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Living Carbon raises new funding to plant 4M fast-growing, carbon-guzzling supertrees in US

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Climate change, Metal, Living, Human, Entrepreneurship, Watershed, Photosynthesis, Biopolymer, Seedling, Biotechnology, Tree, Partnership, Felicis Ventures, CO2, Climate, Genetic engineering, Engineering, Business development, Temasek, Synthetic biology, Forest, Biomass, Research, SAN, Ecology, Nature, Plant, Renewable energy, Wood

Chris Sacca, Founder of Lowercarbon Capital, said: “Living Carbon engineers supertrees that grow up to 50% faster and eat up to 27% more CO2 than your run of the mill logs.

Key Points: 
  • Chris Sacca, Founder of Lowercarbon Capital, said: “Living Carbon engineers supertrees that grow up to 50% faster and eat up to 27% more CO2 than your run of the mill logs.
  • This new funding will allow us to produce 4-5M photosynthesis-enhanced seedlings and plant them at large scale.
  • The seedlings will be available for companies to purchase to reduce their carbon footprint alongside Living Carbon’s carbon quantification and monitoring.
  • Living Carbon’s removal solution brings much needed innovation to the space, offering truly additional carbon solutions.

Vannevar Labs Announces $75M Series B Funding Round

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
SAN, Government, Policy, Growth, VC, Labs, Engineering, Silicon, Vannevar Bush Award, General Catalyst, Renewable energy, Felicis Ventures, Encryption

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vannevar Labs, which provides state-of -the-art technology to overcome critical national security problems, today announced a $75M Series B. The investment was led by Felicis with new investors DFJ Growth and Aloft VC and existing General Catalyst, Point72, Costanoa Ventures, and Shield Capital. This brings Vannevar's total funding to over $90M raised. The company plans to use new capital to fund development of new products and win the company's first multi-year program from Decrypt.

Key Points: 
  • Vannevar Labs is a defense technology company bringing together government expertise with Silicon Valley engineering to solve some of the most important national security problems.
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vannevar Labs, which provides state-of -the-art technology to overcome critical national security problems, today announced a $75M Series B.
  • "We exist to bring the best engineering and product talent to the most important national security problems," said Brett Granberg, CEO at Vannevar Labs.
  • "Vannevar Labs has already demonstrated a strong ability to get innovative tech into the hands of the defense community.

Paytient Raises $63 Million to Help Americans Access and Afford Healthcare

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Cigna, HSA, Health, Commerce Bank, NPS, Empathy, Silicon, Lightbank, Partnership, Thought, Felicis Ventures, Growth, St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index, Patient, HPA-23, FSA, Black box group, Silicon Valley Bank, Bank, Health insurance, Hospital

Founded in 2018, Paytient partners with thoughtful employers and insurers to empower Americans to more easily pay out-of-pocket healthcare costs that too often feel out of reach.

Key Points: 
  • Founded in 2018, Paytient partners with thoughtful employers and insurers to empower Americans to more easily pay out-of-pocket healthcare costs that too often feel out of reach.
  • “Few people plan on getting sick, and even fewer are immune to the financial impact of unexpected out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
  • “Fundamentally, we believe the healthcare journey deserves its own financial products that enable equitable access to care.
  • “Every day we hear from folks who use their Paytient card to help them better access care and manage healthcare spending.

Runway Announces $50M Series C Led by Felicis

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Monday, December 5, 2022
Technology, Entertainment, Photography, Communications, Audio, Video, Media, Software, Other Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence, Karma, IPO, Cisco Systems, Publicis, Creativity, Felicis Ventures, Credit Karma, Entrepreneurship, General Motors, Research, Architecture, Lux Capital, CBS, Investment, Compound, Multimedia, Engineering, Machine learning, GTM, Intuit, Helmy Eltoukhy, Medical device, Creative industries, Runway, Meraki, AI, Amazon, New Balance

Runway , an applied AI research company building the next generation of creativity tools, today announced it has raised a $50M Series C led by new investor, Felicis.

Key Points: 
  • Runway , an applied AI research company building the next generation of creativity tools, today announced it has raised a $50M Series C led by new investor, Felicis.
  • Runway is at the forefront of advancements in generative AI and creative AI, naming companies like CBS, New Balance, Harbor Picture Company, and Publicis as customers.
  • Runway is doubling down on its efforts to democratize content creation and make professional multimedia creation more accessible.
  • With a focus on video automation and synthetic media, Runway reduces the costs of creating visual media across creative industries.

