Dear friends, Thank you for all those little extra things you did in 2020, and will continue to do to make our community a better place. Our innovation economy continues to contribute to San Diego’s overall health. It’s worth noting — each innovation job helps to...
Biocom has just released The Path Forward 2.0, the Return to Work Guide for California's Life Sciences industry. The community has come together to provide comprehensive best practices for the workplace, current vaccinations and up-to-date CDC guidelines. Access the...
The City of Yokohama, Japan — recently deemed a Global Startup City and a Sister City of San Diego, is in partnership with Connect to build a strong relationship between two predominant life science startup communities. We've spent the past few months working with...
As this year winds to a close and we have a full picture of last year’s innovation data through the 2019 San Diego Innovation Report, it’s fair to say that 2019 was a big year for San Diego. San Diego county, in 2019, recorded the highest total money invested in by...
A huge 'Thank You!' for all your amazing work! Q&A w/ Tim Scott — Meet the Chairman of the BoardTim Scott has been an active member of the innovation community for over 20 years. He is co-founder and CEO of TEGA Therapeutics, serves on the Boards of several...
Organizations, communities, programs, and resources to help you — from inspiration to exitAs a part of San Diego Startup Month, we presented on the Journey of the Entrepreneur in San Diego, leading a discussion on the organizations, communities, programs, and...
Introducing the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America Every year Inc. chooses the top 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the US. We are proud to say that this year we have worked with seven of those awesome companies. #35 LeadCrunch- Cool Company...
San Diego's fastest growing and most exciting tech & lifesci companies.Thank you 2020 Cool Companies SponsorsEvery year we gather hundreds of tech and lifesci startup applications, selecting around 30 to introduce to over 100 VCs from across the country....
Hello friends, Interesting times indeed. It’s admittedly a brand new world. And we are so proud of the work that so many of our colleagues have done to pick up our friends in need. One of the reasons we love San Diego - we’ve got great humans here who will continue to...
Connect is a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) — part of a network of centers designed to help small businesses, and it is partially funded by the Small Business Administration (SBA). If your business has been negatively affected by the current COVID-19 Public...
Local tech advocate Neal Bloom interviews our very own Mike Krenn on local Tacos & Tech podcast. Mike shares some of his background and the story behind turning his career to supporting the SoCal tech ecosystem, gives insight on current happenings and excitement...
This week’s Venture Outlook 2020 brought together some incredible perspectives to talk about what we can expect this year from the venture capital industry. Speaking at the event was Correlation Ventures’ Managing Director, David Coats, and National Venture Capital...
To get right to it... we still have a lot to do. We greatly appreciate your help and support. The singular point of this merger was to get big sh#t done, and to make a BIG meaningful difference for our community. As a region, we have made incredible progress in...
In April of this year, Connect announced Dr. Silvia Mah would join the organization as president and COO, following the departure of long-time CEO Greg McKee. Shortly thereafter, Connect announced it would merge with San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) with Mike Krenn...
The funding is facilitated by the California GO-Biz program SAN DIEGO (December 11, 2019) - Connect with San Diego Venture Group (“Connect”) announces today that it has awarded an additional $16,500 in subgrants to be shared across three San Diego companies. Connect...
Eight San Diego companies selected as recipients of annual award. Connect co-founder David Hale inducted into Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. SAN DIEGO (December 6, 2019) - Connect with San Diego Venture Group (“Connect”), last night announced the winners of its Most...
Twenty-one innovative San Diego companies will compete at 32nd annual awards SAN DIEGO, CA (October 8, 2019) - Connect w/ San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) announced today the technology and life sciences finalists for the 32nd annual Most Innovative New Product Awards...
Awards celebrate luminaries who have supported the San Diego innovation ecosystem SAN DIEGO (Sept. 16, 2019) - Connect w/ San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) announced today that it will honor four distinguished recipients with awards at their annual Innovation Awards...
The funding awards are facilitated by the California GO-Biz program SAN DIEGO, CA (August 29, 2019) - Connect with San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) announces today that it will award a total of $65,000 in subgrants to be shared across six San Diego companies. The...
Springboard is a proven, structured, yet flexible, business accelerator program. The process lasts approximately three to six months allowing you to fine-tune and steadily improve your business while you run it. Following acceptance into the Springboard Program, the...