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Serve Robotics, a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, and Wing Aviation, an on-demand drone delivery provider, announced a pilot partnership to expand eco-friendly, autonomous food delivery offering a novel solution that will redefine last mile delivery. Alliance member Dr. Ali Kashani is the CEO and co-founder of Serve Robotics.
Read MorekWh Analytics, a leading provider of Climate Insurance for renewable energy assets, announced a new, $2.4M partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) through the Materials, Operation, and Recycling of Photovoltaics (MORE PV) Funding Program. This partnership aims to develop innovative approaches to solar PV resilience, focusing on introducing asset resilience measures against natural catastrophes earlier in the asset development lifecycle. Alliance member Jason Kaminsky, CEO of kWh Analytics.
Read MoreTivic Health® Systems, a health tech company that develops and commercializes bioelectronic medicine, announced that it has received approval from The Feinstein Institutes’ Institutional Review Board for the next phase of clinical work on its non-invasive cervical vagus nerve stimulation ("ncVNS") approach. Tivic Health is led by Alliance member Jennifer Ernst.
Read MoreArzeda, the Protein Design Company, announced the closing of a $38M oversubscribed funding round. This fundraise brings in new investments from Sofinnova Partners, Fall Line Capital, Sucden Ventures, Silver Blue, and the venture arm of W.L. Gore & Associates (makers of Gore-Tex®), which has been in a joint development agreement with Arzeda since 2022. Previous investors also participated in the round, including the venture arm of the Continental Grain Company, Bunge Ventures, and Lewis & Clark Agrifood. Alliance member Alexandre Zanghellini is the co-founder and CEO of Arzeda.
Read MoreSwitch Bioworks, a biotechnology company developing low-cost and sustainable fertilizers, announced it raised $17 million in Series Seed financing led by Change Forces Capital and joined by Grantham Foundation, Astanor Ventures, Acre Venture Partners, Anthos Capital, Thia Ventures, Emerson Collective, as well as the farmer-led Ag Ventures Alliance and others. Alliance member Dr. Tim Schnabel is the founder and CEO of Switch Bioworks.
Read MoreALX Oncology, an immuno-oncology company developing therapies that block the CD47 immune checkpoint pathway, announced the first patients have been dosed in an arm of the randomized UMBRELLA phase 1/2 clinical study partnered with Sanofi that is evaluating evorpacept in combination with SARCLISA® (isatuximab-irfc). ALX is led by Alliance memember Jaume Pons.
Read MoreCircle Pharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing cell-permeable macrocycles as a new class of therapies, announced the successful closing of a $90 million Series D financing round. Alliance member David Earp is CEO of Circle Pharma.
Read MoreSYSPRO, a global provider of ERP software, has been named a winner at The 2024 SaaS Awards program, in the category of Best ERP / MRP. Alliance member Brian Rainboth is the CEO at SYSPRO Americas.
Read MoreReal-Time Innovations (RTI), the infrastructure software company for smart-world systems, announced that it has been awarded a $1.25 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract. With this contract, RTI will help create a secure, standardized, and reliable AI framework for interaction between software agents, humans, and the target environment– enabling rapid deployment and reuse of cutting-edge AI technologies. RTI is led by Alliance member Stan Schneider.
Read MoreImmuron Limited (ASX: IMC; NASDAQ: IMRN), an Australian based and globally integrated biopharmaceutical company is pleased to announce the funding of a new research agreement for the Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. Alliance member Steven Lydeamore is the Chief Executive Officer of Immuron.
Read MoreLegence, a subsidiary of Blackstone (BX) acquired New York-based engineering firm AMA Group and will merge the 250-person outfit with another company. Legence is led by Alliance member Jeff Sprau.
Read MoreAdverum Biotechnologies, a clinical-stage company pioneering the use of gene therapy as a new standard of care for highly prevalent ocular diseases, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation for Ixo-vec, its clinical-stage gene therapy product candidate, for the treatment of wet AMD. Alliance member Dena House is the Chief People Officer for Adverum.
Read MoreVerseon and NeuTherX are pleased to announce their partnership to accelerate drug development through the use of NeuTherX's scalable organoid development technology. Alliance member Adityo Prakash is the CEO of Verseon.
Read MoreAlliance member Munjal Shah's startup, Hippocratic AI, uses evidence-based medical research and reinforcement learning from healthcare workers to train its GenAI healthcare agents. The healthcare-focused generative artificial intelligence startup founded in 2023, has achieved a $500 million valuation following a $53 million Series A funding round.
Read MoreCircle Pharma, a startup working on macrocycles for the “undruggable,” is seeking about $117 million for a Series D. The company, led by Alliance member David Earp, recently closed the first part of the round, reeling in about $54 million from a dozen investors.
Read MoreAlliance member Pat Lashinsky has been named CEO of ChatwithGod where he will lead the Company's mission to provide consumer-centric spiritual guidance.
Read MoreTurn Biotechnologies, a developer of novel mRNA medicines and enabling technologies, announced an exclusive global licensing agreement with pharmaceutical manufacturer HanAll Biopharma to develop groundbreaking medicines for the treatment of age-related eye and ear conditions. Alliance member Anja Krammer is the CEO of Turn Biotechnologies.
Read MoreQuidnet Energy, a pioneer in long-duration energy storage solutions, announced a strategic partnership with a $10 million investment from Hunt Energy Network (HEN), a leader in energy storage and part of an affiliation of companies with experience in subsurface development. Quidnet is led by Alliance member Joe Zhou.
Read MoreSYSPRO, a global provider of ERP software, announced that SYSPRO 8 2023 was named the winner of a Gold Stevie Awards in the Best ERP category in the 22nd Annual American Business Awards. Alliance member Brian Rainboth, is the CEOof SYSPRO Americas.
Read MoreServe Robotics, a leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $4.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $40 million, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. Alliance member Ali Kashani is the CEO of Serve Robotics.
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