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11.10.2024 | Tesla’s big ‘We, Robot’ event criticized for ‘parlor tricks’ and vague timelines for robots, Cybercab, Robovan | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Elon Musk’s publicly traded electric vehicle company Tesla, Inc. hosted its highly anticipated “We Robot” event o... |
10.10.2024 | Maven Clinic: Women’s Health Virtual Clinic Company Raises $125 Million (Series F) | Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, announced that it has raised a $125 million Series F funding round led by StepStone Group. The company’s existing investors, General Catalyst, Sequoia, Oak HC/F... |
08.10.2024 | Maven Clinic Secures $125M to Expand Women’s and Family Health Services | What You Should Know:
– Maven Clinic, the world’s leading virtual clinic dedicated to women’s and family health secures $125M in Series F funding led by StepStone Group.
– The round also included particpation from participation from existin... |
02.10.2024 | JOYA Emerges from Stealth with $5M for Skin Health & Wellness Benefit Platform | What You Should Know:
– JOYA, the first employee skin health and wellness benefit platform, is making a splash with its launch and $5M in seed funding round led by LUX Capital, Mosaic General Partnership, Arsama Trust, and Joyance Partners.... |
02.10.2024 | Impulse Space: In-Space Transportation Services Company Raises $150 Million (Series B) | Impulse Space, a leader in developing in-space transportation services, announced a $150 million Series B funding round led by Founders Fund. The round also included participation from other returning investors like Lux Capital and Spring T... |
17.09.2024 | Стартап Sakana в сфере ИИ достиг стоимости в $1,5 млрд | Основанная в июле 2023 года бывшими исследователями Google, компания Sakana получила огромную поддержку в Японии, которая стремится догнать США и Китай в области искусственного интеллекта.
Стартап из 20 человек заявил во вторник, что привле... |
14.09.2024 | The Future of Scent: Osmo's Scientific Advisory Board and Its Implications | In a world where technology and biology intertwine, Osmo is carving a niche in the realm of digital olfaction. The company recently announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), a powerhouse of experts from diverse fields.... |
12.09.2024 | Osmo Announces Launch of Scientific Advisory Board | NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital olfaction company, Osmo, today announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of leading experts in synthetic chemistry, analytical chemistry, artificial intellig... |
09.09.2024 | Vesta Healthcare garners $65M for virtual home care platform | Photo: FG Trade/Getty Images
Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care company for individuals receiving home care, closed a $65 million Series C round with new debt financing.
RA Capital Management led the round with participation from Chrysalis Ve... |
09.09.2024 | Пионер ксенотрансплантации eGenesis собрал $191 млн для генно-редактированных органов свиньи | Компания eGenesis уже попала в заголовки новостей благодаря трансплантации органов свиньи. В марте 2024 года eGenesis объявила о первой в мире успешной пересадке почки свиньи живому пациенту. Трансплантация была одобрена FDA в рамках расшир... |
05.09.2024 | The Rise of Safe Superintelligence: A New Era in AI Investment | In the bustling world of artificial intelligence, a new player has emerged, capturing the attention of investors and tech enthusiasts alike. Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by Ilya Sutskever, has raised a staggering $1 billion in j... |
05.09.2024 | The AI Gold Rush: How Giants and Startups Are Shaping the Future | The artificial intelligence landscape is evolving at breakneck speed. The recent surge in funding for AI startups highlights a gold rush mentality, with tech giants like Nvidia leading the charge. The stakes are high, and the competition is... |
05.09.2024 | Vesta Healthcare Raises $65M in Financing | Vesta Healthcare, a NYC-based virtual care provider raised $65M in Series C funding with new debt financing.
