Startup San Diego

It's the last newsletter of the year! Thank you startup community for such an amazing 2024. In this month's newsletter, we highlight our newest partnerships, #SDSW2025 early-bird tickets, community events in January you should look forward to, and so much more. 🚀 Check out the full newsletter: https://lnkd.in/g-GR_cZ2 #StartupSD #StartupSanDiego #community

We're wrapping up the year and we're happy to end it with renewed and new community partnerships! We want to re-introduce our partnership with TIE San Diego and welcome The School of Young Entrepreneurs as our newest community partner! With these new partnerships we plan to strengthen our connections with the tech ecosystem in SoCal, as well as support and mentor young entrepreneurs wanting to build here in San Diego. 📍 These mission-aligned partners fit well with one of our core values: community over all! We're excited to collaborate with them further in 2025. 🚀 Learn more about our newest partners: https://lnkd.in/gzSr4w-b #StartupSD #TiESanDiego #SofYE #community #partnerships

It's the last week to get involved in the startup ecosystem!  Kick-off Tuesday with San Diego Tech Coffee in Normal Heights, focusing on collaborative brainstorming and mentorship. The day continues with the North County SD Startup Mixer and a festive ProductTank holiday event at Illumina. Midweek, the cyber community will gather at Novo Brazil Brewing for the San Diego Cyber Group Meetup. The week wraps up with an SD Founders Surf event in Encinitas, where entrepreneurs can network at the beach! Highlights for this week’s San Diego Startup Calendar, December 17 - 20: ➡️ Tuesday, December 17th: San Diego Tech Coffee 9:00 am - 11:00 am @ Lestat’s-Normal Heights There's no pitching, only networking, sharing, brainstorming, mentoring, etc. And we love it when people want to share what they are working on! ➡️ Tuesday, December 17th: December’s North County SD Startup Mixer 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm @ Encinitas, CA Attended by over 180 founders, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and team members, all living or working in North County San Diego. ➡️ Tuesday, December 17th: ProductTank San Diego Special Holiday Event 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm @ Illumina Please join us for our final ProductTank of 2024! It will be an evening of inspiration, networking, and festive cheer. ➡️ Wednesday, December 18th: San Diego Cyber Group Meetup 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm @ Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley This is a fun meetup for the cyber community in San Diego. Co-hosted by David Spark of the CISO Series Podcast and Rick McElroy. ➡️ Friday, December 20th: SD Founders Surf 6:30 am - 8:00 am @ Encinitas, California Wear your Santa or Hanukkah hat - ho ho, oy vey! Founders, investors, and those who support them. Meet at "Pipes": Northern area of San Elijo State Beach. 🚀 Check out the full Startup Calendar: startupsd.org/events #SDStartupCalendar #StartupSD #startupsandiego

Last week our team got to attend the annual Techstars San Diego powered by San Diego State University Demo Day at the Snap Dragon stadium, and it was truly an amazing event! Congratulations to this year's cohort, Ryan Kuder, Techstars Mentors, and the team that made this happen! '24 Cohort: HVAKR (Techstars '24), Elly, MenuData, theStands, EverLearn, Mähmi Bio, Loopholes, Edmundas Balčikonis, Such Much AI, Rhubarb Labs, Mauna (Techstars '24), Streamfog, Yzidro Lago, Andrew Krippner, Nikhil Pooviah, Sunny Khamkar, Joshua Akinsola, Ying Yu, Rudy Ham-Zhu, Lior Root, Sophia Trunzo, Diego Mier, Kevin Bondzio We're looking forward to see how these startups grow in San Diego and beyond. 🚀 Learn more about Techstars San Diego powered by San Diego State University: https://lnkd.in/gyqjF-RW 📷: hopsctch #communitypartner #techstars #startups #accelarator

