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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

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For the week of January 21, 2022, here’s what we’re reading:

• Alexandria Real Estate purchases $125M UTC-adjacent center for Life Sciences campus
• UC San Diego receives $14M to drive precision nutrition
• ONI raises $75M for microscopes for targeted therapies
• San Diego: Life. Changing: Thinking of relocating to San Diego? Here’s what you should consider
• SDSU receives record 99K undergrad and transfer applications
• San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance to reintroduce black rhino to Kenya
• Callaway, Port of San Diego tee up new Topgolf location
• Codex DNA releases synthetic COVID-19 genome for Omicron variant

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by January 24 – GO-Biz
  California Competes Tax Credit
• January 27 – San Diego Business Journal with EDC’s Mark Cafferty
  Economic Trends 2022
• February 10 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect VI Launch and Global Services Expo
• Apply now – Connect San Diego
  Cool Companies Program

San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

GoSite and EDC are still accepting applications for the San Diego Business Hub, which offers small, service-based businesses the full suite of GoSite products at no cost. SDbizhub.com is seeking applications from minority-, women-, veteran- and other historically economically under-resourced small business owners throughout San Diego County.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

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For the week of January 14, 2022, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego startups raised record $9.6B in 2021 
• San Diego’s GoFundMe, Classy join forces to connect donors with nonprofits
• San Diego to host Men’s Lacrosse World Championship
• A note from Dr. Clarke on EDC’s 2022 goals
• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips to power Volvo, Honda, Renault EVs 
• SeaWorld rescues sea lion on 94 freeway, committed to rehabilitation and release
• SIP Wine & Beer’s KPBS show to highlight women and BIPOC trailblazers
• Estate planning startup Trust & Will receives investment from fintech UBS Next

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by January 24 – GO-Biz
  California Competes Tax Credit
• January 25 – SBDC, USD
  Tech and science founders: How to submit an SBIR proposal
• Apply now – Connect San Diego
  Cool Companies Program
• Apply now – San Diego Tourism Authority
  Tourism Accelerator Program

Save the date: EDC’s Annual Dinner

Save the date for EDC’s Annual Dinner 2022, which will again gather more than 900 business and community leaders for a night of celebration of our organization and region on June 9 in iconic Petco Park. Stay tuned for registration, program details, and award updates.

Interested in sponsoring? Contact Jennifer Storm.

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EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Manager / Sr. Manager with 3+ years of experience to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers. EDC is also accepting applications for its Marketing and Communications internship.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

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For the week of January 7, 2022, here’s what we’re reading:

• Pfizer acquires San Diego’s Arena Pharmaceuticals for $6.7B
• Quidel acquires Ortho Clinical Diagnostics for $6B
• Lufthansa to add nonstop flights between San Diego and Munich
• WTCSD – White Labs reduces Australian customs holds by 84% with MetroConnect
• San Diego’s Data Bites: December 2021
• San Diego’s Good News of the Year: 2021 Year in Review
• Northrup Grumman, HyperKelp partner on Project Glacier Watch initiative
• H.G. Fenton Company receives record 38 Mark of Excellence Awards
• Carlsbad’s Pardes Biosciences nets $122M in funding for its COVID-19 pill
• Escondido’s Aquacycl secures deal with major food company
• Tech startup SkySafe raises $30M for its drone awareness system
• San Diego biotech Bloom Science closes $12M Series A

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• January 26 – UC San Diego
  Host a booth – Virtual Career Fair: Health, Biotech, and Life Science
• Apply by January 24 – GO-Biz
  California Competes Tax Credit

EDC’s 2021 Year in Review

This past year, EDC welcomed new team members, investors, and board members, adding momentum to the goals we set for 2030 that together create a platform for inclusive economic growth. We’ve taken stock of EDC’s most impactful work in 2021—made possible with and through all of you.

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EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Manager / Sr. Manager with 3+ years of experience to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers. EDC is also accepting applications for its Marketing and Communications internship.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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Even as pandemic challenges continue to linger, we look back on a year marked by life-changing innovation and community resilience across San Diego. From scientific breakthroughs to tech company expansions and record venture capital investment, 2021 allowed us to look toward recovery and compete on a global stage.

Read on for some of this year’s biggest headlines, all made possible by those who call the San Diego region home. Here’s to continued collaboration, resilience, and inclusion in 2022.

