Podcast appearances and mentions of neal bloom

Applications are open for the next accelerator program! In this episode, Neal Bloom chats with Misti Cain, the new Managing Director of Techstars San Diego powered by SDSU. They discuss the upcoming Year 3 of the program, the application process, and what makes an ideal founder and company for the accelerator. Misty shares insights into the benefits of the SDSU partnership, the updated investment terms, and the importance of community and mentorship in the Techstars ecosystem. Key Topics: - Introduction of Misty Cain as the new Managing Director - Overview of Techstars San Diego powered by SDSU Year 3 - Application details: Open from April 8 to June 11, 2024 - Ideal founder and company profile - Benefits of the SDSU partnership - Updated investment terms: $220,000 total with $200,000 uncapped MFN safe - Importance of community and mentorship - Shoutout to Ryan Kuder for his contributions to Techstars in San Diego - Misty's favorite taco spot: Puesto in Del Mar   Links and Resources: - Techstars San Diego powered by SDSU Information - Refer Founders   Connect with Misty Cain: - LinkedIn: Misti Cain https://www.linkedin.com/in/misticain/ Connect with Neal Bloom: - LinkedIn: Neal Bloom https://www.linkedin.com/in/nealbbloom - Twitter: @NealBloom https://twitter.com/NealBloom

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. April 4, 2025 Padres 7-0, Dodgers 8-0 in their starts Fred's Q1 report Class of 2025 Cool Companies Fundings: Thatch AI Global M&A data Red markets because of tariffs Qualcomm acquisition news: Acquires Gen AI company & rumored to be considering acquiring UK semiconductor company Cymbiotika ranks 10 fast-growing companies Leadership changes Blender CEO Steps up Shield AI New CEO   Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote 1st Mondays SSD April 7 1 Million Cups April 16 Connect Summer Social June 3

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter.  3/27 We recorded this week's pod live on LinkedIn Live here. What did you think? Neal speaking at Escondido City Council in support of the new AgX Hub NCAA update Pura Vida sold for $1m 23&Me bankruptcy Events.com buying spree Natalie Rocha leaving the UT for NYT Fellowship Entos Pharmaceuticals Expands in Canada Natilus 250,000 sq. ft. facility   Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote Marching Mingle - March 26 StartupSD Co Working Day - March 28 Bootstrappers Event April 1  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. Follow Fred on LinkedIn and X Follow Neal on LinkedIn and X On with the show!   3/20 UCSD/SDSU Basketball in the brackets! Exits: Gretel acquired by NVIDIA Wiz acquired by Google Poppi acquired by Pepsi ServiceNow - made an acquisition Fundings: Trust & Will Series C Occuspace Raises $6M   Tiderock AI   Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks - March 20 SD Startup Mixer - March 24 SD Hardware Meetup - March 25 Marching Mingle - March 26

  Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter.   In this episode we talk about: Top Funding and Ecosystem News from Fred's Business of San Diego newsletter San Diego publicly traded life science companies had a 86% increase performance in 2024 compared to 10-20% in SF & Boston - Fred's post about this Recent fundraises First IPO in SD of 2025! Acquisitions New venture fund from the Prebys Foundation and leadership changes at Connect   Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote Debrief - defense tech dinner & pre-sneak of San Diego Defense Day Founder Build Days on March 19 & 20 Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks on March 20

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. In this episode of the Tacos & Tech Podcast, Neal Bloom sits down with Scot Chisholm, the founder of Highland and co-founder of Classy, to discuss what it truly takes to scale leadership alongside a growing company. After leading Classy from a small startup to its acquisition by GoFundMe, Scot saw firsthand that scaling a company is only possible if you scale its leaders. That insight led to the creation of Highland—a community-driven leadership experience designed for high-growth founders to navigate the challenges of leadership, build better teams, and sustain long-term success. Scot shares the key inflection points in his own journey, the biggest lessons learned, and how founders can avoid the leadership pitfalls that stall growth.  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-hosts in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter.  AND Jonah Peake Jonah Peake, runs The Social Coyote & the Career Coyote newsletters , promoting events and jobs in the San Diego tech ecosystem. Before we dive in, we wanted to thank and ask our listeners 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!   1/30/2025 Fred's trip debrief Dent AI debrief  Any SD Super Bowl ad sighting predictions? Fundings: Biosapien $7m seed Take on 2025 already - new administration, opportunities for SD Iridia sends crypto wallet to the moon  Viasat contract  Northrop contract  Passing the torch at Biocom   Howlin' Jobs! By Career Coyote Top clicked jobs and companies   Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote North County Startup Mixer breaks 200! Founders Institute San Diego applications due this Sunday - Feb 2 Feb Founders Hike - Feb 7

