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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