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pants2 8 hours ago

San Diego is really a hub for health wearables! Tijuana to an extent too.

Oura - based in SD.

Dexcomm - based in SD.

Omnipod/Insulet - major R&D hub in SD & TJ.

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pedalpete 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Oura is headquartered in Oulu Finland and the main US office is in SF.

San Diego does have a bunch of health tech, but it pales in comparison to Boston.

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bonsai_spool 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> San Diego does have a bunch of health tech, but it pales in comparison to Boston.

I don't have firm data on this, but colloquially among medical people, San Diego is seen to have more biotech startups than any other metro, including Boston/SF.

Boston has more research, of course, though SD is competitive there as well.

We can disagree about numbers etc, but 'pales' doesn't reflect reality.

edit: https://www.cbre.com/insights/local-response/global-life-sci... -- support for it being an important life science market

	▲	fapjacks 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have worked in tech in many different cities and when I worked for a startup in San Diego, we were surrounded by health tech companies of all sizes. I've never worked in Boston, but I would say San Diego is definitely a health tech hub.