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is guest host Jonah Peake, who previously co-hosted with me and runs The Social Coyote newsletter, promoting events in the San Diego tech ecosystem. 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.   1/24/2025 TechCon SoCal debrief Future of Healthcare debrief Fundings AskTuring Seed $1M Deep Vector Seed $1.5M Xilo Series A $7.2M Sonocharge Energy $23.5M Netradyne Series D $90M Biggest deal of 2024 - Vuori Biggest VC fund raise of 2024 - Neos and StepStone   Howlin' Jobs! By Career Coyote Top clicked jobs and companies Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote Carlsbad Life Action Tech/Sports and Active Lifestyle Gathering - Feb 4 North County SD Startup Mixer San Diego Cyber Group Meetup  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is guest host Jonah Peake, who previously co-hosted with me and runs The Social Coyote newsletter, promoting events in the San Diego tech ecosystem. 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 Tech Community. 1/16/2025 Sending love to our friends and family in LA The Career Coyote! Carlsbad revives commercial flights Fundings Timberlyne Therapeutics $180M Series A Light Horse Therapeutics $62M Series A Rybodyn $4M PreSeed CES Announcements Qualcomm - a lot of diverse chip use cases and AI ecosystem building Illumina & Nvidia collab! Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote TechCon SoCal Preview - Jan 17 & 18 The Future of Healthcare - Jan 22 Carlsbad Life In Action Fashionphile - Feb 4 How to Angel Invest? - Feb 6 SD Founders Hike - Feb 7 From the Pack: - Product Roundtable Lunch- AI + Indie Hackers Happy Hour!- Dent:AI Startup Showcase Reception

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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.  HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1/9/2025 Top headlines Predictions  5 VC Investors Share Hot Takes and Predictions Neal's predictions - IPO market, M&A, Fundings, In person M&A news Coursekey buy out by PSG Poseida deal closed, up $500m in purchase price. $1b to $1.5b Funding Gaming Startup Simulation Theory Raises $2M Seed Funding Crop Diagnostix raises $3.5M Seed Round  Deep Vector Raises $1.5M Developments  $85M film studio under construction in Chula Vista   Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote Startup Grind Carlsbad is back Jan 14 Angel Conference events on Jan 14 and Feb 18 Rumi AI HH - Jan 16 TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18 The Future of Healthcare - Jan 22 ACG San Diego | CapCon24 - Feb 21-22    

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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.    HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1/2/2025 Top Headlines V.C. Activity Tops $6 Billion in 2024 Join the conversation on Fred's LinkedIn post Neal bets Luke Sophinos of Coursekey on number of IPOs in 2025 Fundings Janux Therapeutics - $350m Pleno - $25m growth round Hauler Hero - $10m seed round StartBlue grant award Teradata & Amazon partner on Gen AI GKN Aerospace opens new facility Heron Therapeutics Moves HQ From San Diego to North Carolina   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote SD Founders Hike - Jan. 3 CES - San Diego showcase - let us know if you'll be at CES Join me on Tuesday at this event or Wednesday at this event JP Morgan Healthcare conference January 13-16 (SF/Bay Area) TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. In this episode of the Tacos and Tech Podcast, host Neal Bloom sits down with Colin Loveless of the Vegas Golden Knights, and recent winner at the Top Tech Awards Presented by Cox Business in Las Vegas. Colin shares the behind-the-scenes story of how technology drives performance, fan engagement, and operations for one of the NHL's most exciting teams.   From IT systems to cybersecurity and innovation, Colin explains how he and his team use cutting-edge tools to keep the Golden Knights skating toward success, both on and off the ice.   What You'll Learn in This Episode 1. Colin's Career Journey: How he went from IT enthusiast to managing the tech infrastructure for an NHL team. 2. Tech Innovations in Hockey: Insights into the tools and systems that power the Vegas Golden Knights' operations and fan experience. 3. Winning a Top Tech Award: Colin discusses the projects and contributions that earned him the prestigious recognition. 4. Challenges in Sports IT: Balancing cybersecurity, operational excellence, and real-time performance demands in a high-stakes environment. 5. Future of Sports Technology: Colin's take on how AI, machine learning, and data-driven tools are transforming professional sports. And of course Colin's favorite taco spot!    Thanks to our friends at Cox Business for powering these technology conversations!

