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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Crusoe Energy, Insider And Biotech Raise Big

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startups raised half a billion dollars apiece, and another eight raised $100 million or more, with industries from cybersecurity to biotech to AI represented. and AI product development. GDS International , a developer and operator of data centers, raised $1 billion from institutional private-equity investors.

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The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Data Storage And Lots Of Biotech

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Biotech- and healthcare-related startups led the way as those companies dominate the list, taking a vast majority of spots. billion to develop data centers in Spain. In 2023, it partnered with Digital Realty to develop $7 billion in data centers targeting providers of online content, cloud services and artificial intelligence.

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Eye On AI: Funding To Biotech And Healthcare Startups Using AI Takes Off After Dip In 2023

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Earlier this week, life sciences venture firm Dimension Capital announced it had raised a new $500 million second fund just two years after its first to hunt for startups that are using artificial intelligence to develop new medicines. Venture funding to AI-related biotech and healthcare startups hit only $4.8

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6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies

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As a venture firm that invests in psychedelics, we receive hundreds of pitches every month from founders developing psychedelic therapeutics. Our fund has invested more than $15 million in companies developing psychedelic therapeutics. The most important factor that can make or break a psychedelic biotech company is its team.

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As AI pervades biotech, what are investors looking for in 2023?

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JP Morgan’s announcement comes at a time when, in the words of B Capital general partner and head of healthcare Robert Mittendorff M.D, “public market biotechs are dramatically down as interest rates rise and the focus on near-term development outweighs the promise of longer-term results and approvals.”

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6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech

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That’s why we weren’t very surprised when a slew of investors told us they rarely see a biotech startup that doesn’t incorporate AI in some form or other these days. But despite becoming quite the buzzword, AI’s apparent ubiquity in biotech isn’t actually driving deal flow or higher valuations.

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In an increasingly hot biotech market, protecting IP is key

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2021 should be a banner year for biotech startups that make smart choices early. After a record year for biotech investment in 2020 — during which the industry saw $28.5 For biotech startups and their founders, these headwinds signal immense promise. More posts by this contributor. Kevin O’Connor. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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