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APRIL 22, 2019

The Los Angeles-based company’s public offering should be a nice windfall for the Chicago-based investors DNS Capital, an investment firm managing the private wealth of the Pritzker family, and Cleveland Avenue, founded by former McDonald’s executive Don Thompson; as well as the venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins and Obvious Ventures.

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AUGUST 8, 2020

Risk level has always been directly correlated to the number of unknowns, so eliminating even one variable will improve your odds: Eliminate one aspect of research and development. According to a classic Harvard Research study, first inventors spend at least a third more on their initial technology than later innovators.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Technology pilots. Commercial product prototypes.

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MARCH 28, 2018

The funding was led Green Pine Capital Partners and Prosperico Ventures plus UCF Medical Investment, Jointown Pharmaceutical Group, and Lilly Asia Venture, as well as others. Singlera is split between La Jolla and Shanghai, China. The company's initial target is early detection of lung cancer. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2021

It is complexity theory made manifest and only serves to show that scalable, data-driven solutions rapidly deployed across large industrial markets are our only hope in correcting the course,” wrote Vaughn Blake, a partner at the energy-focused investment firm Blue Bear Capital. Intel alone used 9 billion gallons of water in 2015).

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MAY 8, 2017

The company is backed by more than $67M in funding from such investors as Glynn Capital Management, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. Belinda Tan: Most of our trials are Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Headspace says its apps have been used in more than 65 evidence-based research studies, run by U.K.'s Headspace is venture backed by Spectrum Equity, The Chernin Group, Advancit Capital, Allen & Co., The company says it will begin Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) this summer.

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APRIL 22, 2011

based private, venture capital backed software, hardware, life science, and cleantech companies. The study was conducted by independent market research firm Koski Research during February 2011. SVB said its Startup Outlook 2011 survey came from the responses of 375 U.S-based

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Newport Beach-based CureDuchenne Ventures , a company which specifically funds startups working on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, said on Monday that it has made an investment in TRiNDS , a new contract research organization. Size of the funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2012

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FEBRUARY 24, 2012

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MARCH 2, 2011

Please join LAVA, PwC and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q4 2010 PwC/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States.

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MAY 31, 2012

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2019

million from new investors, including the New York-based Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, following the results of a clinical study of its experimental biomarker monitoring device. Biosensor startup Biolinq said Thursday it has raised $4.75

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Xconomy

JUNE 13, 2019

The new Series B round will give San Francisco-based BlackThorn—a startup spun out of the Scripps Research Institute in 2013—the backing to run human tests of two experimental treatments. The other, for autism, could start a Phase 1 study in 2020. Those plans.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

Litan, former VP of research at the Kauffman Foundation, that these are exceptions to the rule, rather than a model to emulate. A more important question, then, for an aspiring entrepreneur, should be what to study in college for maximum value, rather than whether to drop out or stay. I agree with Robert E. Get real experience early.

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APRIL 25, 2017

The round was led by Glynn Capital Management, and also included GV (formerly Google Ventures), plus Amgen Ventures, Lux Capital, Redmile Group, dRx Capital (a Qualcomm and Novartis joint investment company), and Sanofi Ventures. The company says it ihas now raised almost $67M in total. Science 37 is led by CEO Noah Craft.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

VelosBio, a biotech startup researching new cancer drugs, has raised $58 million in financing. The new VelosBio cash is earmarked for completing the work needed to proceed into human studies. The new VelosBio cash, a Series A round of financing, was led by Arix Bioscience (LSE: ARIX ) and Sofinnova Ventures.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

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MARCH 3, 2010

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OCTOBER 23, 2022

a leading researcher on consumer behavior and the impact of digital, reports that decision makers, social media users, and younger demographics are more and more comfortable sharing data in order to close the gap between thought and action. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D.,

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

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MAY 4, 2015

The startup is led by Dr. Philip Low, who founded NeuroVigil based on research he did as a graduate student at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. According to the company, the round was led by Howard Morgan, and also included Elon Musk, Tim Draper, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Zone Ventures.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies , known for its life science research, disclosed this morning that the firm has added venture capitalists Fred Dotzler to its board of trustees. Tags: salk institute lifescience venture capital executive.

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MARCH 4, 2009

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies , known for its life science research, disclosed this morning that the firm has added venture capitalists Fred Dotzler to its board of trustees. Tags: executive capital venture lifescience institute salk.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Risk level has always been directly correlated to the number of unknowns, so eliminating even one variable will improve your odds: Eliminate one aspect of research and development. According to a classic Harvard Research study, first inventors spend at least a third more on their initial technology than later innovators.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

As part of the funding, the company said that Dyson, Fleming, and Dr. Lee Valentine of the Space Studies Institute have all joined the company's board. XCOR, which is led by Jeff Greason, is looking to develop its own, commercial rockets to support both private spaceflight and research missions. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

The first covers a study of Contour Energy's batteries for use in manned space missions, and another covers development of electrode materials, to advance Li-ion battery technology. The firm--fresh off $14.2M The firm--fresh off $14.2M As part of the announcement, the firm said it has also scored two technology transfer contracts with NASA.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Technology pilots. Commercial product prototypes.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

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MARCH 16, 2009

The firm said the new funding will be used for sales and marketing activities, ongoing clinical studies, research and development, as well as for general working capital. Tags: science regenerative medicine vneutre life cytori therapeutics capital. Source of the funding was not disclosed.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

The Series A is led by Social Capital which is joining the board. Also participating in the round: The Schmidt Family Foundation, Emerson Collective, Radicle Impact, Rethink Impact, Plum Alley, Kapor Capital and First Philippine Holdings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

Risk level has always been directly correlated to the number of unknowns, so eliminating even one variable will improve your odds: Eliminate one aspect of research and development. According to a recent Harvard Research study, first-time inventors spend at least a third more on their initial technology than later innovators.

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MAY 4, 2011

NeuroVigil's technology is based on research from the Salk Instutute for Biological Studies. Amount of the funding, and source, was not disclosed. NeuroVigil said the funding came from an "anonymous American industrialist and technology visionary". The firm was founded by Dr. Philip Low.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Feldstein has been studying the liver for nearly 20 years, and his research now forms the basis of a newly launched company called Jecure Therapeutics. For these reasons, fatty liver disease is often called a “silent disease,” says Ariel Feldstein, a gastroenterologist at the University of California San Diego.

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