The equity round was led by Boston-based RA Capital Management, with participation from Oak HC/FT, Chrysalis Ventures, CareCentrix/... |
04.09.2024 | AI’s Big Day — Startup Safe Superintelligence Raises $1B At Reported $5B Valuation | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Artificial intelligence research lab Safe Superintelligence raised $1 billion from a litany of big-name investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
The round valued the Palo Alto, Ca... |
04.09.2024 | eGenesis Raises $191M in Series B Funding | eGenesis, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company developing human-compatible engineered organs to address the global organ shortage, raised $191M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Lux Capital, with participation from existing i... |
04.09.2024 | The never-ending AI funding boom: Ilya Sutskever’s SSI raises $1B+ as Nvidia invests in two startups
Safe AI
Nature-inspired AI models
Productivity-boosting chatbots
Your vote of support is important ... | SSI, an artificial intelligence startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist, has raised more than $1 billion in funding to support its research.
The company disclosed the investment today. The announcement came against the backdrop o... |
04.09.2024 | Novig Launches First Prediction Market For Sports Nationally | NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Novig has launched the first prediction market for sports in 42 states and Washington D.C. under the sweepstakes regulatory framework.
Novig offers two modes: Novig Coins and Novig Cash. Novig Coins a... |
04.09.2024 | Vesta Healthcare: Virtual Care Provider For Those With Home Care Raises $65 Million (Series C) | Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care provider group for people with home care, announced today the closing of $65 million in a Series C round with new debt financing.
This equity round was led by RA Capital Management, with participation from O... |
04.09.2024 | eGenesis: $191 Million (Series D) Secured To Develop Engineered Organs For Addressing Transplant Shortages | eGenesis, a biotechnology company that is developing human-compatible engineered organs to address the global organ shortage, announced today the closing of a $191 million Series D financing. The funding was led by Lux Capital, with partici... |
04.09.2024 | Sakana AI scores $100M to challenge OpenAI, Anthropic as ‘world class’ AI lab | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
The AI frenzy is taking over the world. Mere days after China’s Alibaba made headlines with Qwen2-VL, Sakana AI, ... |
04.09.2024 | Lumafield Announces New Battery Analysis Module for Enhanced Safety and Quality in Battery Manufacturing | Harnessing Industrial X-Ray CT Technology, Lumafield's Latest Tool Seamlessly Detects Defects and Ensures High-Quality Battery Manufacturing at Scale
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumafield today announced the launch of it... |
03.09.2024 | Vesta Healthcare Receives 35M Loan Facility From Horizon Technology Finance | Vesta Healthcare (aka Hometeam Technologies, Inc.), a NYC-based tech-enabled clinical services company, receivded a $35M venture loan facility from Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ: HRZN).
A $25M portion has been initially funded.
The com... |
08.08.2024 | Perchwell: $25 Million (Series B) Raised To Empower Real Estate Agents | Perchwell, a modern data and workflow platform for residential real estate, announced its $25 million Series B financing. Lux Capital is leading the funding, joined by a group of strategic real estate and financial investors, including Star... |
01.08.2024 | Column Expands Services With New Obituaries and Classifieds Platform | NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Column, a new software marketplace for public interest information, announced today the expansion of its platform to support the publication of obituaries and classifieds. This expansion marks a signif... |
31.07.2024 | The Shifting Sands of Real Estate: Innovation and Regulation | The real estate landscape is changing. New technologies are emerging, while regulations are tightening. This duality is reshaping how agents, brokers, and buyers interact. In this evolving environment, two recent developments stand out: Per... |
30.07.2024 | Amidst real estate industry transformation, Perchwell raises $25M Series B to further empower agents | Led by Lux Capital with participation from leading real estate operators and investors
NEW YORK, July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Perchwell, the modern data and workflow platform for residential real estate, today announced its $25 million Ser... |
30.07.2024 |
Perchwell raises $25M in Series B round | Perchwell, a New York City-based real estate data firm that works with MLSs, brokers and agents, announced Tuesday that it has raised $25 million in a Series B financing round.
