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In 2024, startup funding mirrored the previous year, with $314B raised globally across industries — a 3% increase from 2023. AgTech made up 1.82% of total venture capital funding. Compared to 2023, robotics startups saw a $135M funding increase, while funding for crops and genetics startups grew by $280M in 2024…

Bill Schmidt leads Cultivation Capital’s healthcare and life sciences strategy, bringing over thirty years of experience in the medical device and healthcare information technology sectors. He cofounded, built, and sold a highly successful digital health company, LDM Group. LDM developed a proprietary software platform designed to drive behavioral adherence…

Geneoscopy Inc., a St. Louis gastrointestinal health startup that has developed a test to screen for colon cancer, has raised $105 million in a Series C funding round. The new Series C funding will support the commercial launch of ColoSense, Geneoscopy’s at-home, stool-based screening test for colorectal cancer in those 45 years or older, as well as continued investment in Geneoscopy’s pipeline of diagnostic tests for inflammatory bowel disease…

Matic Insurance Services Inc., a leading insurtech platform, has secured $30 million from Vistara Growth, a provider of flexible growth capital to software and technology enabled services companies. Matic provides an embedded insurance platform to mortgage servicers, originators, banks and other financial institutions to seamlessly offer home, auto, and other personal lines products to their customers…

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Hydrosat, the climate tech company leveraging thermal imagery to measure water stress in agriculture and mitigate the effects of climate change, today announced that it will close out the most transformative year of its history. Key milestones in 2024 include the successful launch of its VanZyl-1 mission, several major new contracts, expansion into new markets, and sustained financial growth…

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Clever Real Estate, previously ranked the #1 real estate company on Trustpilot with over 3,000 five-star reviews, announced that its Clever Pro division has formed partnerships with four of the nation’s top 20 mortgage servicers. This milestone comes one year after Clever launched Clever Pro, a solution designed to enable mortgage servicers to drive 7x more opportunities and boost customer loyalty…

Andrew Barnell, CEO and co-founder of Geneoscopy, a VC-backed biotech company that makes an FDA-approved colorectal screening test, hopes the new administration will deliver on promises to cut down on the bureaucracy that he says is a hindrance to bringing products to market. “If unnecessary red tape is eliminated from that pathway, I think it only spurs investment in the space,” he says…

Anthony Habayeb is the CEO and Co-Founder of Monitaur, helping carriers and insurance related companies define, manage, and automate responsible and ethical model governance. Anthony was interviewed by Michael Fiedel, Co-Founder at InsurTech Ohio and Co-Founder at PolicyFly, Inc…