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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 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

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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.

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 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.

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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

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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 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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For the week of July 16, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• BlueNalu named semi-finalist in XPRIZE’s Feed the Next Billion
• Thermo Fisher opens new manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, to add 150 jobs
• San Diego/Tijuana named one of two World Design Capital finalists
• EDC Monthly Report: July 2021
• Advancing San Diego Intern Spotlight: Dominique Hernandez, San Diego Loyal
• Innovate78: Cheers to five years of SIP Wine & Beer
• UCSD Health first in the nation to implant new device for chronic back pain
• Stockdale Capital Partners receives WiredScore Platinum Certification
• Cue Health and others with San Diego operations named to Comparably’s Top 50 CEOs for Diversity and Inclusion
• AI commercial driver safety startup Netradyne raises $150M

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• July 18 – SIP Wine & Beer, California Center for the Arts Escondido
  Fresh Glass Fest
• July 29 – EDC, WTCSD, ITJuana, Tijuana EDC
  Cali Baja Panel Discussion: The Binational Hub for Life Sciences and Tech Innovation

San Diego’s Data Bites: July 2021

Presented by Meyers Nave, this edition of San Diego’s Data Bites covers June 2021, with data on employment, housing, and more insights about the region’s economy. Key takeaways include an unexpected unemployment rate rise amid gains in Leisure and Hospitality.

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A company guide to return-to-work

As many companies begin to plan for a safe return to traditional offices, it can seem like there are more questions than answers. Attorneys Janice Brown and Sandy McDonough from EDC investor companies Meyers Nave and Paul Plevin address some of the most common questions about returning to in-person work.

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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.

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 9, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Startup Discover Echo acquired for $110M by Swedish unicorn
• UC San Diego, Scripps Research use AI to understand COVID-19 symptoms
• Housecall Pro, WD-40 partner to launch Trade Academy
• EDC case study: Funki Adventures secures relief funding amid COVID-19 lockdowns
• Export Finance: Three things your business should know
• Kilroy Realty Corporation’s One Paseo wins top award
• Red Door Interactive relocates to nearby Sherman Heights neighborhood
• NuVasive gets European approval for disruptive surgery support platform
• NeuraLace gets FDA clearance for chronic pain-relieving nerve stimulation device
• Apply now: Teaching Opportunities in Career Technical Education

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• July 13 – CMTC
  Virtual – Thinking Differently: How to Innovate & Gain the Full Value of Additive Manufacturing
• September 16-18 – Stone Brewing
  Stone 25th Anniversary Celebration

Advancing San Diego: Apply now to be a Preferred Provider of Healthcare Talent!

EDC is accepting applications for Preferred Providers of Healthcare Talent. Education and training providers graduating top-quality medical assistants in San Diego County are invited to apply. The Preferred Provider designation qualifies students for access to paid work experience opportunities, and qualifies program staff for direct access to industry leaders.

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.

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 2, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• New port of entry to open in Otay Mesa in 2024
• Sorrento Therapeutics, U.S. Navy to deploy COVID-19 tests and treatments
• Infinium Spirits relocates corporate headquarters to downtown San Diego
• Innovate78 – North County’s Higher Ed: Fueling the future
• Apply now: Startup San Diego’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program
• Trovata.io raises $20M to aggregate enterprise bank accounts with AI
• Local life sciences firms take advantage of nationwide IPO boom
• Element Biosciences raises $276M to develop DNA sequencing platform
• Vista and Ramona to host X Games events 
• Carlsbad and Solana beaches named among cleanest in the state 

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• July 13 – CMTC
  Virtual – Thinking Differently: How to Innovate & Gain the Full Value of Additive Manufacturing
• August 14-15, 2021 – San Diego Convention Center, American Kennel Club
  Meet the Breeds – Use promo code: WOOF 
• June 9, 2022 – San Diego Regional EDC
  Save the date: EDC’s Annual Dinner at Petco Park (registration to come)

Study: Cybersecurity cluster faces talent shortage amid productivity gains

Together with CCOE and Booz Allen Hamilton, EDC released the second study in a series—Securing the Future: AI and San Diego’s Cyber Cluster—which quantifies the economic impact of the region’s Cybersecurity cluster and explores the proliferation of AI and ML technologies being used to thwart cybercrimes, among other critical needs by the private sector and government.

Read the Full 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.

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 June 25, 2021, here’s what we’re reading:

• Study: Cybersecurity cluster faces talent shortage amid productivity gains
• Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, Illumina deliver diagnosis in record time
• Asian Business Association receives $150K from AT&T
• Meet the companies: Advancing San Diego manufacturing intern hosts
• Survey: San Diego’s Changing Business Landscape
• Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. acquires five Sorrento Mesa buildings
• Southwest Airlines adds nonstop service to Bozeman, MT, resumes nonstop flight to New Orleans
• After $113M raise, Flock Freight plans sprawling beach campus for Encinitas
• ClickUp expands into East Village office tower near Petco Park
• Reality Changers raises funds for college-bound youth through rappelling

…and here are the events we’re attending:

• June 30 – AmCham Shanghai 
  Virtual – The China International Import Expo
• July 13 – CMTC
  Virtual – Thinking Differently: How to Innovate & Gain the Full Value of Additive Manufacturing
• June 9, 2022 – San Diego Regional EDC
  Save the date: EDC’s Annual Dinner at Petco Park (registration to come)

We’re Hiring!

• Economic Development Coordinator
  EDC is hiring an Economic Development Coordinator to support its economic development priorities, with a focus on workforce development and Advancing San Diego. This person will provide program and project, marketing and communications, and general administrative support.
• Economic Development Manager—Life Sciences
  EDC is hiring an Economic Development Manager (Life Sciences) to lead a strategic economic development framework to enable business attraction, retention, and expansion in San Diego’s competitive life sciences industry. This person will provide company support and industry engagement, as well as have a minimum of five years experience in business, real estate, planning, life sciences facilities, or related field.

Apply Now, or help us spread the word!

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.