Tacos And Tech Podcast

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!2/13Super Bowl ads worth mentioning:Rain Drop Agency. Manscape, TurboTax/Intuit, Poppi/Pepsi (local investors)SD Regional GDP/Economics report & event debriefUCSD leading NASA missionsBiotechIambic inks $1.7B deal with TakedaFormer DermTech CEO launched a new co.Neomorph Signed New Lease - 83,000 SFTTechNatilus Raised $28M in Fresh FundingHauler raised $16MOpaque raised, CEO is in SD, team is in SFDrata Opens SF offic