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Happy November! For those still getting over their Halloween hangover, I hear you. I’m recovering from the rush of last week’s
QuickPitch
, where we saw a diverse group of founders in terms of industries represented. In the end, two OC-based companies
took home the top honors
, Agtools and Eyedaptics, with JLabs-based biotech startup 1859 rounding out third. Congrats to all of the finalists!
It is pretty cool to see the strength of SoCal’s tech ecosystem in general. As I’ve been traveling to and from Orange County this past year, I’ve noticed the similarities of the OC and SD tech communities and how even more reliant founders are on both, in some cases even more so than on LA. (If you want to find out more about what’s happening in the OC tech community, join our newsletter,
Fresh Squeezed Tech
).
Looking ahead, we have the
SD Innovation Showcase
on November 6, and I hope you’ll come out and see a wide swatch of startups pitching. I’ll be on a panel about the power of ecosystems immediately after the morning keynote.
See you soon!
Cheers,
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Our team of
local writers
gives a fresh look inside the San Diego tech ecosystem past and present
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Ana &
Octavian Florescu of
In Diagnostics, a local biotech com
pany that is commercializing a single-use chemistry panel.
Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support of our tech ecosystem.
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Denovo Biopharma, $42M
with
Share Capital, Sangel Capital, and Jiuyou Capital, among others
Clarify Medical, $18M
with
H.I.G. BioHealth Partners, SV Health Investors, Bluestem Capital, and 7wire Ventures
Intrepida Bio, $9.5M
with
Sofinnova Investments and Canaan Partners
Workiz, $5M
with
Magenta Venture Partners and Aleph
Kandji, $3.375M
with
Webb Investment Network, Lee Fixel, John Glynn, and First Round Capital, among others
Viracta Therapeutics, amount undisclosed
with
Taiwania Capital
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ClubConnect
by
Ascend Learning, amount undisclosed
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HR/Administrative Assistant,
Whova
(Miramar)
Production Associate,
Tesla
(San Diego)
Embedded Software Developer,
AlwaysAI
(Solana Beach)
Marketing Associate,
Uqora
(South Park)
Software Engineer,
Veyo (UTC)
Pardot Marketing Automation Specialist,
Illumina
(UTC)
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Where do North County Employees Work and Live? A Pathbreaking New Report,
November 5
San Diego Law Library: Small Business Workshop III,
November 5
San Diego Innovation Council: Innovation Showcase,
November 6
SD Workforce Partnership: Workforce Frontiers Symposium,
November 7
Thrivin
g Thursday: CRM and marketing automation for early stage companies
,
November 7
UC San Diego Extension: The New Entrepreneur: Maximizing Impact and Profit,
November 8
San Diego Zoo Global: Zoohackathon 2019,
November 8
Get Sh*t Done: Turning Chaos Into Productivity with Rachel Gauvin,
November 9
University of San Diego: The Inaugural Fowler Business Concept Challenge,
November 15
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