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Rhode Island Primary Care Physicians Corporation Announces Joint Venture with Akido Labs
Artificial intelligence is coming to a doctor’s office near you. Here’s what it will do.
FDA Accepts NDA for ALPHA-1062 | NT M&A Possible
https://raymondjames.bluematrix.com/links2/html/8a0d2363-c184-4079-bf80-5419dffe627c
A visit from Milwaukee led to Mertz Ranches
https://archive.gosanangelo.com/business/homestead-a-visit-from-milwaukee-led-to-mertz-ranches-ep-440438169-357128231.html/
Akido Founders Receive EY Entrepreneur of The Year Award
https://www.akidolabs.com/impact-story/akido-founds-receive-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award
Akido – Best places to work 2023!
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/labor/best-places-work-healthcare-2023-alphabetical-list
Plantible – The plant protein that could push meat off your plate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/27/new-plant-based-meat-developing-rubisco-duckweed/
Climate Smart Food: Striving for sustainable nutrition
https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/08/17/Climate-Smart-Food-Striving-for-sustainable-nutrition
LitLingo Draws Investors for AI-Driven Communications Checker – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/litlingo-draws-investors-for-ai-driven-communications-checker-11625659201
Alpha Cognition Receives Approval to Commence Trading on the OTCQB
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210820005048/en/Alpha-Cognition-Receives-Approval-to-Commence-Trading-on-the-OTCQB
Alpha Cognition Announces Mr. Michael McFadden as Chief Executive Officer and Realignment of Leadership Team for Next Stage of ALPHA-1062 Drug Development
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alpha-cognition-announces-mr-michael-130000158.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTI3NzUzNDMxNDEwOTIzMjIwMTIaN2EwYmQ0ODNiYzNlODM1ZDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGymyz8tJRM8ka4dOGkUO4V5HWF7w
Crystal Bridge Announces Receipt by Alpha Cognition of Japanese Patent for Alzheimer Drug Alpha-1062 and Announces Private Placement Updates
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/crystal-bridge-announces-receipt-alpha-212700951.html
Robinhood Seeks Advisers for Potential IPO Next Year
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-17/robinhood-is-said-to-seek-advisers-for-potential-ipo-next-year
Detroit cybersecurity firm AaDya closes $2.7 million funding round
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/news/detroit-cybersecurity-firm-aadya-closes-27-million-funding-round
Bayer backs Triumvira to take CAR alternative into clinic
FTW Ventures Announces $4M Fund for Early-Stage Food Tech Investment
Akido: Most people accessing USC COVID-19 patient self-assessment tool report mild symptoms
Akido: Research boosts hope USC’s COVID-19 self-triage tool can ease hospitals’ burden
July 7, 2020 In March, a team at USC’s Gehr Family Center for Health Systems Science and Innovation helped create a patient self-assessment tool to help people determine whether they might have the novel coronavirus. The Gehr team kept at … Continue reading
Triumvira Announces Grant of T Cell Antigen Coupler (TAC) Technology Patent by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
October 08, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas & HAMILTON, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Triumvira Immunologics (Triumvira), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing a novel platform for engineering T-cells to attack cancers, today announced the issuance of key claims in U.S. … Continue reading
Hicor Technologies Becomes Reach Production Solutions
September 09, 2019 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hicor Technologies (“Hicor”) announced today that it has changed its name to Reach Production Solutions (“Reach”). The name change follows the commercialization of the company’s artificial lift system and represents the … Continue reading
Triumvira Immunologics Announces Clearance of IND and CTA by U.S. FDA and Health Canada for Its First TAC T-cell Therapeutic Product Candidate, TAC01-CD19
June 18, 2019 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas & HAMILTON, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Triumvira Immunologics, Inc. (Triumvira), a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel platform for engineering T cells to attack cancers, today announced that both the U.S. Food … Continue reading
Cisco is buying Duo Security for $2.35B in cash
August 2018 TechCrunch: Matt Burns Cisco today announced its intention to buy Ann Arbor, MI-based security firm, Duo Security. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco is paying $2.35 billion in cash and assumed equity awards for Duo. Duo Security … Continue reading
Nature Communications Publishes Studies Comparing Triumvira’s T Cell Antigen Coupler (TAC) Technology with CAR T Cell Therapy
August 03, 2018 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time AUSTIN, Texas & HAMILTON, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Triumvira Immunologics, Inc., (Triumvira) a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on designing safe and more effective T cell therapies today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article in today’s … Continue reading
Neurodyn Appoints Anthony J. Giovinazzo as Director and Executive Chairman
December 19, 2017 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Neurodyn Cognition Inc. (“NCI” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Giovinazzo as a director and Executive Chairman of the Company. NCI is focused on … Continue reading
‘Unicorn’ cybersecurity company gets ready for more growth in Austin
After tripling its Austin headcount in the past year, fast-growing Duo Security has moved to a larger downtown office to accommodate more employees. AustinAmericanStateman. Duo Security — a ‘unicorn’ software company with a valuation of more than $1 billion — … Continue reading
Duo Security: 10 startups outside Silicon Valley to watch in 2018
Duo Security (Ann Arbor, Michigan) When Duo Security cofounders Dug Song and Jon Oberheide first pitched venture capitalists on their startup in 2010, they were told that they needed to relocate to Silicon Valley to create a successful company. Nearly seven … Continue reading
Duo Security is one 23 startups that became unicorns in 2017, scoring valuation of $1.17
Duo Security $1.17 billion Select investors: Meritech Capital, Lead Edge Capital, Benchmark