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Boston Tech Deals by Abigail Risse

short and sweet: a newsletter aggregating relevant happenings and financings in Boston tech!

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🆕 A Sunday Short: The Last Two Weeks in Boston Fundings (plus, an announcement!)

A quick personal announcement, a few stealth mode companies to get excited about, and a few economic points to over in this issue.

33 Companies That Raised Over $1 Billion in the Last Two Weeks 🤯🤑

Two robotic exoskeleton companies, an MIT lab spinout authenticating products with invisible diamond dust, and cost-contained health insurance targeting drug costs are included in the features!

🆕 The Last 2 Weeks in Boston Tech Deals: 16 Companies' Private Financings Topped $375M+ Collectively

Among them were an EpiPen competitor, a Harvard Medical School spin-off revamping the academic publishing system, an AI video editor for TikTokers, and an international payments enablement tool 💸

On a Sunday: Boston's Two-Week Startup Financings Report - 24 Startups Raised $290M+

Trying out a Sunday release! Sneak peak: stealth mode startup by execs of the woolly mammoth revival company, a new Pickleball company in Boston, and an MGB-spinout reversing the course of fibrosis 🤯

🏙 The Last Two Weeks in Boston Startup Financings: Over 20 Startups Raised More Than $250M

Among them are autonomous greenhouses, decarbonized industrial 3D metal printing, a marketplace empowering Zambia's rural farmers, and a bio-absorbable alternative to surgical staples. Let's dive in!

🏙 Two Week Boston Financing Roundup: 22 Startups Raised $300M

A workplace philanthropic giving platform, ionic liquids to transform injectables into oral treatments, and an MIT Lincoln Lab-spinout making direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology are among them!

Boston Funding Two Week Roundup: 20 Companies Raised Over $680M+

At a glance: a submersible robot for the inspection of tanks (pulling at an ex-"roboticist's" heartstrings), a teletherapy platform for students, and a few green hydrogen plays 😎

🔥 The Last Two Weeks in Boston Fundings: $811M Raised by 18+ Startups

Among those funded, an advanced carbon nano materials manufacturer, a self-applying skin patch for delivering vaccines, and a new (but of course, differentiated) AI-based personal assistant 🤑

😮 Boston Tops $1B+ in Private Financings Across 14+ Companies

This week, among the funded: an AI analytics solution for amateur sports leagues, an ultra-capacitor that uses hemp-based activated carbon, and an MIT-spinout decarbonizing steel production.

🔥 Your Two Week Boston Funding Roundup: 15 Startups That Raised Just Over $100M

Among them, a portable surgical environment for war zones and natural disasters, a tool that can measure how much carbon is stored in soil, and an HVAC analysis tool for building efficiencies 🔥

VC Summer Slowdown Who? 27 Companies Raised Over $371M

Over the last two weeks, startups funded included a musculoskeletal (MSK) recovery platform, a of couple familiar web3 features (welcome back?), and a stealth open source silicon project, among others 🚀

📈 Funded to the Hilt: 25 Boston Startups That Raised Nearly $540M

Professional beekeeping-as-a-service, developer infrastructure specifically for building AI in healthcare, and the first rechargeable, non-flammable lithium metal battery are among the funded 🚀

🤑 Boston Tech Deals: 16 Boston Companies To Have Raised a Collective $104M

A company making quantum computing a reality for enterprise, a robot trash can that takes out your trash, and a company that eliminates industrial waste via microbes are among this weeks' companies 🤩

🆕 Two Week Round Up: 17 Boston Startups That Raised $230M in Private Financings

An OpenAI-powered scientific search engine, autonomous eVTOL systems for sustainable farming and telehealth for Medicare recipients with mental health issues are among this weeks' funded companies 💸

🆕 It's Out! 22 Boston Companies That Raised Over $200M

A light summary of last week's macro events follows a roundup of the 22 startup fundings, including an AI-powered brain tumor detection and measurement device and satellites for weather intelligence.

🆕 18 Boston Startups To Have Raised $369M 🔥💰

Among them, a photonic chip manufacturer hoping to revolutionize the new wave of AI computation potential (as tough as it is to admit- move over, NVIDIA). Plus, other cool startups and headlines! ✨

🆕 Last Two Weeks in Boston Financings: 17 Startups Raised $1.1B

Wayfair contributed $600M, while other cool features this week include a major upgrade to pregnancy ultrasounds, biotech for fatal pregnancy complications, and personalized sports betting algorithms📈

🆕 🎊 Boston Tech Deals: 21 Boston Financings (and 1 shutdown)

This week: a new foreign language immersion platform, a better-for-you adult chocolate milk brand, and a wearable device for treating menopause symptoms are among the funded Boston companies 🏙

Boston Tech Deals: 26 Boston Companies That Raised Over $765M + more 🥳

Cengage took $500M of that. Otherwise, AI-based search trained on research papers, reservoir stimulation for geothermal energy harnessing, and a tool to measure physician value are among the fundings!

🆕 Two Week Funding Roundup! 23 Boston Companies Raised Over $221M

Two tequila brands, fertilizer and leather made from seaweed, a new approach to drug alteration, electric vehicle logistics and more are among the Boston companies to have raised capital ✨