Intelligence Review Yields No Firm Conclusion on Origins of Virus

Intelligence Review Yields No Firm Conclusion on Origins of Virus

WASHINGTON – American intelligence agencies have been unable to determine whether the coronavirus pandemic was the result of an accidental leak from a laboratory or whether it occurred more naturally, according to released parts of a report released to the White House on Friday. The country’s espionage agencies, according to the office of the director … Read more

Biotech firm Athira Pharma hit by class action lawsuits following image manipulation claims

Biotech firm Athira Pharma hit by class action lawsuits following image manipulation claims

Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, went on leave earlier this month. (Athira Pharma photo) The lawsuits have started. Less than a week after the CEO of Athira Pharma was given a temporary leave of absence on allegations of altered images in the scientific papers she wrote, three class action lawsuits were filed on behalf … Read more

Silicon Valley firm Khosla Ventures makes a rare Seattle investment, leading $11M round for Lexion

Silicon Valley firm Khosla Ventures makes a rare Seattle investment, leading $11M round for Lexion

Lexion CEO Gaurav Oberoi. (Lexion photo) Lexion is on the move. The Seattle-based startup that helps legal teams use AI to search contracts has quadrupled revenue and gained 50 customers in the past four months, including brands like Outreach, Blue Nile, OfferUp, and others. Now the company is raising more money to accelerate growth and … Read more

SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups – TechCrunch

SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups – TechCrunch

Sean O’Sullivan, founder of global venture company SOSV, has slowly but steadily built a sizeable operation over the years. SOSV began as a family office and invested O’Sullivan’s capital after co-founding two companies, including MapInfo, a company that went public in 1994 before Pitney Bowes took over three more funds years later in 2007 , … Read more

Google-backed Dailyhunt and Josh’s parent firm raises over $100 million – TechCrunch

Google-backed Dailyhunt and Josh’s parent firm raises over $100 million – TechCrunch

VerSe Innovation, the parent company of popular news and entertainment app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, announced Monday that it had received over $ 100 million in a Series H funding round from Qatar Investment Authority and Glade Brook Capital Partners has collected. The announcement follows another investment of over $ 100 million that … Read more