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Cellares Raises $82M in Series B Funding Cellares Corporation, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based life sciences technology company that automates cell therapy manufacturing, secured $82m in Series B round, bringing total funding to date to $100m. The round was led by new investor Decheng Capital with participation from existing investor Eclipse Ventures and 8VC and new backer Skyviews Life Science. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate development of the Cell Shuttle. Led by F...

Eclipse Ventures has $500 million more to digitize old-line industries and bring them up to speed Two years ago, we talked with Lior Susan, the founder of now six-year-old Eclipse Ventures in Palo Alto, Ca. At the time, the outfit believed that the next big thing wasn’t another social network but instead the remaking of old-line industries through full tech stacks — including hardware, software and data — capable of bring them into the 21st century. Fast forward, and nothing has changed, ...

AxleHire Raises $20 Million, Aspires to National Network April 9, 2021 AxleHire, a last-mile solutions company that powers delivery for startups like HelloFresh, Deliverr, Freshly and Pet Food Express, has closed a $20 million Series B round aimed at increasing its sortation capabilities, expanding its network of hubs and continuing to expand into general ecommerce. The funding round was led by Ajax Strategies with participation from Eclipse Ventures, Quiet Logistics, Bee Partners and Acorn Pac...

Startup Funding: March 2021 Self-driving vehicles revved up investors in March, with two companies receiving over $200M apiece as they prepare for their systems to enter mass production. One focuses on software for passenger vehicles, while the other is looking to autonomous trucks. Both of the companies received investment from automakers, with China’s largest carmaker SAIC joining each of the funding rounds. It was also a good month for startups making chips for AI acceleration, with four c...

Axlehire Last-mile-delivery startup AxleHire specializes in perishables like meal kits and luxury pet food. It raised $20 million in a Series B round, bringing its total funding to $37 million. AxleHire benefited tremendously when UPS and FedEx turned away packages last year, its CEO said. As companies like UPS and FedEx dealt with the pandemic-induced boom in e-commerce, delivery delays became the norm — and a disaster for time-sensitive food shipments. Any comp...

Five Canadian startups named to CB Insights’ 2021 AI 100 list Five Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) startups have made CB Insights’ fifth annual AI 100 list, which aims to highlight the most promising and innovative private AI companies in the world. CB Insights’ 2021 list includes three representatives from Québec and two from Ontario. This year’s list includes four new Canadian additions, Coveo, TensTorrent, Algolux, and Brainbox AI. DarwinAI is the only returnin...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. ForSight Robotics Raises $10 Million from Eclipse Ventures and Mithril Capital in Seed Round March 11, 2021 GMT ForSight Robotics is developing a next-generation miniature robotic system to help democratize ophthalmic surgery worldwide. Pictured above is a component of the robot prototype. (Photo: Business Wire) ForSight Robotics is developing a next-generation miniature robotic system to help democrat...

Mar 11, 2021 10:20am ForSight Robotics platform aims to provide surgeons with full freedom of movement while manipulating tools with precise movements amounting to a few microns, combined with 3D imaging and real-time guidance. (ForSight Robotics) One of the benefits of surgical robotics is the potential to bring standardized precision to procedures performed almost anywhere and by almost anyone. However, most systems have focused on everything below the neck. ForSight Robotics aims to ...

Results for "" ForSight Robotics nabs $10M to provide smart eye surgery to the masses In addition to the funding, the former Magic Leap CEO joins the advisory board of ForSight Robotics, which looks to make ophthalmic surgery accessible to all... Idan Ben Tovim / 10 Mar 2021 • 2 min read Israeli startup ForSight Robotics comes out from under the radar with a $10 million S...

Tech Moves: Microsoft distinguished engineer joins Eclipse Ventures; Outreach adds evangelist April 2, 2021 at 11:13 am Underwritten by Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: tips@geekwire.com Kushagra Vaid. (Kushagra Vaid Photo) — Former Microsoft VP and Azure Distinguished Engineer Kushagra Vaid is now a partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Eclipse Ventures. He is also currently a strategic advisor for Seatt...