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Alliance Visionary Leaders Roundtable

A recording of the “Future of Food & Agriculture” Alliance Roundtable can be accessed by clicking HERE. This was the second of a series of virtual Alliance of CEOs Roundtables with Visionary Leaders. Whether you are involved in food and agriculture or not, we believe we can all learn from…

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Nauto Partners with Navistar to Bring Fleet AI-Safety Technology to the Heavy-Duty Truck Segment

PALO ALTO, Calif. /PRNewswire/ — Nauto, a leading provider of AI-based vehicle safety technology for commercial fleets and the automotive sector, and Navistar, manufacturer of International® commercial trucks and engines, announced a flagship distribution agreement to make Nauto's predictive-AI vehicle safety solution available for new fleet vehicle purchases or as…

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Perceptyx Acquires AI-Powered Coaching Platform, Cultivate

TEMECULA, Calif., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)— Perceptyx, the leading employee listening and people analytics platform, has acquired Cultivate, a pioneer in AI-powered leadership development. The deal will pair Perceptyx’s leading active listening and feedback platform with Cultivate’s best-in-class passive listening and digital coaching product, creating a powerful solution that closes the gap…

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Alliance Visionary Leaders Roundtable

A recording of the “Future of Health & Healthcare” Alliance Roundtable can be accessed by clicking HERE. This was the first of a series of virtual Alliance of CEOs Roundtables with Visionary Leaders. Whether you are involved in health & healthcare or not, we believe we can all learn from…

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ALX Oncology Receives U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Evorpacept

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology”) (Nasdaq: ALXO) a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) granted orphan drug designation (“ODD”) to evorpacept, a next-generation CD47 blocker, for the treatment of patients…

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Mammoth Biosciences Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for First CRISPR-based High-Throughput COVID-19 Test

BRISBANE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Mammoth Biosciences announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its DETECTR BOOST® SARS-CoV-2 Reagent Kit, a first of its kind high-throughput solution that combines the power of CRISPR with laboratory automation for SARS-CoV-2 testing. The DETECTR BOOST platform is…

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Wisk Aero Secures $450 Million from The Boeing Company

Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the U.S., has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, making it one of the most well-funded AAM companies in the world. Combined with previous funding, this investment reinforces Wisk’s…

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Reed Renaudin

Reed Renaudin has been involved in the wine industry since 1996. He joined DuMOL Winery in 2015 and founded Amicus & X Winery in 2001. Reed has an MBA from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a BS from UC Davis. He has also completed extensive graduate research in enology…

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LogiGear Acquires DWS

SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, /EINPresswire.com/—LogiGear, a world leader in software testing and test automation solutions, announced the acquisition of DWS, a leading provider of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Fusion Cloud applications products and services. The acquisition will further strengthen LogiGear’s capabilities to serve the ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) market as…

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CytomX Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational New Drug Application

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)— CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTMX), a leader in the field of conditionally activated therapeutics, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for CX-904, an EGFRxCD3 T-cell-engaging bispecific antibody being co-developed by CytomX and…

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Serve Robotics’ New Autonomous Sidewalk Delivery Robots Don’t Require Human Assist

Serve Robotics, an Uber spinout that builds sidewalk delivery robots, is deploying its next generation of robots that are capable of completing some commercial deliveries without a human in the loop, according to the startup. That means in certain operational design domains, or geofenced areas, Serve won't be relying on…

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New Investments in Qnovo in $24M Series-C Funding

NEWARK, Calif. /PRNewswire/—Qnovo, a pioneer in battery management software, announced the closing of $24M in Series-C financing. BorgWarner led the round with significant participation by OGCI Climate Investments and Constellation Technology Ventures. Existing investors U.S. Venture Partners and RockPort Capital also participated. The company, which is in advanced vehicle qualifications…

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Scot Weinberger

Scot possesses more than thirty years of industrial experience in pioneering and commercializing cutting-edge tools for life science research. A prolific inventor, Scot holds 23 United States Patents for solutions in protein footprinting, liquid chromatography, ultraviolet–visible spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis, time-of-flight mass spectrometry, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization, protein biochip technology, tandem mass…

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Sutro Biopharma and Tasly Biopharmaceuticals Enter into Exclusive License Agreement

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and SHANGHAI /PRNewswire/—Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (“Sutro”) (NASDAQ: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing company focused on the application of precise protein engineering and rational design to create next-generation cancer and autoimmune therapeutics, announced an exclusive license agreement with Tasly Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred…

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54gene Introduces 300 Historic Tests to End Misdiagnosis

The era of misdiagnosis in the Nigerian healthcare system will soon be a thing of the past as a healthy technology company, 54gene, advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has pledged its commitment towards ending misdiagnosis in the country’s medical laboratory sector with the launch of its…

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Member Serge Longin Speaks: Realign With Your Goals and Do Your Research

