69 Best Startups in San Diego to Watch in 2024

Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.

Total Raised: $900.00M

Last Funding: $900.00M (Series A)

Shield AI is a company building artificially intelligent systems like drones for use by military service members and first responders.

Total Raised: $428.10M

Last Funding: $90.00M (Series E)

Lomond Therapeutics creates pharmacological platforms that target escape mutations.

Total Raised: $44.00M

Last Funding: $44.00M (Unknown)

Programming biolCellibre is a best-in-class manufacturing technology company.. Employing an organism-agnostic approach, we turn cells into specialized, sustainable factories for the manufacture of globally significant products at scale.ogy to turn cells into factories company

Total Raised: $18.21M

Last Funding: $6.71M (Unknown)

MiLaboratories is a bioinformatics solutions to probe adaptive immunity founded in 2021 by Stanislav Poslavsky.

Total Raised: $12.30M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Series A)

SaaS. Content Creation Platform for eCommerce

Total Raised: $14.90M

Last Funding: $8.90M (Series A)

Citadel builds an automated and modular drone defense system that uses machine learning algorithms to detect and engage drones.

Total Raised: $13.80M

Last Funding: $12.00M (Series A)

RF semiconductor company creating advanced radio frequency technology.

Total Raised: $18.91M

Last Funding: $18.91M (Unknown)

Designer and manufacturer of materials that absorb radio frequency and microwave signals.

Total Raised: $1.48M

Last Funding: $1.48M (Unknown)

Application composition platform for building applications on Kubernetes using open-source software.

Total Raised: $3.32M

Last Funding: $3.32M (Unknown)

Online survey platform incorporating AI, analytics automation, and crowd intelligence.

Total Raised: $2.25M

Last Funding: $2.25M (Unknown)

BetaEasy is a San Diego-based company founded in 2010.

WellPaid is a San Diego-based company.

Inseego is a San Diego-based mobile and fixed wireless connectivity company founded in 1996 by Dan Mondor.

A software company offering 3D face authentication services on mobile devices.

A company focused on developing products for oncology surgery and therapeutic intervention

Housecall Pro is a company founded in 2013.

Locanabio is a San Diego, California-based biotechnology company developing RNA-targeting gene therapies.

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TuSimple is a San Diego-based logistics company.

Tillster, Inc. is a San Diego-based restaurant company founded in 2006.

A company developing technologies and tools for oncology, agricultural genomics and in diagnosing prenatal and retinal disorders

Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm investing in technology startups in South Africa.

GenMark Diagnostics is a Carlsbad, California-based medical diagnostics company founded in 2010 and developing point-of-care diagnostic software and instruments.

Supply chain management platform for top food supply, distribution, and service companies.

Last Funding: $0.00M (Unknown)

Pairwise uses CRISPR, gene editing and natural diversity in agricultural crops to address global food challenges. The company is working to develop new varieties of crops.

Cerebras is an AI company building computer systems designed to accelerate AI workflows.

Achates Power is a San Diego-based company founded in 2004.

Astrome is a wireless technology development company using wave technology to offer wireless backhaul solutions.

GoSite is a San Diego-based company founded by Alex Goode.

Hookit is a company founded in 2001.

A San Diego-based company that produces endomicrobial products for animals.

Kneron develops and provides edge AI-based integrated software and hardware for a variety of industries.

Developer of a liquid biopsy technology designed to revolutionize the early detection of cancer in pets.

Developer of therapeutic discovery quantum molecular simulation engine designed to accelerate molecular discovery.

Kandji is a San Diego-based device management software company developing a device management platform for Apple devices.

Yembo is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Zach Rattner.

PetDesk is a San Diego-based company founded in 2011 by Taylor Cavanah, Ken Tsui and Aaron Bannister.

A biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics