Flock Freight has raised a $113.5M Series C led by Softbank
December 1, 2020GoSite has raised a $40M Series B just months after their $20M Series A 
December 1, 2020TuSimple has announced a $350M Series E round as it gears up for a public stock offering in 2021
November 30, 2020Ambrx has raised a massive $200M round to advance work on its genetics-based therapies
November 23, 2020Resilience has emerged from stealth with $800M in financing to transform the way that drugs and therapies are manufactured in the U.S.
November 23, 2020Trust & Will, a 2018 and 2019 Cool Company, has raised a $15M Series B, led by Jackson Square Ventures 
November 17, 2020Merck has announced it's intent to acquire San Deigo-based VelosBio for $2.75 Billion
November 15, 2020RayzeBio has announced a $45M Series A led by VenBio Partners and Versant Ventures
November 15, 20202020 Cool Company, Leo Lens Pharma has announced two milestones - the filing of it's IND application for their lead asset, and the first close of an oversubscribed Seed round that exceeds $3M 
November 12, 20202016 Cool Company, Dermala has announced a $6.73M Series A to expand and scale the company's personalized microbiome-based solutions for acne and other skin conditions 
November 9, 2020Ambrx has raised an additional $200M to advance its clinical and preclinical pipeline of precision biologics
November 9, 2020Prometheus Biosciences has announced a $130M raise to advance precision medicines for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
November 9, 2020Kandji has announced a $21M Series A, led by Greycroft, as demand for remote device management has grown this year
October 28, 2020Primmune Therapeutics has announced a $27.4M Series A to advance the development of their novel treatment candidate for viral diseases and cancer
October 27, 2020Lawmatics has raised a $2.5M Seed round to help lawyers market themselves
October 16, 20202019 Cool Company, Ateios has raised a $1.25M Seed round to continue reshaping battery manufacturing processes
October 15, 2020Cue Health has been awarded $481M, by the Department of Health and Human Services, to help the company increase domestic production of their COVID-19 test kits
October 13, 2020Galley Solutions has raised $2.5M in a round led by Zetta Venture Partners 
October 9, 2020Seismic has announced a Series F funding of $92M, raising their valuation to $1.6B 
September 29, 2020Meallogix has raised a $1.25M Seed round to continue to build out their platform, scale operations, grow its global team, and expand partnerships
September 24, 2020Libra Therapeutics has raised a $29M Series A round to develop treatments against toxic proteins that damage nerves
September 23, 2020Point Predictive has raised a Series B round of an undisclosed amount
September 23, 2020DTx Pharma has received a new funding grant, raising their total grant funding to $2M 
September 22, 2020Agragene has announced $4M in additional funding for their Series A raise
September 20, 2020Stemson Therapeutics has announced their $7.5M Seed raise to continue developing their breakthrough hair regeneration therapy to cure hair loss
September 16, 2020Sun Genomics has announced their $9.25M Series A financing and the appointment of two new positions: a new vice president of growth and a medical and scientific advisor 
September 16, 2020Escient Pharmaceuticals has raised a $75.5 Million Series B funding round and begins clinical trials for their compound targeted at treating Cholestatic and Uremic Pruritus
September 14, 2020SmartDrive has agreed to be bought by Omnitracs in a deal worth a reported $450M
September 13, 2020Erasca has announced raising an additional $36M, bringing its total Series B funding to $236M
August 31, 2020CARI Therapeutics has been awarded additional grant funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), increasing their total grant funding to over $4M
August 27, 2020Kinnate Biopharma has announced a $98M Series C to fight difficult-to-treat cancers
August 26, 2020Nascent Biotech Inc Completes $740,000 Equity Round of Funding
August 24, 2020Acutus Medical IPOs at $183M to Develop Tools for Heart Arrhythmias Procedures
August 20, 2020Flux Power has raised an additional $12.4 Million in a follow on public offering
August 18, 2020Ligand Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to acquire fellow San Diego biotech company Pfenex for up to $516M
August 11, 2020Medtronic to Acquire Smart Insulin Pen Company Companion Medical 
August 11, 2020GoSite has announced a $16M Series A round to expand its national presence, hire new talent, and further develop its products and services
