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With a focus on molecular diagnostics, this healthcare startup aims to disrupt the sector

Your Story 19 Jun 2018

At a glance.. Startup. iGenetic Diagnostics. Founders ... Funding. $20 million ... The startup specialises in molecular diagnostics, which applies molecular biology to medical testing to provide quicker and more accurate results ... Biotechnology and genetics are not areas that one hears about a lot in the startup, or even the corporate space. Be it Kiran Mazumdar Shaw's work or a one-off biotech company getting funded, news is few and far between ... ....

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10 Schweizer Fintech Startups fliegen nach New York

Abitco 19 Jun 2018

Die Chefs von zehn Fintech-Startups aus der ganzen Schweiz reisen im Herbst nach New York ... Im vergangenen Jahr haben Schweizer Fintech-Startups bei Investoren insgesamt CHF 76 Millionen Risikokapital eingesammelt; die meisten von ihnen im einstelligen Millionenbereich....

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These startups ease the many challenges that come with parenting

Your Story 19 Jun 2018

From tips on parenting for new parents to babycare products, these startups are here to save the day ... Seeing the challenges in parenting in the new age, various startups have come up with solutions to help them along the often tricky journey of bringing up a child ... Let’s have a look at some startups helping parents in India ... This Mumbai-based startup uses baby-safe colours for its products ... The startup is based in Bhopal....

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New Report Spotlights Nordic and Baltic Region Thriving Fintech Industry

Abitco 19 Jun 2018

These startups are Swedish online payment platform Klarna, Swedish payment startup iZettle which was bought by PayPal in May, and international money transfer platform TransferWise, an Estonian startup that has since relocated to the UK ... Financial institutions seek collaborations with fintech companies ... Inside Bitcoins. ....

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MobiKwik invests in data science company, IndiQube raises Rs 100 Cr from WestBridge Capital

Your Story 19 Jun 2018

The Indian startup ecosystem has seen a slowdown in funding in the past few months, after getting off to a brisk start earlier in the year ... The first six months of 2018, to this date, has seen $5.1 billion in startup funding, but that’s a disappointment considering the promise it held at the beginning of the year ... The deep tech startups at Hyderabad CIE....

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Veriff raises $7.7M Series A to become the ‘Stripe for identity’

Crunch 19 Jun 2018

Veriff, the Estonian startup that wants to become something akin to the ‘Stripe for identity’, has raised $7.7 million in Series A funding ... In fact, Kotkas previously spent some time at TransferWise, where he solidified the idea, before founding the startup and going through Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator as part of its W18 batch....

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London tech organisations unite to double founder diversity by 2020

City A.M. 19 Jun 2018

An initiative to boost access to investment for tech startups founded by women and people from minority ethnicity backgrounds has launched today, backed by JP Morgan Chase. Spearheaded by Capital Enterprise, a consortium including Tech Nation, Diversity VC and Your Startup, Your Story, are aiming to double the diversity of founders in London tech startups over the next two years....

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Rare Japanese unicorn Mercari surges as much as 100 pct in debut

This is Money 19 Jun 2018

That made it the most valuable firm on the Tokyo bourse's Mothers market for startups, ahead of games and social network company Mixi Inc and robotics firm Cyberdyne Inc ... In a country that has many successful giant corporations but lacks a vibrant startup culture, Mercari gained attention as one of Japan's two unicorns - startups with valuations above $1 billion - according to data provider CB Insights....

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Denver Post Exiles Launch Blockchain-based Newspaper

Helena Bitcoin Mining 19 Jun 2018

A group of journalists who left The Denver Post over conflicts with the paper’s owner has joined a blockchain based startup that hopes to operate 1,000 publications this year, according to The New York Times. The former Denver Post staffers will partner with a startup called Civil Media Company, whose sole investor is ConsenSys, a ... ....

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Chase rolls out BizMobile with first stops in Detroit

Crain's Detroit Business 19 Jun 2018

Detroit is the first stop on Chase for Business' JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s inaugural nationwide tour with the BizMobile, a business advice center on wheels to reach entrepreneurs and startups ... is taking place, and Wednesday and Thursday at Grand Circus Park Garage, a base for Techstars Startup Week Detroit, which runs through Friday....

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Startup wunderkind Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud

Hong Kong Standard 19 Jun 2018

Elizabeth Holmes, head of the once-heralded blood-testing startup Theranos has been charged with fraud. US federal prosecutors indicted Elizabeth Holmes on criminal fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors, doctors and the public as the head of the once-heralded blood-testing startup Theranos. Federal prosecutors also brought charges against the company’s former second-in-command ... ....

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Roche pays $2.4 bln for rest of cancer expert Foundation Medicine

This is Money 19 Jun 2018

By Michael Shields and Ben Hirschler ... It is the latest in a series of bolt-on acquisitions by Roche as the world's largest marker of cancer drugs seeks to tap into promising technology developed by biotech companies to drive future growth as its older drugs face competition. Earlier this year it agreed to buy the rest of U.S ... Both purchases echo its success in taking control of California-based biotech company Genentech 28 years ago ... ....

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Biotech billionaire takes over at Los Angeles Times, new editor named

Arabnews 19 Jun 2018

article author. AFP Author. Reuters ID. 1529359327748621500 Mon, 2018-06-18 21.06 LOS ANGELES. Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong took over Monday as the new owner of the Los Angeles Times and immediately named respected journalist Norman Pearlstine as top editor. The changeover aims to reinvigorate what had been one of the leading US dailies until it fell on hard economic times in the digital era and saw a rise in newsroom unrest ... ....

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