Blindspot Ventures

Partnering with remarkable founders building next generation infrastructure and platform technologies

[How I Built This @HowIBuiltThis]

Today on #howibuiltthis lab, the founders of @BiobotAnalytics discuss why they are the first company in the world to commercialize data from sewage

https://t.co/hO3BBqSegu

[Form Energy @FormEnergyInc]

Tomorrow @ 10am ET, our Pres. & COO Ted Wiley will testify before @EnergyGOP/@EnergyDems on how the long-duration and multi-day batteries we need to secure America’s #cleanenergyfuture can be manufactured right here on U.S. soil. Tune in at https://t.co/xq233WZJvI. #madeinamerica

[First Star Ventures @FirstStarVC]

Go @salientpredict ! Big congrats on the $5.3m round and welcome @WireframeVC @MunichRe @powerhouseven @BlindspotVC !

[bloXroute @bloxroute]

What a beautiful display from @Nasdaq highlighting our successful $70m capital raise!

We thank you 🙏

[TIME @TIME]

Biobot Analytics is the first company to analyze human waste—which can provide an early warning of an impending spike in COVID-19 cases—on a commercial basis #TIME100Companies https://t.co/zgyIJpT5NM

[Science Committee Democrats @sciencedems]

“Moreover, wastewater monitoring is a holistic & equitable public health tool because it captures anyone who uses a bathroom, including people who are asymptomatic or lack access to healthcare.” - @MarianaMatusG, @BiobotAnalytics

[Mariana Matus @MarianaMatusG]

Almost ready for our testimony for 🇺🇸Congress about wastewater epidemiology and its role in the new normal 🙌

[Bloomberg @business]

Biobot Analytics, a pandemic-era leader on testing to detect levels of the coronavirus in wastewater, has raised $20 million in funding https://t.co/Flz6gMXaRC

[Form Energy @FormEnergyInc]

We’re pleased to announce that Form Energy has raised $240M in a Series D financing round led by @ArcelorMittal's XCarb™ innovation fund, with participation from @tpg Rise Climate, Perry Creek Capital, and numerous other existing strategic investors. https://t.co/4spgYFIaXf

[Biobot Analytics @BiobotAnalytics]

"Our vision is that every city & town will be collecting wastewater epidemiology data to inform their response to new public health threats," @MarianaMatusG told @TheOrgCom. She & @NewshaGhaeli have been named to their list of Female Tech Leaders to Watch: https://t.co/PoVI6p6yX8

[Form Energy @FormEnergyInc]

We’re excited to unveil the iron-air chemistry of our cost-effective, multi-day #energystorage technology and announce a $200 million Series D financing round led by @ArcelorMittal's XCarb™ innovation fund. Learn more below! #batterystorage #cleanenergy https://t.co/f4zayqyS5M

[Biobot Analytics @BiobotAnalytics]

We've been selected by @HHSGov & @CDCgov to scale a national wastewater-based disease monitoring program w/ genomic sequencing for #Covid19. WBE is a crucial public health tool and we’re excited to share this vision with HHS & partner on a solution to keep our country safe.

[Perceptive Automata @perceptive_auto]

We are pleased to welcome Bruce Reading, CEO, and Drew Gray, Board Director, to the @perceptive_auto leadership team! They both bring significant Autonomous Vehicle & Leadership experience to the team - please check out today’s press release to learn more https://t.co/H5sFfyHekU

[Newsha Ghaeli @NewshaGhaeli]

Incredibly proud of what our team has built at @BiobotAnalytics, landing us at #16 on the @FastCompany Most Innovative Companies list! Nestled in great company with @Nike @Microsoft @NBA. On the biotech list, we ranked 3rd behind @moderna_tx & @pfizer!! 🤩 https://t.co/SSOc6fiUTx

[Avery Sikora @Avery_Sikora]

Working at @BiobotAnalytics has been a dream! Today, we found out we made the @FastCompany World’s Most Innovative Companies list & landed the number 16 spot - just above Nike and Ben & Jerry’s. It’s been a wild, fast-paced ride and I’m so proud to be a part of this amazing team!

[Smart Cities Dive @smartcitiesdive]

Founded by biologist @MarianaMatusG and urban studies researcher @NewshaGhaeli, @BiobotAnalytics was built with a mission to leverage data from wastewater to make community health more equitable and proactive. https://t.co/ck4VUY3YPS

[Uri Klarman ⚔️ @uriklarman]

WOW 🤯

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👉 in 97% its @bloXrouteLabs

DeFi traders - pay attention! 🚨

[Form Energy @FormEnergyInc]

We are pleased to announce that Form Energy has raised $76 million in a Series C financing round led by Coatue Management (@Coatuemgmt), with participation from NGP Energy Technology Partners III, Energy Impact Partners (@EnergyImpact_) and @Temasek. https://t.co/65E0J3uGda

[Perceptive Automata @perceptive_auto]

We are proud to announce that our CTO & Co-Founder, @sam_e_anthony has joined the Board of Directors @PAVECampaign. Full press release here: https://t.co/T2vQu3Ha4V

[Janet Wu @JanetWuNews]

How fast is innovation in MA? In 2017 @BiobotAnalytics was in the #MITDeltaV student cohort I was advising. And now, I just interviewed co-founder @NewshaGhaeli for Bloomberg. Biobot tests wastewater for Covid 19 @business @mit @QuickTake.
Podcast here:
https://t.co/qfZAbnZyA9