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Orchard Robotics Raises $3.8M led by General Catalyst to Build Robots & AI that Power Precision Crop Management

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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SEATTLE, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchard Robotics, the company enabling precision crop management with robots and AI, announced today their $3.8M raise, across a seed round led by General Catalyst, and a pre-seed led by Contrary.

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  • SEATTLE, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchard Robotics, the company enabling precision crop management with robots and AI, announced today their $3.8M raise, across a seed round led by General Catalyst, and a pre-seed led by Contrary.
  • Orchards can have millions of trees, growing hundreds of millions of fruit, spanning thousands of acres.
  • And every tree is unique, needing specific inputs, treatments, and care all season long in order to produce the best fruit.
  • “Our mission at Orchard Robotics is to help farmers produce more food for the world, more profitability, efficiently, and sustainably.

Thiel Foundation Announces Next Thiel Fellow Class

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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The Thiel Foundation has unveiled the 2024 class of Thiel Fellows, assembling a group of 20 brilliant young minds who are set to disrupt various industries.

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  • The Thiel Foundation has unveiled the 2024 class of Thiel Fellows, assembling a group of 20 brilliant young minds who are set to disrupt various industries.
  • Established in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship provides each recipient with $100,000 and access to a powerful network of tech founders, investors, scientists, and former fellows.
  • They reject the well-worn paths of red tape, digital distractions, and self-censorship,” said Alex Handy, director of the Thiel Fellowship.
  • “By refusing to sit idle while others succumb to conformity’s paralysis, they’re positioned to finally deliver on the future.”
    The new class joins 270 previous fellows.

Discoverer of the Klotho Gene and Pioneer in Longevity and Disease Prevention Dr. Makoto Kuro-o Joins Scientific Advisory Board of ADvantage Therapeutics

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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Kuro-o and Madden will speak at the invite-only Entrepreneurship, Longevity, and Biotech Conference in Boca Raton on February 9 and 10.

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  • Kuro-o and Madden will speak at the invite-only Entrepreneurship, Longevity, and Biotech Conference in Boca Raton on February 9 and 10.
  • The conference assembles biotech and longevity scientists and entrepreneurs to share research and exchange ideas for improving the biotech and longevity industries.
  • He discovered and named the klotho gene in 1997, and since then has written and published extensively on the topic.
  • His pioneering research has opened new and promising paths toward understanding longevity as well as preventing and treating disease.

Joshua Browder Earns WTF Innovators Award

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QuHarrison Terry presents Joshua Browder, CEO of DoNotPay , with the WTF Innovators Award for building a benevolent AI-powered product in the legal field and giving people resources to fight legal cases.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QuHarrison Terry presents Joshua Browder, CEO of DoNotPay , with the WTF Innovators Award for building a benevolent AI-powered product in the legal field and giving people resources to fight legal cases.
  • The WTF Innovators Award recognizes excellence at the precipice of societal change, with the inaugural class focusing on AI innovators.
  • "Joshua Browder is breaking down the barriers of the pay-to-play legal system and making legal support accessible to all through AI.
  • Joshua Browder also runs Browder Capital, a $35m preseed fund focused on talented founders from Stanford, the Thiel Fellowship, and other areas of his network.

Thiel Foundation Announces Next Thiel Fellow Class

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Thursday, February 9, 2023
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The Thiel Foundation today named 20 individuals as the next class of Thiel Fellows.

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  • The Thiel Foundation today named 20 individuals as the next class of Thiel Fellows.
  • “In a world where conformity rules, these young founders are setting out to reimagine every industry they touch,” said Brian Rowen, President of The Thiel Foundation.
  • “Members of this year’s class are not preoccupied with chasing trends, whether in Silicon Valley or on TikTok.
  • They are acting on concrete plans to improve the world around them.”
    The new class joins 251 previous fellows.

Lactiga Therapeutics Raises $1.6M USD in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed Round, Secures $350k in Research Grants

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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The lead investor in the financing was 1517 Fund , and other investors include several private firms with significant biotechnology experience.

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  • The lead investor in the financing was 1517 Fund , and other investors include several private firms with significant biotechnology experience.
  • Were thrilled to be backing the Lactiga team in their effort to use naturally produced antibodies to alleviate the pain and suffering of immunocompromised patients and consumers at large.
  • Founded by the cofounders of the Thiel Fellowship, we are excited to welcome the experience and perspectives Zak and the 1517 team will bring to our venture.
  • Lactiga is advancing its novel antibody programs derived from human milk, for patients with primary immunodeficiencies and COVID-19, based on its patented technologies.

Optivolt Raises $8M to Scale Next-Gen Solar

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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Optivolt announces that it has closed $8.2M in a seed funding round led by Atlas Innovate. Other participating investors include Social Impact Capital, Pure Ventures, City Light Capital and Peter Relan, initial investor in Discord. With this new round, Optivolt's funding now totals $10.1M.

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  • Optivolt has found the solution, thanks to its patent-pending technology that delivers up to 25x more solar power in shaded environments.
  • Optivolt believes their shade tolerant solar technology enables distributed IoT devices, 5G infrastructure, military equipment, robotics and EVs to run on energy from the sun.
  • "In the 2000's, the cutting edge of solar was deployed on utility scale solar farms.
  • Optivolt's mission is to accelerate the adoption of solar by enabling performance in shaded environments, taking solar where it has never gone before.

Thiel Foundation Announces Next Thiel Fellow Class

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
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The Thiel Foundation today named 23 individuals as the next class of Thiel Fellows.

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  • The Thiel Foundation today named 23 individuals as the next class of Thiel Fellows.
  • This class of fellows breaks ground in new technologies across multiple industries, said Jimmy Kaltreider, Executive Director of the Thiel Foundation.
  • During the two-year program, fellows receive $100,000 and mentorship from the Thiel Foundations network of technology founders, investors, and scientists.
  • This class was selected from the greatest number of applications we have ever received, said Allyson Dias, director of the Thiel Fellowship.

Central Florida Foundation Announces $70 Million Contribution from Austin Russell

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminar Technologies CEO and Founder Austin Russell has personally partnered with the Central Florida Foundation, the Orlando-region's community foundation.

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  • ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminar Technologies CEO and Founder Austin Russell has personally partnered with the Central Florida Foundation, the Orlando-region's community foundation.
  • "I'm glad to be playing a role in realizing that vision with Luminar for the local economy, and now with Central Florida Foundation in helping the local community and beyond."
  • Since 1994, Central Florida Foundation has invested in philanthropic efforts thanks to generous fund holders committed to improving the region.
  • Central Florida Foundation stewards philanthropic dollars on behalf of individuals, families, and nonprofits.

JAY-Z's Venture Capital Firm, Marcy Venture Partners (MVP) invests in 24 Year-old Founder Iddris Sandu on an innovative tech incubator shaping the metaverse

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Friday, October 22, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Marcy Venture Partners (MVP) invests in 24 year-old technologist Iddris Sandu's impact-driven tech incubator: spatial LABS (sLABS).

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  • LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Marcy Venture Partners (MVP) invests in 24 year-old technologist Iddris Sandu's impact-driven tech incubator: spatial LABS (sLABS).
  • The multi-tiered partnership between MVP and sLABS will explore the unlimited possibilities at the intersection of tech, culture and humanity.
  • sLABS first endeavor is the launch of LNQ; an innovative, state of the art blockchain-enabled hardware platform.
  • "Iddris has a conscious world view and a youth centric vision that is innovative and refreshing to witness.