TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Protein biochemist Dr. Jasmin Hume was working in the alternative food space when she saw an opportunity to evolve technology so that our global food industry can reduce its reliance on animals. We aim to cover a lot of food categories, but by replacing them with sustainable and nutritious ingredients.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s hoped that if carbon dioxide could be converted at the point of emission, we could deal with the climate crisis a lot faster and create a sustainable carbon economy. Zurich-based Climeworks is capturing CO 2 from the air via commercial carbon dioxide removal technology, and has raised $784 million so far. It has raised $310.4

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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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Sifting through the trillions of molecules out there that might have powerful medicinal effects is a daunting task, but the solution biotech has found is to work smarter, not harder. Machine learning has, of course, accelerated work in many fields, biochemistry among them, but he felt that the potential of the technology had not been tapped.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

UMI’s decision to invest in Boost comes from our evaluation of their team, technology, and the associated market opportunities. “These are critical areas to achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture. “These are critical areas to achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture.

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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.” “Prosperity7 inspired us to look into sustainable chemistry,” said Zhavoronkov.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage – it’s about halfway through its proof of concept – if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplastics are likely to make it into the sustainable textiles industry. Humble Bee, which just raised $3.2 “It’s resistant to acids and bases. .

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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. based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“We want to feed the world responsibly, and these products have the ability to substitute for synthetic chemicals and provide growers a way to protect their crops, especially as consumers want natural, sustainable tools,” he added. While the solution would be to not do that, not doing that would mean produce doesn’t grow as well, he added.

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 28, 2024

Formation Bio , $372M, biotech: Every week there is a big biotech raise and this week’s is really big. More and more biotech startups are using AI to help with their drug processes and investors are clearly taking note. EvolutionaryScale , $142M, biotech: It was a big week for biotech. billion, per Crunchbase.

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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

MARCH 5, 2021

In working on the technology behind San Jose-based Rani Therapeutics, Imran and his team wanted to find a way to relieve some of the painful side effects of subcutaneous (or under-the-skin) injections, while also improving the treatment’s efficacy. The technology itself started with a very simple thesis,” said Imran in an interview.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Money still coming Investors in the space — which is broad and includes several areas of sectors such as biotech, manufacturing and climate tech — agree that while there has undoubtedly been a slow down in investing, the wide breadth of deep tech and the importance of the problems it is looking to solve has kept money flowing.

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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. Reid also claims a higher level of automation for its machines — which, to be clear, are still at prototype stage. To operate it, you don’t need a Ph.D.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The process involves synthetic biology, deep learning and genomics tools that produce fats that are more sustainable than the current oils, like coconut, that are used in plant proteins, but also mimic animal-based analogs in terms of flavor and texture, CEO Yulin Lu told TechCrunch.

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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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Crunchbase News

MAY 7, 2024

The slowdown in venture funding has continued despite the AI technology wave that has washed over startups in the past few years. Large fundings were also raised by several deeptech and energy sustainability companies: electric vehicle developer Hozon ; solar provider Pine Gate Renewables ; and quantum computing company PsiQuantum.

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 28, 2024

Check your eyes Usually when we talk about healthcare and AI, it relates to a biotech using the technology to refine therapeutics or help with the clinical trial process. The Seoul, South Korea-based company has developed technologies to recycle end-of-life tires and other automotive parts into recovered carbon black and pyrolysis oil.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Meatable has a long road ahead of it, because, as Gates acknowledged in his interview with MIT Technology Review (ed. These products don’t get at the full potential for cellular technology according to Daan Luining, Meatable’s chief technology officer. ” For Meatable right now, price remains an issue.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Former technology journalist Courtney Boyd Myers co-founded AKUA with Matthew Lebo five years ago after seeking out a career where she could leave a legacy and fulfill her mission of reversing climate change. Biotech startup Shiru sprouting plant-based ingredients with new capital infusion.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a nutritious, sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins. “Like fermentation technologies are. Or, put another way, they’re harvesting edible calories from hydrogen-oxyidizing microbes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Which technologies are you paying attention to right now? electric scooters, replaceable battery technologies) generate a high volume of e-waste. So some of the technologies that have been invested in could be foundational for other things that come in later. How will they play a role in addressing climate change?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Louis, Missouri-based venture capital firm soon after completing high school, 23-year-old Williams has backed dozens of companies — with a special interest in agtech and biotech and including a couple of very large tech companies that he’s not at liberty to mention. An early win we had was with Agrible and its sale to Nutrien.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

