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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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JULY 2, 2019

San Diego-based Mercato , which provider online ordering and delivery services to independent grocery stores, has raised a round of funding from Greycroft, the company said this week. According to Mercato, it will use the new funding to expand into new markets, as well as continue development of its technology and services.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm said on Thursday that it has launched a new, $200M fund specifically to invest in companies in the 5G ecosystem. Qualcomm's new 5G fund comes on top of an existing, artifical intelligence focused fund, the Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund, which it established last year.

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MARCH 20, 2013

Both the Tech Coast Angels , Southern California's largest organized angel investment group, as well as San Diego's Rady Venture Fund are part of a $16M funding round for Savara. According to the Tech Coast Angels , it contributed $3M to the funding, the largest single funding ever raised by the group.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Thursday, June 13, 2019 -- Orange County FundingPost VC and Angel Investor PitchFest + Pitch Workshop. At this OC Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area! We're doing it again!

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MARCH 25, 2014

San Diego-based Assay Depot , which operates an online marketplace focused on scientific services, said this morning that it has raised $3M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Bootstrap Venture Fund. The company said the funding will go to grow its platform. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This was the first episode where Jason wasn’t on the show, which gave me the chance to have another VC on the show to discuss deals. Rustic Canyon is an LA-based, but geography-agnostic VC that is currently investing from a $200 million fund. VC Financings: 1. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based BUMP Network , a developer of online software used by membership programs to manage registrations and partnership programs, has raised $2.3M in a funding round, the firm said today. along with other angels. The firm said the Series B2 financing round brings its total raised to $4.5M.

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MAY 19, 2021

San Diego-based National Resilience, a new manufacturing and technology company focused on making sure countries can manufacture their own vaccines and other threapeutics, says it has received $163.8M in a funding from the Government of Canada, to modernize and expand its Ontario, Canada biomanufacturing site.

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Xconomy

JUNE 10, 2016

Startup Week San Diego, like a lot of other places that host similar events, has been billed as a weeklong celebration of entrepreneurship. But while Startup Week San Diego has always collaborated with UP Global, San Diego entrepreneur and Startup Week organizer Austin Neudecker said, “We’ve always been an independent entity.”.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

San Diego-based PCN Technology , a developer of Ethernet and IP networking hardware, said this morning that it has raised $5.25M in a funding round. The firm said the round included its existing investors, executives, and board members, along with Enertech Capital and new individuals in San Diego.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

San Diego-based Astute Networks , a developer of rackmount, edge storage devices aimed at blade servers, has raised $3.6M in a new round of funding, according to a regulatory filing from the firm today. No details of the funding have yet been released by the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

View the Slideshow The technology for online social networks arrived practically hand-in-hand with the Internet. Since the advent of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s, we’ve seen such networks proliferate, from the Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link (remember The WELL?) In San Diego, this higher order of social networking becomes apparent.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. Tempus Fugit.

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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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JANUARY 29, 2013

DB Networks , a developer of a firewall specifically designed to counteract SQL injection and database denial of service attacks on websites and web applications, has raised $4.5M in a funding round. The San Diego company said it raised the Series B round from Khosla Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm is one of the backers in a startup which is developing technology to create a network of peer-to-peer, wireless devices, to help improve access for phones in poor coverage areas.

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AUGUST 28, 2014

San Diego-based professional networking site Connequity says it has raised $550,000 in an angel round, and has opened up a new Series A funding, after renaming the company from its former name, GROWconnections. The startup--which is still in private beta of its service--said the angel funding came in June.

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JUNE 23, 2011

San Diego-based On-Ramp Wireless , a developer of sensor network communications technology, has raised funding from GE , as part of a home energy investment push by GE. GE said the investment is part of a $63M investment effort with its venture capital partners as part of the $200 million "GE ecomagination Challenge".

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MAY 1, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Wednesday that it is spinning out its Qualcomm Retail Solutions (QRS) unit as a new company, Gimbal, Inc. , Qualcomm said that the new business is being funded from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Qualcomm said that the new business is being funded from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,

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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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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

San Diego-based Totum Labs , a startup developing low power, satellite-based Internet-of-Things hardware, has raised $13M in its Series A funding round, the company said today. The funding was co-led by Heroic Ventures and Space Capital, and also included Qualcomm co-foudner Dr. Andrew Viterbi and strategic investor Wamcom.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

San Diego-based Qualcomm is backing mobile security software maker Lookout , as part of a big, $55M funding round for Lookout which was announced Thursday. Lookout develops mobile device and network security technology. Lookout is based in San Francisco. qualcomm lookout venture capital mobile security software'

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APRIL 3, 2013

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of tag management software headed by Ali Behnam, has raised $15.6M in a new, Series C funding, the company said this morning. According to Tealium, the new funding comes from Tenaya Capital, Battery Ventures and Presidio Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2015

San Diego-based Ciphrex , a startup developing a Bitcoin and payment network technology, said today that it has added Bitcoin law expert Peter Townshend to its advisory board, to help kick off a Series B funding round. The company had raised $500K in a Series A funding back in January. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Phunware , a developer of mobile advertising, application, analytics, and other tools for brands which has operations in both Newport Beach and San Diego, said this week that it has raised $26.25M in a Series E funding. phunware venture capital mobile advertising analytics software' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2012

San Diego-based E-Band Communications , a developer of 80 GHz wireless backhaul products for the 4G and LTE telecommunications network market, said this morning that it has raised a new round of funding.Size of the funding, and source were not disclosed. E_Band is headed by Sam Smookler. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2009

San Diego-based Loop'd Network , an online site focused on action sports, announced this morning that it has raised $800,000 in additional funding. According to Loop'd, the funding came from its existing investors, along with new investor the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

The Palo Alto, CA-based program, a spinoff of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has been a gateway into the venture capital industry for women and other under-represented groups for nearly two decades. The network. A group of Kauffman Fellows is pictured above.)

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JANUARY 17, 2011

San Diego-based venture capital firm Avalon Ventures has boosted an Internet web site publisher known for its humorous, captioned pictures of cats and use of Internet memes, Cheezburger.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm , via its venture capital arm, Qualcomm Ventures , is the lead investor in a developer of software for applying cloud technologies to networks. PowerCloud is a spinout of PARC. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

San Diego-based blade storage manufacturer Astute Networks said Monday that it has added John C. Shoemaker is currently chairman of the board of SonicWALL, and serves on the boards of Altera and Extreme Networks. Venture Partners and Narra Venture Capital. Shoemaker to the firm's board of directors.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm is the lead investor in a new startup, developing 5G "small cell" technology, called B>Baicells. According to Baicells over the holidays, it raised $14.55M in a funding round, which came from Qualcomm Ventures LLC. The company's U.S. offices are in Plano, Texas. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Founded by Steve Poizner last year to accelerate the growth of a startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southern California, The Alliance is building a network of investors, entrepreneurs and universities to provide ballast in the south to the dominance of the Northern California tech industry.

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based Dvele , a new, technology startup which is using technology that allows people to order up, custom-febricated homes, and handles everything from design to on-site construction, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

In the latest roundup of fundings (big few weeks for San Diego, apparently): PatientSafe Solutions ($20M, San Diego, mobile health). Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine). Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Comment below!

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JULY 10, 2012

San Diego-based On-Ramp Wireless , the developer of wireless communications systems used to connect devices into the smart grid, has scored the backing of Energy Technology Ventures , the venture capital m which is a joint venture of GE, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhilips. READ MORE>>.

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