TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

” Going private: A guide to PE tech acquisitions Biotech proved a surprisingly bright spot in 2022’s startup correction Image Credits: Getty Images The hard science and regulations that govern biotech companies sets them far apart from other startups. biotech deals also set new records in 2022 for both median deal size, $33.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The biotech didn’t specify what roles and departments got trimmed. The Washington- and Lagos-based genomics startup has been considered the showpiece of Africa’s fledging biotech space since it got into Y Combinator in 2019. Yet, 2022 will be a year to forget for the biotech startup.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 2, 2024

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. A startup needed to raise $200 million or more to break into this list for the April edition. Let’s take a look.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 19, 2024

Metsera , $290M, biotech: This week was a slower week than normal for biotech — as it was for most sectors — but that didn’t stop New York-based Metsera. Late last month, optical interconnectivity startup Celestial AI raised a massive $175 million Series C led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Not exactly sure what was in the water this week, but AI and biotech led the way as happens often. The round was led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund. Freenome , $254M, biotech: This is just the first of many big biotech raises this week. That may not have happened since the early part of 2022 — if then.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2020, 71 biotech companies went public. On July 30 alone, eight biotech companies were expected to begin trading, including Rani Therapeutics. . This is a hot and unique market for life science direction and we’re excited to be driving innovation in this area,” Imran tells TechCrunch. . So that’s quite important as well.” .

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 29, 2024

While there were no huge rounds like last week, money was again spread around from AI to biotech to marketing and more. Celestial AI , $175M, semiconductors: Optical interconnectivity startup Celestial AI raised a massive $175 million Series C led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund.

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 7, 2024

Other industry sectors should keep a close eye on the critical milestones and pitfalls of the biotech/healthcare space - with an eye toward what platform, product, service innovations, and architectures may have a potable value proposition within your industry.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

These rising-star startups represent the innovation taking place across these tech categories: Hardware, Robotics, AI + ML. HealthTech + BioTech. Going through the vetting process reminded us, yet again, just how much creativity, innovation and talent exists within the startup community. Space + Security. Climate + CleanTech.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In an increasingly hot biotech market, protecting IP is key. Partner at Tiger Global, John Curtius, added: “We are confident that Lifebit’s innovative and industry-leading software solutions, paired with their customer-first approach, will drive rapid global adoption and accelerate breakthroughs in precision medicine.”.

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Infinidat

MARCH 28, 2024

They greatly benefit from the innovative tools that we deliver, as well as the white glove service and support that we provide. The platform works.” – IT Services Associate in the Healthcare and Biotech industry “Outperforms more expensive arrays. More capacity and better performance for a lower cost were the main focus.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The hearing loss market has long been dominated by a handful of legacy players with little incentive to innovate due to outdated regulations and social stigma. But a new ruling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could revolutionize the market by driving competition, giving startups a greater chance at success in this sector.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2023

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The pre-seed round was led by Latin America-focused biotech investor Zentynel Frontier Investments , with participation from academic incubation investors VentureWell , mission-driven impact investor ImpactAssets and a few additional angels from the United States and Latin America.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

The company’s spokesperson also stated that 54gene will provide affected employees with statutory support, in compliance with local regulations, and in some instances, the biotech startup will provide additional severance pay, as well as health insurance coverage extended for a total of three months.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Biotech company Senzo just raised a $2 million round at a $20 million pre-money valuation to further extend options for lateral flow diagnostics. “Lateral flow,” in this case, is the same type of testing you’ve seen from at-home pregnancy or COVID-19 tests.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 26, 2024

tied) Accent Therapeutics , $75M, biotech: Another week, another big biotech round. The round included participation from some big brand names, such as Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. tied) LB Pharmaceuticals , $75M, biotech: Accent wasn’t the only $75 million raise this week, as we had a trio.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

A biotech company that has spent 11 years researching supplements to increase human longevity plans to launch its supplements later this year. Then Alexey Ryazanov proposed the innovative idea of large-scale screening of all known pharmacological substances on long-lived mice in order to find those that prolong life.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Now Copenhagen-based biotech company SecondCircle thinks it also has a novel approach. It also has a €43 million EU grant to scale-up the process, as it is part of a consortium that received cash from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. It has raised $310.4 But it has a lot more to play with than that.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. It also has a long history of innovation and a rich tech legacy.

