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How many times can we see the Frankenstein concept of bringing back dead people play out on the big screen, you ask? Short answer: countless times. Keanu Reeves is starring in Replicas, the latest in a long line of films, mostly told from a male perspective mind you, which tampers with death and recreation. If […]
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With resistance to antibiotics growing in the U.S., startups around the world are seeking new ways to target and treat bacteria-associated diseases. One example is Paris-based Eligo Bioscience, which targets the microbiome — microorganisms that live in the gut, vagina, lung, and on the skin. The startup has garnered considerable interest, managing to lock in […]
NOT everybody—or every business—travels well. Retailers from Walmart to Tesco have faltered in forays into foreign lands. Banks, too, often fancy that success at home can be reproduced abroad. In meeting the needs of big companies, they are often right. Global corporations seem to want global banks. But in retail banking, serving households and small […]
Lydia Ramsey/Business Insider A biotech company that’s developing personalized cancer treatments just raised $ 93 million to get their drugs into human trials. Gritstone Oncology is working on a type of cancer immunotherapy called cancer vaccines that seeks to help amplify the body’s immune system to fight off cancer cells. The series B round was led by […]
EXCLUSIVE: There’s a new Microsoft in town, and the company has spent the past and a half year embedding itself into the worldwide venture capital ecosystem. It’s a move that’s supposed to keep the company in touch with the latest startup developments, something that CEO Satya Nadella believes is critical to its success. Making Microsoft […]
PRESS RELEASE: COSTA MESA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 8, 2017– NBA All Star and forward for the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant expands his foray into startups through an investment in the technology venture capital firm CerraCap Ventures. “Kevin is excited about the strategic approach and commitment of the CerraCap management team,” states MBAF Principal and key […]
Margaret Bradley is audibly jazzed when describing the significance of impact investing in the Philadelphia region. “My whole professional life is about this,” said the director of investment partnerships and lead for social impact investments at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the state-backed seed and early stage capital provider for local tech startups and social enterprises. (Refugee […]
With no shortage of venture capital (VC) funds in Silicon Valley and beyond, one VC firm has elected to focus its entire efforts on one fast-growing niche. Founded out of Menlo Park, California, in 2015, Autotech Ventures has set up shop with a specific focus on automotive startups, bankrolling multi-stage companies that operate across areas such as […]
Some big-time investors are going to bat for emerging technologies such as augmented and virtual reality with a new venture capital firm: Eleven Ventures. And no, that name doesn’t mean they’re just investing in 11 companies — but we’re still waiting for confirmation on whether their ventures go all the way up to 11. The new […]
