SBIR@Connect: Topics are Open!

The time to submit your proposal is now! The 21.2/B SBIR/STTR topics are open The Open period has begun, May 19th, 2021. The Navy’s 21.2/B cycle has a total of 39 traditional SBIR topics, and 3 Direct to Phase II topics. To take a look at the Navy topics and start...

Announcing the 2021 Cool Companies

SAN DIEGO — Connect announces the 32 top-tier innovation companies to present to venture firms across the country Cool Companies is an annual Connect program designed to match San Diego’s top-performing technology and life science startups with quality venture capital...

Cool Companies of 2021

Since 2015, Cool Companies have raised over $718M (just in Series A) Thank you to the Cool Companies 2021 Sponsors Announcing the Cool Companies of 2021! Every year we gather applications from tech and lifesci startup companies around the region and select around 30...

Topics are Out! What You Need to Know from SBIR@Connect

Committed to our mission of helping innovative companies thrive so they can make a meaningful impact in the development of San Diego, Connect has partnered with the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, NIWC Pac, under Naval Information Systems Warfare Systems...

Drumroll… Announcing the 2020 Cool Companies!

San Diego’s fastest growing and most exciting tech & lifesci companies. Thank you 2020 Cool Companies Sponsors Every year we gather hundreds of tech and lifesci startup applications, selecting around 30 to introduce to over 100 VCs from across the country....

2019 Year in Review | 2020 Forward

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...