April 14, 2020
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Welcome to The Local Buzz, your inside scoop on San Diego’s tech scene. Keep up to date on our Fresh Brewed Tech website.
BLOOMBITES
Hey all you cool cats and kittens. How are you doing?

It really feels like San Diego and California are working hard at quarantining. We know we’re sacrificing short-term gratification to have a better long-term outcome from COVID-19. Thanks for being diligent. We really are going to get through this together.

In terms of our local ecosystem, we just ended Q1, and we took a deep dive into our funding (which is up year-over-year for now) and other attributes in San Diego. We are also continuing our SD Tech Mafia series, documenting HNC’s tech family tree’s contributions to the local ecosystem. And our newest team member, UCSD student Tanvi Bajaj, covers another Triton startup, InfoPost , which aims to filter out fake news.

Stay safe and healthy,

Follow @FreshBrewedTech on Twitter for daily SD tech news.
ORIGINAL BREW
Our team of  local writers   gives a fresh look inside the San Diego tech ecosystem past and present
TACOS & TECH PODCAST
Episode #46

Brittany Meiling of the SD Union Tribune joined the pod to chat about what’s happening in local tech lately. Listen in.

Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support of our tech ecosystem.
RECENT DEALS
Aspen Neuroscience, $70M with OrbiMed, Section 32, Sam Altman, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Domain Associates, and ARCH Venture Partners

AristaMD, $18M with Stanford Health Care, The CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Cigna Ventures, and Avalon Ventures

Cue, $13M with Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
ACQUISITIONS
Curzion Pharmaceuticals acquired by Horizon Therapeutics, $45M
JOBS SPOTLIGHT
Even with the world turned upside down recently, certain companies are still hiring. This live job board by SD Life Changing, StartupSD, and Connect shows open roles. Companies can add their roles if they are hiring, too.

Podcast/Email Growth Marketer, Fresh Brewed Tech (Remote) 😎

Project Manager, BlueNalu (Sorrento Valley)

Revenue Operations Manager, GoSite (Mission Valley)

Solutions Architect, Classy (Downtown)

Sales Administrator, Gamma Scientific (Mira Mesa)

Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner, SeaSpine (Carlsbad)

Software Engineer, Ezoic (Carlsbad)

OEM Account Manager, Brain Corp (Sorrento Valley)

Product Manager II, Lytx (UTC)

AI Robotics Systems Test Engineer, Shield AI (Downtown)
UPCOMING * VIRTUAL * EVENTS
Enjoy these events from the comfort and safety of your own home
Founders First CDC: How To Market and Sell Remotely in the COVID-19 Reality, April 16

Meta by Acai: Startup Community Virtual Networking, April 16

2020 Top Tech Awards Nominations, due April 24

Classy: The Can’t-Miss Virtual Non-Profit Event of the Year, June 9-12

Application: Advancing San Diego - Get free talent for your small company!, apply now
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