Xconomy

MAY 1, 2019

San Diego’s prowess in computer science, medical devices, and life sciences makes it a natural hub of innovative digital health companies. This is part of a series of articles about the finalists for the Xconomy Awards San Diego. Here are brief profiles of the finalists.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The National Stem Cell Foundation (NSCF) is funding the study, which is the result of a bi-coastal collaboration between the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and Aspen Neuroscience, a San Diego startup developing personalized cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease.

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Xconomy

JUNE 19, 2017

An economic impact study of San Diego’s emerging genomics industry counted 115 genomics-related companies operating in the region that directly employ over 10,000 people, and drive about $5.6 billion worth of annual economic benefits throughout the area.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The co-founder of San Diego-based startup MemComputing , UC San Diego professor Max Di Ventra, has received a $500,000 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to advance the research behind MemComputing's computing technology. READ MORE>>.

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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. The winners are: — Life Sciences: BioLegend CEO Gene Lay.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Henrietta Lacks’ “immortal cells” contributed enormously to the progression of scientific discovery, but Lacks, a poor, black woman who died from cervical cancer in 1951 months after her cells were harvested, never personally benefited from or consented to the medical research the HeLa cell line enabled.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Roger Tsien, a UC San Diego scientist who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for research that led to the development of fluorescent proteins used to illuminate tissue and track biological processes, has died, according to a statement from the university. He compared himself to John C.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

A new, biotech startup focused on delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics, Solstice Biologics , said last week that it has licensed technology developed at UC San Diego, and received $18M in a Series A funding. and his colleagues at UC San Diego School of Medicine. READ MORE>>.

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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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Xconomy

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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DECEMBER 19, 2017

San Diego-based Luna DNA , a new genomic information startup based on the Blockchain protocol, and led by veterans of Illumina, sas it has raised $2M in a seed funding round. Luna DNA says it is developing a genomic and medical research knowledge base powered by the blockchain.

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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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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Scientists, no matter how sexy the research they’re conducting, aren’t immune from the administrative minutiae of office life. Such tasks steal time away from researchers’ main objectives. However, that wasn’t the problem San Diego startup LabFellows was looking to solve when it launched in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

San Diego-based Arima Genomics , a startup working on research tools for understanding genome sequence and structure, said this morning that it has raised a Series A funding round. Size of the funding was not announced.

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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 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 company said it will use the Series A funding to further develop its platform, advance lead programs, and expand the research team. The funding came from Deerfield Management.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

Biosensor startup Biolinq said Thursday it has raised $4.75 million from new investors, including the New York-based Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, following the results of a clinical study of its experimental biomarker monitoring device. The San Diego startup.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

San Diego-based venture capital investor Avalon Ventures and biopharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that the two have teamed up to fund and launch up to 10, early stage life science companies. According to Avalon Ventures and GSK, they will provide up to $495M to fund those ten new companies.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

San Diego-based Boundless Bio , the biopharmaceuticals startup which recently raised $46M for treating aggressive cancers , has named Christian ("Chris") Hassig, Ph.D., as its Chief Scientific Officer. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , a startup which operates a marketplace for outsourced research, has raised $24M in a funding round, the company announced Monday morning. The company--previously known as Assay Depot--is led by President and CEO Kevin Lustig, PhD. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2018

CureMatch , a San Diego startup with technology to help doctors choose the best combination of anti-cancer treatments based on an analysis of each patient’s tumor, took home a $35,000 grant intended to help companies expand overseas. CureMatch was the top vote-getter among four finalists that.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2018

His investments include Synthego , a provider of technology used in CRISPR genome editing and research. At Intel Capital in the Bay Area, investment director Ranjeet Alexis is an expert in bioinformatics who is scouting for deals at the intersection of computation, healthcare, and the life sciences.

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JUNE 14, 2018

New immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment, and the CRISPR technology for editing genetic material in cells, are among the most sophisticated research strategies scientists are using in their quest to defeat disease. Existing data management systems weren’t tailored for work.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

It's already a great technology center for lots of different areas, but when compared with Silicon Valley, the activity level needs to go way up in order for Southern California to be on par with Silicon Valley. I spent my professional career starting and running tech companies in Silicon Valley, and have been really successful at it.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

San Diego-based Fortis Therapeutics , a new biotech company in the immuno-oncology area, announced this morning that it has raised $18M in a Series A funding. The startup, based in the COI Pharmaceuticals cluster of companies in San Diego, is based on research developed by Bin Liu, Ph.D., READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

San Diego-based Molecular Stethoscope , a biotechnology startup developing a blood-based, liquid biopsy platform for early detection and monitoring of disease, has raised $8.2M The funding came from Data Collective, Pfizer, Index Ventures, an un-named research university, and angels. in a seed funding round.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The San Diego-based biotech set a preliminary $100 million target for its IPO in documents filed with securities regulators Friday. Cibus has been around since 2001, when a group of researchers from ValiGen, a biotech, got together to develop a way to quickly edit crops.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , the venture-backed, online marketplace for outsourced research, and biotech accelerator IndieBio announced this morning that the two are in a new partnership.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The study, which evaluated Reflexion’s system for patients after total knee replacement surgery, was conducted in conjunction with the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), part of the Duke University School of Medicine. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

VelosBio, a biotech startup researching new cancer drugs, has raised $58 million in financing. 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.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Craig Venter Institute , the nonprofit genetic research organization of genetic sequencing pioneer J. Craig Venter, said today that they have formed a new company in San Diego, Synthetic Genomics Vaccines Inc. Tags: synthetic genomics craig venter gene research vaccines novartis lifescience vaccine.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Dozens of research institutes. San Diego is one of the top U.S. Researchers and entrepreneurs here are leaders in developing the next generation of medicines and medical devices. Billions of dollars in economic impact. cities for innovation in life sciences and healthtech.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi are teaming up on COVID-19 research, aiming to combine their respective technologies in a new vaccine that could start clinical trials in coming months. The full details of the agreement, which was announced Tuesday, are still being finalized.

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APRIL 16, 2018

Other research and science agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Science Foundation, received funding boosts as well. At the end of March, Congress passed a $1.3

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