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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-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
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