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Vote for Deal of the Year: Affini-T Therapeutics, Bungie, Copper, First Mode, MotherDuck

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This category recognizes an acquisition, IPO or financing round that occurred between April 2022 and April 2023. ” The company, which has locations in Seattle and Boston, launched in 2022 with $175 million in initial financing. The finalists in the category are Affini-T Therapeutics , Bungie , Copper , First Mode and MotherDuck.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft vet named CEO at EnterpriseDB; Adaptive CCO departs; Temporal hires ex-Hashicorp EVP

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billion acquisition by Aptiv in 2022. Founded in 2004, the company makes software to help enterprises use Postgres, an open-source database. ” Temporal is a cloud application company that achieved unicorn status in 2022, reaching a valuation of $1.5 The Boston-based private equity firm acquired EDB in 2019.

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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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” Funding: The company, founded in 2022, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from Untapped Capital , SeaChange Fund , Pack Ventures , Array Ventures , and Upsparks Capital , plus angel investors including leaders from investment banks, private equity firms, management consulting firms and Fortune 100 companies.

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Inside Nasdaq’s AI-fueled pivot to SaaS provider

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billion in 2022, derives roughly 30% of its business from its markets, trading, and exchange business — and about 40% from software sales and licensing. It has also made significant acquisitions, notably of Newfoundland-based Verafin, whose AI-based financial crime management solution supports 2,400 banking customers globally.

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Wormhole cryptocurrency platform hacked for $325 million after GitHub error

The Verge

Wormhole (@wormholecrypto) February 2, 2022. This allows a person or entity with holdings in one cryptocurrency to make trades and purchases using another, somewhat like being able to fund a bank account in dollars and then use a bank card to buy something priced in euros. More details to come shortly. Thanks for your patience.

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Protein design to precision health: Vote for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

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Roche acquired the rights to the preclinical agent, based on a molecule called IL-2, for $250 million when it bought Good Therapeutics in 2022. OpenFold Image) The protein design field continued to accelerate in 2022 with the honing of artificial intelligence tools and the development of new ones.

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Twitter accounts sharing video from Ukraine are being suspended when they’re needed most

The Verge

But as the conflict intensifies, many researchers sharing this primary material taken from social media — commonly known as open-source intelligence or OSINT — have found their Twitter accounts unexpectedly suspended. Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) February 23, 2022. Twitter needs to do something against these locks now.

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