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TechCrunch+ roundup: Psychedelic biotech, Gogoro’s SPAC, H-1Bs for Ukrainians

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. “Gogoro will use the fresh funds from its IPO to continue to expand in Taiwan as it branches outward to larger markets like China, India and Indonesia,” writes transportation reporter Rebecca Bellan. 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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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. The company develops power-optimized chips targeting the data analytics and generative AI markets. Let’s take a look.

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Investors are sitting on mountains of cash: Where will it be deployed?

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Combining his experience as an operator and institutional investor, Abelson runs Irving as a multistrategy platform making long-term durable investments in both the public and private markets. billion in its fourth fund targeting blockchain, bringing its total funds raised for blockchain-related companies to more than $7.6

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Crypto-focused Dragonfly Capital launches $650M third fund

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The crypto market is showing no signs of slowing down as funds and investors alike continue to deploy massive amounts of capital into the ecosystem. Dragonfly plans to focus its investments across all stages of blockchain and crypto-native companies, protocols, and tokens. “We Also, the market has also grown so much.

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Daily Crunch: Russia fines Google $374M for ‘illegal content’ over its Ukraine invasion

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Go on, then, here’s a few more stories (and some delightfully weird music by Cosmo Sheldrake to go with it): Ramp ramps rev growth : Mary Ann reports that Ramp reports accelerating revenue growth , showing that fintech companies with good product-market fit still have plenty of growth in them. Can Medicare save the insurtech market?

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Kaszek earmarks nearly $1B in new funds for Latin American startups

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Indeed, portfolio includes companies in a range of industries such as fintech, enterprise/SaaS, proptech, insuretech, health tech, edtech, e-commerce, food tech, climate tech, biotech and blockchain. The technology sector has faced some short- to mid-term pressure globally due to recent market adjustments.

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AI, Web3 And E-Commerce Led For New Unicorns In April 2024

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Web3 Blockchain platform Berachain , a 2-year-old company based in the Cayman Islands, raised a $100 million Series B. The company is a layer 1 blockchain that can process Ethereum transactions faster. The 4-year-old company based in Los Angeles was valued at $1.2 The 17-year-old company plans to expand to the U.S.