The financing round was led by Lux Capital, which also particip... |
28.07.2024 | Artists for Change: A Night of Impact at the APJ Gala | In the heart of Toronto, a powerful gathering is set to unfold. The Artists for Peace and Justice (APJ) Foundation is gearing up for its 16th annual gala on September 8, 2024. This event, a beacon of hope, shines brightly during the Toronto... |
27.07.2024 | The Rise of AI in Robotics and Art: A New Era of Innovation | In the bustling world of technology, two stories stand out. One is about a robot that delivers packages. The other breathes life into ancient art. Both are driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Both are reshaping their fields. Let’s dive ... |
26.07.2024 | Applied Intuition Closes Over $300M in Secondary Round and Welcomes New Investor Fidelity Management & Research Company | MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Intuition, a Silicon Valley-based vehicle software supplier for automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture and other industries, today announced it has closed a secon... |
22.07.2024 | Sakana AI drops image models to generate Japan’s traditional ukiyo-e artwork | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Remember Sakana AI? Almost a year ago, the Tokyo-based startup made a striking appearance on the AI scene with it... |
08.07.2024 | Formic: Robots-As-A-Service Automation Company Closes $27.4 Million | Formic, a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) automation company, announced it has raised another $27.4 million in Series A financing led by Blackhorn Ventures with participation from Mitsubishi HC Capital America, NEC and Translink Orchestrating Fu... |
28.06.2024 | EvolutionaryScale's ESM3: A Leap in AI Biology Simulation | Dive into the world of EvolutionaryScale's ESM3, a groundbreaking AI model that simulates 500 million years of evolution in just a fraction of the time.
EvolutionaryScale, a trailblazing AI research lab founded by former Meta engineers, is ... |
26.06.2024 | AWS partners with EvolutionaryScale following its $142M raise | Photo: Zero Creatives GmbH/Getty Images
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it is collaborating with EvolutionaryScale, an AI company focused on biology, to give scientists and researchers access to the startup's ESM3 language models via AW... |
25.06.2024 | Meta alum launches AI biology model that simulates 500 million years of evolution | Don’t miss OpenAI, Chevron, Nvidia, Kaiser Permanente, and Capital One leaders only at VentureBeat Transform 2024. Gain essential insights about GenAI and expand your network at this exclusive three day event. Learn More
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20.06.2024 | Cloaked Launches Data Removal to Extend All-in-One Privacy Offering and Safeguard Digital Identities | Cloaked Data Removal extends Cloaked's all-in-one privacy solution, helping users remove personal information from public websites and data broker databases.
Cloaked, a consumer-first privacy company, has extended its privacy platform with ... |
17.06.2024 | What is Sakana AI and why is everyone comparing it to OpenAI? | Source: Sakana AI article-article-body
Tokyo-based AI startup Sakana AI may achieve unicorn status in less than a year after its founding. Here’s what you need to know about the company, its former Google founders, and why it’s being called... |
06.06.2024 | Osmo CEO predicts we'll be sending smells via online messages someday | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Sending a scent or a smell to someone via email or online chat is "going to happen" someday, Osmo co-founder and CEO Alex Wiltschko, predicted on Wednesday at Axios' AI+ Summit in New York C... |
31.05.2024 | Maven AGI Secures $28 Million in Funding to Revolutionize Customer Support with Generative AI | Maven AGI, a cutting-edge generative AI platform, has recently announced a significant milestone in its journey towards transforming enterprise customer support. With a substantial $28 million in funding raised, the company is poised to dis... |
29.05.2024 | Exclusive: Maven AGI’s $28M funding round signals the rise of generative AI in customer support | Time's almost up! There's only one week left to request an invite to The AI Impact Tour on June 5th. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore various methods for auditing AI models. Find out how you can attend here.
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22.05.2024 | LabGenius secures £35M Series B funding for therapeutic antibody discovery | LabGenius, a drug discovery company pioneering the use of machine learning for the discovery of novel therapeutic antibodies has closed a £35 million Series B financing round.
The investment brings LabGenius’ total funding to date to £58 mi... |
21.05.2024 | LabGenius Raises £35M in Series B Funding | LabGenius, a London, UK-based drug discovery company, raised £35M in Series B funding.