August 10, 2020BioAtla has raised a $72.5M Series D to design and execute clinical programs evolving from its Conditionally Active Biologic (CAB) antibody therapeutics
August 3, 2020Exalys Therapeutics has raised a $15M Series A to commercialize three potential drug candidates
July 28, 2020Maxwell Biomedical has raised a $500k Seed round to develop a pain-free wireless battery pacing technology to keep atrial fibrillation patients in sinus rhythm
July 22, 2020GroupSolver, a local market research company, has raised $2M to keep up with market demands and to accelerate development of new product features
July 21, 2020ProciseDx has secured a $10.5M Series A to continue funding development and commercialization of its point-of-care diagnostic platform
July 21, 2020Personalized Stem Cells has secured a $2.5M Series A round to complete a current FDA clinical trial for osteoarthritis and to initiate a clinical trial for traumatic brain injury and back pain
July 15, 2020AristaMD has raised a $24M Series B to accelerate commercial growth and continue the expansion of its proprietary eConsult platform
July 14, 2020Deep Longevity has emerged from stealth and announced a Series A financing and a new AI system to tackle aging-related diseases
July 14, 2020VelosBio has announced an oversubscribed Series B financing of $137M to further advance clinical development of their pipeline of therapeutics
July 8, 2020MemComputing has raised a funding round of an undisclosed amount to bring their total funding to over $3M
July 7, 2020Hygienica has announced a $1M Seed round to help the company meet market demand for their disinfecting system
July 6, 2020Sun Genomics Closes First Round Of Series A Financing At $8.65M
June 29, 2020ClickUp has raised a $35M Series A, six months after moving their offices from Silicon Valley to the Gaslamp district
June 26, 2020Poseida Therapeutics has closed a $110M Series D while it prepares for its expected $115M IPO
June 26, 2020Carlsmed Raises $2.5M in Seed Funding
June 23, 2020Lassen Therapeutics, which is developing new treatments for cancer and fibrosis, emerged from stealth mode to announce the raise of their $31M Series A round.
June 17, 2020Neurocrine Biosciences has announced a deal with Takeda Pharmaceutical worth $120M up front, with a potential to be worth more than $1.4B upon successful completion of certain milestones.
June 16, 2020Cue Health has raised a $100M Series C to validate their testing platform and to scale up their manufacturing facility
June 10, 2020Autobahn Therapeutics Takes Aim at CNS Disorders with $76 Million Series B
June 9, 2020ChromaCode has raised an additional $10M, raising their Series C round to $38M
June 9, 2020BlueNalu has secured an investment of an undisclosed amount from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
June 1, 2020Ascus Biosciences Closes $46 Million in Funding
May 27, 2020CalciMedica Raises $15M in Series C Financing
May 22, 2020Ecwid raises $42M from Morgan Stanley and PeakSpan
May 21, 2020Vividion Therapeutics has announced it will receive a $135M upfront payment from Roche as the result of an exclusive worldwide option and license agreement with the pharmaceutical giant.
May 20, 2020Immune Therapeutics Company Amplyx Pharmaceuticals Adds $53M in a Series C Extension
May 19, 2020Genasys Inc. has received $12.6M from the US Army for Acoustic Devices, with another order expected later this quarter.
May 18, 2020The San Diego chapters of the American Heart Association and The American Stroke Association have awarded $2.5M in rapid research grants to medical institutions focusing on how COVID-19 affects the heart and the brain.
May 18, 2020DTx Pharma is receiving a prestigious funding award of $400k to support research in Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System
May 13, 2020ProciseDx Files 510k and Prepares for EU launch of Novel Point of Care Technology
May 12, 2020La Jolla Accelerator Alumni Company Porchlight Raises $1.5M:
May 7, 2020Plantible Foods raises $4.6M pre-seed funding round led by Unshackled Ventures for Commercializing Plant-based Protein
May 5, 2020Evofem Biosciences has received $15M in a private securities purchase, and may receive up to $10M more if the company meets specific funding requirements defined in the agreement
April 29, 2020Brain Corp. raises another $36M for mobile robots that clean during pandemic
April 27, 2020Erasca has secured $200M in Series B financing in a quest to cure cancer
April 27, 2020Aspen Neuroscience has announced a $70 Million Series A round to help fund clinical trials for their compounds aimed at treating Parkinson's Disease.
