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Biden Raises Over $1.5M at Vinod Khosla's Silicon Valley Fundraiser Highlighting Immigration and Women's Rights
Vinod Khosla hosted a Silicon Valley fundraiser for President Joe Biden, raising over $1.5 million, with Biden emphasizing immigration and women's rights during his speech. The event highlighted the influential role of Indian-Americans in the 2024 election and featured Biden criticizing Republican rival Donald Trump.
Scaled Foundations Launches AI Platform GRID to Enable Natural Language Programming of Robots, Backed by Khosla Ventures and E14
Scaled Foundations, a Seattle-based startup led by former Microsoft executive Ashish Kapoor, has launched an AI-powered platform called GRID to simplify programming robots through natural language prompts. Backed by Khosla Ventures and E14, the platform enables non-technical users to command robots like drones for complex tasks by integrating AI models and simulations.
Viome raises $86.5M Series C and partners with CVS to sell $179 at-home Full Body Intelligence gut test in 200 stores
Seattle-area health tech startup Viome Life Sciences raised an $86.5 million Series C and struck a deal to sell its $179 at-home Full Body Intelligence gut microbiome test in 200 CVS stores and online. Founded by Naveen Jain, Viome analyzes stool, saliva and blood samples and counts investors including Marc Benioff and Khosla Ventures, though some scientists question clinical utility of microbiome kits.
Oddity Tech (Il Makiage, SpoiledChild) raises $424M in Nasdaq IPO at $35 a share; opens at $49.10, $2.8B market cap
Oddity Tech, the Israeli parent of Il Makiage and SpoiledChild, postponed a planned 2022 IPO and went public on Nasdaq under ticker ODD after strong financial gains; net income rose to $19.6 million for the year ending March 2023, up 553% year-over-year. The company raised nearly $424 million selling shares at $35, opened at $49.10 giving a $2.8 billion market cap, and reported SpoiledChild reached $100 million revenue in under a year.
Autonomous Vehicle Startup Waabi Hires Seattle Tech Veteran Joseph Sunga as Group Product Manager
Autonomous vehicle startup Waabi has hired Seattle tech veteran Joseph Sunga as group product manager to help launch new products. The Toronto-based company is steadily growing its remote Seattle team with experienced engineers from Aurora, Amazon, and Uber acquisitions.
Seattle AI Startup Lexion Raises $20M to Expand Contract Management Software after Tripling 2022 Revenue
Seattle startup Lexion raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Point72 Ventures to expand its AI-powered contract management software, following a revenue tripling in 2022. Founded in 2018, Lexion aims to extend its AI solutions beyond legal teams to other departments such as sales and finance.
Viome Life Sciences raises $67M Series C to expand at-home gut, immune and cancer screening tests
Bellevue-based Viome Life Sciences raised over $67 million in Series C funding to expand its at-home health screening test business, bringing total capital raised to more than $150 million. Founder and CEO Naveen Jain said the company plans to grow headcount from about 150 to ~200 and will hire more scientists, researchers, and engineers while keeping lab and supplement manufacturing automated.
Viome Raises $67 Million in Latest Funding Round to Expand Microbiome and Diagnostic Testing
Seattle-based microbiome startup Viome Life Sciences has raised $67 million in a new funding round, bringing its total funding to over $125 million. The company offers stool, saliva, and blood testing kits for personalized health insights and is developing an FDA-designated diagnostic test for oral and throat cancer.
David Baker Launches London Biotech Charm Therapeutics with $50M Series A to Advance Deep Learning Drug Discovery
David Baker, leader of the University of Washington Institute for Protein Design, co-founded London-based Charm Therapeutics, which uses deep learning to discover new small molecule therapeutics, and recently secured $50 million in Series A funding. The company's DragonFold platform predicts protein-small molecule interactions to aid drug discovery in cancer and other diseases.
Seashell raises $6M seed; Khosla, Kindred, Mark Cuban, Vlad Tenev and Coinbase Ventures back Seattle fintech offering up to 10% yields
Seashell, a 15-person Seattle fintech founded by Daryl Hok, raised $6 million in a seed round led by Khosla Ventures and Kindred Ventures with investors including Mark Cuban, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and Coinbase Ventures; the startup offers up to 10% interest by investing user cash in gold and dollar-pegged digital assets but is not FDIC-insured and carries loss risk.
Viome raises $54M to develop saliva-based cancer diagnostics and expand microbiome consumer business
Viome Life Sciences raised $54 million to advance cancer diagnostics and support its consumer microbiome testing and customized supplement business, bringing total funding to over $125 million while targeting $100M revenue and one million customers next year.
Khosla Ventures leads $11M Series A for Seattle AI contract startup Lexion as revenue quadruples
Seattle startup Lexion, which uses AI to parse contracts and create searchable repositories, has quadrupled revenue and added 50 customers in four months. The 30-person company raised an $11 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures to expand from reporting into workflow features and accelerate growth.
Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures raises second $1B fund to back 40–50 hard-to-abate climate tech startups
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, led by Bill Gates, has raised a second $1 billion fund to invest in 40–50 startups developing hard-to-abate climate technologies like low-emission steel and cement, carbon capture, and long-haul transportation, using a 20-year "patient capital" approach focused on large CO₂ reductions.
Coda raises $80M Series C led by Kleiner Perkins; Madrona and others join to scale document-as-app platform
Coda, a Bay Area startup led by ex-Microsoft and Google director Shishir Mehrotra, raised an $80 million Series C led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Madrona Venture Group and others to expand its document-as-app collaboration platform used by companies like Spotify and Uber. Madrona said the investment aligns with its focus on Future of Work and low-code/no-code tools as remote work increases demand for collaboration software.
E8 launches Decarbon8-US philanthropic fund to back climate-tech startups, raised $120,000 so far
Seattle-based E8 launched Decarbon8-US, a tax-deductible philanthropic fund that lets anyone donate to support early-stage climate-tech startups; it has raised $120,000 so far and will award $50,000–$75,000 to three-to-six companies announced in July.
Opentrons launches OT-2 lab robot and no-code Protocol Designer after $10M seed round led by Khosla Ventures
Opentrons announced the launch of its OT-2 lab robot and a no-code Protocol Designer, backed by a $10 million seed round led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Lerer Hippeau, YC Continuity, and Jeff Kindler. The company says the product and funding support its goal to make affordable, customizable lab automation accessible to biologists and accelerate scientific discovery.
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