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Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost

TechCrunch LA

. “ Shipwell’s full-service, digitized brokerage platform can streamline the way many of our Anchor LPs and portfolio companies approach large-scale freight shipping,” the firm’s principal — and newest Shipwell board member — Vik Chawla wrote in a blog post announcing its most recent deal.

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Despite Low Crop Prices, Corporate and VC Agtech Investments Soar

Xconomy

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says.

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Audentes Prices $75M IPO As Gene Therapy Eyes First U.S. Approval

Xconomy

NASDAQ: AGTC ), AveXis (NASDAQ: AVXS ) and others have all gone public since 2013. Here’s more on Audentes shortly after its Series A round in 2013. Bluebird, Spark, UniQure (NASDAQ: QURE ), Dimension Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DMTX ), RegenXBio (NASDAQ: RGNX ), Voyager Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VYGR ), Applied Genetic Technologies Corp.

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On Front Lines Of Price Dispute, Eye Doctors Wary of New Drug Data

Xconomy

They’re also a controversial part of the national debate over high drug prices, and their increased use has put ophthalmologists in the crosshairs of insurers, the federal government, and the press. Drugs that treat a form of vision loss known as age related macular degeneration aren’t just big business.

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Start Business Planning Now For The Holiday Season

Startup Professionals Musings

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Venture capital investments are returning to startups.

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Jounce Gets $102M As Biotech IPOs Gain Steam in ’17

Xconomy

Jounce also priced above the $13 to $15 per share range it had set. The IPO is a big haul for Jounce, reminiscent of biotech’s bull run from 2013 to 2015 , Read more » Reprints | Share: The Cambridge, MA, company sold close to 6,365,000 shares at $16 apiece, almost 1 million more shares than it proposed to sell a few weeks ago.

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The Most Important Advice I Could Give You About Unicorns

Both Sides of the Table

Well, if you choose the price, I choose the terms.” In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. I’ve blogged for years. ” “Ok. ” “Deal.” ” I can’t make this s**t up.

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