The round was led by M Ventures (the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of science and technology company Merck), with participation from additiona... |
21.05.2024 | UK’s LabGenius secures €40.9M led by Amsterdam’s M Ventures to advance its drug discovery platform | Read this article in:
London-based LabGenius, a drug discovery company, announced that it has secured £35M (approximately €40.96M) in a Series B round of funding. The company specialises in using machine learning to discover new therapeutic... |
15.05.2024 | Most-Active US Investors: Sequoia, Khosla, General Catalyst Lead Strong Pack In April | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is a monthly feature that runs down some of the most-active investors in U.S.-based companies, looks at some of their most interesting investments, and includes some odds and ends of who spent w... |
23.04.2024 | Nominal Raises $7.5M in Seed and $20M in Series A Funding Rounds | Nominal, a Los Angeles, CA-based company specializing in creating end-to-end data analysis solutions for industrial engineering teams, raised $7.5M in Seed and $20M in Series A funding rounds.
The Seed round was led by Lux Capital with part... |
18.04.2024 | Ramp's Rise: A Financial Frenzy | Ramp, the financial automation platform, has secured a whopping $150 million in Series D-2 funding, co-led by Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. This injection of cash has catapulted Ramp's valuation to a staggering $7.65 billion, solidifyi... |
17.04.2024 | Ramp raises another $150M co-led by Khosla and Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation | Spend management startup Ramp has raised another $150 million at a post-money valuation of $7.65 billion, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today.
New investor Khosla Ventures and existing backer Founders Fund co-led the raise, which also... |
10.04.2024 | Varda Space Industries: Pioneering the Future of Space Manufacturing | Varda Space Industries, a groundbreaking space manufacturing and hypersonic Earth re-entry logistics company, has secured a monumental $90 million in Series B funding. Led by Caffeinated Capital and supported by Lux Capital, General Catalys... |
10.04.2024 | Collaborative Robotics is prioritizing ‘human problem solving’ over humanoid forms | Humanoids have sucked a lot of the air out of the room. It is, after all, a lot easier to generate press for robots that look and move like humans. Ultimately, however, both the efficacy and scalability of such designs have yet to be proven... |
05.04.2024 | Varda Space’s orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding | Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit.
The company’s $90 million Series B round marks an inflection point for the company, which is now geari... |
05.04.2024 | Varda Space Industries Raises $90M in Series B Funding | Varda Space Industries, Inc., an El Segundo, CA-based in-space manufacturing and hypersonic Earth re-entry logistics company, closed a $90m Series B funding.
The round was led by Caffeinated Capital, with participation from Lux Capital, Gen... |
15.03.2024 | Bilal Zuberi of Lux Capital sees money in power | Surging energy demand from data centers, EVs, new manufacturing hubs — it all points to one thing, Bilal Zuberi tells Axios: "Develop more power. It's time to build."
State of play: Zuberi is a general partner at Lux Capital, the ... |
13.03.2024 | Applied Intuition Accelerates with $250M Series E Funding | Applied Intuition, a vehicle software supplier, secures $250M in Series E funding, reaching a $6 billion valuation. Led by Lux Capital and Porsche Investments Management, the company plans to invest in generative AI to revolutionize vehicle... |
12.03.2024 | Applied Intuition, Inc. Applied Intuition grows to $6 billion valuation, advances vehicle software and AI capabilities with $250 million Series E funding | Applied Intuition, Inc.
Applied Intuition grows to $6 billion valuation, advances vehicle software and AI capabilities with $250 million Series E funding With this funding, the company will make significant investments in generative AI to d... |
12.03.2024 | Autonomous Vehicle Startup Applied Intuition Hits $6B Valuation After $250M Series E | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Autonomous vehicle software developer Applied Intuition locked up a $250 million Series E valuing the company at a $6 billion — a 67% uptick in value from its previous round.