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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.   12/11 News Techstars SD by SDSU Demo Day Debrief San Diego GDP ($261B) bigger than 50% of US States and many countries Bio M&A in 2024 - Fred tweet   Fundings: Surglogs CoachIQ - $1.3m preseed AI Chip Startup Kneron Seeks Funds at $1 Billion Valuation   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote North County Startup Mixer - Dec 17 CES - San Diego showcase - let us know if you'll be at CES JP Morgan Healthcare conference January 13-16 (SF/Bay Area) TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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. 12/4 News Funding - SD VC funding through Q3 & Fred's tweet Carlsbad's Vuori secures $825M in funding, reaches $5.5B valuation Amprion raises $15M Series B Acquisitions/M&A -Kate Therapeutics acquired by Novartis for $1.1B -Roche Acquires Poseida for $1.5B -Lundbeck acquires Longboard Pharmaceuticals in $2.6B Neos Partners new fund - $1.37B JLABS supports 190+ biotechs   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote SD Founders Hike - Dec 6 Tech The Halls - Dec 6 - THE tech holiday party! JP Morgan Healthcare conference January 13-16 (SF/Bay Area) TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host in this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world including breaking news, IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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. 11/8 Debriefs: Post-election future Grayson Lafrenz, founder of Power Digital, at SDSU UCSD IGE MedDevice Showcase   News: SD Life Science Office Sitting Vacant  Hydrostasis is alive! Send us your swag! VendiBean The Brant Cooper Leadership Fund application is live - empowering the next generation of startup community builders     Events – for full list – check The Social Coyote Mini Mingle - Nov 14 Don Norman Design Award - Nov 14-15 Discount code: ssd24  Tech The Halls - Dec 6 TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News  I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. My co-host of this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years and now he covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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.   News 10/31 Stocktoberfest, SDSW & health tech event debrief Fundings Wildfire Series B - $16M Serenity EHS - $5.5M Grant funding for Algensis, Cellibre, Onego for bioindustrials Nuclear power making a comeback and General Atomic's fusion tech aims to benefit New CFO at SOCi mPower lands Airbus deal to solar-power satellites Breakthrough Properties   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote SD Founders Hike - Nov 1 EyepopAI & Fresh Brewed Tech Vision Tech Workshop - Nov 5 Tech The Halls - Dec 6 TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18

In this episode of The Jeff Fenster Show, we dive into the fascinating career of Neal Bloom, a connector, community builder, and venture capitalist with a background in aerospace engineering. Neal shares his journey from working on the Space Shuttle program to founding and scaling tech startups, and eventually launching Interlock Capital, a thriving venture capital group.   We explore Neal's passion for building meaningful relationships, his approach to entrepreneurship, and his unique ability to bridge the gap between tech and community. Tune in to hear Neal's insights on how to create value through connection, navigate the startup world, and the importance of betting on people rather than just ideas.   If you're interested in entrepreneurship, venture capital, or building a strong network, this episode is for you!

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. My co-host of this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years and now he covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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. 10/17 News LA Tech Week / SD Startup Week Fred's SD Startup Week article Snap office scoop Danish pharma giant buys San Diego company's epilepsy drug for $2.6B Sendlane CEO moving on Fundraises: Splitero raises $300M Firestorm $20m Model Medicines $14m 858 Therapeutics $50m   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Oct 20-22 Stocktoberfest Interview with Howard Lindzon incl discount code Oct 21-25 San Diego Startup Week Oct 21 SD Startup Week Carlsbad Day Coffee Gathering 2-4pm San Diego Startup Week discount code - Use code “cp30” at checkout for a 30% off discount.  

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, 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. My co-host of this episode is Fred Grier, journalist and author of The Business of San Diego substack. He wrote about the tech industry for the San Diego Business Journal for two years and now he covers the ins-and-outs of the startup world for much of that time, breaking news on IPOs, fundraising rounds, and M&A through his newsletter. 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. 10/6 News Plug and Play debrief Fred's Q3 report SDSU is building out a battery tech campus in Brawley/ ‘Lithium Valley' Gretal AI and Equip Health make LinkedIn's Top Startups List Defense tech news: Kratos growing Three startups land funding from Defense Industry: Onego, Cellibre, Algenesis Corporation Scripps Oceanography wins $10m grant   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Oct 10 Bits and Bio Biotech Mixer Oct 10  Naturally San Diego Fall Fling Oct 20-22 Stocktoberfest Interview with Howard Lindzon incl discount code Oct 21-25 San Diego Startup Week  

