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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics has received up to $220M in additional financial commitments from the country of Singapore, after receiving positive Phase 1/2 study results on one of its compounds. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

San Diego-based biotech Kintara says it is raising $15.0M in a common stock and warrant offering from unmaned "healthcare-focused institutional investors". The company--which is novel cancer therapies for patients who are failing, or are resistant to, current treatment regimens--currently trades on the Nasdaq as KTRA. Wainwright & Co.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Halozyme Therapeutics said yesterday that it has raised $150M in royalty-backed, debt financing. According to the company, the funding will go towards a Phase 3 cancer study in cancer patients. The financing came from Pharmakon Advisors and Athyrium Capital Management.

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MARCH 28, 2019

San Diego-based biotech startup Biolinq , which is developing wireless-enabled biosensor patches for continuous monitoring of biomarkers, has raised $4.75M additional Series A funding, the company said this morning. The funding came from JDRF T1D Fund, Aphelion Capital and LifeSci Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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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. Mackay, Ph.D.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

San Diego-based Intrepida Bio , a biopharmaceuticals startup focused on developing medicines that modulate the innate immune system to fight cancer and other diseases, has raised $9.5M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from Sofinnova Investments and Canaan. Intrepedia was co-founded by Joel F.

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APRIL 1, 2020

San Diego-based Aspen Neuroscience , a biotechnology company developing treatments for Parkinson disease, said it has raised $70M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by OrbiMed, and also included ARCH Venture Partners, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Domain Associates, Section 32, and Sam Altman.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

San Diego-based Mirium Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatments for rare liver diseases, announced on Wednesday morning that it has raised $120M in a Series A funding round. The company says it recently had a successful Phase 2b study. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

San Diego-based VelosBio , a biotech startup developing novel antibody-drug conjugates to treat hematological cancers and solid tumours, has raised $58M in a funding round. The Series A funding was led by Arix Bioscience, and also included Pappas Ventures, Chiesi Ventures, Takeda Ventures, and Decheng Capital.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

More than 250 miles above the Earth’s surface aboard the International Space Station, a first-in-kind study of neurodegenerative disease is expected to reveal never-before-seen cell interactions.

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JULY 24, 2017

San Diego-based eFFECTOR Therapeutics , a developer of treatments for cancer, has raised $38.6M in a Series C funding round, the company announced this morning. The funding was led by Pfizer Venture Investments (PVI), and also included Alexandria Venture Investments, along with U.S. in total funding.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

VelosBio joined Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS @ San Diego incubator in January. The new VelosBio cash is earmarked for completing the work needed to proceed into human studies. The company is developing antibody drug conjugates, a class of cancer drug that links antibodies to potent cancer-fighting toxins.

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MAY 9, 2018

San Diego-based Escient Pharmaceuticals announced Wednesday morning that it has raised $40M in a Series A funding, to develop drugs to treat neuro-immuno-inflammatory and autoreactive diseases. The funding came from The Column Group and 5AM Ventures, along with Osage University Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

San Diego-based Halozyme Therapeutics , the publicly held cancer therapeutics developer, has entered into a $150M credit agreement, the company said this morning. The debt funding comes from Pharmakon Advisors and Athyrium Capital Management. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2019

The race to bring CAR-T cell therapy to multiple myeloma, a persistent and deadly cancer of the bone marrow, continued on Monday with a fresh round of funding for Poseida Therapeutics. Poseida plans to begin administering its experimental treatment P-BCMA-101 to patients in a Phase 2 study later this year.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

San Diego- and Cambridge, England-based Akarna Therapeutics Ltd. announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series B funding round. The new funding will go to fund proof-of-concept studies for the company's drug candidate. The company is led by Dr. Raju Mohan. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

San Diego-based Epic Sciences , which is developing technology around personalization of cancer treatment and management, has raised $52M more in a Series E funding, the company's lead investor said this morning. Epic has now raised more than $137.5M RUSNANO, and VI Ventures. 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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JULY 7, 2015

San Diego-based oncology products developer Ignyta said late Monday that it is in a clinical trial collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Ignysta said that UCSF will study its compound, entrectinib, in a proof-of-concept clinical trial in cancer patients with metastatic melanoma.

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MAY 11, 2015

San Diego-based Ligand Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has acquired more than 15 different programs from Selexis SA , for $4M in cash. Ligand--which develops a range of pharmaceuticals--said that it acquired a number of programs in various stages of development, ranging from preclinical through Phase 3 studies.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

A new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that it’s going to be a close election. Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area – GeekWire. Let’s start with Prop 22. Image Credits: Screenshot of DoorDash app via TechCrunch.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

San Diego-based Avelas Biosciences has raised $7.65M in a Series A funding round, which it says will go towards clinical studies for its technology for real-time tumor visualization. The funding came from Avalon Ventures.

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MAY 25, 2012

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals firm Sangart has raised $50M in a Series G funding round, the company announced Thursday, bringing its total venture funds raised to $280M. The firm said the funding will go towards advancing development of its medicines, which are currently in Phase 2b studies.

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APRIL 11, 2017

As part of the financing, Kalamazoo-based Octeta Therapeutics has been rechristened Cirius Therapeutics, and three San Diego-based biotech executives are stepping into key executive roles. All three were former Laguna Pharmaceuticals executives who spent the past 16 months scouting for Frazier as entrepreneurs-in-residence.

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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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APRIL 18, 2018

John Dobak, a life sciences serial entrepreneur in San Diego, said a new startup he’s leading has raised $2.66 The biotech, 10xBio, announced earlier this month that the FDA had approved its application to begin clinical trials in Phase 1b/2a studies testing the unnamed injectable drug.

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MARCH 12, 2012

San Diego-based HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals said today that it has raised $13M in a Series B funding. The new funds will go towards a Phase 2b clinical study to apply its compound to patients with sickle cell disease. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Plante is a technology industry veteran in San Diego who has served as the CEO of Bel-Tronics, and as the founding CEO of SmartDrive Systems and Pathway Genomics. Studies in mice have. Thynk Capital founder and principal Jim Plante also is Klotho’s founder and CEO.

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MAY 4, 2017

That included the Precision Medicine Initiative, an ambitious long-term study with the goal of recruiting 1 million Americans to volunteer health data. Until this week, many U.S. government science agencies and programs seemed destined for a big haircut, plus the loss of a limb or two.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

San Diego-based Elevation Pharmaceuticals , which is developing treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), said this morning that it has closed on a $30M, Series B funding round. joins the company's board with the funding. Novo's Heath Lukatch , Ph.D., READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2019

San Diego-based Wheels (www.takewheels.com) was co-founded by Jon and Josh Viner, who were the co-founders of Wag, where they raised nearly $400M in venture capital. Wheels currently operates in Los Angeles and San Diego. Josh Viner: Wheels is live in Los Angeles and San Diego. What is Wheels?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

San Diego-based Aires Pharmaceuticals , a developer of treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. MPM's Dr. William Greene joins the board as part of the funding. The deal with Novartis could be worth as much as $250M.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

[ Note: The headline has been corrected to better describe the company’s type of funding. Fortis Therapeutics, a new San Diego biotech, has raised $18 million in initial funding to develop drugs for hard-to-treat prostate and bone marrow cancers. 9/27/16, 2:09 p.m.

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JUNE 23, 2010

San Diego-based Nereus Pharmaceuticals , a firm developing drugs for the treatment of lung cancer, said Tuesday that it has raised another $20M in funding and commitments from its venture backers.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

Carslbad-based Life Technologies , a developer of genomic analysis technology, and the University of California at San Diego 's Moores Cancer Center, said this morning that the two are collaborating on a research effort.

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