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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 September 24, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Sanford Burnham Prebys, Salk Institute awarded $13M for liver cancer research
• Tyra Biosciences goes public, raises $199M
• San Diego named ‘early adopter’ of AI by Brookings Institution
• Innovate78: Hispanic and Latino community and business resources
• Qualcomm report details economic and sustainability benefits of 5G technology
• Kilroy Realty lands major leases with DermTech, Tandem, Sorrento Therapeutics
• Carlsbad-based mobile game publisher Jam City raises $350M, buys competitor
• GigaIO raises $15M, aims to make AI accessible to more companies
• Annual Cox Top Tech Awards honors 11 San Diego innovators
• Jumpcode Genomics, TGen to sequence and examine COVID-19

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 28 – East County EDC
  Manufacturing Expo 2021
• October 1 – 29 – Startup San Diego
  San Diego Startup Month 2021 — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off
• October 8 – Startup San Diego
  Nominations due for Startup San Diego Awards

Advancing San Diego: Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent

EDC has announced its Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent, the local programs providing the most effective training to medical assistants, as identified by industry leaders. As part of this Advancing San Diego cohort, small clinics, doctor’s offices, or healthcare providers can now apply to host Healthcare interns at no cost.

Apply by October 4

WTCSD accepting applications for sixth round of MetroConnect

World Trade Center San Diego 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 export assistance grant, access to SystranPRO machine translation software, the chance to win a $25,000 grand prize, and more.

Apply by November 15

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 September 17, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• British Airways to resume non-stop service from San Diego
• Intuit acquires MailChimp in $12B deal 
• Booz Allen acquires Tracepoint, bolsters cybersecurity market leadership
• EDC appoints Lisette Islas as Vice Chair of Inclusive Growth
• San Diego: Life. Changing.: San Diego’s 4 biggest science moments in 4 years
• U.S. Navy awards General Dynamics NASSCO $25.6M to study oiler construction
• BAE Systems selects Collins Aerospace to create actuation systems for Tempest
• BlueNalu, Nomad Foods to introduce cell-cultured seafood in Europe
• Tiled raises $13.7M to make documents interactive, with backing by Seismic
• UCSD ranked third among the nation’s top public colleges by Forbes
• U.S. News ranks PLNU as a top university in the West
• ARS Pharmaceuticals raises $55M in Series D funding

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 22 – USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate 
  Morning Series: The Evolution of Real Estate Trends
• September 23 – Green.org
  The Green Summit — Use code ‘SDREDC’ for 20 percent off
• September 28 – East County EDC
  Manufacturing Expo 2021
• October 1 – 29 – Startup San Diego
  San Diego Startup Month 2021 — Use code ‘Sahba50’ for 50 percent off

San Diego: Life. Changing. turns four!

Join us in celebrating four years of #SDlifechanging! Enter our Instagram contest by Sunday, September 19 for the chance to win one of four life-changing San Diego experiences. Prizes include:

• Two San Diego Loyal tickets
• Two San Diego Safari Park tickets
• $125 Stone Brewing gift card
• Two Balboa Park explorer passes

Enter to Win by Sunday

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 September 10, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Codex DNA releases full-length genome for Delta variant
• Vista-based Cue Health files for IPO
• Plant protein startup Plantible Foods raises $21.5M
• MAAC executive Lisette Islas appointed as EDC’s Vice Chair of Inclusive Growth
• Qualcomm’s 5G chips to power Renault SA electric vehicle’s infotainment system
• Collins Aerospace lands $674M contract to supply planes to U.S. Air Force
• Project Equity, Mission Driven Finance launch fund to support businesses on path to employee ownership
• MiraCosta College breaks ground on its $38M student services building
• iBio expands San Diego operation, hires local life sciences talent 

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 14 – San Diego Regional EDC, Booz Allen Hamilton 
  Preparing for Ransomeware
• September 15 – December 15 – USD School of Business Free Enterprise Institute
  San Diego Angel Conference IV
• September 23 – Green.org
  The Green Summit — Use code ‘SDREDC’ for 20 percent off
• September 28 – East County EDC
  Manufacturing Expo 2021

WTCSD launches applications for sixth round of MetroConnect

World Trade Center San Diego 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

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.