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.   9/23 News Recent events debrief Qualcomm reportedly wants to buy Intel Sports news: Oceanside opens $85M Frontwave Arena San Diego FC name Mikey Varas head coach TL Foundation invests $400K in San Diego startups Singular Genomics Receives Acquisition Proposal  Genentech closes of cancer immunology group, layoffs prompt concern Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Sept 23 - Carlsbad Tech Gathering at Shipcalm Sept 24 - Connect Innovation Day Sept 25-27 - Women's Venture Summit Sept 26 - Top Tech Awards San Diego  Oct 2 - Plug and Play Showcase

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.   9/15  Candid Therapeutics raised $370M Eli Lilly, HAYA Therapeutics announce $1B partnership Techstars San Diego Powered By San Diego State University Announces 2024 Class San Diego International Airport secures $26.3M grant from FAA TuSimple Leaving Town San Diego State to Join the Pac-12 Conference Sand Cloud Opens retail space in Pacific Beach  Platform Science acquires Trimble Inc. TwitchCon coming back to SD   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote 9/16 EvoNexus Demo Day 2024 Sept 19 - Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks at Seismic Sept 23 - Carlsbad Tech Gathering at Shipcalm Sept 24 - Connect Innovation Day Sept 26 - Top Tech Awards San Diego  Oct 2 - Plug and Play Showcase   

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. 9/4 Fundings TeachTo.Me raises $5m Events.com goes public with SPAC Carta data - SD top 5 for Series B funding, top 10 for Series A, not in top 10 in early stage funding, pre-seed and seed SOCi hits $100m ARR Dexcom new product QuidelOrtho gets FDA clearance  New CFO at Viasat   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Sept 6 - SD Founders Hike Sept 10 - SDxAI Startup Showcase Sept 16 - EvoNexus Demo Day 2024 Sept 19 - Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks at Seismic Sept 23 - Carlsbad Tech Gathering at Shipcalm Sept 24 - Connect Innovation Day Sept 26 - Top Tech Awards San Diego  Oct 2 - Plug and Play Showcase   

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. 8/26 Fundings PatientPartner Raises $3.5M New Carlsbad Gaming Startup called ModRetro Launches  Inc. 5000 List: Wildfire Systems (top 100), Trovata (554), Shield AI (634), Workiz (825), ZipDev (860), SOCI (1542), GoShare (2506), Cordial (3742) TideRock new investments  KULR gets new battery tech contract with NASA   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote LaunchBio debrief Aug 26 -  Carlsbad Life Science Life in Action Gathering  Sept 6 - SD Founders Hike Sept 12 - Wharton Biotech panel Sept 16 - Evonexus Demo Day Sept 19 - Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks at Seismic Sept 23 - Pitch Deck Workshop for SD Startups  Sept 23 - Carlsbad Tech Gathering at Shipcalm Sept 24 - Connect Innovation Day Sept 26 - Top Tech Awards San Diego  Oct 4 - SD Founders Hike  

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. 8/14 Avalon BioVentures Startup Acquired for 1.3B Earnings Season Read Out Qualcomm up 20% Resmed up 32% Sempra up 5%   San Diego Angel Conference moving to SDSU TuSimple visit EvoNexus Partners with Healthcare Companies to Accelerate Startups Metropolis IQ launches    Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Carlsbad Life in Action Cleantech debrief NuFund Summer Social debrief CEO Retreat in Valle de Guadalupe by SVB, DLA Piper, and  Aug 21 - North County SD Startup Mixer Aug 22 - EDC Summer BashAug 26 - Carlsbad Life Science Gathering at Thermo Fisher Sept 6 - SD Founders Hike Sept 12 - Wharton Biotech panel Sept 16 - Evonexus Demo Day Sept 19 - Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks at Seismic Sept 23 - Pitch Deck Workshop for SD Startups Sept 23 - Carlsbad Tech Gathering at Shipcalm Sept 24 - Connect Innovation Day Oct 4 - SD Founders Hike Oct 20-22 - Stocktoberfest Oct 21-25 - San Diego Startup Week

