November 23, 2021
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BLOOMBITES
A lot to be thankful for after a whirlwind year. Mostly, it’s you — leaders, connectors, builders, givers. I’m thankful for your attention, passion, and willingness to make our community better. 

We started FreshBrewedTech (FBT) to shout from the rooftop that San Diego is a tech destination worth knowing and great people are building great tech. Step one is about informing you and step two is about you sharing with your network. If you look at all of the social posts every time there’s a new fundraiser, that’s us all sharing in the success. 

So take the next week to be proud of where we’ve come.

And then next week, we get back to work because we’re not done. Far from it. 

We ride this wave to the next heights, which includes continuing to build great companies and taking our learnings to help new companies start, and recycle our time, talents, and capital.

Thanks for being a part of this epic ride!
Neal

Join us every Friday for our Fast Five SD Tech Stories on Clubhouse and recent recordings here:

  • San Diego & Tijuana win the designation as World Design Capital
  • Roswell Biotech has developed a microchip to diagnose diseases
  • JuneShine is leading the new fast growing alcoholic kombucha category, raises new capital
  • Citadel Defense, drone defense company, is acquired
  • Support Startup San Diego’s #GivingTuesday campaign purely by shopping on Amazon. See more here


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ORIGINAL CONTENT
Tech undoubtedly changed almost every aspect of the way businesses operate throughout the last 18 months. When the pandemic first hit, there was a lot of talk about how businesses should adopt technology to transition away from traditional settings. Now that nearly two years have gone by, let’s examine what technological strategies small businesses are utilizing to keep up the momentum.
TACOS & TECH PODCAST

Jasmine LeFlore is co-founder of Greater Than Tech, a local nonprofit organization designed to create the next tech business leaders by teaching girls of color the intersectionality of engineering and business. As someone who always dreamed of being an aerospace engineer, Jasmine said she wanted to help girls define their own path to engineering.
JOBS SPOTLIGHT
The talent market is hot especially for tech talent. Check out the new ‘stealth’ job board by Fresh Brewed Tech for early access. Full launch coming soon.
vertisystem (San Diego)

Linus Health (San Diego)

Hansen Technologies (Carlsbad/remote)

ParkerWhite Brand Interactive (Encinitas)

Bolt (San Diego)

Leica Biosystems (Vista)

Fluidra (Carlsbad)

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer NanoCellect Biomedical (San Diego)

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UPCOMING EVENTS
Founders First CDC, Applications due November 30

NetworkNite, December 2

Bitcoin & Open Blockchain - San Diego, December 7

Thinkful San Diego, December 8

Tech San Diego, December 8
RECENT FUNDINGS
Kandji, management platform for apple devices, $100M Series C with Tiger Global Management

Recludix Pharma, developing platform to treat cancer patients, $60M Series A with New Enterprise Associates

Workiz, online platform for managing home services work teams, $40M Series C with Lead Edge Capital

JuneShine, hard-kombucha, $24M Series B with Amberstone Ventures, Litani Ventures

Mingsight Pharmaceuticals, ophthalmic medical drugs, $20M Series B with Kaitai Capital

Novoron Bioscience, pharmaceutical therapies for nerve regeneration in CNS, $3M Seed with Two Bear Capital
AQUISITIONS
Eton Bioscience by Codex DNA for $13M

Women's Health Care Research by Wake Research

Jackrabbit Microware by FleetFeet

Citadel Defense by BlueHalo

LabArchives by Insightful Science

180Commerce by Cart.com
SD-BASED INVESTORS IN THE NEWS
Section 32 invests in Arbor Biotechnologies, Mekonos, MedArrive

N7 Labs invests in Wicrypt

Kardia Ventures invests in 9D NFT, Real Realm

Correlation Ventures invests in Axiom Cloud
Spark Growth Ventures invests in Pathology Watch

Resilience invests in Cellevolve Bio

StepStone Group invests in Gradle Inc.
TACO TO YOU LATER
Happy Thanksgiving!
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