help grow technology startups in San Dieog.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Newly funded and launched startup Crash --backed by Idealab--said today that it has launched its iOS-based attraction discovery app and website. The firm described itself as a combination of "Yelp meets Foursquare meets Instagram", and is initially launching the app in Austin, Hawaii, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.

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JUNE 29, 2018

GroGuru , a startup developing irrigation automation technology for the agriculture industry, has raise $250,000 in a seed funding from Western Growers and Radicle Growth. GroGuru is part of San Diego- and Irvine's EvoNexus startup incubator, and develops a precision soil and irrigation monitoring system. READ MORE>>.

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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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APRIL 1, 2010

San Diego-based IO Semiconductor , a semiconductor firm which is one of the firms in the CommNexus EvoNexus incubator program, has raised $1.0M in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week. According to the filing, the funding is part of a $14.0M fundraising effort by the company.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

San Diego-based Portfolium , a startup developing tools to allow students to showcase their achievements, projects, and other portfolio of academic work to potential employers, has been acquired by educational software provider Instructure , the two announced late Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Tech Coast Angels San Diego Incubator Education 172

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Chino, California-based J2 Innovations , a startup developing building automation and operating systems for connecting and controlling devices, is one of ten early stage companies that are joining a clean tech startup incubator run by Wells Fargo. 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. Qualcomm said it will invest a total of $1M in funding to support program participants, and will initially select 10 companies to participate in the program. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2013

San Diego-based ZeaKal , a plant sciences startup focused on developing technology to increase the yield and oil content of crops, said this morning that it has raised $3.8M in a Series A funding. The round was led by Finestere Ventures, Two Oceans, and the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC). READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

La Jolla-based Perminova announced Tuesday that it has raised $7M in a funding round, which it will use to develop its web-based cardiovascular procedure software. Perminova said the funding is split between $3M in a Series A, and $4M in a equity credit facility. Source o the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based life sciences investor Westlake Village BioPartners announced today that it has raised two new venture capital funds, worth a total of $500M, for its investments in biotech companies. The venture investor says it has now raised more than $820M in total for its investments. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

San Diego-based venture investment fund Avalon Ventures has made a seed investment in a developer of a social shopping service, LoopIt , according to the companies. Size of the funding was not announced. and is a spinout of Redstar Ventures, a venture incubator firm in Cambridge. LoopIt is based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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APRIL 25, 2012

San Diego-based Independa , which develops remote health management and monitoring systems for the elderly, said today that it has raised $2.35M in a convertible note funding. of the funding had been announced by the company last September. The company is part of the San Diego EvoNexus business incubator.

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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 spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

San Diego-based wireless communications module developer On-Ramp Wireless announced Wednesday that Kevin Hell, the former CEO of DivX, has joined the company as President and CEO. Hell sits on the boards of Hold-Free Networks, Perminova, Inc, MicroPower Technologies and Pixon Imaging, Inc.

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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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OCTOBER 30, 2012

San Diego-based Reflexion Health , a new startup using Microsoft's Kinect for physical therapy products, has raised $4.25M in a funding round, the company said this morning. Reflexion Health has also moved into West Health's business incubator. Reflexion Health has also moved into West Health's business incubator.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Startups in the Internet-of-Things (IoT), analytics, and security areas looking to join the EvoNexus startup incubator, need to submit their applications by Friday, August 23rd, according to the startup incubator.

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

San Diego-based wireless video surveillance developer MicroPower Technologies --which was part of the EvoNexus business incubator--said this week that it has started up a financing program, to spur demand for its surveillance systems. The company raised a round of funding last August. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T.

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APRIL 24, 2019

San Diego- and Irvine-based startup incubator operator EvoNexus says it is looking to attract financial technology (fintech) startups, and is now accepting startup applications for a new financial technology incubator it has launched with Franklin Templeton and Royal Bank of Canada. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2020

San Diego-based venture investor Versant Ventures has launched a brand new company out of its Inception Discovery Engine incubator in San Diego, saying this morning it has invested $50M in Lycia Therapeutics. professor of chemistry and HHMI investigator at Stanford University.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

San Diego-based life sciences giant Illumina says it has made investments in seven startups, as part of its accelerator program, the Illumina Accelerator. The company said that the investments were made as part of two different programs, the Illumina Accelerator Cambridge, UK, and the Illumina Accelerator San Francisco Bay Area.

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JULY 5, 2018

San Diego-based technology incubator EvoNexus , which has locations in both San Diego and Irvine, has named six new members of its board of directors, the group said this week. billion in total funding, with 22 startups acquired out of its companies. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2010

EvoNexus is an incubator for early stage high tech companies in the San Diego area. Overview of EvoNexus application process and facility tour. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

San Diego-based Tear Film Innovations , a developer of a medical device for treating "dry eye", has raised $9M in a Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding round was led by Visionary Ventures Fund and Tigris Ventures. Tear Film Innovations is led by CEO and President Rob Thornhill.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Healthtech entrepreneur Parker Hinshaw and his wife Jean Balgrosky said they intended to take a step back when they founded Bootstrap Incubation near San Diego in the fall of 2012. They came to San Diego in 1996, when Scripps Health hired Balgrosky as CIO and senior vice president. Jean Balgrosky.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

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

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JANUARY 14, 2015

San Diego-based TruMed Systems , a developer of automated, vaccine dispensing systems for physician''s offices, has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding, according to the EvoNexus incubator. Other details on the funding were not announced.

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MARCH 22, 2018

Meanwhile, UCSD in San Diego has a deep bench of biotechnology expertise stemming from its proximity to the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, the Salk Institute, and the Scripps Research Institute.

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MARCH 5, 2015

San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , which develops wireless, solar-powered surveillance cameras, said this week that it has named a new VP of Engineering. MicroPower has previously raised funding from Karmel Capital, Motorola, and the Tech Coast Angels. MicroPower also was part of the EvoNexus startup incubator.

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