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

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