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ServiceTitan’s stock jumped 42% in its trading debut, but this would still be considered a down-round IPO for the venture-backed company https://t.co/OgDqnOCsmK

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Toyota’s venture arm is backing a startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging, its first startup investment in a sector facing sagging consumer demand https://t.co/o0XWHKiCin

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Redesign Health has raised $175 million for a new venture fund and expects to help launch dozens of healthtech startups in the coming years https://t.co/kPa2Vy5jc7

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Toyota’s strategic investment arm led a $19 million equity investment in WeaveGrid, a San Francisco-based startup that helps manage demand from electric-vehicle charging
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“Digitization broadly is impacting every process from drug discovery to clinical development to manufacturing and commercialization,” says Adam Goulburn of Dimension https://t.co/IaLBWzEXnb

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Crypto startups are seeing a boost from President-elect Donald Trump’s win, and venture firm Cadenza has also seen more interest from limited partners for its blockchain fund following the election https://t.co/axIre3VP0d

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Dimension has raised $500 million for its second venture fund targeting startups at the intersection of technology and biology as researchers increasingly apply tools such as artificial intelligence to biomedical research https://t.co/IaLBWzEXnb

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Venture firm Cadenza is pursuing AI and crypto deals as distinct strategies https://t.co/axIre3VhaF

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Software startups are delaying IPOs. The need to adjust to the new age of AI is partly to blame. https://t.co/GWa2eWu977

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Venture capitalists made sizable contributions to political groups favoring friendlier crypto policies this election cycle https://t.co/xZWSEZp8MG

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Venture-backed software companies are trying to get their "AI story" right. That might keep them on IPO sidelines for longer. https://t.co/GWa2eWu977

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Venture capitalists’ political donations this year dwarfed those of prior years, according to OpenSecrets, a group that tracks money in politics https://t.co/xZWSEZoAX8

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Food-as-medicine startups could soon have champions in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mehmet Oz, both picked to lead health agencies in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet https://t.co/B2xsdDsVPY

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Accolade Partners raised $202 million for its third fund backing blockchain venture funds. This time around it boosted its secondary strategy, while continuing to buy direct interests in venture funds. https://t.co/C2fjzJEuOn

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FarmboxRx could never convince venture capitalists it had a winning business model. Then Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. https://t.co/B2xsdDsVPY

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Startups that know how to integrate AI into other companies’ systems are landing venture cash. Distyl AI, for instance, raised $20 million—in about a week. https://t.co/AoELdFo2s1

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Former Coatue Management managing partner Kris Fredrickson is starting to raise a debut fund for his venture firm Verified Capital https://t.co/BiRPs4UKXP

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Lasse Louhento, who became a multimillionaire leading the team that made “Clash of Clans,” now runs his own studio after battling his own enemy—brain cancer https://t.co/2SwJKaqEwk

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The Trump administration is expected to take on policy matters important to healthcare entrepreneurs, like telemedicine, drug approvals and reimbursement of medical devices https://t.co/7EZN2czK8K

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Disillusioned by progressive politics in San Francisco, Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists spent big this election to pull it to the center, with mixed results https://t.co/AhIWsNIbp7