Crunchbase News

APRIL 2, 2024

Wonder ’s big $700 million raise may have captured most people’s attention last month, but the story when it came for large deals was really biotech. Mirador Therapeutics , $400M, biotech: It was a huge month for big biotech raises and this was the biggest. Check out the biggest rounds of last month here.

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Crunchbase News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Biotech and AI had another strong week, as the sectors saw two big nine-figure rounds each — including one for $370 million in biotech. Candid Therapeutics , $370M, biotech: Every week there’s a big biotech raise — and this week there’s one that’s really big. Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The week was especially good for biotech, which led the way with two big raises. Tome Biosciences , $213M, biotech: A big biotech raise hit high on the list this week. Bicara Therapeutics , $165M, biotech: If Bicara Therapeutics looks familiar, it’s because this isn’t its first time on this list.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

The hearing loss market has long been dominated by a handful of legacy players with little incentive to innovate due to outdated regulations and social stigma. On Monday, the FDA announced that hearing aids and other hearing technology can now be sold over the counter. But a new ruling from the U.S.

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Ooda Loop

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Even during this tense election year, bipartisan coalitions are taking steps to enhance national security, protect American-owned intellectual property and secure the country’s supply chain by lessening the nation’s dependence on biotechnology companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party.

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CIO

APRIL 17, 2024

As the technology exhausts its honeymoon period, and companies in all industries find new ways of using it to get ahead of the competition, a new race is on. The victors may not be the greatest innovators, but they’ll be the best at protecting their innovations.

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Capgemini

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Sustainable technology: A competitive advantage for businesses Greg Bentham 03 Sept 2024 Facebook Twitter Linkedin The strategic imperative of sustainable technology In today’s fast-paced business environment, sustainable technology isn’t just a nice-to-have – it’s a strategic imperative. Behavioral r esistance : Change is hard.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

When I started at Novanta about five years ago, my first mission was to bring scalability to our Enterprise solutions, as well as developing a digital roadmap to modernize the technology footprint, reduce technical debt, and explore strategies to ensure that we’re growing at scale. We need more women in technology.

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Crunchbase News

JULY 19, 2024

Eight startups raised $100 million or more this week as a biotech and financial services company led the way. Tekion , $200M, automotive: Providing a software platform to the retail automotive industry may not be the sexiest of technology plays, but it obviously can make a valuable company. Notice anything missing?

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 7, 2024

tied) Prolific Machines , $55M, biotech: Unlike in previous weeks, there was no huge biotech round. tied) Restor3d , $55M, 3D technology: Restor3d, a North Carolina-based maker of 3D printed personalized orthopedic implants, locked up a $70 million financing — even as investors continue to cool on 3D tech startups.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Healthcare/biotech companies took the lead with three companies that joined the board from this sector. Google Ventures , US Innovative Technology Fund , General Catalyst , Founders Fund , Caffeinated Capital and angel investor Elad Gil each have two portfolio companies across this cohort. Who invested?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Respira Labs , a medical technology company specializing in respiratory care, which first unveiled its product to the world last year , successfully raised $1 million in funding and an additional $1.8 million in grants to continue building its acoustic resonance technology to assess lung function and changes therein.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Cosm , $250M, entertainment: Entertainment and technology are intersecting more than ever — and Cosm is just the latest example. Altana AI , $200M, supply chain management: Altana AI, a supply chain management startup, locked up a $200 million Series C investment led by the US Innovative Technology Fund that values the company at $1 billion.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Lifebit says it has a patented technology for federating the data around genomic data, allowing researchers to get more insights while keeping the data secure. In an increasingly hot biotech market, protecting IP is key. Existing investors Eurazeo, Pentech Ventures and Beacon Capital also participated.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Peter Gajdoš is a partner at Fifth Wall , where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team. I believe it is a financial and a moral imperative to make climate technology, together with medicine, the main priority of humanity. Many promising technologies have matured and now have an easier path to entering the mainstream.

