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£10M Bomb: UK Doubles Regional Deep-Tech Seed to £2M Outside London

£10M Bomb: UK Doubles Regional Deep-Tech Seed to £2M Outside London

TL;DR * Empirical Ventures secures £10M from UK’s Regional Angels Programme to scale science-led startups outside London * Oregon AI Accelerator launches inaugural cohort with 20 startups targeting enterprise and health AI applications * Jimini Health Raises $17M Seed Funding to Deploy AI Mental Health Platform Sage 🚀 £10M Boost Triples Empirical

$6.33B Blackstone Biotech Fund: 86% Win-Rate Drug Roulette

$6.33B Blackstone Biotech Fund: 86% Win-Rate Drug Roulette

TL;DR * Blackstone closes $6.33B life sciences fund, largest ever, with $15B in assets under management and 86% approval rate for Phase III-backed drugs * Rebellions raises $650M in six months, targets US market with RebelRack™ and RebelPOD™ HPC systems using UCIe and HBM3E * ScaleOps raises $130M Series C at

$2.75B AI Chemist Deal: Lilly Pushes 14 Robot-Designed Drugs Into Trials

$2.75B AI Chemist Deal: Lilly Pushes 14 Robot-Designed Drugs Into Trials

TL;DR * Eli Lilly and Insilico Medicine sign $2.75B AI drug development deal, with $115M upfront payment * Datavault AI Inc. reports record $33.8M Q4 revenue, 3,650% YoY growth, and first net profit of $661K 🤖 Lilly Bets $2.75B on AI-Designed Drugs in Global First $2.75B says

$200M Miami Miracle: Brady-Backed AI Drops 21 lb, 99 % Biomarkers in 6 Mo

$200M Miami Miracle: Brady-Backed AI Drops 21 lb, 99 % Biomarkers in 6 Mo

TL;DR * eMed raises $200M Series A at $2.5B valuation to expand AI-powered telehealth and GLP-1 platform * Advanced Partners with AusAgritech to Unlock R&D Tax Incentives for Regional Australian AgriTech Startups * Startale Group secures $63M Series A funding led by SBI Group and Sony Innovation Fund to

$3.5B One-Day VC Jackpot: Silicon Valley’s AI-Space Gold Rush

$3.5B One-Day VC Jackpot: Silicon Valley’s AI-Space Gold Rush

TL;DR * Kleiner Perkins raises $3.5B for 22nd early-stage fund and $2.5B for late-stage vehicle, doubling previous fund size * Chexy Raises $14M CAD Series A to Expand Business Payments Platform in Canada * BNB Chain Launches University Dev Roadshow at NYU, Harvard, and UC Berkeley 🚀 Kleiner Perkins Drops $3.

Tokyo-to-Brussels AI Carbon X-Ray, Solar Cowboys Circle Globe 2.5×, Delhi 10-Min Meal Tornado: Who Collapses First?

TL;DR * Zevero Secures $7M Funding to Scale AI-Powered ESG and Carbon Accounting Platform Across Global Enterprises * Halter raises $220M Series E to transform livestock management with AI-powered GPS collars, targeting $2B valuation by 2025 * Swish raises $54M to scale ultra-fast food delivery by owning kitchens, tech, and last-mile logistics

$88M CEE Pre-Seed Deluge: 70% Local, 30% Diaspora—Unicorn Nursery or Bubble?

$88M CEE Pre-Seed Deluge: 70% Local, 30% Diaspora—Unicorn Nursery or Bubble?

TL;DR * Credo Ventures Closes $88M Fund Focused on Pre-Seed Startups in Central and Eastern Europe * BKR Capital Launches $50M Fund to Close Funding Gap for Black-Led Tech Startups in Canada 🚀 $88M Credo Fund V: 20 Pre-Seed Shots to Mint CEE’s Next UiPath $88M just dropped on CEE pre-seed—