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6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies

TechCrunch

Once fringe, underground, illegal or just limited to ceremonial use by Indigenous cultures, psychedelics are going mainstream in medicinal form. Here are six key questions we ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies: Does the team have the skills, experience and values to bring a product to market?

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Stämm Biotech raises $17M for its next-generation, 3D printed bioreactor

TechCrunch

Stämm Biotech , founded in 2014, is developing a desktop-sized bioreactor that looks pretty different from the tanks, tubes and knobs traditionally seen in industrial or even benchtop bioreactors. Image Credits: Stämm Biotech. And, as of writing, Ginkgo’s market cap was closer to $7.24 Image Credits: Stämm Biotech.

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Biotech Boom: Executive Search Strategies in Life Sciences

N2Growth Blog

Additionally, the industry’s highly regulated nature means that executives must have a keen eye for compliance and a strong ability to navigate the ever-changing market dynamics. Top executive search firms also bring a unique set of resources and expertise to the table when it comes to attracting top talent for biotech companies.

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Next-gen skincare, silk without spiders and pollution for lunch: Meet the biotech startups pitching at IndieBio’s Demo Day

TechCrunch

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. Leaving the $3.2

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This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

TechCrunch

When you think of life sciences and biotech hubs in the U.S., Portal Innovations , a biotech VC firm based in Chicago, is trying to broaden everyone’s horizons and give opportunities to biotech startups growing out of labs in Chicago, Atlanta, and hopefully beyond. As AI pervades biotech, what are investors looking for in 2023?

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New Age Meats bites into $25M for cultured meat product line development

TechCrunch

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. He expects to be able to go to market in 2022, pending approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride

TechCrunch

Previously relegated to underground communities and rave culture, drugs like ketamine, MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) and psilocybin are now being studied to develop therapies to treat everything from PTSD to cluster headaches. But as public market sentiment fluctuates, specialized VCs seem more likely to stick around for the whole trip.

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