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    Tacos and Tech Podcast

    The Tacos and Tech Podcast highlights the builders of companies, technologies, ecosystems with a local flair for our lifestyle as well.

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    This Week in San Diego News - January 9, 2025 Jan 09, 2025
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    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

    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


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - December 5, 2024 Dec 06, 2024
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    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.

    12/5 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


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - July 26, 2024 Jul 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.

    7/26

    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


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - July 8, 2024 Jul 08, 2024
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    It’s time for a refresh for Fresh Brewed Tech and the Tacos and Tech Podcast.

    We’re trying out Substack and I hope you enjoy it. I put out 1-2 podcast episodes per week so it’s time to share those more widely. Listen in to this week’s latest This Week in San Diego Tech News and reply with your feedback. What do you want us to cover?Show notes for this week’s episode: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

    7/8 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

    * 💻 AI Hacker Club: Tue, July 16th, 6-8pm | https://lu.ma/dtwrgba3

    * 📚 AI Paper Club:

    * Thu, July 11th, 6-8pm | InstructPix2Pix: https://lu.ma/zg441svz – presented by Panna Felsen

    * Thu, July 25th, 6-8pm | Scaling Monosemanticity: https://lu.ma/v2aqei21 – presented by Diego Caples

    * Carlsbad Tech Founders event – July 16

    * Carlsbad Cleantech Founders – July 29


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - July 1, 2024 Jul 02, 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.

    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 events
    SD Founder Hike - 7/12


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - June 10, 2024 Jun 13, 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.

    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


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - May 17, 2024 May 17, 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.

    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


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    2024 Techstars San Diego Powered by San Diego State University with Ryan Kuder May 13, 2024
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    Welcome to the Tacos and Tech Podcast, where we interview innovative builders and leaders.

    This week I am excited to interview Ryan Kuder, Managing Director of Techstars San Diego Powered by San Diego State University.

    Ryan is a serial startup operator, ecosystem builder, and Techstars Accelerator leader. He was previously on the podcast and you can listen in to hear more about his background here.

    In this latest conversation, he shares the benefits of an accelerator and what kind of company is right for Techstars. Applications are due by May 22, 2024 for the Techstars San Diego Fall 2024 Accelerator. Apply here.

    Ryan is consistent in his taco choice, which is the acclaimed meats and ingredients from El Nopalito in Encinitas and making the tacos at home.

    Subscribe and share this podcast to enable us to tell great stories about great people.


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    This Week in San Diego Tech News - May 6, 2024 May 07, 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.

    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


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

    The Future of Connectivity with Jodi Duva & Chris Whelan of Cox Business May 02, 2024
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    Welcome to the Tacos and Tech Podcast, where we interview innovative builders and leaders.

    On today's show we have Jodi Duva, Vice President of Cox Business, California and Chris Whelan, Director of Enterprise, Cox Business, San Diego.

    Cox Enterprises is a 126 year old fourth-generation family run company. It has been at the forefront of media and connectivity, from its early days in newspapers, to its latest in connected infrastructure.

    On this episode we talk about trends the leadership team is seeing in broadband, AI, managed services, and San Diego's newest arena, Frontwave Arena, the new home to the San Diego Clippers.

    Tune in to hear what Jodi and Chris are hearing from businesses as technology needs and their favorite taco spot.

    Remember to get your nominations in for your favorite tech exec for the Top Tech San Diego Awards in by May 8!


    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe

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