Plexium has announced raising an additional $35M to their Series A round, bringing the total funding for the round to $63M January 21, 2021
BlueNalu has announced closing on a $60M Convertible Note to fund the completion of its nearly 40,000 sq/ft cell-based seafood pilot production facility, complete FDA regulatory review for its first products, & initiate marketplace testing January 19, 2021
Mosaic has announced an $18.5M Series A to accelerate its product development and grow its team across multiple departments January 14, 2021
Drata has emerged from stealth mode and announced a $3.2M Seed round to help companies prepare for an SOC 2 audit January 13, 2021
Human AI has raised a $3.2M Seed round to continue developing its personalized artificial intelligence January 13, 2021
Cardea Bio has added $6.5M to its Series A raise, bringing the A round total to $20M January 12, 2021
Primmune Therapeutics has announced raising an additional $4M, bringing the total of the Series A round to $31.4M January 12, 2021
Genalyte has announced an oversubscribed $50M funding round to expand its testing menu and rapidly deploy its Maverick platform in clinical and retail settings January 11, 2021
Blacksmith Medicines (a spinout from 2016 Cool Company, Forge Therapeutics) has announced a Seed round, led by Eli Lilly, that could see the startup raise up to $300M depending on the milestones Blacksmith is able to achieve January 8, 2021
Fate Therapeutics has announced the closing of a new public offering expected to net the company approximately $432M January 8, 2021
Endeavor BioMedicines has launched with a $62M Series A financing and a goal to reverse the course of a devastating pulmonary disease: Pulmonary Fibrosis January 7, 2021
Hologic has announced its intent to acquire BioTheranostics for $230M. The company being acquired is a leader in molecular tests for breast and metastatic cancers. January 5, 2021
IconOVir Bio has announced a $77M Series A round to propel the company's pipeline of oncolytic virus programs into the clinic within the next 18 months to 2 years January 5, 2021
Neomorph has announced a $109M Series A to enable drug development for hard-to-treat ailments December 24, 2020
Carlsmed, a 2020 Cool Company and Springboard Graduate, has announced the close of a $10M Series A December 16, 2020
LocanaBio has announced a $100M Series B financing to accelerate multiple programs into IND-enabling studies and further develop a novel RNA-targeting platform December 14, 2020
Totum Labs has closed a $13M Series A financing to accelerate the development and commercialzation of its low power sensor to satellite network and connectivity November 30, 2020
TuSimple has announced a $350M Series E round as it gears up for a public stock offering in 2021 November 30, 2020
Ambrx has raised a massive $200M round to advance work on its genetics-based therapies November 23, 2020
Resilience has emerged from stealth with $800M in financing to transform the way that drugs and therapies are manufactured in the U.S. November 23, 2020
Trust & Will, a 2018 and 2019 Cool Company, has raised a $15M Series B, led by Jackson Square Ventures November 17, 2020
Merck has announced it's intent to acquire San Deigo-based VelosBio for $2.75 Billion November 15, 2020
2020 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, 2020
2016 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, 2020
Ambrx has raised an additional $200M to advance its clinical and preclinical pipeline of precision biologics November 9, 2020
Prometheus Biosciences has announced a $130M raise to advance precision medicines for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease November 9, 2020
Kandji has announced a $21M Series A, led by Greycroft, as demand for remote device management has grown this year October 28, 2020
Primmune Therapeutics has announced a $27.4M Series A to advance the development of their novel treatment candidate for viral diseases and cancer October 27, 2020
2019 Cool Company, Ateios has raised a $1.25M Seed round to continue reshaping battery manufacturing processes October 15, 2020
Cue 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, 2020
Seismic has announced a Series F funding of $92M, raising their valuation to $1.6B September 29, 2020
Meallogix 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, 2020
Libra Therapeutics has raised a $29M Series A round to develop treatments against toxic proteins that damage nerves September 23, 2020
DTx Pharma has received a new funding grant, raising their total grant funding to $2M September 22, 2020
Stemson Therapeutics has announced their $7.5M Seed raise to continue developing their breakthrough hair regeneration therapy to cure hair loss September 16, 2020
Sun 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, 2020
Escient 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, 2020
Erasca has announced raising an additional $36M, bringing its total Series B funding to $236M August 31, 2020
CARI 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, 2020
