From early stage startups and 
rising stars to established industry heavyweights, EDC and JPMorgan Chase & Co. partnered to celebrate San Diego’s fastest growing companies at our inaugural San Diego Business Impact Awards. Selected through a competitive nomination and judging process, we recognized awardees for making waves in San Diego during an inspiring October 16 program celebrating the companies’ collective regional impact.
Of nearly 60 companies recognized, we congratulate our Top Honorees:
- Bancroft Construction Services
Bancroft Construction Services is a California DVBE and WBE providing biological, stormwater, and archaeological monitoring. Founded by U.S. Navy veteran Ashley Driscoll in 2017, with MarineCorps veteran Ethan Driscoll as Principal, its team delivers environmental compliance expertise, supporting rail, wind, and power projects with proven success and sustainable solutions. - Element Biosciences
Element Biosciences is a life sciences company democratizing access to advanced biological tools, driving impactful discoveries to benefit humanity. The woman-founded company is focused on developing disruptive DNA sequencing and multi-omics technology for research markets. Through innovating every fundamental element of a biological assay system, Element empowers customers with affordable, high-quality data and an improved user experience, which in turn will accelerate scientific discoveries. - GALT Aerospace
GALT Aerospace, a veteran-owned small business, delivers cutting-edge C3 solutions for the DoD. Combining innovation and speed, it strengthens security, accelerates information flow, and empowers the warfighter with open, agile architectures that unify radios, data links, and waveforms into one seamless network. - Innoflight
Innoflight develops innovative, radiation-tolerant, and integrated cyber secure space avionics solutions suited for space vehicle buses and payloads. Innoflight’s cutting-edge and mission critical communications, networking, cybersecurity, processing, and integrated electronics solutions support the most advanced space missions. After 20 years, Innoflight continues to revolutionize the space industry and excels in modular, high performance, and low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) hardware and software solutions with successful flight heritage in multiple orbits. Its customers include the U.S. government and allies, major defense prime contractors, satellite bus providers, and new space developers. - Jimbo’s
Jimbo’s was founded by Jim “Jimbo” Someck in San Diego in 1984 with the vision to have a piece of organic fruit in every child’s recyclable lunch bag. Jimbo’s has a long-standing commitment to supporting local organic farms and businesses, and many local farmers and products have grown alongside Jimbo’s over the years. Jimbo’s supplies the highest quality organic and natural foods available across its four local stores, while following a strict list of 26 guidelines. - LENZ Therapeutics
LENZ Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization of VIZZ™ (aceclidine ophthalmologic solution) 1.44 percent, the first and only FDA-approved aceclidine‑based eye drop for treating presbyopia, a condition impacting an estimated 1.8 billion people globally and 128 million people in the U.S. LENZ is commercializing VIZZ™ in the U.S. and continues to establish licensing partnerships internationally to provide access to VIZZ globally.
Please join us in celebrating all our 2025 honorees:
Collectively, our nearly 60 honorees employ more than 8,200 San Diegans, contributing $1.2 billion in total payroll. On average, companies doubled their revenues in the last year and range from two to 111 years in business.
• ALOHA Collection • Arcturus Therapeutics • ASML • Avocado Queen •
Bancroft Construction Services • Burger Construction •
C3 Risk & Insurance • Center for Sustainable Energy • CFO Hub •
CleverMade • Cloud Water Filters • Cloudbeds • Conekt.ai • COYOTAS Cultura • Dip studio • DSS Games • Element Biosciences • Endeavor Bank Evans Hotels • Flagship Cruise and Events • Gaia Medical Institute •
GALT Aerospace • Gear Hugger • Ignite Media Group • Innoflight • Jimbo’s Kenney Signs • Kiakahi • LENZ Therapeutics • Loopholes •
Marine Group Boat Works • MindNumbers • Natilus • Nucleus Biologics Pleno • Point Predictive • PSYONIC • RayzeBio • Rylee + Cru • San Diego FC Seasats • Seismic • Selk’bag • Seraphina Therapeutics • Show Imaging Sipwell Wine Co. • Snake Oil Cocktail Company • Sunday Golf • Tag-N-Trac Tom Watson • TOOTRiS • Trovata UNIGRID • Watkins Wellness •
We are Human Kind • Wildfire Systems •
Thank you to San Diego Magazine, Scripps Research, and Snake Oil Cocktail Co. for their support and partnership on the event.
For questions and to get engaged in next year’s event, contact:
Jennifer Henry Storm
Executive Director, Foundation