The deal comes even as v... |
01.02.2024 | Coris raises $3.7M, sets sights on AI-driven paradigm shift in SMB risk management | California-based fintech startup Coris has announced $3.7 million in seed funding today to scale its AI-powered risk management platform. The company aims to bring automation and intelligence to the archaic processes still used by many fina... |
16.01.2024 | Tokyo startup Sakana AI lands $30M to forge new path with compact AI models | Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup co-founded by two notable ex-Google engineers, announced today that it has raised $30 million in seed funding from high-profile technology investors. The young company, founded just l... |
09.11.2023 | One-stop CRO shop: Cromatic raises $5.3m to build integrated platform for outsourcing R&D | [Disclosure: AgFunder is the parent company of AgFunderNews.]
Cromatic—a San Francisco-based startup building an integrated platform for outsourcing R&D—has raised $5.3 million in a seed round led by AgFunder and LifeX.
The round, which... |
30.06.2023 | Seed 75: The best seed VC firms for founders looking to raise money in 2023 | From right to left: Miriam Rivera of Ulu Ventures, Maelle Gavet of Techstars, Marlon Nichols of MaC Venture Capital, David Tisch of BoxGroup, Christine Tsai of 500 Global, Saeed Amidi of Plug and Play Ulu Ventures, Techstars, MaC Venture Ca... |
17.05.2023 | 5 investors discuss what’s in store for venture debt following SVB’s collapse | There are many questions around the implications of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse that won’t be answered for a long time. But there’s one question that many startups and investors are hoping will get answered sooner rather than later... |
13.03.2023 | BREAKING: Shiru unveils plant-based fat for next gen meat alternatives: ‘It looks and behaves like animal fat’ | California-based startup Shiru has identified plant-based proteins that can be combined with healthy oils to create structured fats that can replace saturated animal or tropical fats such as palm or coconut oil in multiple applications.
Sol... |
14.02.2023 | 6 VCs share advice for laid-off tech workers planning to launch startups | Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one.
Last year, 1,044 tech companies let go of 159,786 employees, according to Layoffs.fyi. As of this writing, 103,767 workers have been laid off from 345 startups so far in 2... |
12.01.2023 | Ways to Win in Climate Software #6: “Own the Problem” | Welcome to “10 Ways to Win in Climate Software,” an Energize series defining the playbook for sustainability SaaS entrepreneurs. In case you missed it, catch up on the series opener and the first four Ways to Win in our countdown:
At Energ... |
15.12.2022 | 6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech | As ChatGPT has so aptly demonstrated, AI is now truly entering the mainstream consciousness. 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... |
26.10.2022 | 3 traits Lux Capital's Deena Shakir looks for in early-stage startup founders as healthcare bets shrink | Deena Shakir, a partner at Lux Capital. Deena Shakir This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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05.10.2022 | Dublin’s no-code automation for security teams firm Tines brings in $55 million at "north of" $300 million valuation | Automation; a technology that sees its first recorded instance date back to 270 BC when Ctesibius described a float regulator for a water clock to keep an accurate eye on the hour at hand. A seemingly simple device, but one that took eons t... |
15.08.2022 | Amsterdam’s Vosbor raises €6.8M led by Lux Capital for its agricultural commodity trading platform | Vosbor, an Amsterdam-based digital marketplace for global trade in bulk agricultural commodities, announced in July, that it has secured $7M (approximately €6.8M) in a Seed round of funding led by Lux Capital. Market One Capital, FJ Labs, 7... |
21.04.2022 | The Top 40 Investors In Industrial Tech: How Investments In Transformative Solutions Using AI, Cloud, And Edge Act Like Probiotics For Manufacturing | Traditionally, few venture capitalists would touch industrial startup companies. Time cycles were too long and clunky hardware complicated things. However, deep digitalization is taking hold, the expectations are that the industrial sector ... |
31.03.2022 | In order for PPT to work, VCs can start with ‘the business case’ - but need to think outside the box | Public purpose technology (PPT), technologies that solve big problems relevant to a sizeable public - think healthcare or security - need many actors to work together to scale properly. Dr. Johannes Lenhard
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16.02.2022 | Flutterwave secures $250m Series D with valuation at over $3bn | Nigeria-based fintech giant Flutterwave has raised $250 million in Series D funding, its single-biggest investment to date, valuing the company at over $3 billion. The investment was led by B Capital Group with participation from new invest... |
16.02.2022 | African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D | African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tripled the company’s valuation to over $3 billion in just twelve months.
