This Week in San Diego Tech – Aug 22, 2025

Listen & subscribe on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms.Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partners, building and investing in community.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!Aug 22Defense Tech Founders Event Recap of autonomous tech and military end-usersNew org leaders: Connect - James Z. Naturally San Diego - Renee Solares Techstars - Misti CainBuyBack Ventures launchesFundingSrt Therapeutics - $47MCeresti $11MIlundent - $4M Seed RoundM&AGroGuru acquired by Goanna AgGatsby acquired KlayvioCurated Events List – For full list – check The Social CoyoteDefense Tech Build Day - Aug 28Gaming Gathering Build Day - Sept 2SD Defense at SoCal Deep Tech - Sept 16 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