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For the week of July 11, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:
- General Dynamics NASSCO secures $72.6M DoD contract
- Scripps Research debut novel CAR T-cell cancer therapy trials
- UC San Diego earns $5M for Southwestern College public health bachelor’s degree
- Cross Border Xpress debut first-ever land border crossing biometric tech
- Scripps Health unveils $664M Memorial Hospital project in La Jolla
- Three San Diego FC players to play in 2025 MLS All-Star team
- San Diego State University earns California Jobs First allied health grant
- San Diego & Imperial Center of Excellence unveil interactive mapping tool
- MiraCosta College Futures Thinking program featured in American Association of Community Colleges’ Community College Journal
- Carlsbad-based spine surgery medtech Carlsmed files $100M IPO
- Sorento Valley’s UNIGRID, Blue Whale Energy deploy urban commercial and industrial battery storage across Southeast Asia
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- Apply by Aug. 1—WTCSD, EDC
MetroConnect VIII export accelerator cohort - Aug. 14—EDC
San Diego: Life. Changing.’s 2025 Summer Bash
From our partners:
- July 15—Latham & Watkins
Webinar | The One Big Beautiful Bill: Opportunities and Challenges for Clean Energy Investment in a New Era - Apply July 25—The MedTech Conference, AdvaMed
MedTech Company Presentations - Apply by July 30—San Diego County Water Authority
Citizens Water Academy
Case Study: Export SBDC at WTCSD helps eight companies win $42K in STEP grants
In 2024, the Export SBDC at World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) helped eight local businesses secure $42,726 in STEP grants, including MetroConnect VII alum Visaic, which used its $6,500 grant to attend European trade shows and join WTCSD’s Singapore trade mission.
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Enya Castañeda
Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications