Shellworks raises $15M to scale sustainable plastic alternative Vivomer
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-basedbiomaterials company Shellworks has raised $15 million in a Series A fundinground led by Paris-based impact investment fund alter equity. The round alsoincluded participation from Nat Frie...
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Antiverse Raises $9.3M Series A To Advance AI Antibody Platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-based Antiverse, a biotech startup developing AI-designed therapeutic antibodies for hard-to-target disease proteins, has raised $9.3 million in a Series A round led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Innovation Investment Capital, DOMiNO V…
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Bindbridge raises $3.8M for next-generation crop protection
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Cambridge-basedBindbridge has secured $3.8 million in early-stage funding from Speedinvest andNucleus Capital to advance next-generation crop protection aimed at improvingcrop resilience and agricultu...
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French synbio baCta snaps €7M: Can AI yeast crack the €1B astaxanthin market?
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Industrial biotech startup baCta has raised €7 million in seed funding to accelerate its vision of replacing petrochemical…
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Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to tackle potato late blight in Europe
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Mycoverse, an agritechspin-out from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) developing fungal-basedbiological crop protection, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed equity funding.The round was co-led...
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Noxon Secures Seed Funding To Develop Muscle-Computer Interface
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Munich-based medtech startup Noxon has successfully closed its seed funding round led by High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital with participation from Auxxo and an additional institutional investor. The total size of the round was not disclosed…
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Outpost Bio raises $3.5M pre-seed for human microbiology models
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Outpost Bio, a companyfocused on decoding complex interactions in human biology, has raised a $3.5million pre-seed round co-led by Merantix Capital and Seedcamp, withparticipation from OpenSeed VC, De...
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Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week
BeauHD / slashdot - Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn how to play Doom in about a week. "While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world applicatio…
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Arcellx (ACLX) Stock Jumps 78% as Gilead Agrees to $7.8B Acquisition
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Gilead Sciences is acquiring Arcellx for $7.8 billion, paying $115 per share in cash plus a $5 contingent value right Arcellx stock jumped over 78% in premarket trading Monday following the announcement The deal centers on anito-cel, a CAR-T cell the…
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Bedfordshire biotech Tozaro secures £6M from Mercia to scale gene therapy platform
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Modern medicine is facing a significant pricing crisis. While breakthrough gene therapies offer potential cures for rare genetic…
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Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock Acquires Orna Therapeutics for Up to $2.4 Billion
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Eli Lilly (LLY) announced a deal to buy Orna Therapeutics for up to $2.4 billion in cash to expand its cell therapy capabilities. Orna’s lead asset ORN-252 uses circular RNA technology to create CAR-T therapies inside patients’ bodies for autoimmune …
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QT Sense raises €4M to advance real-time single-cell analysis
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Dutch startup QT Sense has raised €4 million to further develop Quantum Nuova, its quantum-based platform that monitors cellular stress in living cells at single-cell resolution. The funding includes a €3 million seed round led by Cottonwood Technology Fu…
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Biorce raises $52M to support global rollout of its AI clinical trial platform
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Barcelona-basedBiorce, a health AI company focused on clinical trial design and execution, hasclosed a $52 million Series A round. The financing includes new investment fromDST Global Partners, with e...
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Twogee Biotech Raises €2.2M Seed Round To Advance Circular Biomass Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Munich-based Twogee Biotech, a biotech startup creating custom enzyme solutions for the industrial conversion of biomass into sustainable raw materials, has closed a €2.16 million seed funding round. Investors include High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapita…
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Anzen Industries Secures $2.2M Funding In Pre-Seed Round
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - UK-based deeptech startup Anzen Industries has raised $2.2 million in pre-seed funding, led by LocalGlobe and Creator Fund, with support from strategic angel investors across the UK, EU and US, including Konstantin von Unger and early-stage investor Cory …
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Amazon Just Secured the First New American Copper in a Decade. Bacteria Did the Work.
Maria Garcia / implicator - AWS just became the first buyer of American-mined copper in over a decade. The source? Bacteria eating rock in an Arizona desert. As AI data centers consume 47 tonnes of copper per megawatt, Amazon is securing supply chains before the squeeze hits.
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OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.
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Nuclera Raises $87M Series C To Advance Antibody Research
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Biotech firm Nuclera has raised an additional $12 million increasing its total Series C funding to $87 million. The extension round was led by Elevage Medical Technologies and Jonathan Milner with participation from existing investors including British Bu…
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Nvidia to Invest $1 Billion in AI Drug Laboratory With Eli Lilly
Ian KingMadison Muller / bloomberg - Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry.
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FluoSphera zips CHF 1.15M seed for 3D human organ models that cut drug failures
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Developing new medicines is a long and costly process, taking 10 to 15 years and billions of dollars.…
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