-Team EDC

Venture capital floods local startup ecosystem

San Diego secured record-breaking venture capital investment, outpacing 2020 by more than $2.6 billion. Some of San Diego’s standout startups and raises include:

• ClickUp raises $400M, bringing its valuation to $4B
• MetroConnect alum Cloudbeds raises $150M
• Drata raises $100 million Series B, becomes unicorn
• Flock Freight raises $215M, becomes unicorn
• JuneShine raises $24M for its better-for-you hard kombucha
• Shield AI raises $210M for AI drone tech, becomes unicorn
• Tyra Biosciences goes public, raises $199M

Plus, acquisitions and IPOs steadily poured in throughout the year:

• BioLegend acquired by PerkinElmer for $5.25B
• Cue Health went public following a $100M raise
• Seismic acquired Lessonly and raised an additional $170M
• Vividion Therapeutics acquired by Bayer for $2B

San Diego companies lead the charge against COVID-19

As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19 and its new variants, San Diego companies met the moment by developing new treatments, rapid-result testing solutions, and more aimed at getting us to a post-pandemic era:

• Codex DNA releases full-length genome for Delta variant
• Cue Health gets first FDA authorization for non-prescription COVID-19 test
• Quidel gets FDA authorization for at-home COVID-19 test
• Thermo Fisher Scientific gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for automated COVID-19 test kit
• Three San Diego firms named winners in $6M XPRIZE Rapid COVID Testing Contest

Companies relocate, double-down amid pandemic

As locals, we know our region is special. And as San Diego competes on a global stage, debunking myths that we’re just a surf and beer town, countless innovative companies took notice. Here are some of our region’s newest transplants:

• Amazon invests $12.3B in San Diego, creates 4,000 local jobs
• Apple capitalize on San Diego’s engineering hub; adding thousands of jobs
• Benchmark Labs, Infinium Spirits, and Resiliency Technologies, Inc. all relocate corporate HQ to San Diego
• Google doubles San Diego office space

Homegrown research and innovation fosters global impact

Beyond COVID-19, San Diego’s Tech and Life Sciences employers continued to make waves across a diversity of industries, from oncology and genomics to manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI), and everything in between:

• Qualcomm launches first-ever 5G and AI platform for drones
• Roswell Biotechnologies debuts microchip to detect disease and develop drugs
• UCSD Health first in the nation to implant new device for chronic back pain

San Diego’s defense industry lands major contracts

In 2021, the U.S. military contributed an estimated $35 billion in direct spending to San Diego defense companies. As an intrinsic part of our region, these companies scored major contracts to help mobilize and protect our troops and country:

• BAE Systems wins $165M U.S. Navy contract
• Collins Aerospace lands $674M contract to supply planes to U.S. Air Force
• General Atomics awarded $103M U.S. Army aircraft contract; ships world’s most powerful magnet
• U.S. Navy awards General Dynamics NASSCO $25.6M to study oiler construction
• Northrop Grumman secures $99M U.S. Navy contract
• Viasat authorized to use U.S. government classified cyber threat intelligence

San Diego earns the rankings to back it all up

From heavyweights to fast-growing startups, San Diego’s companies, talented workforce, and innovative industries (like our rising blue economy featured on CNBC’s ‘Streets of Dreams’), are getting noticed around the world. And we earned the numbers to show for it:

• San Diego/Tijuana named first binational World Design Capital
• San Diego ranked most fun place to live, third best city in the U.S. for biotech jobs, sixth Best Big City in America, and sixth top city for women in STEM
• San Diego named among top 13 ‘early adopters’ of AI by Brookings Institution
• AleSmith Brewing named sixth best brewery in the world
• Carlsbad and Solana beaches named among cleanest in the state
• UCSD Health, Sharp Coronado named among best teaching hospitals in the U.S.
• New, iconic $85M Rady Shell nominated for ‘Best New Attraction’ by USA Today

Quality of life amplified in San Diego

This year, San Diego saw its international border announce a new port of entry, artistic developments decorate our iconic skyline, and transportation infrastructure better connect our region, all of which made life even better here at home:

• San Diego International Airport opens new airline support building and breaks ground on its new Terminal 1
• San Diego celebrates opening of Blue Line Trolley’s Mid-Coast Extension
• San Diego Foundation distributes record $104.1M to San Diegans in need

Tourism industry looks inward to support community

As the economy began to reopen, one of San Diego’s hardest hit industries made great progress towards recovery. The region welcomed back cruises and celebrated new and returning route service on Southwest, Air Canada, WestJet, Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, and British Airways.

