This Week in San Diego Tech News - Feb 13, 2024

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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2/13/2024 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