TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

.” “We still have a substantial amount of cash from the previous round and this round extended our runway and will allow us to continue innovating and growing,” the founder added. “Right now the market is in ‘biotechnology winter’ where many companies are running out of cash and are dying.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Navigating the choppy e-commerce seas : As reporter Ingrid Lunden writes, “e-commerce is synonymous with shopping on Amazon, but the reality is that a retailer has the option to use a bundle of different channels to sell and market products.” 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies. Big Tech Inc.

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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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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. The company develops power-optimized chips targeting the data analytics and generative AI markets. 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. The company develops power-optimized chips targeting the data analytics and generative AI markets. In fact, it only took raising about $30 million-plus to make the list.

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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. .

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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. 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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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 29, 2022

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, the three-year-old startup seeks to address the gap in the global genomics market where less than 3% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research is African. A company’s spokesperson confirmed the news after several sources informed TechCrunch of the layoffs last week.

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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

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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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The venture market was down 38% last year as investors continued to reel back their funding with money becoming more expensive and liquidity options drying up. With its cash-intensive research and long product-to-market lead time, it usually is not attractive to investors in a down market where cash is king.

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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. For starters, it’s hoping to bring a COVID-19 at-home rapid test through regulatory approval and then to market, but the company has a plethora of other tests up its proverbial sleeves.

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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

APRIL 13, 2022

Another important data point that connects both regions: the black market is a competitive factor. However, things are moving on the legal side of the market — it appears medical cannabis still carries most of the momentum, and it is only accelerating. Leah Fletcher , founder and director, Arbutus Innovation Centre.

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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. But impact companies could still benefit from new processes, better network effects and more ambition in general.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Every company wants to increase revenue and find new revenue streams, so clearly FTV sees a growing market for the Denver-based startup’s platform. tied) Accent Therapeutics , $75M, biotech: Another week, another big biotech round. Founded in 2012, the company has now raised $104 million, per Crunchbase.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Resilience’s founders identified problems in the therapeutic manufacturing process as one of the key problems that the industry faces in bringing new treatments to market — and that hurdle is exactly what the company was founded to overcome. billion to spend on sustainability and health-focused biotech. “It

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Founded in 2019 by Ene-Obong, 54gene addresses the gap in the global genomics market where Africans make up less than 3% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research despite being more genetically diverse than any other population. African genomics startup 54gene lays off 95 as COVID testing business struggles.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Now, with a valuation above $1 billion USD, Habi is a serious player in the LatAm home buying market, where the majority of the homes for sale are not listed online. Today’s interview was led by TechCrunch Senior Reporter and edtech expert Natasha Mascarenhas.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

We mainly invest in SaaS companies with some proven traction in the market – but overall, we seek the best technology entrepreneurs that want to make an impact. We are committed to making the most of the Italian market’s peculiarities, connecting Italian entrepreneurs and talents to the global market.

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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

JUNE 10, 2022

Louis, Missouri-based venture capital firm soon after completing high school, 23-year-old Williams has backed dozens of companies — with a special interest in agtech and biotech and including a couple of very large tech companies that he’s not at liberty to mention. I was inspired by the people in my life.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

InstaDeep utilizes advanced machine learning techniques, including deep reinforcement learning in applications within an enterprise environment that cuts across various industries such as biotech, transportation, electronics manufacturing and logistics.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Startups and VC It’s always nice to have a lot of capital to invest, but managing a large new fund can be even more advantageous right now given that many later-stage companies that put off fundraising last year will likely be in the market come hell or high water in 2023, Connie reports. billion , up from the $1.3 billion , up from the $1.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Two years ago, InstaDeep formed a multi-year strategic collaboration with BioNTech to launch a joint AI innovation lab. So, providing an intelligent system — which is one of InstaDeep’s applications — that can optimize train traffic, and manage constraints better, is highly marketable.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

To examine the market forces and psychology driving climate tech, we surveyed an international group of investors to learn about how they evaluate new opportunities and what they’re looking for from the entrepreneurs who approach them. We’re constructive around things like voluntary carbon markets. I think it varies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

But the innovation of crushing a cup of oil out of a hundred ears of corn, or an equivalent amount of soy, sunflower seeds, etc., Synthetic biology, as it’s called when microbes are tuned to a specific purpose, is increasingly viable as the biotech infrastructure supporting it advances. has changed the equation.

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Perficient

JANUARY 16, 2024

Healthcare and life sciences are two of the largest industry verticals Perficient serves, with a substantial roster of clients spanning providers, plans, pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies. The medical device industry, in particular, is changing rapidly, and innovations are becoming more and more complex.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Now that Amazon has its own means of medicinal distribution, the acquisition, in a way, could push demand, since the company can now give access to providers across various markets. One Medical , based in San Francisco, provides care in nine markets and serves close to 400,000 people, but for Aoun, that’s not enough for Amazon.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the addition of Walmart, its distribution has doubled to 6,000, including online markets like Gopuff and Imperfect Foods, and is also being served in some restaurants across the country. The company saw 900% growth over the past 12 months and will be using the new funding to support that growth and new innovation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

million equity funding, and $275K grants from various entities such as the Google Black Founders Fund, Africa Business Heroes by Jack Ma Foundation, FbStart, and Lafiya Innovators by Impact Hub. It recently entered the Kenyan market to tap the growth of its agriculture sector. The startup has so far raised $1.7

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Grassroots campaigns continue, and technology-wise, innovation in the wider women’s health sector is only gearing up. We are not a niche market as 50% of the population.” Wade was overturned, and the dust has barely begun to settle. Politically, voters have expressed their overwhelming support for a person’s right to access abortion.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. Markets: 39 new countries (169 in total). The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%. Melt Water Club “The technical solution for obtaining premium drinking water, thanks to the innovative Freezing Process technology.“

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