Ligand Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to acquire fellow San Diego biotech company Pfenex for up to $516M August 11, 2020
GoSite has announced a $16M Series A round to expand its national presence, hire new talent, and further develop its products and services August 10, 2020
BioAtla has raised a $72.5M Series D to design and execute clinical programs evolving from its Conditionally Active Biologic (CAB) antibody therapeutics August 3, 2020
Exalys Therapeutics has raised a $15M Series A to commercialize three potential drug candidates July 28, 2020
Maxwell 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, 2020
GroupSolver, a local market research company, has raised $2M to keep up with market demands and to accelerate development of new product features July 21, 2020
ProciseDx has secured a $10.5M Series A to continue funding development and commercialization of its point-of-care diagnostic platform July 21, 2020
Personalized 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, 2020
AristaMD has raised a $24M Series B to accelerate commercial growth and continue the expansion of its proprietary eConsult platform July 14, 2020
Deep Longevity has emerged from stealth and announced a Series A financing and a new AI system to tackle aging-related diseases July 14, 2020
Shadowbox has raised a $1M seed round to productize its AI/ML powered "drag and drop" integration technology, extend its current solution into large-scale diagnostic labs and expand into new verticals July 9, 2020
VelosBio has announced an oversubscribed Series B financing of $137M to further advance clinical development of their pipeline of therapeutics July 8, 2020
MemComputing has raised a funding round of an undisclosed amount to bring their total funding to over $3M July 7, 2020
Hygienica has announced a $1M Seed round to help the company meet market demand for their disinfecting system July 6, 2020
ClickUp has raised a $35M Series A, six months after moving their offices from Silicon Valley to the Gaslamp district June 26, 2020
Poseida Therapeutics has closed a $110M Series D while it prepares for its expected $115M IPO June 26, 2020
Lassen 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, 2020
Neurocrine 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, 2020
Cue Health has raised a $100M Series C to validate their testing platform and to scale up their manufacturing facility June 10, 2020
BlueNalu has secured an investment of an undisclosed amount from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas June 1, 2020
Vividion 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, 2020
Genasys Inc. has received $12.6M from the US Army for Acoustic Devices, with another order expected later this quarter. May 18, 2020
The 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, 2020
DTx Pharma is receiving a prestigious funding award of $400k to support research in Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System May 13, 2020
Plantible Foods raises $4.6M pre-seed funding round led by Unshackled Ventures for Commercializing Plant-based Protein May 5, 2020
Evofem 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, 2020
Aspen 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, 2020
Cue 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, 2020
Zentalis 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, 2020
AristaMD has raised $18M to expand the footprint of its platform that uses tele-medicine to speed up treatment for patients April 1, 2020
Forge 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, 2020
Design Therapeutics has raised a $45M Series A to develop a new class of disease-modifying therapies for serious degenerative disorders March 24, 2020
Maravai LifeSciences has announced an acquisition of, Baltimore based, MockV Solutions to add expertise to its bioprocess impurity testing March 18, 2020
Cloudbeds 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, 2020
Planck 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, 2020
Following 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, 2020
Primmune Therapeutics has raised a $7M seed round to use the body's innate immune system against cancer March 8, 2020
Arcturus Therapeutics has received $10M from the Singapore Economic Development Board to develop a vaccine for the new strain of Coronavirus: COVID-19 March 5, 2020
Lipidio Pharmaceuticals has announced the first close of their Series A financing to develop drugs to treat diseases associated with excess body fat. March 4, 2020
Data Sharing Startup, Gretel, announced a $3.5 Million Seed Round from Moonshots Capital, Greylock Partners, Village Global, and several angel investors March 3, 2020
Agragene has raised a $1.2M Seed round to expand field trials and commercialization of its eco-friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides. March 2, 2020
DermTech has announced it expects to raise $65 Million of funding through a private placement March 2, 2020
EnduRx 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, 2020
