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Digest #105

For locals, September is the favorite time of year. Based on recent local tech buzz, it sure feels like we're on the other side of summer. Read, below, about Chris Risley's plan to open a Bastille office in Santa Cruz, Etsy's ongoing support for local sellers, a social accelerator pilot program, an ag-tech upstart, and more. And, though headquartered in SF, the well-funded startup, Eaze, has just surfed their services into town. Start reading...

Sara Isenberg, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher

Santa Cruz Tech Beat

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UC Santa Cruz
Computer Science Department

Top Stories:

Chris Risley, local entrepreneur, VC, and angel investor, is now also CEO at IoT security company, Bastille. And, Bastille plans to open a Santa Cruz Office.

Dubbed "the Uber of Pot," Eaze, the medical marijuana distributing startup based in San Francisco (with $11.5M in VC funding) expands their services to Santa Cruz.

Graham Ashcraft from Etsy's seller development team in New York will speak in Santa Cruz on "How to Grow Your Etsy Business" at the September 9 Etsy Meetup.

Santa Cruz social accelerator will launch a 3-month pilot program for startups focused on critical social and environmental issues in Santa Cruz County.

Some of the game industry's most talented game designers are making the leap from development to academia. What is the attraction for veteran developers, including Brenda Romero and John Romero, directors of the MS program in Games & Playable Media at UCSC?

An upstart, home-grown ag-tech company has its product out working farmland in the Salinas Valley with plans to broaden its product line in the next couple of months. Learn more...

Did you miss the September Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup? Here's the buzz...

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Events
Note: Dates, times, and locations are all subject to change. Be sure to check the meetup website for your event.

Wed Sep 9, 6pm: Santa Cruz Etsy Meetup at Santa Cruz Bible Church, 440 Frederick St.

Sat Sep 12, 10am: Santa Cruz Web Developers Meetup at NextSpace.

Tue Sep 15, 6pm: Design Santa Cruz Meetup at NextSpace.

Wed Sep 16, 5pm: Santa Cruz Women's Javascript/FrontEnd Development Meetup at Looker.

Wed Sep 16, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz Bitcoin & Cryto-currency Meetup at NextSpace.

Fri Sep 18, 5-9pm: Choose Santa Cruz (EDO) Popup at Cosmic.
Sun Sep 20, 12noon-4pm: National Drive Electric Day, Parking lot along 41st Ave at Capitola Mall.

Wed Sep 23, 6pm: Santa Cruz WordPress Meetup at Cruzio.

Wed Sep 23, 6:30pm: Santa Cruz County Ag-Tech Meetup at Digital NEST.

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our EVENTS page.

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