Tag: entrepreneurs
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Infographic: A.I. Getting Hype, But Fewer Venture Funds
According to CB Insights, venture investments in A.I. are declining each quarter in 2023, with the number of venture deals reaching a low level not seen since 2017.
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Lab-Grown Tissue Company Gains $38M in Seed Funds
A company producing tissue samples in the lab, for drug discovery and preclinical research with robotics and artificial intelligence, raised $38 million in seed funding.
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A.I. Analytics Show Blood Test Detects Heart Disease
Data from three health repositories show a simple blood test reveals inherited and acquired genetic indicators, analyzed with artificial intelligence, to detect coronary heart disease.
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Start-Up Developing Precision Antibiotics for Resistant Bacteria
A company formed earlier this year is developing precision treatments for bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics, and raising £4.3 million ($US 5.4 million) in seed funds.
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Antibody/Gene Therapy Biotech Gains $138 Million in Early Funds
A developer of synthetic antibodies for neurodegenerative disorders delivered like gene therapies is raising €129 million ($US 138 million) in its first venture funding round.
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Infographic – Digital Health Funding Continues Slide
Venture funding for digital health start-ups continued heading down in the third quarter of 2023, reaching low levels not seen in almost a decade.
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Life Science Incubator Gains $100M in Start-Up Funds
A new-business accelerator program, begun earlier this year to advance and commercialize biomedical research discoveries from academic labs, is receiving a $100 million founding grant.
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Merger to Form Programmable Nano-Medicines Company
A life science venture investor is merging two of its biotechnology portfolio companies to form a single developer of nanoscale medications with programmable properties.
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Organ Chip Devices to Model for Radiation Sickness
The U.S. government’s health preparedness agency awarded a contract with a university lab to explore organ models on chips to document effects of radiation sickness.
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Start-Up Adapts Crispr for Molecular Detection, Raises $40M
A new company is underway that says it adapts the gene editing technique Crispr to make detecting nucleic acid targets like DNA or RNA faster and simpler.