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For the week of May 3, 2024, here’s what we’re reading:
- Takeda inks $1.2B deal with Kumquat Biosciences
- Enlaza raises $100M in Series A funding
- SAN welcomes five new routes with Breeze Airways
- Port of San Diego, USS Midway Museum break ground on Freedom Part at Navy Pier
- General Atomics selected for US Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft program
- SDSU Imperial Valley receives five-year $500K donation for nursing program
- Wells Fargo, MetroConnect alum TradeSun partner on trade finance, compliance digitisation solution
- Colliers to expand San Diego life sciences practice
- Ivy Energy secures $18M Series A funding
- South 8, NanoGraf partner on $6.4M US Army lithium-ion battery production
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- May 8—EDC, Cascade Energy
Webinar: Increase Energy Efficiency with Cascade Energy - June 18—EDC
Annual Dinner - May 9—University of San Diego
San Diego Angel Conference VI; discount code EDC - Deadline May 28—Founders First CDC
National Pride Grant for LGBTQIA+ Small Businesses - June 5—KoreaBIO, KOTRA, KEIT, KRX, Invest Seoul
Korea BioTech Partnership @ BIO 2024
EDC, Apprenti partner to grow local talent pipeline with apprenticeships
Together with Apprenti, EDC invites companies with advanced manufacturing operations to hire registered apprentices in order to create a pipeline of critical, diverse, and emerging talent and support our local workforce. As part of this program, apprentices will tentatively begin in Summer 2024, with training completed and full-time onboarding in Winter 2026.
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Liz Muthoni
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing