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6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech

TechCrunch

“Most of the companies we have seen have an AI component to support the discovery or development processes,” Francisco Dopazo, a general partner at Humboldt Fund told TechCrunch recently. We spoke with: Robert Mittendorff, M.D , general partner and head of healthcare, B Capital. Shaq Vayda , principal, Lux Capital.

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Inside the pitch deck that won Heartbeat Health’s first investment check

TechCrunch

but the healthcare industry spends more money helping patients after they get sick, instead of keeping them healthy. As part of the firm’s investment due diligence in Wessler, Kindred helped recruit technical co-founding partners. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.,

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How Antler East Africa is building early-stage startups with experienced professionals

TechCrunch

” It helps founders build complementary co-founding teams, provides support with deep business model validation and a global platform for scaling their businesses. Melalite Ayenew is the firm’s tech partner. After six months of incubation, the firm invests in the teams they can help further.

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Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers

TechCrunch

The company also offers due diligence and acquisition financing from Thrasio-owned Yardline Capital and a new service called Flippa Legal. The company will also invest in marketing and product development to scale its business valuation tool that Hutchison likens to the “Zillow Zestimate,” but for online businesses.

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Growing Our Global Delivery and Medtech Software Development Expertise with the SMEDIX Acquisition

Perficient

For more than 25 years, we’ve grown our presence, our talent, our skills, and our global footprint so that we can continually provide critical Agile software development and delivery services to the world’s biggest brands. Today, we’re thrilled to welcome nearly 175 new colleagues to the Perficient team.

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What it takes to succeed as a CIO today

CIO

The market for technology talent has been white hot over the past year. The four of us had a wide-ranging conversation about the broader environment and how it’s affecting the role of technology leaders. The four of us had a wide-ranging conversation about the broader environment and how it’s affecting the role of technology leaders.

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Meet the 50 CISOs to Watch in 2024

Lacework

Beyond technology, it’s their adaptability, creative problem-solving, and commitment to progress. Recognizing the increasing challenges yet often underappreciated role of these professionals, we launched the 50 CISOs to Watch initiative last year to celebrate the CISOs demonstrating outstanding technical and leadership qualities.

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