Category: Portfolio News
CanCell Therapeutics partners with Ovizio to improve monitoring of CAR-T cell production
Ovizio Imaging Systems, a manufacturer of cell analyzers for advanced monitoring in the bioprocessing market, and CanCell Therapeutics, an early-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of CAR-T cell therapies, today announced that they will enter into a collaboration to further improve the monitoring of CAR-T cell-therapy manufacturing. The partnership
Read MorePhase Four raises $26m led by New Science Ventures
Phase Four, the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, announced today that it has closed a Series B investment round of $26 million. The round was led by New Science Ventures LLC ("NSV"), a leading venture capital firm focused on building companies that leverage breakthrough science to create
Read MoreZeotap launches Predictive Audiences to empower marketers with machine learning
Zeotap the leading Customer Data Platform, has today announced the launch of Predictive Audiences as part of its award-winning Customer Intelligence Platform (CIP). Designed to help marketing users increase the impact of their campaigns, it enables the creation and application of machine-learned predictive segments in just a few clicks. Predictive
Read MoreVascular Therapies announces clinical results from its Phase 3 randomized multicenter clinical trial
Vascular Therapies, a privately held biotechnology company is developing Sirogen, a proprietary sirolimus formulation for intraoperative local drug delivery to reduce surgical stenosis in blood vessels. Today the company announced clinical results from its Phase 3 clinical trial in which Sirogen showed encouraging AV fistula outcomes in elderly end-stage renal
Read MoreZeotap builds momentum as marketing industry shifts away from cookies
Zeotap, the Customer Intelligence Platform (CIP), has reported 126% ARR growth in 2020 among its latest milestones in growth. Building momentum from its $60.5 million Series C fundraising round last year, the company is capitalizing on the marketing industry’s move to better engage first-party data in the face of the
Read MoreAchronix now shipping industry’s highest performance Speedster7t FPGA devices
Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in high-performance FPGAs and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, today announced that it has begun shipping its 7nm Speedster®7t AC7t1500 FPGAs to customers ahead of schedule. The Speedster7t family is purpose-built for high bandwidth workloads in a broad range of applications including AI/ML, 5G infrastructure, networking,
Read MoreABL Space raises $170m growth equity round led by T. Rowe Price funds
ABL Space Systems has closed a Series B investment round of $170 million at a valuation of $1.3 billion. The round was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Participation in the round included existing ABL investors and new investments by Fidelity Management & Research
Read MoreVentyx Biosciences doses first subject in a Phase 1 Trial of VTX-958, a selective allosteric TYK2 Inhibitor for Autoimmune Diseases
Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral, small molecule therapeutics for autoimmune disease, today announced the dosing of the first subject in a Phase 1 clinical trial of VTX-958, a novel and selective allosteric TYK2 inhibitor. In non-clinical studies, VTX-958 has shown potential to treat autoimmune diseases by
Read MoreiCAD – New research supporting ProFound AI presented at European congress of radiology online meeting
iCAD, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICAD), a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy solutions, today announced new research supporting ProFound AI® was presented at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2021 Online meeting, taking place March 3-10, 2021. During the congress, the Company also showcased the full suite
Read MoreIsorg obtains FBI certification for security market’s first organic photodiode-based module for fingerprint scanners
Isorg, a pioneer in organic photodetectors (OPDs) and large-area image sensors, today announces its Fingerprint Acquisition Profile (FAP) 10 module has received FBI certification, the first in this category of organic photodiode (OPD) based optical sensors. The FAP 10 biometrics module is now approved for use in security applications, in
Read MoreiCAD announces closing of $25.0 million public offering of common stock and full exercise of underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares
iCAD, Inc. (the “Company”, NASDAQ: ICAD), a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy solutions, today announced the closing on March 5, 2021 of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 1,393,738 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $18.00 per share, which included
Read MoreDataCore Software acquires Caringo, Inc.
DataCore Software, the authority on software-defined storage, today announced that it has acquired Caringo, Inc. The combined entity will enable DataCore to offer complete, best-of-breed software-defined storage solutions for block, file, and object—from a single vendor. The acquisition will also add talent and expertise to the DataCore team, as well
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