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At Basis Set Ventures merging venture capital and software development yields a $165 million new fund – TechCrunch

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At Basis Set Ventures merging venture capital and software development yields a $165 million new fund – TechCrunch

When Xuezhao Lan founded Basis Set Ventures, the goal was to use the technology to enable venture capital investments. From the earliest days when Lan hired former TechCrunch reporter John Mannes and then built the team with data scientist Rachel Wong, former Upfront Ventures partner Chang Xu, and former Vice President of Growth Sheila Vashee, … Read more

Univ. of Wash.-spinout Icosavax raises $100M to fund vaccine development technology

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Univ. of Wash.-spinout Icosavax raises $100M to fund vaccine development technology

Icosavax creates virus-like particles using technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. (Icosavax photo) New financing: At a moment when everyone is talking about vaccines, a Seattle-based biotech company taking an unusual approach to vaccine production raised $ 100 million in a Series B round. The startup creates computerized, virus-like particles … Read more