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A global champion of innovation, opportunity, and hope. For more than four decades, he guided dreamers, builders, and leaders — and reminded the world that technology can serve humanity. “He did not just fund the future — he believed in it, built it, and inspired others to lead it.” Dr. Ossama Hassanein was a visionary […]

SILICON VALLEY AND SEOUL, September 8, 2020. Silicon Valley leaders will launch a business forum to team up with Korean entrepreneurs, venture capitalist and innovators to jointly address the challenges and opportunities in a post-COVID global environment. The Silicon Valley Business Forum (SVBF) will take place from September 16-19th, 2020. The 3-day virtual event, kicked […]

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*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Issue no.9 // March 2020 // San Francisco, California Welcome to the Rising Tide Quarterly Newsletter that highlights updates from our 70+ companies whose stories will inspire you. We hope you’ll enjoy and as always, send us your suggestions info@rtf.vc We look forward to your feedback and everlasting cooperation. PORTFOLIO PROFILE “EVONETIX” Evonetix Raises […]

02 March 2020 Evonetix raises $30 million USD (£23 million GBP) Series B investment led by west-coast investor Foresite Capital, with all existing investors participating in the round Funds will be used to accelerate development of the Company’s gene synthesis platform, through to introduction of first products CAMBRIDGE, UK, 02 March 2020 – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), […]

Astranis, a San Francisco, CA-based microsatellite startup, raised $90m in series B funding. The round included: – $40m of equity financing led by Venrock with continued investment from Andreessen Horowitz and participation from existing investors Fifty Years, Refactor Capital, and Y Combinator, – a debt facility of up to $50m from TriplePoint Capital. As part […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – January 9, 2020 – Aspect Biosystems (“Aspect”) (“the Company”), a biotechnology company pioneering microfluidic 3D bioprinting of human tissues, today announced a US $20 million Series A financing round.  Radical Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs developing and applying deep tech to solve global problems and transform massive industries, […]

RISING TIDE ANNUAL MEETING Portfolio Companies Excelling in Rising Target Markets It’s been a great year of impact and accomplishments. The Rising Tide team hosted its Annual Meeting in Menlo Park, California that embraced the event theme: Innovate, Imagine, Inspire. Attendees had opportunities to connect with entrepreneurs, family offices, portfolio founders, ecosystem partners, and Rising […]

Activ Surgical announced today it raised an $11 million Series A in preparation for the commercial launch of its first product ActivSight, a software and sensing platform that gives physicians real-time visual data and images during surgery.

SAN DIEGO, October 1, 2019 — Molecular Assemblies, Inc., today announced that it has raised a $12.2 million Series A financing led by iSelect Fund and joined by existing investors, Agilent Technologies, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Keshif Ventures. The proceeds of the financing will be used to advance the company’s proprietary enzymatic DNA synthesis technology to […]

$12m Series A financing. The round, which brought total funds raised to date to $16m, was led by Tribe Capital with participation from existing investors Crosscut, Silicon Valley Bank, and Precursor Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to scale the platform for agile-minded CFOs and controllers around the country. Founded in 2016 by […]

Dapper Labs raised $11 million to continue branching out from the product that made it famous: the popular CryptoKitties digital collectibles. The two-year-old Vancouver B.C. startup will use the funds to build Flow, a blockchain product for the gaming and entertainment industries that will launch next year. Dapper Labs is working on the project with some big-name partners, […]

San Jose Calif. – Sept. 6, 2019–Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately-held Voicea*, headquartered in Mountain View, CA. Voicea is the creator of a market-leading real-time solution that provides meeting transcription, voice search, and meeting highlights/action items, with robust data privacy.  It helps teams have more productive and actionable meetings by turning talk into […]

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Voicea  Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced its intent to acquire privately-held Voicea, headquartered in Mountain View, CA. Voicea is the creator of a market-leading real-time solution that provides meeting transcription, voice search, and meeting highlights/action items, with robust data privacy.  It helps teams have more productive and […]

Metawave CEO Dr. Maha Achour on the future of automated cars. View video

Robert Hill brings expertise in the technical and clinical development of radiation systems to speed platform research and commercialization. Learn more

The Great Crypto Debate has been and gone, and with it comes a great number of projects showcasing use cases, and outspoken members of the industry vying to have their voices heard against members of centralized businesses who were, or are, otherwise detractors towards cryptocurrencies in general. Learn more

AdLedger, the non-profit research, and development consortium building and implementing the blockchain standards for digital advertising, today announced that Brave Software, an innovative privacy browser combined with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, is joining the collective. Learn more

Messari, an open-source cryptocurrency-focused version of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database, is launching a disclosure registry for token-issuing projects to publicly share information that might otherwise be difficult to find. Learn more

As a project looking to give users full control over their digital rights,Blockstack is piloting a new app mining program that encourages app creators to create new applications directly on Blockstack’s platform and earn rewards in bitcoin. Learn more

CSO Sam Wadsworth & CEO Tamer Mohamed are visiting Hong Kong for the first time to attend and speak at a symposium on heart regeneration. Learn more

Blockstack, a blockchain startup that is specialized in Web 3.0 development, has taken a decision to decentralize its corporate governance structure.

SAN FRANCISCO — Astranis, a startup developing geostationary satellites to offer broadband internet access, announced plans June 14 to equip its MicroGEO spacecraft with Bradford of the Netherland’s high performance green ECAPS thrusters.

Evonetix, the Cambridge-based company pioneering an innovative approach to scalable and high-fidelity gene synthesis, has received the award for “Best Emerging Synthetic Biology Company” at the 10th Anniversary of the Oxford Bioscience Network (OBN) Awards.

While VR has shown consumers a great deal of what’s possible when it comes to immersive experiences, the world of potential that VR opens to advertisers has not been explored so heavily, Immersv, a mobile 360 VR ad network, wants to use the strengths of VR to improve mobile advertising, not only on headset but […]