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Capgemini

MARCH 23, 2023

Is innovation a privilege? Lucy Mason 23 Mar 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin The UK’s Innovation Strategy sets out a bold vision for the UK as an Innovation Nation , detailing how the UK can reinvent itself as a driving force for global innovation – even placing innovation in the role of a new national purpose.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We already have several multibillion-dollar tech and biotech venture and growth funds; now is time for several multibillion-dollar climate tech funds globally. If we believe that the climate crisis is too complex and cannot be fixed fast enough, let’s look at biotech. The moral imperative.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

France could become a leading market when it comes to sustainability-focused and impact startups due to local and European regulation, innovation and talent looking for opportunities in this ecosystem. According to him, Techstars could bridge the gap between these two worlds.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In such an environment, most would think the tech sector most greatly affected by the pullback would be deep tech — casually defined as cutting-edge scientific innovation that can create brand-new industries. This feels like a tough period … But there are big things happening quietly.”

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Modern CTO

MAY 2, 2024

We discuss how Mike navigated feeling stuck in life, moving into a role of meaning and positive change in the world, and how they’re helping transform the field of biotech. Today we’re talking to Mike Rubin, Founder and CEO at Northpond Ventures. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Have feedback about the show?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

COVID-19 has exposed critical vulnerabilities in medical supply chains, and today’s manufacturing can’t keep up with scientific innovation, medical discovery, and the need to rapidly produce and distribute critically important drugs at scale. billion to spend on sustainability and health-focused biotech. “It

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

In it, he argued that the internet will enable innovation on the same scale that electricity did. We are at a similar inflection point in healthcare, with the recent movement toward data transparency birthing a new generation of innovation and startups. What’s the main difference? And every physician in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

But bioreactors were only very recently only found in biotech and pharmaceutical laboratories and aren’t exactly designed for easy operation and customization. Some of these can already be found in the innovations of other cultivated meat startups, but it’s a fast-moving sector. To operate it, you don’t need a Ph.D.,

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Seismic Therapeutic , $121M, biotech: Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Seismic Therapeutic led the way for biotechs this week — although it is far from the only biotech on this list. was announced in July — funded by Musk himself — and released an early version of its ChatGPT competitor, Grok, last month. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

A prominent figure in life sciences innovation, Imran has founded over 20 medical device companies and helped develop the world’s first implantable cardiac defibrillator. Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch: Meet the biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s Demo Day.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Technologists are getting better at coding biology and venture firms are flooding a new generation of startups with cash so they can commercialize their technology bringing in the next wave of genetic innovation. Senti Bio raises $105 million for its new programmable biology platform and cancer therapies.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

We surveyed: Coralie Hassanaly , innovation consultant, DRIAD. Coralie Hassanaly, innovation consultant, DRIAD. Coralie Hassanaly, innovation consultant, DRIAD. Bristol is strong in renewable and zero-carbon innovation, fintech and robotics. innovation. Rosa Biotech, Albotherm and CytoSeek.

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IDC

APRIL 29, 2024

The Bio-IT World Conference in Boston showcased a strong fusion of life sciences and IT, emphasizing generative AI and drug discovery, and facilitated important industry connections.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The audacious project has received over $40 million from investors such as Adjuvant Capital, Y Combinator and Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF) and partnered with organizations like Illumina, Genentech and Parexel.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

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. Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space. New Zealanders make really good founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Explore hundreds of innovative startups exhibiting in Startup Alley, our expo area. We have more than 80 presentations (and counting) on tap. Talk about something for everyone. Also covered. Fundraising ? Well, of course. Robots, health tech, space — heck, there’s so much more we can’t cover it here. Head to the agenda and plan your strategy.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 5, 2024

The round was led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund. Freenome , $254M, biotech: This is just one of many big biotech raises this month. The company offers cloud computing services and hardware for training artificial intelligence software.

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