Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!

I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partners.

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 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!

2/13

Super Bowl ads worth mentioning:

Rain Drop Agency. Manscape, TurboTax/Intuit, Poppi/Pepsi (local investors)

SD Regional GDP/Economics report & event debrief

UCSD leading NASA missions

Biotech

Iambic inks $1.7B deal with Takeda

Former DermTech CEO launched a new co.

Neomorph Signed New Lease - 83,000 SFT

Tech

Natilus Raised $28M in Fresh Funding

Hauler raised $16M

Opaque raised, CEO is in SD, team is in SF

Drata Opens SF office

Curated Events List – For full list – check The Social Coyote

Alliance Societal Impact - Family Office Summit March 15-16

March Mingle March 25

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