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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.
Monad Labs , $225M, blockchain: New York-based Monad Labs locked up the biggest Web3 funding round of the year thus far, collecting a $225 million funding round led by Paradigm. Monad is a layer-1 blockchain that is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine but can process transactions using the same set of rules faster.
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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Terray Therapeutics , $120M, biotech: Los Angeles-based Terray Therapeutics, a biotech startup developing small molecule drug therapeutics, raised a $120 million Series B led by new investor Bedford Ridge Capital and existing investor NVentures. Founded in 2021, the company has raised nearly $318 million, per Crunchbase.
The city appears to be strong in areas such as travel, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, agritech, travel tech, biotech, sports tech, and VR. The blockchain/crytpo scene could do with some improvement, according to a few respondents. Virtual reality is strong and exciting. Blockchain could be improved. Much better than now.
Other investors felt that a broader range of industries, like fintech and biotech, would eventually produce the biggest companies in the country. Remote engagement and productivity have potential to disrupt more industries, such as corporate events/virtual events. are at risk. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?
A virtual research institute. The remote, collaborative nature of LCRI — none of the founding team have met in person — essentially makes it a virtual research institute. ” LCRI’s Henry Scott-Green. And it plans to adopt a two-pronged approach to achieving its mission, spanning research and therapeutics.
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Its preferred sectors are ‘techbio’ (by which he means tech-focused biotech businesses), software (especially software as a service, or SAAS), energy and fintech. It likes to invest in platforms, and picks and shovels, which means businesses which can become part of the essential infrastructure for many larger companies.
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