April 14, 2020Cue Health has been awarded a $13M contract to develop and obtain FDA clearance of a portable test capable of detecting the virus that causes COVID-19 in less than 25 minutes
April 2, 2020Zentalis Pharmaceuticals had a successful IPO, raising $165M in its stock market debut. The company lists San Diego as the base for its scientific office.
April 2, 2020AristaMD has raised $18M to expand the footprint of its platform that uses tele-medicine to speed up treatment for patients
April 1, 2020Forge Therapeutics has entered into an agreement with Roche that could pay Forge up to $190M if Roche decides to exercise their exclusive license of Forge's new antibiotics that target hospital infections
March 26, 2020Design Therapeutics has raised a $45M Series A to develop a new class of disease-modifying therapies for serious degenerative disorders
March 24, 2020Maravai LifeSciences has announced an acquisition of, Baltimore based, MockV Solutions to add expertise to its bioprocess impurity testing
March 18, 2020Cloudbeds has raised an $82M Series C round to build new products, help hospitality managers automate front-end and back-end operational tasks, and to better integrate with third-party services.
March 13, 2020Planck Aerosystems was awarded a contract form the US Air Force Research Lab for the development of guidance, navigation, and control solutions for small unmanned aircraft systems operating in challenging environments.
March 13, 2020Following Aira Tech Corp's acquisition by Blue Diego Investment Group earlier this year, founder Suman Kanuganti has announced closing a friends and family round to build a company based on improving human memory, Luther Inc.
March 9, 2020Primmune Therapeutics has raised a $7M seed round to use the body's innate immune system against cancer
March 8, 2020Arcturus Therapeutics has received $10M from the Singapore Economic Development Board to develop a vaccine for the new strain of Coronavirus: COVID-19
March 5, 2020Lipidio Pharmaceuticals has announced the first close of their Series A financing to develop drugs to treat diseases associated with excess body fat.
March 4, 2020Data Sharing Startup, Gretel, announced a $3.5 Million Seed Round from Moonshots Capital, Greylock Partners, Village Global, and several angel investors
March 3, 2020Agragene has raised a $1.2M Seed round to expand field trials and commercialization of its eco-friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides.
March 2, 2020Alphatec has agreed to acquire EOS Imaging in a deal worth $121.9 Million
March 2, 2020Blue Diego Investment Group has acquired Aira Tech Corp
March 2, 2020DermTech has announced it expects to raise $65 Million of funding through a private placement
March 2, 2020EnduRx Pharmaceuticals has been awarded $1.4M of a $1.75M Grant to work with MD Anderson Cancer Center to develop a novel therapeutic for Triple-negative Breast Cancer
March 1, 2020Flock Freight raised $50M to improve the logistics of trucking after spending the last two years in stealth mode
February 27, 2020BlueNalu has raised a $20M Series A to produce seafood directly from fish cells
February 26, 2020San Diego's PvP Biologics has been acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in a deal worth up to $330 Million
February 26, 2020Biological Dynamics is receiving $1M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help areas without current access to advanced medical equipment
February 25, 2020Arima Genomics has raised a Series A round (undisclosed amount) to expand their commercial efforts, build new products, and support the scaling of their operations
February 24, 2020Wiliot has raised $20M to ramp up production of their tiny Bluetooth stickers
February 19, 2020OpenBlender secured $100k from undisclosed investors
February 17, 2020Seqster raises an undisclosed amount from Takeda Pharmaceuticals to accelerate adoption of their platform
February 13, 2020San Diego Based, CleanSpark, has completed a strategic acquisition of p2klabs
February 6, 2020ecoATM received a $200M investment from Cowen Sustainable Advisors for a minority stake in the company, purchased from Apollo Global Management
February 6, 2020Lumos Diagnostics received $15M from Australia-based Planet Innovation
