TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Hong Kong-based drug discovery and development company Insilico has secured fresh capital at a time that its CEO described as a “biotech winter.” “Prosperity7 inspired us to look into sustainable chemistry,” said Zhavoronkov.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage – it’s about halfway through its proof of concept – if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplastics are likely to make it into the sustainable textiles industry. Humble Bee, which just raised $3.2 “It’s resistant to acids and bases. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“These are critical areas to achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture. We believe that Boost’s platform generates a unique data set that can be exploited for far superior products with many diverse microbiome applications in food and agriculture,” said Yota Hayama, an investor at UMI, in a statement.

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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. The next Jack Dorsey needs to create a new cement or other building material to create sustainable buildings. The moral imperative.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Targeting cosmetics brands, the London-based biotech startup has scooped up a $6.2 Our vision is to break the reliance on the petroleum industry by building a new standard of packaging that is performant, cost competitive and truly sustainable,” said CEO Insiya Jafferjee, who co-founded Shellworks after spending nearly three years at Apple.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

billion raised by sustainability and infrastructure investment firm Generate Capital. Cour Pharmaceuticals , $105M, biotech: Chicago-based Cour Pharmaceuticals is the top biotech startup on the list this week. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S.

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 26, 2024

tied) Accent Therapeutics , $75M, biotech: Another week, another big biotech round. tied) LB Pharmaceuticals , $75M, biotech: Accent wasn’t the only $75 million raise this week, as we had a trio. ElevenLabs allows creators, enterprises and others to use AI software to replicate voices in dozens of languages.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

The Early Stage Pitch-Off is open to companies from around the world, consumer or enterprise and in any industry — biotech, space, mobility, impact, SaaS, hardware, sustainability and more. . Our last pitch-off had one of the most geographically diverse batches from a TC event. Apply today!

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

But if you focus and leave your preconceptions behind, you’ll find that beyond the skein of valuations and share prices, there is a world of spirited dealmaking, ripe with impetus for building a sustainable industry. How has your approach to the psychedelics sector changed since our previous psychedelics survey a year ago ?

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Money still coming Investors in the space — which is broad and includes several areas of sectors such as biotech, manufacturing and climate tech — agree that while there has undoubtedly been a slow down in investing, the wide breadth of deep tech and the importance of the problems it is looking to solve has kept money flowing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Ultimately, fiber is good for you, and removing it from the diet is not sustainable,” Wallach added. We discovered during fundraising that Kiwi Bio fit neither the mold of a traditional biotech company nor that of conventional consumer products, food or CPG,” Liu said. “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

In January 2020, their acromegaly treatment, Octreotide, demonstrated both safety and sustained bioavailability in primary clinical trials. Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch: Meet the biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s Demo Day. This will finance us for the next several years,” said Imran.

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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. Reid also claims a higher level of automation for its machines — which, to be clear, are still at prototype stage. To operate it, you don’t need a Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

billion to spend on sustainability and health-focused biotech. “It Flagship Pioneering raises $1.1

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CIO

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“Most people consider the CIO to be a technology person, and they want to put them in a technology box, but technology should be only 20% of a CIO’s job,” says Hadari, who has been leading IT for the $15 billion biotech business since March 2021. It can be very challenging to create something with continuity and sustainability.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The process involves synthetic biology, deep learning and genomics tools that produce fats that are more sustainable than the current oils, like coconut, that are used in plant proteins, but also mimic animal-based analogs in terms of flavor and texture, CEO Yulin Lu told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Biotech startup Shiru sprouting plant-based ingredients with new capital infusion. The total funds include backing from a Republic campaign, pre-seed investors and capital from the co-founders. In addition to the jerky and burger, the AKUA portfolio also includes Kelp Pasta.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In the world of biotech, for example, it’s extremely capital intensive to develop multiple products that are all going through clinical trials simultaneously. 5 ways biotech startups can mitigate risk to grow sustainably in the long run by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Our survey respondents think the ecosystem is strong in sustainable energy, medtech, food tech, life sciences, marketplaces, deep tech, gaming and media. The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. Utrecht is a bit lagging.”