In March 2021, the San Francisco-headquartered and Lagos-based startup raised $170 millio... |
10.02.2022 | Balanced, an on-demand fitness platform for older adults, raises $6.5M | The company's platform gives the aging population personalized fitness recommendations
One of the many spaces that was forever changed by the pandemic was fitness. Even before COVID made it necessary for people to work out at home, the chan... |
05.02.2022 | The rise of defense tech is bringing Silicon Valley back to its roots | Josh Wolfe Contributor
Josh Wolfe is the managing partner and co-founder of Lux Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm, where he invests in deep tech companies ranging from space and advanced manufacturing to biotechnology and defense.... |
18.01.2022 | Formic Technologies Raises $26.5 Million Series A Led By Lux Capital | Formic Technologies, a provider of turnkey robotic solutions to American manufacturers, has raised $26.5 million in a Series A financing led by Lux Capital with participation from Initialized Capital, Correlation Ventures, Lorimer Ventures,... |
06.01.2022 | Africa’s $4.9bn funding, crypto predictions for 2022, and mPharma’s $35m Series D | Share this article:
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16.11.2021 | H1 Raises $100M to Expand Healthcare Professional Data Network | What You Should Know:
– Health tech startup H1 announced that it has raised a $100M Series C round of funding. NY-based H1 plans to invest the funds in the expansion of its data and network, product development and hiring, with a goal to ma... |
27.10.2021 | Shiru gets $17m in Series A funding to scale up its novel ingredients business | US biotech startup Shiru has closed a $17 million Series A round to help it grow its business of identifying and developing novel ingredients for food items, starting with alternative proteins.
S2G Ventures led the round. Returning investor... |
08.09.2021 | A-Alpha Bio Secures $20M Series A Financing to Accelerate Drug Discovery by Measuring Protein-Protein Interactions at Scale | When it comes to measuring protein-protein interactions and assisting pharma in the discovery of antibodies and molecular-glue targets, A-Alpha Bio's AlphaSeq platform is unmatched. AlphaSeq is enabling pharma companies to find the high-val... |
24.08.2021 | AllStripes Secures $50M to Advance Global Rare Disease Research Platform | Nancy Yu, CEO and Co-founder, AllStripes
– AllStripes, a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company dedicated to unlocking treatments for people affected by rare diseases, today announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding... |
17.08.2021 | Virtual Health Clinic for Women & Families Maven Reaches $1B Valuation | What You Should Know:
– Maven, a New York City-based virtual health clinic for women and families announced it has raised $110M in Series D funding co-led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Lux Capital, with participation from BOND and exist... |
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22.06.2021 | Lux Capital Leads $51 Million Financing in Biotech Startup Enveda | Lux Capital has led a $51 million venture-capital financing in Enveda Biosciences Inc., a biotechnology startup led by an entrepreneur who previously helped build another successful life-sciences company in Lux’s portfolio.
Enveda founder a... |
22.06.2021 | Enveda Biosciences : Closes $51M Series A Financing Led by Lux Capital | Enveda Biosciences, a leading biotechnology company harnessing the power of nature’s chemistry to develop next-gen small molecule therapeutics, today announced an oversubscribed $51M Series A funding round. The financing was led by Lux Capi... |
18.06.2021 | US-based defense tech company Anduril raises US $450M as valuation soars to US $4.6B | Anduril Industries, an AI-powered defense technology company, secured US $450 million in a Series D funding round, sending its valuation to a whopping US $4.6 billion. Announced on June 17, 2021, the round was led by serial entrepreneur and... |
03.06.2021 | Lux Capital has raised $1.5 billion more to invest in — and create — new startups | The fundraising continues apace in the go-go world of venture capital. Today, it’s Lux Capital — known for its frontier investing — that has closed a $675 million early-stage venture fund and an $800 million growth-stage fund from its exist... |
13.03.2021 | New York based company Hugging Face secures USD 40 million in its Series B round | Hugging Face, an American open-source NLP technology provider, announced on 11th March 2021 that it has raised US $40 million in its Series B round. The round was led by Addition along with eager participation from A.Capital, Lux Capital an... |
15.02.2021 | Investors’ SPAC push could revamp the private market money game | Since last year, we’ve been tracking the growing list of capitalists who got into the SPAC game. You can read an interview we conducted with Amish Jani, the co-founder of FirstMark Capital, about his SPAC here. And if you need a refresher o... |
14.01.2021 | 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies | Consumer hardware has always been a tough market to crack, but the COVID-19 crisis made it even harder.
