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Empirico Raises $17M, Inks 3-Year Antisense Collaboration with Ionis

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Empirico, a biotech that has developed tools to analyze genomics data and use those insights to identify potential therapeutic targets, has signed a collaboration deal with antisense drug developer Ionis Pharmaceuticals that includes a $10 million equity investment. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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UiPath Snags $225M To Expand Robotic Workforce for Businesses

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Top venture capital firms continue to pour money into software robotics companies that promise to automate monotonous business operations, like processing mortgage applications, that are often performed by humans. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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With $30M Infusion, Certona Aims for Bigger Share of Digital Retail

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The Internet Retailer Conference & Expo set for Chicago next June lists over 600 exhibitors, including Adobe Systems, Certona, Episerver, and Kibo Software. When you get all that data and analyze it, you get interesting insights,” Sheik said.

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Convoy Reloads With $185M For Its Freight Shipment Marketplace

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Convoy , an online marketplace that connects shippers with freight truck fleets and independent drivers, announced today it raised $185 million in a Series C fundraising round led by CapitalG, the growth equity investment fund of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. regions, CEO Dan Lewis says.

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Best Buy Acquires GTCR’s GreatCall for $800M, Eyeing Aging Boomers

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Best Buy is paying $800 million in cash for GreatCall, a San Diego-based healthtech company which private equity firm GTCR bought early last year. The company also sells gadgets, such as mobile devices with large screens and big buttons, wearables that can work with those devices, and emergency alert products.

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Automation Anywhere Scores $250M To Globalize Bot Workforce

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Automation Anywhere , which supplies customers with armies of software robots to take over manual tasks such as insurance claims processing, announced today it raised $250 million in a first funding round that set its post-money valuation at $1.8

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Xconomy Announces Channel Focused on the Future of Education

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We’d like to offer a big thank you to our launch sponsors/underwriters who have joined us to support this new channel: the Lumina Foundation and Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Agtech and Food, and Cybersecurity. Xconomy’s editors from across the county will be contributing to the education channel.