25m Health Marks One Year of Fueling Innovations that are Shaping the Future of Healthcare

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Monday, November 14, 2022
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Health, Finance, Other Health, Professional Services, Telecommunications, Software, Managed Care, General Health, Hospitals, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Automation, Hospital, Create, Health, Menopause, Association of British HealthTech Industries, Partnership, Engineering, Traction, Patient, APO, NYSE, Life, Woman, Artificial intelligence, Growth, Felicis Ventures, Organization, Natural language processing, Apollo Global Management, Rehabilitation, Weight loss, Medical device, Management, Medicine, LifePoint Health

The solutions being developed by 25m Health companies are addressing the needs of key patient populations and helping to relieve significant pain points in healthcare.

Key Points: 
  • The solutions being developed by 25m Health companies are addressing the needs of key patient populations and helping to relieve significant pain points in healthcare.
  • 25m Health has co-invested alongside healthtech venture investors including Integrity Growth Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Afore Capital, SemperVirens Venture Capital, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, and Shields Health Innovations.
  • A focus for the 25m Health team in 2023 will be scaling new companies and solutions across the country in partnership with other healthcare systems.
  • Lifepoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum.

Okera Works to Solve the File Data Access Management Challenge With OkeraEnsemble - Delivers ABAC and Infinite Elastic Scale Leveraging Okera nScale for Amazon EMR

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Hive, Table, SAN, Databricks, ClearSkies™, FINRA, Compliance, Organization, Access control, Amazon, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, ABAC, Apache, AWS, Privacy, Social media, View, Intelligence, API, Multimedia, Social, Bessemer Venture Partners, Policy, Apache Hive, CEO, Felicis Ventures, Apache Spark, Elasticity, S3, Machine learning, Amazon SageMaker, F100, Solution, Mobile phone, Online shopping, Tephritis okera, Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Okera, a leader in Universal Data Authorization, today announced the immediate availability of OkeraEnsemble™, a comprehensive file control solution that extends secure data access management for tabular data and multi-structured files within the same policy with native scaling on Amazon EMR. With OkeraEnsemble, analysts/engineers and business/low-code data users have swift access to tabular and file-based data at massive scale using a single coherent collaborative platform. As part of Okera's mission to democratize data for all users so they can safely and securely access data across cloud, hybrid and on-premise sources, OkeraEnsemble protects sensitive data and ensures privacy by managing data access without having to use different tools for both files and tables.

Key Points: 
  • With OkeraEnsemble, analysts/engineers and business/low-code data users have swift access to tabular and file-based data at massive scaleusing a single coherent collaborative platform.
  • OkeraEnsembleenables users to define attribute-based access control within the Okera Dynamic Access Platform through a single unified source and access unstructured data, such as documents, images, video, and audio files stored as files on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Highlights and unique features of OkeraEnsemble include:
    Progressive Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC): Provides better data security and faster compliance, creates massive economies of scale, and ensures consistency in policy enforcement.
  • Infinite nScale: Handles enormous amounts of users and supports large volumes of data access requests via Okera's pattern for tabular data access enforcement.

YourCoach.Health Announces Partnership with Feel Therapeutics to Deliver Live Health Coaching Through Feel's Digital Health Programs

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Founder, Ecosystem, Health, Goal, Therapy, Biomarker, Felicis Ventures, Partnership, Industry, Mental health, API, Program, Feel, Single-frequency network, CEO, SOSV, Tutoring, Anthemis

YourCoach will leverage its verified cohort of cross-specialty coaches to power Feel's live health coaching offerings within Feel's digital health and therapeutics programs.

Key Points: 
  • YourCoach will leverage its verified cohort of cross-specialty coaches to power Feel's live health coaching offerings within Feel's digital health and therapeutics programs.
  • There's no replacing their role within a client's health journey, and, when coupled with Feel Therapeutics' devices, programs and services, they'll help clients achieve their mental health goals sustainably."
  • Feel's digital health and therapeutics programs are designed to help people build better and lasting emotional health with real-time, evidence-based advice and support 24/7.
  • Join us on the Health Coaching Revolution as we strive to deliver the power of health coaching to the 8.5 billion global population by 2030.