TechCrunch surveyed five key investors who touch different aspects of the consumer electronics industry, based on our TechCrunch List of... |
08.01.2021 | LA Venture Podcast: Lux Capital Bets On Deep-Tech Founders Before They Have Companies | For this week's episode of LA Venture, hear from Shahin Farshchi, partner at Lux Capital. Lux invests in emerging science and technology ventures at the outermost edges of what is possible. Farshchi has fascinating insight on automation, au... |
03.12.2020 | Everlywell Secures $175M to Expand Position in At-Home Testing Market | What You Should Know:
– Everlywell secures $175M in Series D funding to expand its virtual care offerings, scale its testing and infrastructure, drive clinical research and disease management through testing, and grow its national leadershi... |
27.10.2020 | Applied Intuition : raises $125M Series C from existing investors Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and General Catalyst | SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied Intuition, Inc., announced that it has raised a $125 million Series C financing round from Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and General Catalyst. Applied Intuition also welcomes Bila... |
22.10.2020 | Applied Intuition, a less known autonomous vehicle testing startup, raises $125M in Series C funding co-led by Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, others; reaches unicorn status at $1.25 billion valuati... | While everyone is busy talking about Tesla and Waymo, this lesser-known tech startup that offers testing software for the autonomous vehicle industry is getting the attention and backing of the top Silicon Valley investors. Applied Intuitio... |
21.09.2020 | Ahana Expands Seed Funding to $4.8 Million with Additional Funding Led by Lux Capital | Grows technical leadership team with three key co-founders from Alibaba, Uber and Walmart running major Presto deployments;
Funding to be used to accelerate R&D for Presto-as-a-service offering and contributions to open source community... |
21.09.2020 | Ahana Expands Seed Funding to $4.8 Million With Additional Funding Led by Lux Capital | Grows technical leadership team with three key co-founders from Alibaba, Uber and Walmart running major Presto deployments
Ahana, the self-service analytics company for Presto, announced an additional investment of $2.3 million in seed fina... |
16.06.2020 | What’s next for space tech? 9 VCs look to the future | Space is a special category of VC investment in the best of times — and the COVID-19 pandemic is not the best of times.
Still, investors focused on and familiar with space see a lot of opportunity in the market, regardless of any prevailing... |
11.06.2020 | 9 top space tech VCs on the market’s opportunities and challenges | Space is a relatively niche area of tech investing in the best of times, but COVID-19 has redrawn the landscape. What do investors who are active in this sector think about what’s changed, what hasn’t and what’s coming in the future?
We cau... |
28.05.2020 | 6 leading mobility VCs discuss the road ahead | Millions of consumers sheltering in place to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus sent shockwaves through the global economy. Transportation-related companies were not spared in the upheaval. Mobility startups consolidated, pulled back ... |
14.05.2020 | 7 top mobility VCs discuss COVID-19 strategies and trends | As COVID-19 swept across the globe, no sector lay untouched, but perhaps no industry was more disrupted than transportation.
Airlines slashed routes, public transit use plummeted, ridership on Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing platforms dro... |
12.05.2020 | Where top VCs are investing in healthcare B2B and infrastructure | Rising healthcare costs, an aging population, stifling regulations and the complexity of present-day technological offerings make the trillion-dollar healthcare industry ripe for disruption.
Not only are we finding new and innovative ways t... |