February 18, 2020
THE LOCAL BUZZ

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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
It’s mid-February and we’re already talking about San Diego Startup Week May 26-30! In fact, I already booked my hotel to stay the week downtown. For anyone else planning to stay locally, I booked at the Horton Grand Hotel. Have you bought your ticket and checked out all the speaker sessions that are open for voting? Tell the organizing team what you want to hear by voting now ! I have at least three sessions I am honored to be a part of: How to clone yourself and market your brand better , Building a marketing and sales funnel workshop , and Successfully navigating the San Diego startup ecosystem . Each year gets bigger and better so don’t miss out!

Speaking of San Diego’s ecosystem growth, we continue to map our local tech mafia for Fresh Brewed Tech. Today’s newsletter features Part 2 of the HNC Mafia , and Al Bsharah of Seismic stopped by the podcast studio to talk about the latest happenings in SD tech. Check out this week’s episode .

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ORIGINAL BREW
Our team of  local writers   gives a fresh look inside the San Diego tech ecosystem past and present
TACOS & TECH PODCAST
Season Three, Episode Seven

What's Happening in SD Tech in February with Al Bsharah of Seismic.

Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support of our tech ecosystem.
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RECENT DEALS
ecoATM, $200M with Cowen Group

Lumos Diagnostics, $15M with Planet Innovation

OpenBlender, $100k with undisclosed investor(s)

Seqster, amount undisclosed with Takeda Pharmaceuticals
ACQUISITIONS
p2k Labs by CleanSpark, amount undisclosed
JOBS SPOTLIGHT
Development Engineer, NuVasive (Sorrento Valley)

Digital Marketing Associate, Cordial (Downtown)

Project Manager - Customer Education, Seismic (Del Mar)

IT Systems Engineer, Vuori (Carlsbad)

Regional HR Partner - Americas, Teradata (Rancho Bernardo)

Product Education Engineer, HashiCorp (Remote)

Financial Analyst, Cubic Corporation (Kearny Mesa)

Mechanical Engineer, Quidel (Sorrento Valley)

Talent Acquisition Coordinator, Greenwich Biosciences (Carlsbad)

Manager of Sales Development, PetDesk (Bankers Hill)
UPCOMING EVENTS
SD Robotics Club : Autonomous AI Robots presented by Dr. Bruce, February 18

Open San Diego: Collaborative Community Work Jam, February 18 & 25

Launch Factory applications due February 21

SD Code School: Let's Learn SQL, a Workshop for Beginners, February 22

Connect w/ SD VG: How Leaders Create a Winning Future, February 25

Connect w/ SD VG: Meet a Mentor Day, February 25

San Diego Tech Hub February Meeting, February 25

JLABS: Debt vs Equity, February 27

San Diego Changemaker Chat with Heather Moyer, February 27

SCALE Innovation Challenge 2020 Info Session, February 28

IGNITE | SCALE | SAN DIEGO : Innovation Week , February 28 - March 8

SoftStack Factory: Intro to Programming Class, March 2 - 25

Becoming an Influential Female Leader, March 4

Cool Companies by Connect w/ SDVG applications due early March
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