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Social Enterprise Incubator’s 5th Cohort focuses on Climate and Health Equity

American Entrepreneurship

Seven startups begin a six-month program that will make them investment-ready To grow the Orange County, California ecosystem , the RevHub social enterprise incubator was established in 2019. The new cohort will focus on climate action and health equity. based startup incubators and accelerators.

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LG and the hunt for the next-gen corporate incubator

TechCrunch

Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. The areas are digital health, the metaverse, EV infrastructure and “smart lifestyle.” So far, that sounds like any other corporate incubator.

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Can Your Portfolio Company Cut Your Bad Cholesterol by More Than Half? It Can When It's Culina Health.

This is going to be BIG.

So, it wasn’t too surprising when I got back my results from Base (a subscription data-driven personal health company also in the BBV portfolio) that my cholesterol, particularly by LDL (bad cholesterol) had ticked up to the point where I needed to do something about it.

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Nigerian e-health pharmaceutical distribution startup DrugStoc secures $4.4 million Series A funding, embarks on expansion drive

TechCrunch

Chibuzo Opara and Adham Yehia, being all too familiar with the problems of poor pharmaceutical supply chains, are planning to widen the reach of DrugStoc, a e-health drug procurement platform that eliminates these challenges by linking drug companies with institutions such as hospitals and pharmacies, in Nigeria. million series A funding.

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Lung-health startup Respira Labs inhales $2.8M to help respiration patients breathe easier

TechCrunch

The pre-seed round was led by Latin America-focused biotech investor Zentynel Frontier Investments , with participation from academic incubation investors VentureWell , mission-driven impact investor ImpactAssets and a few additional angels from the United States and Latin America.

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Agricultural biotech startup Boost Biomes adds a strategic investor in Japan’s Universal Materials Incubator

TechCrunch

Boost Biomes , the Y Combinator-backed developer of microbiome-based bio-fungicides and bio-pesticides for agricultural applications, has added $2 million in funding and picked up a new strategic investor in Japan’s Universal Materials Incubator.

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VentureBlick Raises $2.6M for Two Health Startups, Introduces Medtech Super Incubator

AsiaTechDaily

.” Starting in the latter part of this year, VentureBlick will enhance its global venture incubation program with a strong focus on the medtech sector. The company will provide tailored incubation strategies to support each startup’s unique needs, offering a comprehensive range of services.