This Week in San Diego News - January 9, 2025

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms.Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News! I’m Neal Bloom from Fresh Brewed Tech, the Tacos and Tech Podcast, and Interlock Capital.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 ask our listeners and SD Tech fans 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. HAPPY NEW YEAR!1/9/2025 Top headlinesPredictions 5 VC Investors Share Hot Takes and PredictionsNeal’s predictions - IPO market, M&A, Fundings, In personM&ACoursekey buy out by PSGPoseida deal closed, up $500m in purchase price. $1b to $1.5bFundingGaming Startup Simulation Theory Raises $2M Seed FundingCrop Diagnostix raises $3.5M Seed Round Deep Vector Raises $1.5MDevelopments $85M film studio under construction in Chula VistaCurated Events List – For full list – check The Social CoyoteStartup Grind Carlsbad is back Jan 14Angel Conference events on Jan 14 and Feb 18Rumi AI HH - Jan 16TechCon SoCal - Jan 17-18The Future of Healthcare - Jan 22ACG San Diego | CapCon24 - Feb 21-22 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