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. 7/30 Fundings Autobahn Therapeutics - $100M Series C Truvian - $74m Series D+ Alvys - $20m Series A Ciari Guitars - Ciari Guitars Tuning in for Growth Shield AI powering new aircraft  Qualcomm/Snapdragon - Manchester United partnership  American Airlines brings a Carlsbad flight back to Phoenix    Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote North County Mixer - debrief Aug 4 - Brant Cooper Memorial Service Aug 5 - Carlsbad Cleantech Gathering at Aptera Aug 9 - SD Founders Hike Aug 22 - EDC Summer BashAug 26 - Carlsbad Life Science Gathering at Thermo Fisher Sept 12 - Evonexus Demo Day Sept 19 - Dev & Data Night x CTO Talks Sept 23 - Carlsbad Tech Gathering at Shipcalm Sept 24 - Connect Innovation Day Oct 20-22 - Stocktoberfest Oct 21-25 - San Diego Startup Week  

With the passing of Brant Cooper, many of us are finding it helpful to share our stories of how Brant connected, inspired, and continues to push us forward. In this latest recording, Ashok Kamal, Executive Director of NuFund Ventures, and Neal Bloom share how they met, how Brant played a key role in their community development roles, and how they will continue to run with the torch forward. Watch Brant Cooper interview Leo Widrich of Buffer below. See the School of Rap intro song for Founder Fight Club, a Brant Cooper event, below. Join Brant Cooper's Memorial Service by his family on August 4 at 4pm at Powerhouse Park in Del Mar. Donations can be made to the Brant Cooper Leadership Fund here by selecting the appropriate drop down box.

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. 7/24 Fundings $1B in VC funding for Q2 Athletic Brewing raises $50 at a $800m valuation Term Labs raises $5.5m Seed Kandji raises another $100M Element Biosciences raises a $277m Series D Kratos new hypersonic vehicle takes flight Fashionphile is launching a Coronado pop-up this summer in Coronado Eli Lily inks a deal with Radionics that could be worth $1B Novartis is shutting down their SD office and cutting 100 jobs An's Gelato is #1 Gelato in the U.S. Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Event debrief - Carlsbad Life In Action Tech Gathering - July 16, next one Sept 23 Cheryl Goodman's new book launch - July 26 Listen in to our interview with Cheryl here   Carlsbad Life in Action Cleantech Gathering - Aug 5 SD EDC Summer Bash - Aug 22 TEDxSanDiegoWomen - Aug 28 Interlock's event calendar - look for what's public and what's private that we're involved in  

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.   Little Tech Agenda by Marc Andreesen  7/7 News Eli Lilly, Pfizer, J&J incubating the next big drug in San Diego Liquid Instruments Closes $12 Million Round Huega House Hats nearly doubled its 2023 revenue Aptera monetizes its IP portfolio for $130 Million Sonocharge raises $8.5 Million SD's Artiva plans IPO to fund NK cell therapy's autoimmune trials   Events – For full list – check The Social Coyote Look for upcoming Community CoWorking Days - Aquillius and SDx July 11 Morning with Aquillius SD Founders Hike - July 12 Do you want this weekly? Let Neal know SDx events

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.   6/27 News A word about Brant Cooper Industrial & Logistics Tech event debriefs Dexcom layoffs Illumina spins off Grail again Unigrid raises $12m in Series A   Biotech fundings Rapport filed for IPO Iambic Therapeutics Raises $153M Series B Bright Peak Therapeutics Raises $90M Series C   Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote SDx eventsSD Founder Hike - 7/12

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.   6/9 Congrats to Fred on completing his MBA, starting a Masters in Real Estate and writing for the SDBJ again!   TechCon Debrief Rubio's bankruptcy Cue Health Fundings Hauler Hero- $2m Allez Health - formerly Zense - $60M South 8 and Porsche partnership   Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote Connect Summer Social - 6/13 Aquillius Agtech Symposium - 6/19 SD Founder Hike - 7/12

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.   5/17 Stories Nearshoring/Friendshoring Debrief North County Event Debrief SD Angel Conference Debrief Iambic Therapeutics raised $29M Biotech office shutdowns/layoffs PacBio/Omniome shutting SD office Takeda to shut down San Diego research center UCSD Talent Foundry   Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote Aquillius: Medical Devices Symposium May 15 Techstars San Diego: Ask Me Anything & Happy Hour May 16 SDx:HackerClub May 16 Carlsbad Biotech Gathering May 20  

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.   5/6  Fintech founders debrief Cool Companies debrief   Yembo partners with Atlas Vans Logistics tech density and CEO gathering New CEO for Quidel Escient pharmaceuticals acquired by $750M Endera Motors $6m raise NuFund Hits Investment Milestone with 100th Startup   Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote Nearshoring SD/TJ Event - May 8 SD Angel Conference - May 9 SD Founders Hike - May 10