And above all, the Tourism industry pivoted to step up for our community, aid in our recovery, and set examples for the world—in true San Diego style:

• Comic-Con Special Edition brought much needed boost to local economy
• San Diego Convention Center housed homeless and migrant children, with support from YMCA of San Diego County, MAAC, SBCS, among many others, before welcoming back conventions
• San Diego Tourism Authority announced its first cohort of the Tourism Accelerator Pilot Program

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

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For the week of December 3, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego Foundation distributes record $104.1M
• San Diego Tourism Authority announces first cohort of Tourism Accelerator Pilot Program
• Qualcomm secures naming rights to new SDSU stadium
• WTCSD – Blue Sky Network turns $5K grant into 36% export increase
• San Diego: Life. Changing. – Just Say No To Winter
• UCSD Health, Sharp Coronado named among top hospitals in the US
• Jack in the Box acquires Del Taco in $575M deal
• West Health CEO Shelley Lyford named Gary and Mary West Foundation Chair
• Manscaped going public via SPAC merger
• PetDx develops tests for dogs to detect 30 cancer types from a blood sample

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• December 17 – We Tha Plug, Founders First Capital Partners, UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization
  Southern California Minority Entrepreneurship Seminar
• Apply now – EDC, GoSite
  San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

MetroConnect VI: Apply by December 17

World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 small businesses to participate in Year 6 of its flagship export assistance program MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program has assisted 80 companies in its first five years in turning $890,000 in export grants into 63 percent average export growth, 40 percent average revenue growth, and 543 new international contracts.

Apply Now

EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Coordinator and Research Manager / Sr. Manager to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers. EDC is also accepting applications for its Marketing and Communications internship position.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of December 3, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape: Bottlenecks are squeezing bottom lines
• General Atomics awarded $103M U.S. Army aircraft contract
• Oncology startup Lengo Therapeutics acquired for $250M
• Meet the EDC Board: Chris Williams
• Scripps develops first 3D model of an entire cell in molecular detail
• Qualcomm partners with Razer, expands mobile gaming technology capabilities
• MAAC’s EV Access Program helps LMI families increase renewable energy usage
• Red Door, Infinium Spirits among top small companies to work for in San Diego
• Vote: Rady Shell nominated for USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards
• Hologic pledges $5M to support women’s health, STEM, racial equity programs
• Cue Health’s COVID-19 tests confirmed to detect Omicron variant
• Comic-Con Special Edition brings needed boost to local economy

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by December 17 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect VI 
• Apply now – EDC, GoSite
  San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Coordinator and Research Manager / Sr. Manager to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers. EDC is also accepting applications for its Marketing and Communications internship position.

Apply Now

MetroConnect VI: Apply by December 17

World Trade Center San Diego is accepting applications for 15 small businesses to participate in Year 6 of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program has assisted 80 companies in its first five years in turning $890,000 in export grants into 63 percent average export growth, 40 percent average revenue growth, and 543 new international contracts.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

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For the week of November 19, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Blue Sky Network named MetroConnect Champion
• UCSD has ninth highest number of top scientists in the world
• Qualcomm to supply chips for BMW’s self driving cars
• San Diego’s Economic Snapshot: Q3 2021
• Advancing San Diego: Preferred Providers of Cybersecurity and IT Talent
• Sony’s Mike Fasulo inducted to Consumer Technology Hall of Fame
• Southwest Airlines donates $1M+ in travel awards to nonprofits
• Roswell Biotechnologies debuts microchip to detect disease and develop drugs
• East Village-based Bumble Bee Foods launches inclusivity program
• JuneShine raises $24M for its better-for-you hard kombucha
• Codex DNA acquires Eton Bioscience for $13M

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by November 21 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect VI 
• Apply by November 30 – Founders First CDC
  Job Creators Quest Grant
• December 1 – USD Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  Annual Residential Real Estate Conference: Outlook 2022
• December 12 – Tech San Diego
  AI and Machine Learning Series

EDC is hiring, join our team!

EDC is hiring a Research Coordinator and Research Manager to analyze, synthesize, and visualize data to inform a diverse set of stakeholders and senior professionals from the region’s leading companies, nonprofits, and policy makers.

