TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Startups developing so-called deep tech often find it challenging to raise capital for various reasons. Pae Wu and Garrett Winther are both partners at SOSV and run the fund’s programs around biotech and hardware. Before giving advice, the two acknowledged the nuances across the deep tech ecosystem and each industry.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The world’s labs are under pressure to do more tests and process more materials, not just due to COVID but from the growing biotech and drug development sectors — and automation is the sure path forwards. “We’ve had to build an entirely new hardware stack that allows for this kind of automation,” ElSayed said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2021

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. Outset-backed Zenno Astronautics, for example, is developing a fuel-free satellite propulsion system that uses magnets powered by solar panels.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Stability AI , the venture-backed startup behind the text-to-image AI system Stable Diffusion, is funding a wide-ranging effort to apply AI to the frontiers of biotech. “ Stability looks to develop and democratize AI, and through OpenBioML, we see an opportunity to advance the state of the art in sciences, health and medicine.”

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Dallas-based startup, which launched in 2021, plans to use the money to continue to advance its genetic engineering technologies, as well as grow its software and hardware solutions for applications involved with de-extinction, conservation and human health care.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

NextMind debuted its Dev Kit hardware at CES last year, but the hardware is now actually shipping out , and the startup shared with me the production version to take a test drive. The basics. The basics. Bottom line. NextMind’s Dev Kit is definitely just that – a Dev Kit.

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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.” while hardware production happened in China. When asked why the company straddles China and the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

a biotech company focused on developing “organ-on-a-chip” technology, closed an $82 million Series E round on Tuesday. This latest round is intended to formulate a massive investment in a “roadmap” for developing model organ systems created to fit drugmakers’ needs and bring the idea of an organ-on-a-chip into use in the lab. .

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Another big week for biotech, as startups in the sector scooped up multiple spots on this week’s list. Seaport Therapeutics , $225M, biotech: Seaport Therapeutics isn’t new to this list. The biotech company focuses on medicines for depression, anxiety and other neuropsychiatric disorders. billion post-money valuation.

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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 company offers cloud computing services and hardware for training artificial intelligence software. The company offers cloud computing services and hardware for training artificial intelligence software. billion valuation.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 17, 2024

Once again, biotech made up nearly a third of the list while some other sectors that don’t usually make the list — developer platform and analytics — were represented. Uniquity Bio , $300M, biotech: It has become pretty much the norm to start off these lists with a big biotech raise. billion valuation led by GGV Capital.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Healthcare and AI lead The leading sector for investment was healthcare and biotech companies which raised $6 billion. Large AI rounds were raised by model developers Beijing-based Baichuan Intelligence with $687 million and Toronto-based Cohere at $500 million , and Berlin-based AI-defense company Helsing raised $489 million.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Turns out healthy habits are a lot harder to develop than good ones. I’ve tried a few different pieces of meditation hardware over the years, because who wouldn’t love to have a nice shortcut to mindfulness? million Series C, led by BDC Capital, Sonny Vu’s Alabaster and Export Development Canada. that affect it.

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Capgemini

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Key Takeaways from BioTechX 2024: A Shift Towards Realism and Practical Applications Capgemini Nov 6, 2024 Facebook Linkedin The BioTechX event in Basel in October was a major gathering for biotech and pharma professionals. This year, there was a different vibe compared to last year. Nevertheless, it is crucial to start now.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Cellino , a company developing a platform to automate stem cell production, presented today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 to detail how its system, which combines A.I. technology, machine learning, hardware, software — and yes, lasers! — could eventually democratize access to cell therapies. in Physics.

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Crunchbase News

JULY 9, 2024

Automated driving company Wayve , data preparation company Scale AI and AI biotech company Xaira Therapeutics each raised billion-dollar rounds. Healthcare and biotech was the second-largest sector, raising $17 billion. Hardware companies — in large part due to AI infrastructure and semiconductor fundings — raised $11 billion.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 16, 2024

Andreessen co-led the Series B in AI voice software developer ElevenLabs with angel investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. in H1 2024 was concentrated in larger bets, and in two leading industries, healthcare/biotech and AI, according to an analysis of Crunchbase data. investor, we find a very different picture.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%. Developed a SaaS-based white-label web3 platform that opens revenue streams and strengthens community engagement. Ahrefs claims to have become a $100 million company in annual revenue without venture capital. Incorporated in Delaware, USA.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