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.   4/29 Headline Stories Naturally San Diego Pitch Slam Competition  Other event debriefs   Q1 Funding Hits $1.57B Log10.io raise RevenueCat Series $12M Series C Behind Genius Ventures Fund 2   Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote Founders Hike - May 10 Get Connected to SD Tech Ecosystem - May 16 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.   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

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.   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

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.   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)

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.   3/22 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 & 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.   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)

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. 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

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

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  

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. 1/19/2024 News ShieldAI increased $500m funding! Johnson & Johnson acquires Ambrx Biopharma for $2B TuSimple shuts down US ops Local breweries are growing again Novo Brazil Brewing Company open Mission Valley location New Amazon robotics-powered sorting center opens in Otay Mesa   Events - For full list - check The Social Coyote Out of town happy hour by Lenny's Newsletter - Jan. 23 Investing in Macroeconomic Trends - Jan. 23 The REC Ribbon Cutting - Jan. 24 AgX Gathering - Jan. 30 SD Founders Hike & Plunge - Feb 2  

Welcome everyone to This Week in San Diego Tech News by Neal Bloom and Fred Grier. I'm Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital. I'm Fred Grier, journalist and author of 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.   News as of January 3, 2024: Happy New Year! 2023 funding Looking ahead to 2024 Epic Gardening  RayzeBio acquired for $4.1B   Events - subscribe to Social Coyote for SD tech events newsletter SD Founders Hike - Jan. 5 Get Connected to the San Diego Tech Ecosystem - Jan. 5 JPMorgan & CES  

Neal: 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. Fred: I'm Fred Grier, journalist and author of SD Founders 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.   12/13 News   Petdesk funding - $100m Harpoon Ventures - $125m Evofem acquisition - $100m Techstars San Diego by SDSU Demo Day  

Starting his career as an Aerospace Engineer where he launched 84 astronauts into space, Neal Bloom now spends his time launching tech companies.  As a Managing Partner at Interlock Capital, Neal helps find, evaluate, fund, and support the best technology companies through their venture fund and angel investor syndicate.  In his conversation with Ryan, Neal drops lots of gems for aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs alike.  He touches on the notion that not all money is created equal, reminding listeners to take the time to find an investor that will go “beyond the check” for your business.  Neal also delves into the intricacies of his decision-making process, shedding light on how he meticulously gathers and analyzes diverse data points to arrive at the most informed decisions.

For our season 10 finale, we're trying something crazy. We're giving you a full pitch from start to finish with no editing whatsoever! Founder Chase Robbins presents his snack delivery business, Handle, to investors Paige Doherty, Neal Bloom, Elizabeth Yin, Mark Phillips and Charles Hudson. Will they back this college dropout who promises on-campus deliveries in 15-minutes or less? Or will they steer clear of a space that's seen billions of VC dollars go up in flames? You can also watch the Handle pitch on YouTube. To learn more about Chase's snack delivery startup and the investors featured on this episode, check out the Handle show page. Enjoying the podcast? Use this link to text a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Venture investors have spent the last decade searching for the killer use case for VR. Today's founder, Andrew McHugh, thinks he's found it with his startup, Wist. But days before Andrew gave his pitch, Apple sent shockwaves through the industry by announcing their new headset, the Vision Pro. Will investors be skittish about the tech giant entering the space? Or is it a sign that VR's big moment has finally arrived? Today's investors are Paige Doherty, Neal Bloom, Elizabeth Yin, Mark Phillips and Charles Hudson. To learn more about Andrew's augmented reality startup and the investors featured on this episode, check out the Wist show page. You can also watch this pitch over on our YouTube channel @thepitchshow. Enjoying the podcast? Use this link to text a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When Madeline Fraser tried to design her engagement ring online, she was stunned to find it couldn't be done. After bringing a cash deposit to a rando in LA, Madeline got her custom ring and, with it, a new business idea. She started Gemist – a vertical SaaS product for jewelers. It's the kind of business VCs love, but that means they'll expect the business to be flawless. Will Gemist pass inspection or will slight imperfections blow the whole deal? Today's investors are Paige Doherty, Neal Bloom, Elizabeth Yin, Mark Phillips and Charles Hudson. If you would like to invest in Gemist, go to pitch.show/gemist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices