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Stories naming Instacart. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Funding announcement

This former OpenAI exec is trying to cure chronic diseases, including her own

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.

12 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Blue Stripes, Nukoko land rounds for alt chocolate, OroraTech snags deal for wildfire detection

Roundup of agrifoodtech news: alternative-chocolate funding for Blue Stripes and Nukoko, new capital for OroraTech and other climate startups, an Australian plant-based firm's liquidation and sale, executive moves, and a forest fund's first close.

5 deals

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toyota does indoor farming, Bayer & Pairwise ink deal, cultivated seafood gets big in Japan

Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: funding rounds led by CH4 Global's $29 million Series B close, acquisitions of Aitme and The Weather Company, SoftBank selling Zomato shares, partnerships, an IPO filing and Toyota's greenhouse trial.

Also AgFunderNews·AgFunderNews

4 deals

The Ignition Lane Wrap: Life in the fast lane. And calling road service

Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.

11 deals

The Ignition Lane Wrap: Sunrise. Demise. No more pies.

Ignition Lane's weekly tech roundup covering record Australian VC fund raises, several green-tech startup funding rounds, Deliveroo's administration, the FTX collapse, and takeover offers for ELMO and Nitro.

Also Techboard

Exit / M&A

Q4 2021 M&A Round-up: ANZ IT Services and Software Sector

Eaton Square's quarterly review summarises eight featured Australian and New Zealand technology acquisitions from the December 2021 quarter, including Unity's purchase of Weta Digital, and introduces its Sydney-based technology M&A advisory team.

Also ARN (ARNnet)·ARN (ARNnet)·ARN (ARNnet)

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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: the State of the Cloud, Belong’s multi-series, SPAC warnings and Roblox IPO delivers big

Weekly roundup by Ignition Lane covering Vend's sale to Lightspeed, Roblox's listing, raises at Pipe, DataGrail, Mastt, Sonnant and Corvus, LaunchVic's new fund for women founders, and Scale Investors' new co-CEOs.

Also Startup Daily·LaunchVic

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