The Challenge: In the situation at hand, a CEO was approached by a private equity firm to partner with his company. He was seeking insight into knowing if the firm and offer are a good fit. If you were in this situation, what would you do? If I were in…

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How COVID-19 Is Affecting Alliance Companies – Week 92

Below you will find the results of a CEO survey taken by Alliance leaders on December 13, 2021 (Week #92 of the Covid-19 crisis) to measure how businesses are experiencing the pandemic crisis—to gauge the depth of impact, the latest business trends and the progress of returning employees to their…

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CloudBees Raises $245 Million in New Financing

SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—CloudBees, the leading software delivery platform for enterprises, announced it has closed a $150 million Series F financing round at a pre-money valuation of $1 billion. The company also closed a $95 million debt facility to accelerate growth. “We see an inflection point of market opportunity, and…

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Proximie Partners with Jhpiego in New Initiative to Improve Obstetric Surgical Care

Proximie has offered its technology to Jhpiego, a global health non-profit working in 40-plus countries, to improve obstetric surgical care for women by expanding and enhancing the learning and mentorship in Jhpiego's Obstetric Safe Surgery project now underway in five hospitals in Makueni County. The goal of the 22-month project…

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Serve Robotics Secures Funding From Strategic Investors

SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire/—Serve Robotics, the leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, announced the closing of a $13 million expanded seed funding round, with participation from strategic investors Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER); Delivery Hero (FRA: DHER) backed DX Ventures; 7-Eleven Inc.'s corporate venture arm, 7-Ventures, LLC; and Wavemaker Partners and its…

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Deep Isolation Acquires Freestone Environmental Services

Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level nuclear waste (HLW) storage and disposal solutions, announced today it has acquired Freestone Environmental Services, a multi-discipline environmental and water resources consulting firm based in Richland, Washington. Freestone Environmental, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Deep Isolation, brings…

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Virtual Incision Announces $46 Million Financing

LINCOLN, Neb., & PLEASANTON, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Virtual Incision Corporation, a medical device company pioneering first-of-its-kind miniaturized robots for laparoscopic surgery, announced it has raised $46 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Endeavour Vision and Baird Capital, with participation from returning investor Bluestem Capital and others.…

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Ali Kashani

Ali Kashani is an engineer, tinkerer and serial entrepreneur. He explores the intersection of design and AI to create everyday solutions for everyday problems. After Postmates acquired his startup Lox in 2017, he founded Postmates X where he has been pondering how to solve one of the biggest dilemmas in…

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IAA Announces New Partnership with Department of Defense

WESTCHESTER, Ill.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA), a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers, announced that it has joined the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment Partnership (“MSEP”). In late October 2021, IAA attended a virtual ceremony to be inducted along with 45 other new partners to MSEP…

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Novome Biotechnologies and Genentech Enter into a Strategic Collaboration

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Novome Biotechnologies, a clinicalstage biotechnology company developing engineered cellular therapies for the gut, announced a multi-year research collaboration and licensing agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group to use Novome’s proprietary Genetically Engineered Microbial Medicines (GEMMs) platform to discover, engineer and develop bacterial…

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Axiom Cloud Raises $2.5M

OAKLAND, Calif./PRNewswire/—Axiom Cloud, a company that develops software solutions to solve commercial refrigeration's biggest energy and maintenance problems, announced that it has raised over $2.5M from Momenta Ventures, Leadout Capital, Vela Partners, Lorimer Ventures, and others. The funding will primarily be used to grow Axiom Cloud's team to make its…

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XOMA Earns $35 Million Milestone Payment

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—XOMA Corporation (Nasdaq: XOMA) announced that NIS793, an anti-TGFβ monoclonal antibody licensed from the Company, has advanced to the Phase 3 development stage, triggering a $35 million milestone payment from Novartis. The Phase 3 trial (NCT04935359) is designed to assess the efficacy and safety of NIS793 in…

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Sama To Build ‘First End-To-End AI Platform’ For Training Data

Products developed to manage artificial intelligence data are still largely fragmented, solving one problem at a time for developers, but not the entire life cycle. Enter Sama, a company providing high-quality training data that powers AI technology applications. CEO Wendy Gonzalez said the company is developing the first end-to-end AI…

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Cytek Biosciences Acquires Tonbo Biosciences’ Cell Analysis Business

FREMONT, Calif. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)—Cytek® Biosciences (Nasdaq: CTKB), a leading cell analysis solutions company, announced that it has acquired the cell analysis business of Tonbo Biosciences™, which includes an extensive portfolio of life science research reagents related to cell preparation, flow cytometry, molecular immunology/PCR and cell culture covering application areas across…

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Kunal Chopra

Kunal Chopra co-founded Certivo in 2024 and serves as the company’s CEO. Previously, as CEO of Kaspien, he managed the company’s strategic direction. Kunal has over 15 years of executive experience with industry-leading companies, including Microsoft, Amazon and Groupon, where he managed P&L, built teams, improved processes and launched numerous…

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