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Better together: That’s where we have seen true effectiveness in ecosystems, when organizations band together. Each organization is unique and when the different organizations support each other and not try to be everything for everyone, the entrepreneur wins. There’s only so much sponsorship dollars/funding for nonprofits. A great example of bridge building is Connect/San Diego Venture Group, Tech Coast Angels, and Cox Business combining their pitch competition, Quick Pitch SD, for bigger prizes for companies.
Applications
are due in THREE DAYS - August 23. Make sure you get your application in and join us at the event on
October 29
.
Speaking of Tech Coast Angels (TCA), after an
epic first half
of the year of deploying capital, the Southern California angel syndicate is
celebrating
its 400th current member and 400th deal invested in. While TCA has not historically invested as an organization, individual members write their respective checks. The
TCA San Diego
chapter also started an annual fund in
December 2018 of $2.2 million
, with the goal to raise an annual and deploy the capital within 12 months. Instead, the capital was deployed within eight months into 16 companies and now TCA is raising the next fund even earlier. The new annual fund being raised projects to be over $3 million and if you have an interest in investing in the fund, get in touch with TCA SD Executive Director
Ashok Kamal
.
Other applications for incubators and accelerators are open, so make sure to check them out as well:
I’m excited for all the early stage resources and momentum we have going. Come join the fun!
Cheers!
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Mark your calendar! Quick Pitch 2019 is coming up this fall and you won't want to miss it. The top three winners will receive a combined $75,000 in cash.
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Identify your minimum viable product, find your target audience, and set the stage to start getting customer interest before you launch your app.
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Join Neal Bloom as he chats with Dmitry Shapiro, co-founder & CEO of GoMeta, which provides users with a platform that aims to democratize app development.
Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support of our tech ecosystem.
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Vuori, $45M
with
Norwest Venture Partners
Ezoic, $33M
with
Sageview Capital
Visionful, $150K
with
500 Startups
TuSimple -
minority
investment from UPS, amount undisclosed
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TicktBox
by
Screen Engine/ASI, amount undisclosed
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Thank you to our partners at Tragic Media. Click below to learn how they can support your web and software development needs.
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Senior Software Engineer - Full-stack,
GoFundMe
(San Diego)
Digital Marketing Specialist,
NuVasive
(Sorrento Valley)
Customer Onboarding Specialist,
Groove.co
(San Diego)
UI Engineer (Remote),
Auth0
(San Diego)
DevOps Engineer
,
ClickUp
(San Diego)
Finance Analyst,
ResMed
(Kearny Mesa)
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SoftStack Factory: Data Science in a Nutshell,
August 20
Startup Weekend San Diego: LegalTech / Blockchain / FinTech,
August 23-25
UC San Diego Extension: Scaling Your Business to Grow Profits,
September 20
JLABS: Science, Startup, Repeat - Breakfast w/ Serial Entrepreneur Mike Gilman,
September 24
UC San Diego Extension: Lead Generation that Actually Works,
September 27
EvoNexus incubator applications are due
August 23
Quick Pitch 2019 applications are due
August 23
SDEE Entrepreneur Bootcamp
applications are due
August 30
Applications for the Techstars Anywhere Class of 2020 are
due
October 13
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