MadKudu Secures $18M led by Felicis to Accelerate Adoption of Product-Led Growth

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Karma, Ecosystem, SAN, Plaid, Adobe, Dropbox, CRO, Technology, Doctor of Philosophy, SVP, Cisco Systems, Customer data platform, Credit Karma, Environment, Lucid, IPO, HubSpot, Helmy Eltoukhy, General partnership, Felicis Ventures, Software, Economics, À vendre, Amplitude, Time, Marketing, Multimedia, Software as a service, Intuit, MVP, BGV, Life, Weapon, CA, PLG, CMO, Engineering, CPO, General Motors, Data science, Solution, Video game, Online shopping, Techstars, Growth, Amazon, Meraki, Mapbox, Cloudera

As pioneers in the PLG space, MadKudu is the largest platform with nearly 100 customers like Miro, Dropbox, Cloudera, Amplitude, Plaid, Unity, or Mapbox.

Key Points: 
  • As pioneers in the PLG space, MadKudu is the largest platform with nearly 100 customers like Miro, Dropbox, Cloudera, Amplitude, Plaid, Unity, or Mapbox.
  • For example, it is needed to help sales reps sift through thousands of product users to identify who is ready to buy.
  • Building a first MVP, Sam was able to show that growth teams could double their free-to-paid conversion rate within just a few weeks.
  • To learn more about MadKudu and how to use product-led growth and data science to grow faster, please visit madkudu.com .

Peer-Reviewed Research Reveals Modern Health's Digital Care Increases Access and Significantly Improves Mental Well-Being

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
People, Circle, The Real Me, SAN, Workplace, IMC Content Studio, WHO, BuzzFeed, WTA, Forrester, MGV, Content, Mental health, Fast Company, Research, Grand Slam, Multimedia, HR, Battery Ventures, United States Public Health Service, Women's Tennis Association, VP, Felicis Ventures, Soundscape, Grammatical mood, Founders Fund, Solution, Mobile phone, Medicine, Health insurance, Okta, Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together against AIDS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modern Health, a leading workplace mental health platform supporting enterprises globally, today announces another strong quarter with the publication two peer-reviewed clinical studies on the effectiveness of Modern Health's care offerings, as well as the expansion of its library of meditations, programs, and interactive resources through its in-house Content Studio.

Key Points: 
  • "Our latest peer-reviewed research reinforces that different types of care outside of just therapy can lead to significant improvements in mental health, and can be a successful entry point to mental health care.
  • Circles by Modern Health has grown significantly in 2022, with 1,244 Circles hosted and more than 350 Circles offered to the public to increase access and reduce stigma around mental health care.
  • In a separate peer-reviewed study , Modern Health found that evidence-based mental health coaching achieves comparable success rates to therapy in improving depressive symptoms and well-being.
  • Modern Health empowers employers to lead the charge in acknowledging that mental health is just as important as physical health, destigmatizing the conversation, and increasing accessibility of mental health services for all.

Juvena Therapeutics Secures $41 Million to Accelerate the Discovery and Development of Biologics for Chronic and Age-Related Diseases

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Research, Clinical Trials, Stem Cells, Biotechnology, Health, Pharmaceutical, General Health, Other Science, Science, Erythropoietin, B cell, Harvard University, Felicis Ventures, Proteomics, Myotonic dystrophy, Engineering, FDA, DeepMind, Horizon, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, VC, University of California, Berkeley, Horizons Ventures, Insulin, Growth hormone, Systems biology, Venture capital, Series A round, Impossible Foods, Regenerative medicine, National Institute, Biomarker, Drug discovery, Intersection, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Regeneration, Doctor of Philosophy, Ageing, Investment, Protein, Protein engineering, Biology, Degenerative disease, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Therapy, SVP, Compound, Siri, Map, Mubadala Investment Company, Pharmaceutical industry, Vaccine, Spotify

The new funding will power the expansion of Juvenas drug discovery platform and advance the companys biologics pipeline targeting chronic and age-related diseases.

Key Points: 
  • The new funding will power the expansion of Juvenas drug discovery platform and advance the companys biologics pipeline targeting chronic and age-related diseases.
  • Secreted proteins are a proven class of biologics with tremendous therapeutic potential, as they regulate tissue repair and regeneration, organ development, and immune response to disease.
  • These limitations have constrained biopharmas approach to studying the role of secreted proteins only as drug targets or biomarkers, rather than drug agents themselves.
  • Juvena Therapeutics is a biotech company accelerating the development of therapeutics by unlocking the therapeutic potential of secreted proteins.