Startup San Diego

We want to give a huge THANK YOU to our 1st Mondays sponsor and partners who make this cleantech-focused startup event possible! Thank you to our 1st Mondays presenting sponsor: San Diego Community Power! San Diego Community Power is a community-driven clean energy provider working towards a healthier, more sustainable future. They aim to provide affordable clean energy and invest in the community to create an equitable and sustainable future for the San Diego region. Also huge thanks to our venue partner UC San Diego Design and Innovation Building for providing the space for the event and event partner Cleantech San Diego for helping organize the expert panel! It really takes a village to curate a 1st Mondays event, and we're thankful for our sponsor and partners for supporting us and the startup community. 📍 Make sure to get your tickets and watch it all come together on April 7th! 🚀 Get 1st Mondays tickets: https://lnkd.in/gcnzTrRc #1stMondays #StartupSD #StartupSanDiego #SDCommunitypower #cleantech #Sandiego

We’re excited to announce the featured speakers and panelists joining us for the upcoming 1st Mondays – Networking and Expert Panel presented by San Diego Community Power, happening April 7th at the UCSD Design and Innovation Building! Presenting welcome and opening remarks will be:   ➡️ Lisa Barnhouse, Executive Director at Startup San Diego ➡️ Shane Moise, Senior Manager for Strategic Innovation Alliances at UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization ➡️ Karin L Burns, CEO of San Diego Community Power ➡️ Jason Anderson, President and CEO of Cleantech San Diego Moderator, Karin L Burns Burns, CEO of San Diego Community Power will lead the panel discussion with our featured panelists: ➡️ Zora Chung, Co-Founder & CFO at ReJoule, Inc. ➡️ Gareth Evans, Founder & CEO at VECKTA ➡️ Carlos Felipe Gaitan Ospina, CEO & Co-Founder at Benchmark Labs Inc. This night will focus on all things cleantech and San Diego Community Power will present: Advancing Cleantech Innovation: “How Local Startups Will Meet Our Clean Energy Goals.” 🚀 Learn more about our panelists: https://lnkd.in/g53pACje 🚀 Get tickets: https://lnkd.in/gFjKrHgJ #1stMondays #StartupSD #StartupSanDiego #SDCommunitypower #cleantech #Sandiego

There are only a couple of weeks left to get a Startup San Diego Membership at 50% off the retail price! Startup San Diego Membership benefits include: ➡️ San Diego Startup Week (all-access pass to the annual conference) $199 value ➡️ 1st Mondays ($35 each/quarterly) $140 value ➡️ Last Fridays Co-Working Days at Downtown Works ($25 each/monthly) $300 value ➡️ Get recognition on our website and yearly impact report Membership is a $639 value, get it for $299/year before prices go up to $349 on March 31, 2025! Be at the center of all things startups all year round with our membership plan. 📍 Plus - all memberships are tax-deductible. 🚀 Become a member: https://lnkd.in/gkjRTQtk #StartupSanDiego #StartupSD #Membership #Startups #Founders #SanDiego

San Diego's startup scene is packed this week! From business acceleration workshops to tech-building sessions, networking opportunities, and innovative pitch competitions, there's something for every founder/entrepreneur. Highlights for this week’s San Diego Startup Calendar, March 17 - 21: ➡️ Tuesday, March 18th: Hera Hub Business Acceleration Expo 10:30 am - 3:30 pm @ Hera Hub Mission Valley Hera Hub brings you a day filled with open office hours, workshops, mentoring, coworking, and lunch + relationship building that will take your business to a higher, more productive, and more profitable level. ➡️ Wednesday, March 19th: SD Founder Build Day - Central 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Curating a pop-up 'co-work' day of serious tech builders to build alongside each other in person during the day. ➡️ Thursday, March 20th: All-Campus Happy Hour 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm @ HomeLab at UC San Diego Join us and our friends from various organizations and clubs such as the Tech Club at UC San Diego, HealthLink at UC San Diego, the Scripps BioTech, Nucleate, and APD Consulting Club (and many more) for the All-Campus Happy Hour! ➡️ Thursday, March 20th: Dev & Data Night X The CTO Talks 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm @ Torrey Heights Come join us for an exciting evening of Dev & Data Night X The CTO Talks! This in-person event will feature insightful discussions from top CTOs in the industry. ➡️ Friday, March 21st: SDSU Pitch Competition – Social Venture Challenge 2025 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm @ SDSU Student Union Theater Hear engaging, innovative pitches to solve food security from college students throughout Southern California! 🚀 Check out the full Startup Calendar: startupsd.org/events #SDStartupCalendar #StartupSD #startupsandiego 

Join us on April 7th for the Startup San Diego 1st Mondays – Networking & Expert Panel presented by San Diego Community Power at the UCSD Design and Innovation Building! San Diego Community Power presents Advancing Cleantech Innovation: "How Local Startups Will Meet Our Clean Energy Goals." The night will focus on Cleantech innovations happening here in San Diego and beyond! Jason Anderson, President and CEO of Cleantech San Diego, will give opening remarks. Don't miss the welcome remarks delivered by our Team, San Diego Community Power, and Shane Moise, Senior Manager for Strategic Innovation Alliances at UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization. Moderator, Karin L Burns, CEO of San Diego Community Power will lead the panel discussion. 1st Mondays featured panelists include: ➡️ Zora Chung, Co-Founder, CFO at ReJoule, Inc. ➡️ Gareth Evans, Founder & CEO at VECKTA ➡️ Carlos Felipe Gaitan Ospina, CEO & Co-Founder at Benchmark Labs Inc. Light bites and refreshments will be available. Please purchase your tickets ahead of time, this will be a sold-out event. 🚀 Grab tickets: https://lnkd.in/gFjKrHgJ #1stMondays #StartupSD #StartupSanDiego #Cleantech

