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Profile of Fidji Simo, who left OpenAI to cofound ChronicleBio, which has raised $20 million to use AI and biological data to subtype chronic illnesses like POTS and long COVID and rescue shelved drugs.
Quarterly report from the Defender Global Fund flagging an 84.7% portfolio return, profits taken on SharonAI following its February Nasdaq uplisting, SharonAI's GPU collaboration with NVIDIA, and fresh investor subscriptions.
Defender's quarterly newsletter reports an exceptional quarter for its global fund, headlined by portfolio holding SharonAI, which surged after a February Nasdaq uplisting and an NVIDIA GPU deployment partnership.
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Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
An AFR managed-funds topic page: a star small-caps deputy goes solo with a new Sydney firm, Gigacomm buys rival DGtek, Google plans a multibillion-dollar domestic bond, plus fund manager and market stories.
Bloomberg-sourced report says Sequoia's incoming co-leaders have gathered roughly seven billion dollars for a new vehicle backing large, often AI, companies; the piece also covers leadership changes and Wiz's sale to Alphabet.
Defender's fund letter reports a 2% quarterly return, discusses listed trades including a semiconductor ETF position, and revisits its Series A investment in Australian pet-food maker Lyka Pet Food.
Analysis of venture investment in AI-powered cybersecurity, citing large 2022 rounds for Salt Security, Velas and SparkCognition, SentinelOne's acquisition of Attivo Networks, and investors' views on the technology's limits.
Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup: AirTree raises $700m across three new funds, dozens of Australian startups announce rounds, a wave of acquisitions including Block completing its Afterpay buy, plus Web3 commentary and US market moves.
Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.
Daily tech roundup covering Alphabet and Microsoft quarterly results, Songtradr's purchase of Tunefind, Facebook banning Craig Kelly, and NSW consultation on food delivery rider insurance.
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Daily roundup reporting Databricks' billion-dollar Series G, Robinhood's emergency raise during the trading saga, DesignCrowd's $10 million pre-IPO funding, Xinja's wind-up vote, and record Australian venture capital in 2020.
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Yamaha's venture arm leads an $11m raise for agtech startup The Yield, while Sydney home-loan fintech Verteva lands a $33m Series A; plus Twitter's Covid warning labels and Sidewalk Labs dropping its Toronto project.
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KPMG's report shows Australian fintech investment hit nearly A$3 billion in 2019, driven by CBA's PEXA acquisition and Judo's raise, with notable rounds for Athena, Grow Super and Cover Genius.
AFR's driverless-car topic hub: NRF puts $30m into Melbourne maker Applied EV, alongside Waymo's Sydney robotaxi plans, Uber's robotaxi spend, union demands and a progressing Mycar sale.