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

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

• World Trade Center San Diego launches MetroConnect VI
• PNC commits $20B to environmental finance
• CSUSM nets $6M grant for student veterans, wins national recognition for student support
• California hits 80 percent milestone for residents with COVID-19 vaccines
• NuVasive launches new med-tech platform, sees earnings growth
• San Diego-based BioSurplus joins Biodirect, Boston Microscopes to form Copia Scientific
• Genomatica partners with Lululemon to produce plant-based nylon products
• Newly-renovated Mingei International Museum reopens to the public

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 8 – December 15 – USD School of Business Free Enterprise Institute
  San Diego Angel Conference IV
• September 14 – San Diego Regional EDC, Booz Allen Hamilton 
  Preparing for Ransomeware
• September 23 – Green.org
  The Green Summit 
• September 8, 28, October 20, November 4 – ULI San Diego – Tijuana
  2021 Resilience Symposium: Water & Fire – Strategies to Address Land Use, Real Estate Risk, and Equity in a Changing Climate 

Innovate78: Life sciences industry focus group

Open exclusively to North County life sciences professionals, join Innovate78‘s September 16 event and other industry leaders to discuss:

• Talent recruitment and retention
• Delta variant’s impact on return-to-work
• Strategies to help employees avoid burnout

Get Details

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.

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

For the week of August 27, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• San Diego leaders host ribbon-cutting for Blue Line Trolley’s Mid-Coast Extension
• UC San Diego earns record $1.54B in research funding
• Shield AI raises $210M for AI drone tech, becomes unicorn
• San Diego: Life. Changing.: San Diego’s public and private sector fight against cancer 
• Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. builds out new facility for Artiva Biotherapeutics
• CSU San Marcos distributes iPad to students to bridge digital divide
• ResMed launches new sleep apnea machine, sees earnings growth
• SeaWorld to open California’s tallest, fastest, and longest dive coaster in 2022
• Encinitas-based Flock Freight joins The Climate Pledge to go net-zero carbon by 2040
• Collins Aerospace awarded $2.6M to develop Earth-like atmosphere for space travel

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 14 – San Diego Regional EDC, Booz Allen Hamilton 
  Preparing for Ransomeware
• September 16 – Innovate78
  Life sciences industry focus group
• September 17-18 – Stella Labs, Stella Angels, Ad Astra Ventures
  Women’s Venture Summit
• September 8, 28, October 20, November 4 – ULI San Diego – Tijuana
  2021 Resilience Symposium: Water & Fire – Strategies to Address Land Use, Real Estate Risk, and Equity in a Changing Climate 

San Diego’s Quarterly Economic Snapshot: Q2 2021

Every quarter, EDC analyzes key economic indicators that are important to understanding the regional economy through trends in employment, housing, and investment. In Q2 2021: VC in tech skyrockets, office demand jumps, and job growth returns.

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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 August 20, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Qualcomm launches first-ever 5G and AI platform for drones
• Mainstay Medical selects Downtown San Diego as new HQ
• Illumina acquires GRAIL, expands early cancer detection technology
• San Diego Foundation grants $3.4M in scholarships to 1,025 students
• Amazon invests $12.3B in San Diego, creates 4,000 local jobs
• Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute awarded $3.5M from The National Institutes of Health
• Seismic acquires Lessonly, raises $170M 
• Harpoon Ventures opens Downtown office, plans to invest $120M in tech startups
• 107 San Diego companies make 2021 Inc. 5000 list
• Vista’s NewRocket acquired by Highmetric

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• September 14 – San Diego Regional EDC, Booz Allen Hamilton 
  Preparing for Ransomeware  
• September 8, 28, October 20, November 4 – ULI San Diego – Tijuana
  2021 Resilience Symposium: Water & Fire – Strategies to Address Land Use, Real Estate Risk, and Equity in a Changing Climate 

Advancing San Diego Spotlight: Benchmark Labs

Through Advancing San Diego, EDC provides San Diego-based small businesses with paid interns in high-demand fields. With the Business cohort underway, we sat down with Carlos Gaitan, CEO and Co-Founder at Benchmark Labs, and with the company’s student interns Oderah Ahiligwo and Jo Christian Arenas to discuss their experience in the program.