February 5, 2020SOCi has added $3M more to their Series C bringing the total for the round to $15M
February 2, 2020Local AI Chip startup, Kneron, raises a $40M Series A2, bringing their total Series A funding up to $73M
January 24, 2020Calidi Biotherapeutics Secures Series A Funding to Eradicate Difficult-To-Treat Cancers
January 23, 2020Springboard Graduate, Librede, has been acquired by Lygos to Accelerate Connabinoid Production for Consumer, Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Products
January 15, 2020Medsphere has received a $40 Million preferred equity investment from TPG Sixth Street Partners
January 13, 2020Sequencing startup, Omniome, pulls in $60 Million as it nears initial instrument production
January 13, 2020Tyra Biosciences raises $50M to develop therapies targeting acquired resistance in oncology
January 10, 2020Element Biosciences has raised $80M in Series B Financing to Accelerate Development of a New DNA Sequencing Platform
January 9, 2020Empirico has raised $17M, and signed a 3-Year Antisense Collaboration with Ionis
January 9, 2020BioIntervene Raises $30M to move nerve pain drug into the clinic
January 6, 2020DTx Pharma Completes $10.6 Series A Financing
January 6, 2020MedTech startup, SurgLogs, has raised $5M to quickly grow their team and build their software platform that helps surgery centers manage their back-of-house records
January 4, 2020Kinnate Biopharma has raised a $74.5M Series B round to advance several of their cancer drugs into human clinical testing, as well as to fund new research
December 29, 2019Ionis Pharmaceuticals has agreed to license one of its Alzheimer’s research programs to longtime partner, Biogen, in a deal valued at up to $200M
December 27, 2019Epirium Raises $85M in Hopes of Treating Muscle Diseases
December 19, 2019Pipeline Therapeutics has announced a $30M Series B financing to help advance its portfolio of regenerative therapies that promote functional recovery in multiple neurological diseases
December 18, 2019ChromaCode has raised a $28M Series C financing to accelerate development of their methods of using digital signal processing algorithms for clinical diagnostics
December 17, 2019Trust & Will raises $6M for online estate planning
December 17, 2019Vinty has been acquired by RYDE to expand their car sharing availability
December 17, 2019Ex-Nervana employees and founder launch new travel tech startup with $1.6M Seed funding from Bill Maris' Section 32.
December 11, 2019Soci raises $12M to help big brands manage local marketing
December 10, 2019French Pharmaceutical giant, Sanofi, has announced that it will pay $2.5B to acquire Synthorx, a La Jolla based developer of a new class of cancer fighting drugs.
December 9, 2019Local e-commerce sunglasses brand, Blenders Eyewear, has been partially acquired at a valuation of $90M.
December 9, 2019CUBIC has widened its capabilities by acquiring Delerrok and Pixia.
December 4, 2019Accel Robotics announced $30M in Series A funding, led by SoftBank
December 3, 2019Neurocrine Biosciences has paid $50M to gain rights to an epilepsy drug currently in clinical trials.
December 2, 2019Presidium Health raised a $3.5M Series A to reduce the need for ER visits
November 26, 2019Tech Coast Angels invest again in Mercato and Discover Echo
November 26, 2019Fulcrum has received $1M in funding from Greatscale’s Pilot Fund to continue building their software to connect online gig and freelance talent to enterprise companies with a fully compliant hiring platform.
November 24, 2019Truvian Science announces $27M Series B financing to develop an automated bench-top blood testing system for rapid test results.
November 20, 2019Daré Bioscience has reached an agreement to acquire Massachusetts based Microchips Biotech for up to $101.5M.
November 19, 2019EpicentRx has raised $35M of Series D financing to improve the delivery of cancer treatments with minimal toxicity.
November 14, 2019Avidity Biosciences has raised a $100M Series C to work on their preclinical programs for muscle disorders and other serious diseases.
November 13, 2019Calporta has announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Merck in a deal worth up to $576M. Calporta must achieve specific development milestones to earn the full $576M.