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Crunchbase News

AUGUST 1, 2024

While we saw a lot of the regular sectors like biotech and financial services represented, we also saw some big deals involving supply chain and automotive startups. Element Biosciences , $277M, biotech: Every month there seems to be big biotech raises, and this one’s no different.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 19, 2024

Metsera , $290M, biotech: This week was a slower week than normal for biotech — as it was for most sectors — but that didn’t stop New York-based Metsera. Late last month, optical interconnectivity startup Celestial AI raised a massive $175 million Series C led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund.

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Crunchbase News

MAY 2, 2024

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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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 round was led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund. Freenome , $254M, biotech: This is just the first of many big biotech raises this week. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

Zurich-based Climeworks is capturing CO 2 from the air via commercial carbon dioxide removal technology, and has raised $784 million so far. Now Copenhagen-based biotech company SecondCircle thinks it also has a novel approach. ” Synthetic biology technology is already starting to be widely applied in a number of areas.

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Crunchbase News

JULY 12, 2024

After a quiet holiday week, investors were back in action dishing out big rounds to startups in robotics, biotech, healthcare and more. Element Biosciences , $277M, biotech: It’s hard to get through a week without a big biotech raise, and this one’s no different. million Series B funding round led by Evok Innovations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. It also has a long history of innovation and a rich tech legacy.

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Crunchbase News

MARCH 29, 2024

While there were no huge rounds like last week, money was again spread around from AI to biotech to marketing and more. Celestial AI , $175M, semiconductors: Optical interconnectivity startup Celestial AI raised a massive $175 million Series C led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

According to a statement, the company will invest heavily in developing new manufacturing technologies across cell and gene therapies, viral vectors, vaccines and proteins. billion to spend on sustainability and health-focused biotech. “It Founded by ARCH Venture Partners investor Robert Nelsen, National Resilience Inc.,

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Biotech company Senzo just raised a $2 million round at a $20 million pre-money valuation to further extend options for lateral flow diagnostics. Our ALF technology converts that potential to reality in myriad applications where more and earlier diagnosis results in better patient outcomes and more timely and cost-effective patient care.”

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 7, 2024

Other industry sectors should keep a close eye on the critical milestones and pitfalls of the biotech/healthcare space - with an eye toward what platform, product, service innovations, and architectures may have a potable value proposition within your industry. Details here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Other operational and technology jobs were affected as well. This is despite reports saying Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined.

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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. Some of these can already be found in the innovations of other cultivated meat startups, but it’s a fast-moving sector. To operate it, you don’t need a Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Technologists are getting better at coding biology and venture firms are flooding a new generation of startups with cash so they can commercialize their technology bringing in the next wave of genetic innovation. We look forward to turning this powerful technology into a new category of medicines.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

France could become a leading market when it comes to sustainability-focused and impact startups due to local and European regulation, innovation and talent looking for opportunities in this ecosystem. According to him, Techstars could bridge the gap between these two worlds.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

A prominent figure in life sciences innovation, Imran has founded over 20 medical device companies and helped develop the world’s first implantable cardiac defibrillator. The technology itself started with a very simple thesis,” said Imran in an interview. “We This will finance us for the next several years,” said Imran.

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Biotech Sustainability Technology Research 252

Capgemini

MARCH 23, 2023

Is innovation a privilege? Lucy Mason 23 Mar 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin The UK’s Innovation Strategy sets out a bold vision for the UK as an Innovation Nation , detailing how the UK can reinvent itself as a driving force for global innovation – even placing innovation in the role of a new national purpose.

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Infinidat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This is why we provide a compelling customer experience and innovative architecture to enterprise customers who partner with us to shape, evolve and refine our cyber resilient storage solutions according to large enterprise requirements. It was eye-opening. It was eye-opening.

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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. Now, certain industries are emerging as potential areas where New Zealand can win in the tech space. New Zealanders make really good founders.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In such an environment, most would think the tech sector most greatly affected by the pullback would be deep tech — casually defined as cutting-edge scientific innovation that can create brand-new industries. This feels like a tough period … But there are big things happening quietly.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

We mainly invest in SaaS companies with some proven traction in the market – but overall, we seek the best technology entrepreneurs that want to make an impact. Our focus is on entrepreneurial and technological initiatives aimed at digitalizing and increasing the productivity of traditionally undigitized sectors.

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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. Here are the essential management skills he looks for in IT leaders today.

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