Flock Freight raised $50M to improve the logistics of trucking after spending the last two years in stealth mode February 27, 2020
San Diego's PvP Biologics has been acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in a deal worth up to $330 Million February 26, 2020
Biological Dynamics is receiving $1M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help areas without current access to advanced medical equipment February 25, 2020
Arima 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, 2020
Seqster raises an undisclosed amount from Takeda Pharmaceuticals to accelerate adoption of their platform February 13, 2020
ecoATM received a $200M investment from Cowen Sustainable Advisors for a minority stake in the company, purchased from Apollo Global Management February 6, 2020
Local AI Chip startup, Kneron, raises a $40M Series A2, bringing their total Series A funding up to $73M January 24, 2020
Calidi Biotherapeutics Secures Series A Funding to Eradicate Difficult-To-Treat Cancers January 23, 2020
Springboard Graduate, Librede, has been acquired by Lygos to Accelerate Connabinoid Production for Consumer, Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Products January 15, 2020
Medsphere has received a $40 Million preferred equity investment from TPG Sixth Street Partners January 13, 2020
Sequencing startup, Omniome, pulls in $60 Million as it nears initial instrument production January 13, 2020
Tyra Biosciences raises $50M to develop therapies targeting acquired resistance in oncology January 10, 2020
Element Biosciences has raised $80M in Series B Financing to Accelerate Development of a New DNA Sequencing Platform January 9, 2020
MedTech 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, 2020
Kinnate 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, 2019
Ionis 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, 2019
Pipeline 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, 2019
ChromaCode has raised a $28M Series C financing to accelerate development of their methods of using digital signal processing algorithms for clinical diagnostics December 17, 2019
Ex-Nervana employees and founder launch new travel tech startup with $1.6M Seed funding from Bill Maris' Section 32. December 11, 2019
French 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, 2019
Local e-commerce sunglasses brand, Blenders Eyewear, has been partially acquired at a valuation of $90M. December 9, 2019
Neurocrine Biosciences has paid $50M to gain rights to an epilepsy drug currently in clinical trials. December 2, 2019
Fulcrum 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, 2019
Truvian Science announces $27M Series B financing to develop an automated bench-top blood testing system for rapid test results. November 20, 2019
Daré Bioscience has reached an agreement to acquire Massachusetts based Microchips Biotech for up to $101.5M. November 19, 2019
EpicentRx has raised $35M of Series D financing to improve the delivery of cancer treatments with minimal toxicity. November 14, 2019
Avidity Biosciences has raised a $100M Series C to work on their preclinical programs for muscle disorders and other serious diseases. November 13, 2019
Calporta 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, 2019
Irwin Jacobs has led a $4M investment in Cyclopure to help commercialize its water filtration product, Dexsorb. November 11, 2019
Seismic, an MIP/Innovation Awards finalist, announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Percolate! November 5, 2019
Workiz 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, 2019
Kandji 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, 2019
Viracta 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, 2019
Clarify Medical announced a Series A raise of $18 million for its therapy system for patients with chronic skin conditions October 23, 2019
Intrepida Bio raised $9.5 million to be used for investigational new drug (IND) application-enabling studies of its lead oncology program October 22, 2019
Bionano Genomics has announced plans to raise $18 million through a follow-on public stock offering. October 21, 2019
CommonGrounds 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, 2019
SGI-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, 2019
BrainLeap Technologies has been awarded a $750k grant from the National Science Foundation. September 1, 2019
CourseKey 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, 2019
Gryphon Connect raised just under $2M in seed funding from Ben Jen Holdings and Arizona Tech Investors June 14, 2019
YourCause Acquires Profits4Purpose Expanding Employee Reach and Social Impact of Global Good Network April 4, 2018
Vividion Therapeutics launches with $50M pledged from Arch Venture Partners and Versant Ventures February 2, 2018
LendingPoint Acquires LoanHero to Accelerate Expansion to Point-of-Sale and Point-of-Need Financing January 11, 2018
Jaan Biotherapeutics has been awarded two grants totaling $265k from the Department of Health and Human Services July 17, 2017