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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. But trust me on this.

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Last week, we talked about layoffs and the Winklevoss rock gods. Molecule , a platform where DAOs can back medical research projects, secured $13 million in seed funding led by Northpond Ventures. Decentralized trading infrastructure startup Orderly Network raised $20 million in Series A funding from investors including ??Three

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

Xconomy

The firm will now focus on its miniLab, which CEO Elizabeth Holmes touted as a follow-on version of its Edison test system at a scientific conference in August. The funding could be as much as $100 million, and the first grants will be announced in 2017. She refused to discuss Edison at the time. —The U.S. THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE.

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A Post Startup Execs Should Forward to Your Spouse or Partner. 12 Tips for Making it Work

Both Sides of the Table

” That way you aren’t hitting him up on an important topic when he might be stressed out about company layoffs, fund raising or some other major stress at work. He usually says no to weekend conferences and events. He can then find a calm time for a heavy conversation that is planned in advance.

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Biotech Roundup: Kadmon Debt, Hemo Data, Loose Lips & More

Xconomy

Data from a hematology conference stoked dreams of approval, though still on a far horizon, for a couple drug makers. Familiar biotech names—not necessarily familiar for the right reasons—made news this week in biotech. Long anticipated, Walgreens officially cut ties with Theranos , and the FDA both gave and denied approvals.

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Biotech Roundup: Hellos, Goodbyes, “Cures” Delays And Trial News

Xconomy

All eyes are on Holmes, who is scheduled to present data from the company’s technology at a medical conference on August 1. million in funding, according to a regulatory filing. It would be the first time Theranos has shared data with the world. A UCSF cancer expert called XBiotech’s data release “bogus.”

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