Breakout Ventures, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm that funds what it calls creative biosciences startups, has closed the second fund in its five-year history with $112.5 million in capital commitments. Both of its funds, including a $60 million debut effort that we wrote about in 2017, are backed by Dolby Family Ventures, the Thiel […]
Interesting research, but no, we don’t have living, reproducing robots
Don’t believe the hype—this isn’t reproduction or replication.
Fifty Years, a deep-tech investor, has raised $90 million from tens of “unicorn” founders
Fifty Years, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based outfit with a portfolio that’s already rife with mostly deep tech companies — many with a good story to tell about how they can have an impact on the environment — just closed its third and newest fund with $90 million in capital commitments. The money isn’t coming from […]
New Age Meats bites into $25M for cultured meat product line development
The company will begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year.