SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – February 1, 2018 – Joby Aviation announced it has secured $100M in Series B financing to take its all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft into pre-production and certification.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 1, 2018 — Moderna Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company that is pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for high unmet medical needs in patients, today announced that it has raised $500 million in a new funding round.
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Singapore and San Francisco-based biotech company raises US$10 million in seed round from leading American and Asian investors; round was co-led by DHVC (Danhua Capital) and 6 Dimensions Capital, with participation from WuXi Apptec, EDBI, Pavilion Capital, Baidu Ventures, WI Harper, and Nest.Bio Ventures.
YANG Kee Logistics on Thursday said it has completed the acquisition of New Zealand listed company, Fliway Group, for S$52.1 million – making it the first and largest Singaporean third-party logistics player to operate in New Zealand and the Oceania region.
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BOSTON, and SAN FRANCISCO, January 2, 2018– PEAR Therapeutics, the leader in prescription digital therapeutics, today announced that it has successfully closed a $50 million Series B financing led by Temasek. With this financing, Temasek joins new and existing investors including 5AM Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, JAZZ Venture Partners, Novartis, Singapore-based EDBI, and the Bridge Builder’s Collaborative.
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SINGAPORE – 20 December 2017 – Tessa Therapeutics, an international clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on T cell therapy for solid tumors, today announced the completion of a USD 80 million financing round led by Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, and joined by EDBI, Karst Peak Capital, Heliconia, Heritas and other investors.
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Rony Abovitz has been dreaming about a new way of seeing the world since he started Magic Leap in 2011. He raised $1.9 billion in funding, but he stayed quiet about what the company was going to do. Today, he unveiled the Magic Leap One AR goggles for the first time. AR is expected to be a multibillion market, with support from Google and Apple, but Magic Leap is the company that is throwing the most money and people at the challenge today.
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Five years ago, the CEO of Coursera would’ve been in high demand on the floor of a busy tech conference floor, but speaking at Web Summit in Lisbon in November, Jeff Maggioncalda blends in. Coursera’s original product, the massive open online course, no longer carries the same buzz as artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles or the blockchain. Today, its fans look a lot more corporate: Intel and Google, AXA and L’Oréal.
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Room service robot Aura has helped hotel M Social Singapore land two awards from International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia Pacific.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Druva, the market leader in cloud data protection and management, today announced it ranked 175 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America.
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