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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!
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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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2/26 Headline Stories
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)
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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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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
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
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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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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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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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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.
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News as of January 3, 2024:
Happy New Year!
Looking ahead to 2024
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.
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12/13 News
Petdesk funding - $100m
Harpoon Ventures - $125m
Evofem acquisition - $100m
Techstars San Diego by SDSU Demo Day
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.
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11/14 News
Payroll Integrations - $20M raise
ShieldAI - $200M raise Series A
Algenisis - $5M raise
Deloitte Fast 500
CEO/CFO post-event debrief
Interlock Capital last call for Fund I
Events by The Social Coyote
7CTOs/0111 post-event debrief
SD Tech Coffee Downtown
North County Tech Mixer
SD Tech Hub - Nov 14
HomeLab at UC San Diego Nov. 16
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.
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Week of Oct 30 News
Guest co-host Anshel Sag, Principal Analyst of Moor Insights & Strategy
Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit recap
Apple M3 Announcement
Debut Biotech $40M Series B
Daou Wine $900M acquisition
Viasat satellite update
Events
SD Startup Week recap
San Diego Founders Hike - Nov 3
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