November 13, 2019Human Longevity has raised $30M after their valuation plummeted last year.
November 11, 2019Irwin Jacobs has led a $4M investment in Cyclopure to help commercialize its water filtration product, Dexsorb.
November 11, 2019Daasity Closes $2.3M First Funding Round
November 6, 2019Seismic, an MIP/Innovation Awards finalist, announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Percolate!
November 5, 2019Workiz raised a $5 million Series A to continue building their platform to help field service professionals (locksmiths, appliance repair, carpet cleaning, etc.) manage their work
October 30, 2019Kandji recently emerged from stealth mode and announced a $3.3 million seed round that closed in April. Kandji has built a mobile device management platform used by large organizations to track the deployments of their Apple devices.
October 28, 2019Viracta Therapeutics has announced the closing of a Series D financing. The amount is undisclosed. Viracta Therapeutics will use these funds to further the advancement of their oncology program targeting Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positive lymphoma.
October 28, 2019Clarify Medical announced a Series A raise of $18 million for its therapy system for patients with chronic skin conditions
October 23, 2019Intrepida Bio raised $9.5 million to be used for investigational new drug (IND) application-enabling studies of its lead oncology program
October 22, 2019Bionano Genomics has announced plans to raise $18 million through a follow-on public stock offering.
October 21, 2019Plexium Debuts With $28M and a New Take on Protein Degradation Drugs
October 17, 2019Trials.ai Lands Pre-Seed Round
October 15, 2019TuSimple adds another $120 million to its self-driving trucks war chest
September 17, 2019CommonGrounds Workplace, a Carlsbad-based coworking company, has raised $40 Million to add to the the $100 Million they raised earlier this year, to expand their network of locations.
September 16, 2019SGI-DNA Raised $25M Series A towards launching their BioXP 3200 DNA Printer to speed up protein engineering, drug discovery, and CRISPR genome editing.
September 15, 2019BrainLeap Technologies has been awarded a $750k grant from the National Science Foundation.
September 1, 2019NovoMedix has been awarded a $375k Grant from the National Institutes of Health
August 19, 2019Fuse Integration has been awarded a $722k Grant from the Air Force
August 9, 2019Vizer Awarded $500K from Alliance Healthcare Foundation
August 5, 2019CourseKey raises $5 million to continue to grow its software into a more useful suite of tools for colleges, universities and other learning institutions
July 30, 2019FormAlloy has raised a $2M Seed round from undisclosed investors.
July 30, 2019Cradle Genomics Raises $17.1M Series A Round for Prenatal Testing
July 16, 2019Trefoil Therapeutics Secures $28M Series A Round
July 16, 2019NeuraLace Medical Closes $3.85 Million Seed Round
June 19, 2019Gryphon Connect raised just under $2M in seed funding from Ben Jen Holdings and Arizona Tech Investors
June 14, 2019San Diego’s eSub raises $12 million for its construction management software
May 29, 2019GoMeta raises $6 million and launches Koji web app development platform
April 23, 2019Concert Health has raised an estimated $2.2M Seed round led by Healthy Ventures
March 28, 2019Bitmo Raises $3M in Seed Funding for Mobile Gift Card Platform
March 24, 2019Cardea Bio Announces $7.8 Million Series A-1 Financing
March 22, 2019Tailio (formerly Pet Wireless) has been acquired by an undisclosed investor
December 31, 2018VirBELA has been acquired by eXp World Holdings for $10.6M
November 29, 2018Cybersecurity Startup AttackIQ Raises $5.5M in Salesforce Ventures-Led Deal
October 29, 2018Netradyne Raises $21M from Microsoft
October 29, 2018MedCrypt Raises $1.9 Million in Funding, Round Led by Eniac Ventures
June 28, 2018Truepic raises $8 million to help flag bogus online photos for Reddit
June 26, 2018Tagnos Receives Cisco Investment
June 13, 2018Fabric8Labs has raised a $4M Series A round
May 30, 2018Seismic acquired SAVO! The #1 sales enablement platform acquired the #2 platform
May 10, 2018SD Startup Exposure Tracker is Acquired by Envisage Technologies
April 20, 2018Real Estate Lead-listing Tech Startup Agentology Raises $12M Series A Round
April 18, 2018Real Estate Tech Startup Measurabl Raises $7M in Series A Round
April 16, 2018YourCause Acquires Profits4Purpose Expanding Employee Reach and Social Impact of Global Good Network
April 4, 2018Vividion Therapeutics launches with $50M pledged from Arch Venture Partners and Versant Ventures
February 2, 2018LendingPoint Acquires LoanHero to Accelerate Expansion to Point-of-Sale and Point-of-Need Financing
January 11, 2018Expansion Therapeutics Raises $55.3M in Series A
January 3, 2018Zesty.io gets More Seed Money, Shuffles C-Suite
December 17, 2017Crosscut Ventures Raises $125M to Invest
December 6, 2017PureWick has entered into an agreement to be acquired by CR Bard Inc.
