Best Steakhouses in San Diego

• Bob’s Steakhouse (Encinitas)
• Born and Raised (Little Italy)
• Cowboy Star (Downtown)
• Rare Society (Solana)
• Steak 48 (Del Mar)
• Eddie V's (La Jolla)

What else am I missing?

Had a great time speaking at Cell Bio 2024 today alongside SD-based life science VCs:

• Aiden, VC at Insight Partners
• Mohamedi VC at NuFund Ventures
• Leah + MyPhuong Le VCs at Aquillius Corp

Spoke about:
- SD remains a #3 biotech hub in U.S.
- AI trends in biotech
- and more

SD Biotech M&A Tops $15B

Here's the largest acquisitions:

RayzeBio ($4.1B)
Longboard Pharma ($2.6B)
Inhibrx Bio ($2.2B)
Ambrx ($2B)
Poseida ($1.5B)
Escient Pharma ($750M)
Evofem Bio ($100M)

Despite a tough year for biotech...

Big pharma continues to expand into San Diego

Meeting in Bird Rock, La Jolla

Private equity scene grows in San Diego

Neos Partners, a firm that backs companies in clean-energy & data centers has raised $1.37B for its fund II.

The firm is led former investors at @Oaktree, which has more than $200B assets under management.

Full scoop, now live.

Chicago 🛬 San Diego

- 63 degrees
- Sunny with few clouds
- incredible view of the ocean

America’s Finest City 🏙️

More ppl should consider San Diego:

• Most underrated city in the world
• Ton of smart talent (w/ ucsd, usd, sdsu)
• Access to Mexico-TJ borders
• 8th most largest city in US
• Solid food, music, art scene
• Great beaches everywhere

What else am I missing?