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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. An early win we had was with Agrible and its sale to Nutrien.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Strategic investors like DSM, one of the largest food biotech companies in Europe should help. They have all the right ingredients to become the leading choice for sustainably and efficiently produced meat.”. Early Stage is the premier ‘how-to’ event for startup entrepreneurs and investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I don’t know if this is true for all industries, but I think creating more sustainable solutions is something that we see consumer demand for as well. So when you’re dealing with something like a biotech-driven company, like a seed genetics company, for instance, of course, there’s a more scientific background there.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Finmap A cash flow management service for businesses. It raised €2.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

This prompted the question: Is there a way to design better products and more sustainable materials themselves? The startup says its goal is to provide designers and brands with the tools and materials necessary to create a sustainable future for people and the planet. And thus, the trio founded AlgiKnit in 2017.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

There are five broad sectors Ayeni said Helios Digital Ventures would be targeting: financial services, food security, talent and human capital, healthcare and sustainability. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Nature’s Fynd, which raised $350 million in a Series C round in 2021, created Fy, a vegan protein that can be used as a solid, liquid or powder to make sustainable foods, like meat and cheese. Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While other food tech companies are tackling softer cheeses like mozzarella or whey proteins, Better Daily is targeting hard cheeses, a process that is more complex, in a more sustainable way. It is not just about being animal-free and sustainable, but also delicious. Image Credits: Better Dairy. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Backers in the round include EVIG Group, Stray Dog Capital, E2JDJ, Tet Ventures, Good Seed Ventures, Sustainable Food Ventures and Shio Capital. Unlike dairy, where there is already sustainability, she believes the egg is still largely untapped. Today, the company announced it raised $2.8

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Dairy, in particular, has its problems, as recreating the “creaminess” without using real cream isn’t easy — and existing dairy-free solutions such as coconut oil or palm oil aren’t all that sustainable from an environmental standpoint.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Among the biggest recipients on our list is Boston-based Gradiant , a sustainability-oriented startup focused on wastewater treatment. For now, however, it looks like private market resources are enough to keep the burgeoning population of sustainability-focused water startups afloat.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Vistalworks for consumer tech; Sustainably for fintech; Reath for sustainable tech. Weak in deep tech discovery, especially in biotech/therapeutics. Also, there are some exciting games tech companies because of our history of games companies. We’re pretty weak in law tech, Valla’s area. What’s their focus?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

We want to change the food industry in a way that we make food sustainable, nutritious and deliver it at no cost to our dearest animals, in our case, the bees,” he told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Biotech can often, and sometimes literally, fly over our heads. For IndieBio, a science and biotech accelerator run by VC firm SOSV, this unprecedented year offered high stakes and new challenges. Today and tomorrow, the biotech accelerator is hosting its twice-annual demo day.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Combining this with the resilience of the healthcare sector, we believe that sustainable and scalable businesses will drive steady valuations.” Hence, we see a clear opportunity to invest in an undercapitalized stage and region. It’s never too late to align product-market fit metrics with your company’s values

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Planbox

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

“For more than 25 years, we’ve been honoring companies that define the cutting edge and this year’s Technology Fast 500 list is proof positive that technology — from software and digital media platforms, to biotech — truly does permeate so many facets of our lives,” said Paul Silverglate, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP and U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Hon Weng Chong, CEO and founder of Cortical Labs said in a statement: “The possibilities that a hybridised AI meets synthetic biology model can unlock are limitless, accelerating the possibilities of digital AI in a more powerful and more sustainable way.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While countless companies are developing alternative and more sustainable ways for humans to get their protein fixes such as through lab-grown meat , others are tackling the underlying problem from a different angle by exploring new ways of fostering the traditional meat and fish populace through insect protein.

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