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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. tied) Crusoe Energy Systems , $500M, energy: This is not the first time Crusoe has made this list. billion valuation in the process. In 2021, HR startups raised more than $10.5

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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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This VC built a lab to make building biotech startups easier

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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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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of February: Saronic And NinjaOne Lead Big Month

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Eikon Therapeutics , $351M, biotech: Eikon Therapeutics raised one of the biggest biotech rounds thus far in 2025. The round is the second biggest for a biotech startup this year, behind only London-based Verdiva Bio , a company creating treatments for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases that raised a $411 million Series A in January.

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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of January: Infinite Reality Tops Busy Month

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Venture money wasnt concentrated in just one sector, as VCs invested in everything from artificial intelligence to biotech to energy. tied) Retro Biosciences , $1B, biotech: AI can do a lot startup Retro Biosciences thinks it can even help us live longer. health systems as it continues to build the worlds largest genetic database.

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Glyphic Biotechnologies raises $6M to accelerate protein sequencing by orders of magnitude

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The whole human proteome may be free to browse thanks to DeepMind , but at the bleeding edge of biotech new proteins are made and tested every day, a complex and time-consuming process. If everything works as advertised, Glyphic could be the new standard in protein sequencing just as demand skyrockets in the biotech world.

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Forecast: 13 Companies That Could Go Public In 2025 If The IPO Market Gains Steam

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Enterprise tech and AI Cerebras Systems : Yes, this one is kind of cheating. national security review on UAE-based G42 ‘s minority investment in the AI chipmaker. Gen Teare Health and biotech Hinge Health : This is another IPO prediction where were not exactly going out on a limb (pun intended in this case).

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