Category: Finance
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Small Biz Award Funds A.I. Mosquito Monitoring System
A company creating a digital process to monitor farm insect pests is receiving funds to expand its technology for tracking and counting mosquitoes as a general public health threat.
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Infographic – Some Good Corporate Venture Fund News
Since the start of 2021, most news has been gloomy about venture investments, but a report last week suggests corporate venture capital funding worldwide is picking up.
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Regeneron Acquires Hearing Loss Biotech in $213M Deal
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a maker of synthetic biologic treatments, is acquiring Decibel Therapeutics, developer of gene therapies to treat hearing loss and balance disorders.
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Long-Acting Drug Start-Up Raises $4M in Seed Funds
A new company with a process using artificial intelligence and robotics to speed development of sustained release drugs is raising $4 million in seed funds.
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Digital Chemistry Start-Up Gains $43M in Early Funds
A company, spun-off from academic labs that designs and produces new chemicals with artificial intelligence and robotics, is raising $42.7 million in its first venture funding round.
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Infographic – Digital Health Venture Funds Remain Stuck
Global venture funding for digital health start-ups remains mired at low levels, as the number of investment deals in the second quarter of 2023 dropped to its lowest level in eight years.
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NIH Funds Depression Game Therapy Clinical Trial
A treatment for depression designed as a game for patients will be assessed in a clinical trial conducted by a university psychology lab and funded by National Institutes of Health.
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Small Biz Award to Boost Maternal Health App
A digital health company with an app for monitoring maternal health is receiving nearly $1 million to add an algorithm for detecting a dangerous pregnancy complication.
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Cancer Immunotherapy Biotech Issues $80M IPO
A biotechnology company designing immunotherapies for solid tumor cancers with a patient’s white blood cells is raising $80 million in its initial public offering or IPO.
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Infographic – U.S. Life Science Venture Activity Keeps Falling
Investments in life science start-ups in the U.S. show continued declines into the second quarter of 2023, reaching levels not seen in four or five years.