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Jeff Bezos joins $76M round for secretive biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder, Stanford scientist

Nautilus on Thursday announced a $76 million Series B investment round led by Vulcan Capital, the multi-billion-dollar holding company created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Bezos Expeditions, the VC arm of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also invested, along with top biotech firm Perceptive Advisors and Defy Partners. Previous backers AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen…

Meet 23 rising star investors scouting the next breakout enterprise software startups in industries like ‘boring AI’ and ‘SMBtech’

The Defy team specializes in people. Really. Neil and Trae have built a name for themselves in being loyal, dogged, and illustrious inventors and investors within Silicon Valley. As a senior associate, I have felt empowered to share my industry perspective and ask questions in every team meeting. Rather than taking a back seat, we…

Mixhalo Hires Andy Donner As It Prepares Push For COVID Concert World

“Live events in the format that we’re used to wont be happening for a while. That’s meant a tidal wave of opportunity that’s come along as the industry has tried to adjust and reinvent the live experience. People still need to be entertained and they still want to participate and connect with artists — that…

A New York start-up that offers online vet visits for dogs and cats is suddenly thriving in the coronavirus lockdown

Pet insurer Pawlicy Advisor set up a Covid-19 page that includes telehealth best practices and lists providers with names like Anipanion, VetNOW, TeleTails and TeleVet. Veterinarians are licensed by state, so to provide telehealth services to a pet owner in New York or Illinois, a platform has to have practitioners licensed to work in those places.