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Rebuilding the Protein Stack
Tony Martens, co-founder of Plantible Foods, joins Neal to walk through the company’s eight-year arc - from a free greenhouse in San Marcos to a comm…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
SAFEs, Notes, and SPVs
Angel Academy Session 5 brings in Brian Dirkmaat, a startup attorney at Rimon, P.C and longtime SDAC sponsor, to walk the room through the legal mech…
3 months ago
From Operator to Fund Manager
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Neal sits down with Will Alaynick, managing partner at Phase Two Ventures, for a fireside chat on what it actually looks like to go fr…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Operator's Edge: From San Diego Angel Academy
Angel Academy Session 3 brings together a panel of San Diego operators who crossed over to the investor side - including Katherine Chapin, Dane Chapi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
This Week in San Diego Tech News - May 2026
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Welcome everyone to the weekly San Diego Tech News!
I’m Neal Bloom from Rising Tide Partners.
This week, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Two Operators Learned Writing First Checks
Angel Academy Session 2 puts two founder-turned-investors on stage: Neal Bloom and Ashok Kamal. Both built companies, stumbled through first exits, a…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Podcast with Paige Craig of Outlander VC: People Over Plans
Neal sits down with Paige Craig, Founder and Managing Partner at Outlander VC, the first-check fund that backs founders as early as humanly possible.…
4 months ago
A portfolio approach to angel investing
The 2026 San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) kicks off with Angel Academy Session 1, hosted at SDSU's ZIP Launchpad. Neal Bloom walks a room of aspirin…
4 months, 1 week ago
The AI Strategy Gap
In this weeks episode, I sit down with Grayson LaFrenz and Chad Lohrli, two of the co-founders of Cadre AI, the San Diego-based AI strategy and integ…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Four Questions Before You Write the Check
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Neal Bloom takes the stage at the 2026 San Diego Angel Conference Knowledge & Networking Event at SDSU to walk a room full of aspiring…
4 months, 3 weeks ago