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Alexa-Rae Navarro Wins San Diego Business Journals Non-Profit Executive of the Year Mid-Size Category Award

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WSJ Top Startups List: SoCal Matches Silicon Valley On IPOs

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One of the most interesting things about the Wall Street Journal's list of top startups in the U.S.? The number of IPOs of companies on the Journal's list from 2011 from Southern California matched the number of IPOs of Silicon Valley companies.

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Xirrus Ranks Two In WSJ Top Startups List

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In a proof that it's not all social media and e-commerce here in Southern California, number two ranking startup in The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the "Top 50 Startups" is none other than wireless hardware provider Xirrus , based in Thousand Oaks. That list included Laguna Hills-based Glaukos at number 7; Donuts Inc. ,

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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However, it's a very large market--we peg it at around $11 billion a year, and some estimate it to be as big as $20 billion a year, including scientific journals, academic journals, scientific societies, and conferences. What's the story behind the company--I understand this started at UCSD? You can see that on the SciVee site.

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Avalon Leads $18M in Early Funding for Cancer Immunotherapy Startup

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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. San Diego’s Avalon Ventures led the Series A round, and has established Fortis at COI Pharma, the firm’s biotech incubator (which now houses 16 life sciences startups).

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In Digital Device Boom, Tear Film Sees Window for Dry Eye Treatment

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He’s the CEO of San Diego medical device startup Tear Film Innovations, which recently raised a. Come to think of it, do your eyes feel dry? Some eye doctors are finding more cases of dry eye in young adults, and even children. That has Rob Thornill seeing opportunity.

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Entrepreneurs Look to Angels and Micro-VCs for Cash

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You don’t need me to tell you it’s a rough world out there for startups. When those investors do open their wallets, they’re shunning risky investments in favor of what the Wall Street Journal called “the upper echelon of highly valued startups” such as Airbnb and WeWork.

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