The San Diego Startup Week 2024 recap video is now live! Relive the awesome week and hear from some of our local startup leaders. "The future of San Diego in terms of entrepreneurship is incredibly rich and bright. This is because we built the ecosystem, we've stoked the flames, stoked the fire with programming, with people who set a standard of what it means to collaborate and to innovate. We have a rich set of resources and mentors that are here to help San Diego innovate. The bottom line is this is a place to be and these are the people to do it with here at Startup San Diego 2024 and beyond." Cheryl K Goodman, Startup Diego Vice Chair. 🚀 Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/ey6wtk-e Thank you to our amazing sponsors who made this event happen! San Diego State University, arkusnexus, Aleph One, City of Carlsbad, LogicBoost Labs 🎥 Video & Edit by: hopsctch #SDSW2024 #SanDiegoStartupWeek #WavesofInnovation #StartupSanDiego

The holiday celebration you’ve been waiting for is happening tonight! Join Tech the Halls for a night of dancing, great food, and drinks. Celebrate the holiday season and the end of an amazing year. ➡️ RSVP: https://lnkd.in/guZmuvf3 #SilentDisco #TechCommunity #SanDiegoTech #HolidayCelebration

These are just some of our favorite moments from our last 1st Mondays at Cooley LLP HQ. From chatting with social innovation leaders to networking with founders and entrepreneurs, our community came together for a night to remember. Thank you for joining us and we’re excited to announce what we’re brewing up for 2025! 🚀 Get the full recap: https://lnkd.in/gDFyckFe 🎥 : hopsctch #1stMondays #StartupSD #StartupSanDiego

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the final 1st Mondays of the year! Over 160+ community members gathered at the Cooley LLP headquarters in Torrey Pines and we celebrated, networked, and enjoyed a night of social innovation. Special shoutout to our social innovation lightning speakers: ➡️ 💰Oralia A. , Director of Business Development at Mission Driven Finance® ➡️ Jorge M., Co-Founder & CEO at Ascender Systems ➡️ Sydney Paige Thomas, Founder & General Partner at Symphonic Capital ➡️ Cindy J. Lin, CEO & Co-Founder at Hey Social Good ➡️ Douglas Harrison, CEO at The Rise Club & Keep Rising Program ➡️ Sheba Najmi, Founder and Executive Director at Tech for Change From personal habit formation and financial inclusion to sustainability reporting and humanitarian assistance, the speakers demonstrated how targeted technological and strategic interventions can create meaningful social impact. 🚀 Check out the full recap, video & photos: https://lnkd.in/gDFyckFe 📷 Photos by: Lizbeth Dargi, hopsctch #1stMondays #StartupSanDiego #StartupSD #SocialInnovation

December is full of festivities! Join us tonight for the Startup San Diego 1st Mondays - Networking & Social Innovation Lightning Talks. Find out more about Cleantech San Diego's 2025 vision on Wednesday. Celebrate the tech community during Tech the Halls and so much more. Highlights for this week’s San Diego Startup Calendar, December 2 - 7: ➡️ Monday, December 2nd: Startup San Diego: 1st Mondays - Networking & Lightning Talks 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm @ Cooley HQ in Torrey Pines The theme for this 1st Mondays is “Naughty Problems, Nice Ideas: Innovating for Social Change.” Enjoy an evening of networking and lightning talks about social innovation and building business for good! ➡️ Wednesday, December 4th: 2025 Cleantech Outlook: Tech, Investments & Policies Driving the Industry 8:30 am - 11:00 pm @ Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine Join Cleantech San Diego for an update and outlook on the cleantech sector in the San Diego region and the key investments, policies, and technologies that will continue to drive the industry. ➡️ Thursday, December 5th: Techstars San Diego powered by San Diego State University: 2024 Demo Day 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Snapdragon Stadium This 2024 Demo Day Premiere will give the San Diego community an invite-only look at the 12 companies and their progress over the past three months in the accelerator program. ➡️ Friday, December 6th: Tech the Halls 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm @ Carlsbad This festive gathering will combine innovation, fun, and giving back in one unforgettable night. ➡️ Saturday, December 7th: Runway Meetups – San Diego (Hosted by San Diego AI Creatives) 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm @ Pacific Beach Taylor Branch Library Discover the cutting edge of AI tools and creativity at the San Diego edition of Runway Meetups! This exciting event brings together AI enthusiasts, professionals, and creators for an afternoon of learning, networking, and hands-on experiences. 🚀 Check out the full Startup Calendar: startupsd.org/events #SDStartupCalendar #StartupSD #startupsandiego