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YC startup Felix wants to replace antibiotics with programmable viruses
Right now the world is at war. But this is no ordinary war. It’s a fight with an organism so…
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Healthcare startups Nurx and Carbon Health ship at-home COVID-19 test sample kits
Efforts to get at-home test kits for the COVID-19 coronavirus are ramping up quickly, and two more health industry startups…
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Hospital droid Diligent Robotics raises $10M to assist nurses
Twenty-eight percent of a nurse’s time is wasted on low-skilled tasks like fetching medical tools. We need them focused on…
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Coterie raises $8.5M to build ‘commercial insurance as a service’
Ohio-based Coterie, a startup working on in the commercial insurance space, has announced today it has raised $8.5 million Series…
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Scanwell aims to launch at-home 15-minute coronavirus test, but it still needs FDA approval
At-home diagnostics startup Scanwell, which produces smartphone-based testing for UTIs, is working on getting at-home testing for the novel coronavirus…
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Raising in a recession
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week’s episode…
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Claimer raises seed backing to make it easier for UK startups to claim R&D tax credits
Claimer, a London-based startup that makes it easy for companies to claim R&D tax credits in the U.K., has raised…
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Wag! CEO Garrett Smallwood explains his firm’s ‘radically different path to profitability’
Garrett Smallwood Contributor Wag! CEO Garrett Smallwood is a three-time entrepreneur with previous experience at Redbeacon (acquired by The Home…
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Gaming company Scopely adds $200 million more to its M&A stockpile
Scopely, the mobile gaming publisher behind titles including Marvel Strike Force, Scrabble Go, Yahtzee with Buddies and Star Trek Fleet…
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