ViCentra lands $13M, pushing Kaleido insulin pump funding to $98M

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - For people living with diabetes, managing insulin therapy is a demanding part of daily life. Traditional insulin pumps…

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Amgen acquires Oxford-based Dark Blue in deal worth up to €718 million to advance leukemia programme

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Dark Blue Therapeutics, a British discovery and development BioTech company innovating the next generation of precision oncology medicines, has been acquired by US-based global BioTech company Amgen, in a transaction valued at up to €718 million ($840 mil…

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Swiss Glucose-Monitoring Startup Liom Raises €13.9 Million In Series A Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Schwyz-based Liom, a developer of a non-invasive glucose-monitoring wearable and biomarker monitoring solutions, has secured a €13.9 million (CHF 13 million) extension to its Series A financing round. The round was led by existing investors, with new part…

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YC-backed Lucis bags $8.5M to turn blood tests into Europe’s daily health dashboard

Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Europe’s healthcare system is still built around treating illness after symptoms appear. However, that approach comes at a…

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IVFmicro Secures £3.5M To Improve IVF Accessibility And Outcomes

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - IVFmicro, a University of Leeds spinout focused on improving IVF outcomes by enhancing embryo quality and quantity per cycle, has raised £3.5 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Northern Gritstone and supported by the Innovate UK Investor Pa…

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Germany’s Amplifold Secures €5M To Advance Rapid, Affordable DNA-Origami Diagnostics

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Amplifold, a Munich-based biotech startup developing rapid diagnostic tests powered by DNA-origami nanotechnology, has closed an oversubscribed €5 million seed round. The LMU spin-off will use the funding to industrialise its DNA-origami signal amplificat…

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Melt&Marble Raises €7M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Melt&Marble, a Gothenburg, Sweden-based company using precision fermentation to produce designer fats, raised €7M in Series A funding. The round was led by Industrifonden, with participation from European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, Beiersdorf, Valio, …

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Gosta Labs Raises €7.5M To Scale AI Platform For Oncology

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Helsinki-based healthtech company Gosta Labs has raised a €7.5 million seed round to scale its AI operating system for complex medical specialties. The round was led by Voima Ventures, with participation from COR Group, the Aho family, and both existing a…

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UK FashionTech Startup Ponda Secures €2M To Advance Sustainable Fashion Innovation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Ponda, the Bristol-based biomaterials company developing regenerative material supply chains, has closed a €2.09 million Seed round to commercialise its flagship insulation, BioPuff. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Faber (Lisbon) and Counteract (Lo…

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Bristol FemTech startup Emm raises €7.7 million for connected menstrual cup and app

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Today, Emm, the British-based innovator in biowearable technology, announces it has raised €7.7 million ($9 million) in an oversubscribed Seed funding round, to bring the world’s first smart menstrual cup and connected app to market. The round was led by …

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Sofinnova Partners Raises €650M To Support Biopharma And MedTech Innovation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Life sciences venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has closed its latest flagship fund, Sofinnova Capital XI, at €650 million ($750 million), significantly surpassing its original fundraising target. Based in Paris, London, and Milan, Sofinnova Capital…

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James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead At 97

BeauHD / slashdot - ole_timer shares a report from the New York Times: James D. Watson, who entered the pantheon of science at age 25 when he joined in the discovery of the structure of DNA, one of the most momentous breakthroughs in the history of science, died on Thursday …

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Adaptam Therapeutics raises €3M to target tumour immune evasion

Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Spanish biotech startup Adaptam Therapeutics has raised €3 million in a pre-seed financing round led by Criteria Bio…

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Sweden’s Lithea Raises €851k To Develop Targeted Therapy For Childhood Bone Cancer

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Lund-based Lithea, a biotech company developing targeted cancer treatments that deliver drugs directly into tumours, has raised €851,000 from existing investors to advance its drug delivery system and prepare its lead candidate, LIT1001, for clinical tria…

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Swedish biotech Cellcolabs raises $12M to make stem cell therapies mainstream

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - The global demand for regenerative therapies is reaching new heights, but researchers and patients alike continue to face…

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Novartis Agrees to Acquire Avidity Biosciences for $12 Billion

Dylan Tokar / wsj - The Swiss pharmaceutical company says the purchase would complement its existing pipeline of treatments for neuromuscle disorders.

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What Really Doomed Napoleon’s Army? Scientists Find New Clues in DNA

Becky Ferreira / 404media - DNA from the teeth of French soldiers that died in the disastrous 1812 retreat from Moscow revealed previously unidentified pathogens.

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Claude enters the lab: Anthropic bets big on life sciences - Financial Times

google - Claude enters the lab: Anthropic bets big on life sciences Financial Times

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Nobel Prize awarded to trio for immune tolerance research

Colin Ryan / siliconrepublic - The trio of new Nobel laureates were awarded the prize for their research on the immune system and how it tolerates our own tissues.Read more: Nobel Prize awarded to trio for immune tolerance research

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