Althea Technologies was a San Diego, California-based fully integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing clinical and commercial manufacturing of biopharmaceutical and injectable products. The company was acquired by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and its operations continue under the Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services brand.

AI-driven Amazon/Walmart PPC and DSP advertising automation. Founded 2018 by Nadine Schoepper, Max Hofmann, Dominik Thuesing (Darmstadt Germany). 45 staff, 1,500+ customers in 43 countries, $300M+ ad spend managed, $3B GMV influenced. Acquired by Worldeye Technologies May 2025.

La Jolla CA. Birthplace of Qualcomm — Irwin Jacobs was UCSD professor, named school with $110M gift. Wireless/telecom research dominance. Bioengineering cluster. Strong defense adjacency (Naval Base San Diego proximity). Feeds San Diego defense tech and biotech ecosystems.

Public research university in San Diego — engineering, business, health.

Conservation-science nonprofit behind the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park. Runs the Frozen Zoo — the world's largest cryobank of living cell cultures (~10,000 samples across ~1,000 species), the genetic foundation for conservation genomics and cloning (the Przewalski's horse "Kurt" in 2020 and the black-footed ferret "Elizabeth Ann" in 2021 were cloned from its cell lines). An overlooked life-scienc

San Diego defense tech unicorn. AI-powered autonomous systems for defense. Hivemind: AI pilot software enabling aircraft to fly autonomously in GPS-denied environments. Founded by Brandon Tseng (ex-Navy SEAL), Ryan Tseng, Andrew Reiter. First customer: Naval Special Warfare Command (2016). $2B Series G Jan 2026 at $12.7B valuation. Projected $540M revenue 2026. 1,000+ employees. Notable investors:

La Jolla CA. Jacobs School of Engineering — birthplace of Qualcomm (Irwin Jacobs, UCSD professor). Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Rady School of Management. UC San Diego Health. Torrey Pines Mesa biotech cluster co-located with campus. Strong defense adjacency — Naval Base San Diego proximity. von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center (already in DB as accelerator). Genome sequencing ecosystem: Illu

XiFin is a San Diego, California-based healthcare information technology company and leading provider of SaaS-based revenue cycle management (RCM) and workflow automation solutions. The company empowers healthcare organizations to navigate complex billing and operational challenges across diagnostics and specialty pharmacy.