Inside the San Diego Angel Conference

Episode Summary

Recorded live at the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC 8) finale at SDSU, where Neal - the SDAC Fund 8 manager - and 40+ investors spent months turning 135 applications into six finalists, then handed out the checks on stage. You’ll hear all six pitches:

• Cytodyme’s compliance automation for biotech,

• Vium’s sinus device that makes antibiotics 36x more effective,

• Polyvascular’s pediatric heart valve that grows with the child,

• Shezza’s viral anti-blister sock (funded by a cross-country lawnmower race),

• SESH’s blood test for a cancer biomarker most thought impossible to detect, and

• My Village Innovations’ first reimagined speculum in 180 years.

Key Topics

• How SDAC turns 135 applications into six finalists

• 40+ investors building conviction together

• Cytodyme: compliance automation for biotech & medtech

• Vium: a device that makes antibiotics 36x better

• Polyvascular: a heart valve that grows with the child

• Shezza: the viral anti-blister sock funded by a lawnmower race

• SESH: a blood test for an “impossible” cancer biomarker

• My Village Innovations: the first new speculum in 180 years

Links & Resources

• San Diego Angel Conference

• SDSU Lavin Entrepreneurship Center

• The Lean Startup

• Companies featured: Cytodyme, Vayim, Polyvascular, Shezza Socks, Sesh, My Village Innovations (ROSA Spec)

Connect on LinkedIn

• Neal Bloom

• San Diego Angel Conference