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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

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 August 13, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• New $85M Rady Shell graces San Diego waterfront
• Northrop Grumman awarded five-year NATO contract
• San Diego Foundation, LISC, Urban League launch Black Homebuyers Program
• EDC case study: Career Exploration Day opens doors for local students, small companies
• Innovate78: $1.8B aerospace industry taking off in North County
• Planck Aerosystems, Marine Advanced Robotics announce unmanned systems alliance
• City of Oceanside awarded $1.7M for Pure Water Oceanside project
• San Diego State University researchers secure $141M in funding
• Downtown San Marcos’ North City taking shape along the 78 Corridor
• Vista’s Dr. Bronner’s launches organic, fair trade vegan chocolate line

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• August 14-15 – San Diego Convention Center, American Kennel Club
  Meet the Breeds – Use promo code: WOOF
• Apply by August 15 – Bank of America, National Association of Women Business Owners San Diego
  Business Growth Academy
• Apply by August 16 – GO-Biz
  California Competes Tax Credit
• Apply by August 30 – Connect All @ The Jacobs Center
  Business Accelerator: Cohort 5 

EDC Monthly Report: August 2021

With and through nearly 200 investors, EDC works to maximize San Diego’s prosperity. From talent pipeline development to the newest in our Changing Business Landscape series, here’s what EDC did in July 2021.

Read the Report

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

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.

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For the week of August 6, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• BioLegend acquired for $5.25B
• National Science Foundation grants $20M to UC San Diego-led AI institute
• Genomatica raises $118M for bio-based materials
• Mark’s Monthly Note: August 2021
• Advancing San Diego company spotlight: Meri Consulting Services
• UC San Diego Extension, Ballast Point award first Brewing for Diversity Scholarship
• Carlsbad-based golf simulator company Full Swing acquired for $160M
• Turquoise Health raises $5M to expand operations
• Lawn Love acquired in cash and stock deal following $6M raise
• Wildfire Systems raises $15M for online shopping
• Singapore buyer scoops up Sorrento Mesa office towers for $146M

…and here are some opportunities we’re watching:

• Apply by August 16 – GO-Biz
  California Competes Tax Credit
• Apply by August 30 – Connect All @ The Jacobs Center
  Business Accelerator: Cohort 5 

Survey: San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape

To identify evolving trends in local business needs and operations, ensuring their ability to grow and thrive in the region, EDC is surveying more than 200 companies in the region’s key industries on a rolling basis throughout 2021 to monitor and report shifts in their priorities and strategies. See past analyses here and share your input with us for future editions.

Take the Survey

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 July 30, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Sentek Global acquired by Deloitte, expands engineering and cyber systems to support U.S. Navy
• In a record year, more San Diego startups secure VC (fixed link)
• San Diego International Airport resumes service to Canada
• California gives UC San Diego $35M to build a coastal research ship
• UC San Diego Health ranked among best hospitals in CA
• Navy Region Southwest welcomes new commander, Rear Adm. Stephen D. Barnett
• Ocean Motion Technologies awarded $1.5M from The U.S. Department of Energy
• North County Coaster service to extend its reach to Anaheim
• Produce Good, Feeding San Diego partner to combat food waste and curb hunger

…and here are the events we’re attending and opportunities we’re watching:

• August 12 – Biocom California
  Industry Insights: Bold Moves in San Diego Biotech
• Apply by August 16 – GoBiz
  California Competes Tax Credit
• Survey – The Ahlers Center for International Business, USD
  Help bring additional federal funding to our San Diego business community by filling out this brief survey on exports

Advancing San Diego Company Spotlight: San Diego Loyal

Through Advancing San Diego, EDC provides San Diego-based small businesses with paid interns in high-demand fields. With the business cohort underway, we sat down with Ricardo Campos, VP of Operations and General Manager at San Diego Loyal, and with the soccer team’s student intern Dominique Hernandez to discuss their experience in the program.

Apply 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’ (GNOTW) features a curation of positive headlines from across the San Diego mega-region, 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 GNOTW in your inbox every Friday. → Sign up

For the week of July 23, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Changing Business Landscape: Increasing optimism despite continued challenges
• San Diego International Airport opens new airline support building
• Qualcomm acquires AI startup Twenty Billion Neurons
• Meyers Nave and Paul Plevin: A company guide to return-to-work
• Takeda, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine announce collaboration
• SDSU to improve healthcare services, reduce disparities via education access
• San Diego Foundation awards $252K to local nonprofits working to prevent childhood abuse
• Entos raises $53M in series A round
• Erasca raises $300M IPO to attack common cancer pathway
• Life sciences startup Uqora acquired by Pharmavite
• Poseida Therapeutics partners with Cellares to streamline genetic manufacturing

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• July 29 – EDC, WTCSD, ITJuana, Tijuana EDC
  Cali Baja Panel Discussion: The Binational Hub for Life Sciences and Tech Innovation

EDC Monthly Report: July 2021

With and through nearly 200 investors, EDC works to maximize San Diego’s prosperity. From helping companies secure relief funding to quantifying the impact of AI in the region’s Cybersecurity cluster, here’s what EDC accomplished in June 2021.

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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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