But much of the industry is still in its infancy, partly because of a lack of domain experts and software tools that match the progress of quantum hardware. Now companies are working to simplify the process of developing quantum software applications so programmers don’t actually need to understand the underlying quantum mechanics.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 31, 2024

The San Jose, California-based startup has developed a solid-state active cooling chip — AirJet — that allows users to leverage AI even on the edge of networks or on edge devices. CinRx Pharma , $73M, biotech: This week’s top biotech round isn’t as big as it is on most weeks, but that follows the general trend. billion upfront.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

However, they seem to think it’s weaker in design, hardware, fintech, robotics and agritech. The investment scene is described variously as focusing on software, clean tech, life sciences, biotech, organoids, 3D bioprinting, AI and VR/AR. Strong: tech development in general, specifically software, clean tech, marketplace, deep tech.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Artificial , which has built a software platform for laboratories to assist with, or in some cases fully automate, research and development work, has raised $21.5 The company already has a number of customers including Thermo Fisher and Beam Therapeutics using its software directly and in partnership for their own customers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

One is a company focusing on cancer care and neurological disorders, which has been using Volta’s tech to develop a DNA extraction process. The fourth company is a biotech firm interested in synthetic biology. One is a research institution in RNA applications. The third is a “genome center,” he says.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

In addition to the standard array of wearable sensors, the startup points to a custom-built EDA (electrodermal activity) detector as the product’s hardware differentiator. Funding went to research development and manufacturing of, really, a best in class wearable device,” says Freckleton. Mindfulness content is limited.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 7, 2024

Big deals The largest startup funding round in April was a $1 billion deal to stealth startup Xaira Therapeutics for drug development using AI. Top sectors Biotech and healthcare was the leading sector by funding amount in April. Other leading sectors in April include hardware startups, which collectively raised $3.3

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It’s in the process of developing new tools that give surgeons the ability to see otherwise invisible structures, and has plans to roll out those tools in the coming months. . The hardware, which received FDA 510(k) clearance in April of 2021 , fits between any type of endoscope and a white light camera system. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

” The array they’ve developed is called Layer 7, a reference to the fact that the cortex itself has six layers, which the interface sits on top of. It’s a full-stack product that requires an interdisciplinary team to develop,” Mager said. “And then you have to take it through the FDA regulatory process.”

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 5, 2024

The company is developing AI-enhanced robots that it hopes will be able to perform dangerous jobs and alleviate labor shortages. The company offers cloud computing services and hardware for training artificial intelligence software. The startup is a provider of Nvidia ’s latest GPUs, which are highly sought after by AI developers.

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Crunchbase News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Last quarter, AI outstripped healthcare and biotech ($15 billion invested in Q3), hardware ($13 billion), and financial services and fintech ($8 billion), Crunchbase data shows. Though that’s below the $23.4

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Eko’s hardware consists of digital stethoscopes that boast a few basic bells and whistles, like noise-canceling technology or the ability to record and visualize heartbeats. Eko has been working toward developing machine learning-based analysis capability. But so far, the company has focused on devices and clinical tools.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Founded in 2012, the accelerator is focused on developing early-stage companies tied to the University of California system. Building on technologies developed in the stem cell research labs of UCSF, EndoCrine is looking to commercialize a better way to discover and develop drugs. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc. Serinus Labs.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The startup has developed phytosterol-based solutions to help plants adapt better to climate change. The company plans to use the money to fuel the growth of its LaserWeeder software and hardware product. However, its not just that Pairwise is developing seedless fruits. As the world changes, our food needs to follow suit.

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 7, 2024

In addition, the firm led smaller rounds for AI cancer treatment startup Valar Labs , weapon targeting company ZeroMark , and Rollup , a collaborative platform for hardware. The San Francisco-based startup develops software that uses AI to automate radiology report writing. It also led a $26.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Scopio has developed a scanner, called Scopio100x , capable of imaging that whole blood sample, while maintaining the ability to achieve 100x magnification. And other companies have already looked to develop imaging tools that can make that manual review faster, and more automated.

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The Daily WTF

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Nathan was working for a biotech company that had hit that phase. Roy was an engineer and software developer, and Roy could build them a custom robot for much cheaper. Nathan examined the hardware while Roy continued his explanation. "So, The cash crunch starts, and what happens next can often make or break the company.

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Apiumhub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Research and development equipment. Agri-tech entrepreneurs have developed an innovative IoT based software, that can track weather conditions and provide accurate information about the quality and type of soil. Agricultural biotechnology also helps in the development of innovative foods. Automated irrigation. Farm robotics.

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