Apply Now

San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

GoSite and EDC are still accepting applications for the San Diego Business Hub, which offers small, service-based businesses the full suite of GoSite products at no cost. SDbizhub.com is accepting applications from minority-, women-, veteran- and other historically economically under-resourced small business owners throughout San Diego County.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of November 12, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego/Tijuana named World Design Capital
• Viasat acquires Inmarsat for $7.3B
• Brookings Metro celebrates 25 years of impact
• EDC Monthly Report: November 2021
• Rady Children’s Hospital opens new imaging center to reduce radiation risk
• Qualcomm celebrates STEM by bridging digital divide, hosts tech donation drive
• Bank of America’s Student Leaders program supports economic mobility
• Quidel expands Carlsbad operations, opens COVID-19 test manufacturing plant
• San Diego ranked #1 most fun place to live by U.S. News & World Report
• Drata raises $100 million Series B, becomes San Diego’s newest unicorn
• Founders First closes $11M Series A funding round
• Cue Health launches health platform, makes COVID-19 tests available to public

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• November 15 – WTCSD
  MetroConnect V Grand Prize PitchFest
• Apply by November 30 – Founders First CDC
  Job Creators Quest Grant
• December 1 – USD Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  Annual Residential Real Estate Conference: Outlook 2022
• November 12 – January 1 – SeaWorld
  San Diego Christmas Celebration

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. At two job fairs throughout the day, companies can host virtual recruitment booths to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students and new grads via chat, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom.

Register Now

San Diego Biz Hub: Free digital services for small businesses

GoSite and EDC are accepting applications for the San Diego Business Hub, which offers small, service-based businesses the full suite of GoSite products at no cost. SDbizhub.com is accepting applications from minority-, women-, veteran- and other historically economically under-resourced small business owners throughout San Diego County.

Apply Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

Email

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

Get Good News of the Week in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of November 5, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego’s VC investment outpaces 2020 by more than $2.6B
• MetroConnect alum Cloudbeds raises $150M
• Shoreline Biosciences raises $140M to develop universal cancer treatment
• San Diego Regional EDC, GoSite accepting applications for Business Hub
• IQHQ closes one of the region’s largest deals of 2021 to meet rising life sciences space demand
• SDSU receives Seal of Excelencia for its work to close the education equity gap
• San Diego International Airport celebrates Swoop’s first flight to Canada
• Cue Health’s COVID-19 tests used in MLB post season and World Series
• Torrey Pines’ Tentarix Biotherapeutics secures $50M in Series A funding
• Live learning platform startup Hone raises $16M

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by November 30 – Founders First CDC
  Job Creators Quest Grant
• November 10 – San Diego Innovation Council
  Annual San Diego Innovation Showcase
• November 10 – SDG&E
  How to start doing business with SDG&E
• December 1 – USD Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate
  Annual Residential Real Estate Conference: Outlook 2022

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. At two job fairs throughout the day, companies can host virtual recruitment booths to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students and new grads via chat, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom.

Register Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week.

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For the week of October 29, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• ClickUp raises $400M, bringing its valuation to $4B
• San Diego Community College District to forgive $3.9M in student debt 
• UCSD, Spin, TransLoc partner for campus mobility services
• San Diego: Life. Changing. – Unicorns are real: San Diego startups to watch
• Longfellow Real Estate Partners expands internationally
• All Scripps Health emergency departments awarded geriatric accreditation
• San Diego Workforce Partnership to provide youths with green job internships
• San Diego tech startups outmuscle life science firms in VC funding
• Consulting firm Dudek becomes 100 percent employee-owned
• Encinitas-based Ventyx Biosciences goes public, raises $152M
• NanoCellect Biomedical raises $35M
• MiQ Partners moves headquarters to Carlsbad from Ohio

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Applications still open – San Diego Regional EDC, GoSite
  San Diego Business Hub
• Course – City of Carlsbad, CCOE
  Cybersecurity-Awareness Program
• Application – Rady School of Management
  Rady’s Lab to Market Capstone Project
• November 10 – SDG&E
  How to start doing business with SDG&E

Applications open: Small business export accelerator

Join Modern Times, Dr. Bronner’s, Bitchin’ Sauce, and dozens more in going global with World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD). Through November 15, WTCSD is accepting applications for 15 SBA-designated small businesses to participate in year six of its flagship export assistance program, MetroConnect. Presented by JPMorgan Chase and Procopio, the program provides businesses with a $5,000 private-sector funded export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

Advancing San Diego: Career Exploration Day

Hiring interns or entry-level employees? Join Advancing San Diego’s Career Exploration Day on November 18 for a day of networking and hiring local talent. At two job fairs throughout the day, companies can host virtual recruitment booths to share digital collateral, showcase company culture, post current job openings, communicate with students and new grads via chat, and conduct on-the-spot interviews via Zoom.

Register Now

Additional resources:

• Find more COVID-19 business information and resources at EDC’s COVID-19 page
• Find North County information at Innovate78’s COVID-19 page

Be in the know – sign up below to receive future editions of GNOTW.

Want to submit your event or news update to our weekly newsletter? Contact us for more information.

Candela Delucchi

Coordinator, Marketing

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