December 1, 2017NanoCellect Biomedical corrals $10M in funding for cell-sorting technology
November 30, 2017Biolinq Completes $10M Series A Financing
November 27, 2017ScoreStream Receives Intel Capital Funding
November 9, 2017Hookit Raises $16M to Fuel Growth
August 29, 2017After Mobile App Success, Rock My World Introduces Fitness Chatbot
July 21, 2017SkySafe raises $11.5M A round led by Andreessen Horowitz
July 20, 2017Plenty raises $200M lead by local SD friends Finistere Ventures
July 19, 2017Self-driving robot AI company Brain Corp raises $114M
July 19, 2017Jaan Biotherapeutics has been awarded two grants totaling $265k from the Department of Health and Human Services
July 17, 2017Teradata Acquires San Diego-based Startup StackIQ
July 13, 2017Cloudbeds raises 9M Series B led by PeakSpan Capital
June 22, 2017PetDesk Raises $2.1 Million
June 18, 2017Aira Raises $12 Million in Series B Round
May 16, 2017Forge Therapeutics Raises $15M
May 16, 2017SOCi Raises $8.5 Million To Deliver Social Media Management At Scale
April 6, 2017Advanced Resin Therapeutics has raised a $1.8M round from undisclosed investors.
April 3, 2017MINDBODY Acquires Lymber
March 28, 2017TetraVue raises $10M for self-driving Car Sensor Technology
February 16, 2017AttackIQ raises $8.8M Series A
December 1, 2016TicketSauce raises $2.5 Series A
November 30, 2016Cyber co Proficio raises $12M Series A
November 28, 2016Gene Sciences raises $8M w/ Jim Blair
November 22, 2016Clarify Medical raises $3.6M w/ Jim Sweeney
November 21, 2016Genalyte raises $36M – Lab on A Chip Diagnostic
November 20, 2016Classy raises $30M from JMI
November 3, 2016GoMeta gets $2.5M for Augmented Reality play
November 2, 2016Ingenu deploying IOT smart cities
November 1, 2016GoShare Raises $1M for on Demand Moving
October 24, 2016Industry raises $2.3 for Hospitality space
October 23, 2016DNAe secures $51M contact for DNA Sequencing
October 3, 2016Kyriba Raises another $23M in Series D
September 30, 2016Fortis Therapeutics raises $18M
September 27, 2016Certona Raises $30M Round for Cyber
September 26, 2016Tealium scores $35M more!
September 22, 2016Cyberflow Analytics acquired by Webroot
September 20, 2016MedCrypt raises $750k seed round
September 14, 2016Portfolium Raises $6M Series A
September 12, 2016VizExplorer scores strategic investment from Stanley
September 12, 2016Curology raises $15M Series B
August 27, 2016ScoreStream scores huge deal w/ Snapchat
August 26, 2016Singlera Genomics Raises $20M Series A
August 23, 2016Avelas Biosciences Raises $20M Series C
August 19, 2016Nervana Systems acquired for $350M by Intel
August 9, 2016AttackIQ raises $7M Series A
August 3, 2016