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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of April: Xaira And Pine Gate Lead Huge Month Of Megadeals

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April also saw a half-dozen rounds of a quarter-billion dollars or more, including a $1 billion round for an AI-enhanced biotech. Xaira Therapeutics , $1B, biotech: The biggest round in April was really big. Augment , $227M, artificial intelligence: AI coding startups are making a big splash. Let’s take a look.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: xAI Laps Field In Another Slow Week

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xAI , $6B, artificial intelligence: Elon Musk ’s generative AI startup, xAI, officially announced its long-awaited fundraise — making it the second-most-valuable generative AI company in the world behind only competitor OpenAI. Founded in 2008, the company has raised $145 million, per Crunchbase. billion upfront.

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Applied Intuition And Luminary Cloud Rise Above

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Zephyr AI , $111M, biotech: Mclean, Virginia-based healthcare startup Zephyr AI closed a $111 million Series A from investors that included Revolution Growth and Eli Lilly & Company. Like many biotech startups raising big money currently, Zephyr is bringing AI to the sector. million Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins.

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Sectors where New Zealand startups are poised to win

TechCrunch

Deep tech, medtech/biotech, climate tech, and crypto and blockchain are all areas that investors say they’re either actively investing in or watching for signs of scale. Blockchain NZ Chair Bryan Ventura. Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space.

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6 investors and founders forecast hockey-stick growth for Edinburgh’s startup scene

TechCrunch

The city’s tech ecosystem appears to have a robust space for machine learning, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, fintech, travel tech, oil, renewables, e-commerce, gaming, health tech, deep tech, space tech and insurtech. Weak in blockchain and consumer. Strong in machine learning/AI/digital.

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Agritech startups, innovations & facts

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AgriTech is the use of technology in agriculture with the aim of improving yield, efficiency, and profitability. Technology and data can open new opportunities and help solve problems with production, traceability, and the preservation of natural resources. Livestock maintenance technology. What is AgriTech? from 2017 to 2022.

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AI Leads New Unicorn Creation As Ranks Of $1B Startups Swells  

Crunchbase News

Of the new unicorns, three are artificial intelligence companies. The new unicorn companies minted in December 2023 were: AI One-year-old Mistral AI , a Paris-based foundation large language model company, raised a Series A funding of $415 million at a $2 billion valuation.