Tacos and Tech Podcast Neal Bloom

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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.
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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.
 
4/15 Headline Stories
Illumina new execs
Startups acquiring other startups 
     Drata acquired Harmonize.io
     Shield AI acquired Sentient Vision Systems
Platform Science raise $125M in growth capital
Trident IoT raises $10M seed
Battery tech ecosystem      
     Carlsbad cleantech hub - including Zap, Smartville, ALE, Aptera
     Carlsbad cleantech ecosystem event April 29
     Cleantech Showcase April 24
 
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
ASU+ GSV edtech in SD April 14-17
From Dorm Rooms to Board Rooms April 17th at UCSD
Get Connected to SD Ecosytem April 19
Alternative Protein Conference at SDSU April 22
Escondido AgX Gathering April 23
Cleantech Showcase April 24
Carlsbad cleantech ecosystem event April 29
SD Founders Fintech lunch April 30

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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.
 
4/8
Biolinq raise
Natilus - Interlock participating in their latest round
Defense tech ecosystem
Harpoon defense tech meetup debrief
Alterome Therapeutics raises $132M Series B
Splash raise $4.5m
Tide Rock acquires CABLENET Aerospace
 
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
SaaS Diego – Fundraising for your SaaS Startup April 9
Welcome to SD Virtual Gathering - April 19
TechCon SoCal May 24
Founders Hike May 10

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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.
 
4/1 Headline Stories 
 
Contineum Therapeutics IPO
Former Prometheus execs raise $400M
Most Active Tech VCs
Daasity Acquires Red Fox Analytics



Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
March Mingle recap
Harpoon Ventures Defense Tech Meetup April 4
April Founders Hike April 5
San Diego Angel Conference (Tickets now live - May 9th)
CleanTech Happy Hour (Apr 10)

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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.
 
3/22 Headline Stories 
Dev and Data CTO Talks debrief
 
Bio Fundings
Capstan Therapeutics raises $175 million
Engrail Therapeutics $157M Series B
Carlsmed Series C
Q1 VC Funding Report 
Brain Corp $32M investment
Taner donates $25M to UCSD
 
Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote
March Mingle March 27
Use discount code fresh-brewed-tech for 10% off
Harpoon Ventures Defense Tech Meetup  April 3
TechCon SoCal - May 24

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.
 
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
 

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!