Tacos and Tech Podcast

Stanley Kim is the Co-Founder & CEO of WinSanTor, a biotech company focused on developing pharmaceutical solutions to peripheral neuropathy.

Stanley graduated from UC Berkeley after studying genetics…

Brook Sheehan and Rema Abedkader are the co-founders behind Cup O’ Sugar, a mobile app that allows neighbors to connect over sharing and requesting food ingredients.

Single moms and close friends for…

Chad Sweet is the co-founder and CEO of ModalAI, a tech company that provides autonomy solutions for robots, and more recently, drones.

Chad got into the drone industry as an engineer in Qualcomm’s r…

Listen in as Startup San Diego Executive Director Alexa-Rae Navarro joins host Neal Bloom and guest co-host Amy Chang, entrepreneur and angel investor, to discuss the latest tech news in San Diego. T…

Darin Anderson is co-founder & CEO of NXT Robotics, a company that provides service robots to support increased security monitoring and alerting requirements.

Darin got into technology when he purcha…

Teal & Tristan Cooper are the co-founders behind VendiBean, a barista at the touch of a button. The startup’s sleek coffee vending machines can be found in various locations, like college campuses, h…

Bobby Brannigan is co-founder & CEO of Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, which enables local grocery delivery and helps them compete with larger chains in the industry.

B…

Neal & Brittany comment on recent news, like (starting at 16:30):

Fundings: 

Cloudbeds $82M

Gretel $3.5M

AristaMD $18M 

SD Life Changing/Startup SD - Who's Hiring Airtable

Along with upcoming even…

Lou Cooperhouse is CEO of BlueNalu, a startup that’s creating seafood directly from fish cells, a sustainable, ethical, and tasty alternative to traditional seafood. The novel product addresses issue…

Gina Jacobs is the program manager of the San Diego International Airport (SAN) Innovation Lab, a program that works with startups innovating in the airport industry.

A San Diego native, Gina grew up…

Steve Beck is a managing partner at Serra Ventures, an early-stage venture fund focused on IT and agtech. The Illinois-founded fund has about 85 portfolio companies.

Steve grew up in the Bay Area, wh…

Amy Chang is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and healthcare analyst. 

Amy grew up in West Covina and attended college at UC Berkeley. After residing in the Bay Area for nearly a decade, she made her…

[Talk of current happenings in the SD tech scene starts at 24:31]

Mike Krenn is the President & CEO of Connect w/ SDVG, which elevates innovators and entrepreneurs throughout their growth journey by …

Pulkit Agrawal is the CEO and Co-Founder of The 5th Ingredient, a software startup that has developed a platform that breweries can use to track their data from grain to glass.

During his senior year…

Maritza Diaz is the CEO of ITJuana, a startup that enables companies to create software centers of excellence in Tijuana.

Originally from Ecuador, Maritza was working her first job out of college whe…

Al Bsharah is VP of Product Operations at Seismic, a sales enablement platform. The show is also joined by Amy Chang, CEO of Delta Nutrassentials. Neal, Al, and Amy are all members of Tech Coast Ange…

Cody Barbo is Co-Founder & CEO of Trust & Will, an online service making it easy, fast and secure to set up your estate plan.

Originally from Huntington Beach, Cody moved down to sunny San Diego to s…

Alexa-Rae Navarro is the new Executive Director of Startup San Diego, a non-profit that supports entrepreneurs and startups in the local ecosystem. 

Alexa-Rae was born and raised in Riverside and wen…

Rob Rast is Co-Founder & CEO of both FLX Bike and Miles Board, which make electric bikes and skateboards that make commutes kinder to the air that we breathe. 

Originally from Sacramento, Rob spent h…

Kim Walpole is the Co-Founder & CEO of Trials.ai, a startup that’s developing frontier technology that helps research teams develop their clinical trial protocols.

Originally from Bronx, New York, Ki…