In addition to using plant-based materials for fashion, other companies are finding success with fungi-based technology. Nature’s Fynd, which raised $350 million in a Series C round in 2021, created Fy, a vegan protein that can be used as a solid, liquid or powder to make sustainable foods, like meat and cheese.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Finmap A cash flow management service for businesses.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

This prompted the question: Is there a way to design better products and more sustainable materials themselves? The startup says its goal is to provide designers and brands with the tools and materials necessary to create a sustainable future for people and the planet. And thus, the trio founded AlgiKnit in 2017.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

There are five broad sectors Ayeni said Helios Digital Ventures would be targeting: financial services, food security, talent and human capital, healthcare and sustainability. . He then launched his finance career with JP Morgan’s technology investment banking group in San Francisco. and later with Qualcomm.

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Crunchbase News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The number of deals with announced deal sizes also increased slightly from 10 in 2023 to 11 in 2024, highlighting sustained interest and confidence in these transactions. European participation also remained steady, indicating sustained interest from Europe in leveraging Israeli technological innovations.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

The company says it is already in the process of fulfilling orders for its technology. Cortical Labs’ technology first appeared in the scientific journal Neuron in October 2022, demonstrating that neurons in a petri dish can be encouraged to play the computer game Pong. We’re still in the early days of this technology,” he added.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

We want to change the food industry in a way that we make food sustainable, nutritious and deliver it at no cost to our dearest animals, in our case, the bees,” he told TechCrunch. MeliBio team, from left, Mattie Ellis, Aaron Schaller, Darko Mandich and Benjamin Mason. Image Credits: MeliBio.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While other food tech companies are tackling softer cheeses like mozzarella or whey proteins, Better Daily is targeting hard cheeses, a process that is more complex, in a more sustainable way. It is not just about being animal-free and sustainable, but also delicious. Image Credits: Better Dairy. “We

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Also participating is Backed, Presight Capital, CPT Capital and Sustainable Food Ventures. I spent my PhD using a genome editing technology called CRISPR to discover better treatments for children’s leukaemia,” says Jamily. Hoxton Farms , a U.K. startup that wants to produce animal fat without using animals, has raised £2.7

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The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

A recent FT Lex article on biotech investing drives the point home: "A 20-year study found only one-fifth of exits were profitable. The whole point of the portfolio model applied to captive technology investing was to avoid taking a long position in any one thing. Investment yields are highly concentrated. Picking winners is hard.

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Crunchbase News

JUNE 6, 2024

It is important to support female founders early to ensure a balanced and sustained increase across all funding stages,” she added. That year saw healthcare and biotech as the leading sector, with $20 billion invested in companies with a female founder. Above $30 billion since 2021 Although female startup founders in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Backers in the round include EVIG Group, Stray Dog Capital, E2JDJ, Tet Ventures, Good Seed Ventures, Sustainable Food Ventures and Shio Capital. Unlike dairy, where there is already sustainability, she believes the egg is still largely untapped. Today, the company announced it raised $2.8

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

MEDU , a Mexico-based startup, wants to reduce that waste and replace single-wear medical garments through the creation of a line of sustainable, virus-resistant reusable pieces, including surgical gowns, head coverings and full-body suits. The company is profitable and continues to grow its revenue at a rate of 6x each month.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

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. Rather than building autonomous trucking from scratch, NuPort’s solution is designed to retrofit semis with autonomous technologies. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc. The Hurd Co.

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