Congratulations to the Techstars Anywhere Remote Accelerator 2025 Cohort for their kick-off day at Cooley LLP! Featured startups: ➡️ 💡Marsha Wisely at ATHION Supercharging engineering design and operations for chemical and pharmaceutical plants with AI-driven solutions across the entire lifecycle. ➡️ Thariq Kara at BITE Data Helping global trade professionals spot risks in their supply chain with real-time data and AI-powered screening tools. ➡️ Gia Wiggins PhD, SPHR at Auditocity Simplifying HR compliance with an AI-powered auditing platform that automates risk detection and regulatory adherence for businesses of any size. ➡️ Phillip H. at KindredPM Changing the game for residential property management with AI agents that handle more doors at lower costs while giving tenants and owners ultra-fast, reliable service. ➡️ Dan Baddeley at BestDefense, Inc. Taking cybersecurity to the next level with AI-driven chaos engineering for fast, scalable, and cost-effective digital defense. ➡️ Gaemus ("Shamus") Collins at The Secure AI Corporation Bringing on-premise Generative AI to Aerospace & Defense, securely integrating with sensitive data to boost productivity and drive growth. ➡️ Afrozy Ara at LuminaData Inc. Automating finance and accounting with AI agents that speed up reconciliations 10x. ➡️ Rambod Tabasi, PhD at Bild Making medical device development smoother with automated documentation, real-world data integration, and real-time compliance tracking. 🚀 Learn more about Techstars Anywhere: https://lnkd.in/gjtBDixc #techstars #startups Misti Cain

Applications are officially OPEN to expo at the next 1st Mondays - Networking & Expert Panel presented by San Diego Community Power happening April 7th at the UCSD Design and Innovation Building. This quarterly event brings together 250-300+ founders, startup leaders, talent, students, and the investment community for a night of networking, connections, and ecosystem building. Accepted companies or organizations will receive: ➡️ Two (2) free 1st Mondays tickets (each valued at $35). ➡️ A table covered in black linen (dimensions: 4' x 6'). ➡️ Access to electricity. ➡️ Inclusion in exhibitor promotion across all Startup San Diego social media channels. ➡️ Opportunity to showcase your startup to 250-300+ attendees. 🚀 Apply by Monday, March 31st: https://lnkd.in/gC_ATbGn #StartupSD #StartupSanDiego #1stMondays #SanDiego #Startups

See you this week for networking, research, and design! From Techstars Anywhere community happy hour to SDx's Paper Club, connect with the local startup community! Highlights for this week’s San Diego Startup Calendar, March 10 - 14: ➡️ Monday, March 10th: Techstars Anywhere Remote Accelerator Community Happy Hour | Sponsored by Cooley LLP 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Cooley Join the Techstars Anywhere Team as we kick off our first week of the program and celebrate our Spring 2025 founders with San Diego's top investors, startup leaders, and mentors! ➡️ Tuesday, March 11th: San Diego North County Cyber Meetup 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm @ Eppig Brewing in Vista If you live in North County San Diego and you work in cyber, and you want to hang with like-minded professionals, this event is for you. Let's get together for a beer and conversation. ➡️ Wednesday, March 12th: TMA BlueTech™ Monthly Networking 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm @ Quantum Brewing Join us for TMA’s Monthly BlueTech Networking Event, featuring Safe Harbor Maritime (sfhmaritime.com), a rising leader in San Diego’s maritime security, training, and risk mitigation sector. ➡️ Wednesday, March 12th: Speed Networking with UX Speakeasy 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm @ Novo Brazil Brewing Mission Valley Join us for our annual Speed Networking event! Connect with fellow UX professionals, designers, and researchers in a fun, fast-paced networking game designed to help you meet new faces and reconnect with familiar ones. ➡️ Thursday, March 13th: SDx Paper Club – Liquid Neural Networks 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm @ San Diego, CA The paper club is a meetup where we discuss fundamental machine literature with a focus on language models and diffusion. 🚀 Check out the full Startup Calendar: startupsd.org/events #SDStartupCalendar #StartupSD #startupsandiego

We're excited to be community partners for this year's March Mingle happening Wednesday, March 26th at The Nat in Balboa Park! This is one of the biggest tech gatherings in San Diego bringing together the tech, startup, and developer community all in one place. Savor local beverages and delectable gourmet bites while connecting with fellow members of the tech community. Explore the latest startups and user groups in San Diego, and join us in celebrating the flourishing tech scene in our city. 📍We'll be exhibiting during the event, make sure to stop by and say hi! 🚀 Get tickets: https://lu.ma/8oa2fts2 #MarchMingle #StartupSD #Startupsandiego

The countdown begins! There are only 25 DAYS left to get a Startup San Diego Membership at 50% off the retail price. Startup San Diego Membership benefits include: ➡️ San Diego Startup Week (all-access pass to the annual conference) $199 value ➡️ 1st Mondays ($35 each/quarterly) $140 value ➡️ Last Fridays Co-Working Days at Downtown Works ($25 each/monthly) $300 value ➡️ Get recognition on our website and yearly impact report Membership is a $639 value, get it for $299/year before prices go up to $349 on March 31, 2025! Be at the center of all things startups all year round with our membership plan. 📍 Plus - memberships are tax-deductible. 🚀 Become a member: https://lnkd.in/gkjRTQtk #StartupSanDiego #StartupSD #Membership #Startups #Founders #SanDiego