San Diego & Imperial WBC and SBDC Network Earn Awards

San Diego’s Women’s Business Center Earns National Award and San Diego’s Small Business Development Center earns the Western Region Award Southwestern College is the host to the San Diego & Imperial WBC and SBDC Network. Both are being recognized nationally and...

Connect Receives A Grant From The Conrad Prebys Foundation

From Beach, “Bench to Bedside,” and Beyond SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – We are excited to announce that Connect received a grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation for our important work: From Beach, “Bench to Bedside,” and Beyond. With the support of The Conrad Prebys...

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation and Connect Celebrate Partnership & New Directions

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (September 1, 2022) – Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation (Jacobs Center) and Connect celebrate their partnership, legacy, and new strategic directions. Jacobs Center and CONNECT proudly acknowledge and celebrate their legacy program,...

Press Release: Innovation Day

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 31, 2022 Contact:  Mike Krenn, Connect CEOEmail: team@connect.orgMobile:  858.964.1300 San Diego’s Innovation Day 2022 Connect, a non-profit innovation instigator, is announcing the largest regional innovation company gathering in...

33 Tech Startups Make San Diego Venture Group “Cool Companies” List

Xconomy, Sarah de Crescenzo March 29, 2019 — What does it take for a tech startup to be considered “cool?” In the eyes of the San Diego Venture Group, the key element is readiness for venture capital backing.  It’s through that lens that the nonprofit organization,...

Why San Diego missed the first wave of tech ‘unicorns,’ and what’s changing now

San Diego Union Tribune, Brittany Meiling March 8, 2019 —After years of stagnation, San Diego is seeing a barrage of startup activity in the tech scene. In recent months, two tech startups earned billion-dollar valuations, making them the first software “unicorns”...