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The Tacos and Tech Podcast highlights the builders of companies, technologies, and the ecosystem of San Diego with a local flair for our lifestyle as well.
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This Week in San Diego Tech News - March 18, 2024
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Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech.
I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
3/18 Headline Stories
Boundless Bio IPO
AgX Hackathon Debrief
SD Clippers G-League in Oceanside
Techstars Anywhere 2024 cohort announced - SD company Namara Water Tech in the cohort
Techstars San Diego applications are open, due May 22
Firestorm raised $12.5m Seed
Rakuten Medical raised $119M Series E
Argonaut Bio Manufacturing raised $45m
Looq AI raise $2.6M Seed
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
SDSU Chinyeh Hostler Social Venture: H20 Impact Challenge March 15
Dev & Data Night & CTO Talks - March 19
SDx AI coffee meetups - every other week
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Escondido AgX Gathering & Fireside Chat with Jayce Hafner of Farmraise
Listen in to the most recent Escondido AgX Gathering to hear the background to the founding of the AgX community, information session about the Escondido AgX Startup Hackathon, and a fireside chat with Jayce Hafner, co-founder and CEO of Farmraise.
Listen in and join us March 7-9, 2024 for the Escondido AgX Startup Hackathon! -
This Week in San Diego Tech News - Feb 26, 2024
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Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech.
I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
2/26 Headline Stories
Maya’s Cookies
Edge Theory
Crowe PR acquires Eckis Marketing
QuidelOrtho fires CEO Douglas Bryant
Funding News
Rally Corp raises seed funding
Headlight Health raises $18 million led by Matrix and EPIC Ventures
Qualcomm & Intuit Ventures invest in Anthropic (valued at $15B+)
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
StartR Demo Day (February 27)
SDx@HDSI2 (February 28)
SD CTO Talks (February 28) -
This Week in San Diego Tech News - Feb 19, 2024
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Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech.
I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
2/19 News
Qualcomm earnings news - grew 10% last year
Change in leadership, CFO becoming COO
Black Tech Link - new events for STEM learning and careers
Welfie - healthcare platform
New company KRBN coming out of stealth
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
SDSI event debrief
VC Outlook 2024 debrief
ACG event Feb 21-23
Fred’s ACG article
AgX Hackathon March 7-9 -
This Week in San Diego Tech News - Feb 13, 2024
Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech.
I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup community.
2/13/2024 News
More multi-billion $ biotech exits
Inhibrx - $2.2B
Axonics in OC - $3.7B
Talked Ambrx for $2B already
Tyra & many other post-IPO raises
$200M for Tyra Biosciences
$150M for Kura Oncology
Eggscape Entertainment - $4.25M seed
Trust & Will recent raise
Touchdown Ventures, Erie Ventures, Comcasts’ LIFT Labs
Aptera - $33m in crowdfunding
New fund alert! TL Fund by Connect - $15m, all proceeds go back into the fund
Super Bowl ads
In the past - Clickup, Hologic, Cue
Cue Health - layoff 30% of workforce
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
North County meetup debrief
SD VC 2024 Outlook - Feb 13
AgX Hackathon March 7-9 -
This Week in San Diego Tech News - Jan 29, 2024
Listen & subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms.
Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier from Fresh Brewed Tech.
I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.
I’m Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. I wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years. I covered the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A.
Promote the show:
Before we dive in, we wanted to ask our listeners and SD Tech fans to help us grow the show, leave a review and share with one other person who should be more plugged in with the SD Tech Scene. Thank you for the support and for helping us build the San Diego Startup Community.
1/29/2024 News
Resmed invests in Noctrix Health series C
Turquoise Health Series B $30M
Qualcomm-powered NASA Mars helicopter completes 3 year mission
CES recap from Cheryl Goodman
Macroeconomic investment trends event recap
Local Tech layoffs
Apple relocating local Siri team - 150 people impacted
NuVasive - 157 people impacted
Vervent raises $180m for fintech product expansion
Events - Brought to you by the Social Coyote SD Tech Events Newsletter
AgX Gathering Jan 30
SD Founders Hike & Plunge Feb 2
Welcome to SD Tech Call Feb 5
Cool Companies applications are due Feb 9
April 30 Cool Companies showcase
SD VC 2024 Outlook - Feb 13
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Dropped my subscription to SDBJ when I discovered these guys. Ever sit at Starbucks and pretend to read something but you’re really hanging on to every word from a great discussion at the next table? Okay, maybe you’re at a brew pub… point being they have all ears to the ground and it’s a blast to get their insiders’ insights about San Diego’s soaring start-up and tech scenes.