| San Diego Business Journal

Bringing AI To the Fight

DEFENSE: Hot Startup Now Valued at $200M

San Diego-based Shield AI, a software company focused on bringing AI to the national security sector, is quickly becoming one of the hottest technology startups in the region.

UC San Diego Uses Tech to Slow COVID-19 Cases

EDUCATION: Bluetooth Technology Tracks Cases, Notifies and Maintains Privacy

Airport Accelerator Recruits Fifth Group

Five Startup Companies Will Be Selected for Program

The San Diego International Airport (SAN) is seeking the fifth cohort for its Airport Innovation Lab, a startup accelerator program that it launched in 2018.

UC San Diego Uses Tech to Slow COVID-19 Cases

EDUCATION: Bluetooth Technology Tracks Cases, Notifies and Maintains Privacy

On Sept. 11, California gave University of California San Diego and University of California San Francisco the green light to launch its cellphone-based COVID-19 notification system pilot test to help better control COVID-19 outbreaks.

Mission Edge Selects 9 Startups

Organization Has Worked With Over 125 Nonprofits

Mission Edge, a San Diego nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofit organizations and social enterprises maximize their impact, has accepted nine early stage companies for its City Social Enterprise Accelerator and Impact Lab (SAIL) virtual accelerator program.

Biota Technology Maximizes Performance

TECH: Co. Has 20 Customers Using Environmental Genomics

San Diego startup Biota Technology Inc., which uses DNA sequencing and data science to improve the economics and sustainability of energy production, has launched its environmental genomics platform to an expanded market base.

Dexcom Sees Return in Demand

Co. Reported 34% Revenue Jump Year Over Year Despite COVID-19

Dexcom Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM), which makes continuous glucose monitors, posted strong revenue and earnings for its fiscal second quarter for its continuous glucose monitors.

Nanome Partners With Fujitsu

Nanome a virtual reality software company has entered into an agreement with Fujitsu.

Women's Venture Summit Goes Virtual

Women's Venture Summit will host its seventh annual event virtual on Sept. 18-19.

South Korean Firm Purchases Systran

TECHNOLOGY: Deal Will Help Translation Co. Grow New Products

Systran, a leading provider of language translation software products, has been acquired by Korean institutional investors to further accelerate growth.

Tech Coast Angels Launches $4M Annual Fund

VENTURE CAPITAL: Network Invests in Promising Early Stage Companies

Tech Coast Angels’ San Diego network launched a new $4 million annual fund called ACE (Angel Capital Entrepreneur) 21 to invest in promising early-stage companies.

Lume Cube Makes WFH Days Brighter

E-COMMERCE: Co. Has Over 100,000 Customers in More Than 70 Countries

Lume Cube, a Carlsbad-based company which sells portable lighting accessories, has found success with its latest product line after seeing growing demand propelled by shelter-in-place orders and employees working from home.

Private Schools Tap Tech to Return to Campus

TECH: Schools Can Track Symptoms and Temperature Readings

Three of the largest private schools in the region have partnered with emocha Mobile Health to conduct daily health checks of students, faculty and staff as part of their return-to-campus plans.

Aegis Life Using Its Technology to Develop DNA-Focused COVID-19 Vaccine

BIOTECH: Company Received $4.2M in Grant Funding

San Diego-based Aegis Life, a biotechnology company developing vaccines and therapies for life-threatening diseases, has entered the race to combat COVID-19 with its DNA vaccine.

Working to Erase Cancer

BIOTECH: Erasca Raises $236 Million

Erasca, a cancer therapeutics company seeking to eliminate cancer, has completed a $36 million extension of its Series B financing round, bringing its total Series B round to $236 million.

Brainleap Technologies Launches Attention Arcade

Co. Aims to Help a Million Students in Next Five Years

BrainLeap Technologies, a software startup developing attention training games for people with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has launched an entire suite of games called the Attention Arcade.

Co-Working Entrepreneur Launches Coffee Business

Company Plans to Enter Los Angeles and Chicago Market

When business slowed due shelter-in-place orders cause by the novel coronavirus, local entrepreneur Ray Hivoral, who operates San Diego-based VentureBeach CoWork, decided to start a new business.

Lysulin Inks Distribution Deal With Walmart

STARTUP: Nutritional Supplement Co. Aims to Expand Through Retail Verticals

‘We Tha Plug’ Launches Incubator

Organization Will Select 10 Companies

Qualcomm Starts Small Business Accelerator Program

TECHNOLOGY: Selected Businesses Come From Variety of Industries

Qualcomm, Inc. has selected 33 small businesses for its accelerator program to help them better adapt to remote work and a digital business structure caused by the global pandemic.

Kinnate Raises $98M

BIOTECH: Co. Plans Clinical Trials Next Year

Otonomy Moves Forward With Clinical Trials

BIOTECH: Co. Sees Billion Dollar Opportunity for Treatment of Tinnitus

Amazon Expands its San Diego Workforce

TECH: Company to Hire 200 Additional Employees

Online shopping giant Amazon said on Aug. 18, it will create 3,500 new tech and corporate jobs, expanding its office space by more than 900,000 square feet across six U.S. cities.

CARI Gets $4M in Grant Funding

Company Tackling Opioid and Pain Epidemic

Carlsbad Co. Uses RFID to Better Manage Inventory

TECH: Designs, Manufactures Healthcare Supply Chain Solutions

Startup San Diego Selects Five For Inaugural Program

Startup San Diego, the nonprofit that puts on the largest startup conference in the region, has launched its Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program and selected five local entrepreneurs for its inaugural cohort.