Why we need scientist entrepreneurs, Bitcoin dips below $21K and more - August 23, 2022

August 23, 2022 [Q&A with Brazen Bio: Why we need scientist CEOs]( After being burned by the venture capital system, scientist and entrepreneur Shawn Carbonell co-founded incubator program Brazen Bio to help scientists spin their research out of labs and into private markets. [Bitcoin dips below $21K]( Crypto is having a rocky run in today’s bearish market. Bitcoin—the largest cryptocurrency by market cap—last hit the $21K low point in mid-July, staged a little comeback, then lost about 10% last week. [Venture investors put billions into nuclear projects]( Nuclear power is having a big year for venture funding, and it’s not just fusion startups that are attracting capital. A Crunchbase analysis of investment in nuclear projects shows companies have collectively pulled in over $3.4 billion this past year. [Top rounds: Bill Gates’ TerraPower scores and biotech startups surge]( Things picked up a little on the funding front last week, mainly thanks to a monster round from a Bill Gates-founded startup and the immense interest in all things biotech- and health care-related. Aside from those rounds, marketing, travel and fintech startups also saw some large raises in what may be August’s best week so far. [More tech companies cut jobs in the past week]( The tech sector is still experiencing job losses. Here’s which companies issued layoffs, from VC-funded startups to big names in tech. New additions in the past week include ThredUp, Orbit and Thirty Madison. [The startups making the world a quieter place, literally]( Humans and our devices are loud, but fortunately there are a handful of startups addressing that. Per Crunchbase data, we found several startups in the “noise” business. The focus areas range from tools to block conversational background sounds to noise-monitoring devices to digitally creating “quiet bubbles” in the physical world. [8 sales qualification questions to identify high-intent leads]( Knowing the right questions to ask and when to ask them can help you gauge how likely a lead is to convert. In this article, we’ll look at eight essential sales qualification questions to help you identify which leads are most likely to convert so you can focus your efforts and close more deals. [Crunchbase ROI Calculator]( [See the number of new accounts Crunchbase can add to your funnel with our advanced prospecting ROI calculator powered by Crunchbase data.]( [Calculate]( Crunchbase Pro: Searches and Lists Name Type Entries [Transportation and Logistics Unicorns]( Companies 152 [Investments from Serena Ventures]( Funding Rounds 40 [Co-working companies]( Companies 714 [More Featured Searches and Lists]( [Check out our Crunchbase solutions here]( – prospecting tools made for everyone Recent Investments [iFood]( [1.5B EUR]( / [Secondary Market]( iFood is an online food ordering and delivery platform that offers a list of restaurants. Categories: E-Commerce • Food and Beverage • Food Delivery • Restaurants Founders: [Eduardo Baer]( [Felipe Ramos Fioravante]( [Gabriel Pinto]( [Guilherme Bonifacio]( [Michel Eberhardt]( [Patrick Sigrist]( Investors: [Prosus]( (Lead) [Kymera Therapeutics]( [$150M]( / [Post-IPO Equity]( Kymera Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that specializes in the field of targeted protein degradation. Categories: Biotechnology • Health Care • Medical • Therapeutics Founders: [Nello Mainolfi]( Investors: [Biotechnology Value Fund]( (Lead), [Avoro Capital Advisors]( [EcoR1 Capital]( [+ 3 more]( [Funding Societies]( [$50M]( / [Debt Financing]( Funding Societies is a digital financing platform that connects SMEs with retail and institutional lenders. Categories: Commercial Lending • Financial Services • FinTech • Funding Platform • Lending Founders: [Iwan Kurniawan]( [Kelvin Teo]( [Reynold Wijaya]( Investors: [HSBC Bank Singapore]( (Lead) More Fundings Company Amount / Round Lead Investor [Vive Crop Protection]( 21M CAD / [Series C]( [Emmertech]( [Myplanet]( 14M CAD / [Venture Round]( [Tercera]( [Vive Crop Protection]( 13M CAD / [Debt Financing]( [Silicon Valley Bank Canada]( [Omnibiz]( $10M / [Debt Financing]( - [Penn Medicine]( $5.7M / [Grant]( [National Cancer Institute]( [Omnibiz]( $5.0M / [Seed Round]( [Timon Capital]( [Massdriver]( $4.0M / [Seed Round]( [1984 Ventures]( [Zeda.io]( $1.6M / [Seed Round]( - [All Recent Funding Activity]( Recent Acquisitions [Namshi]( Pending acquisition by [Noon]( for $335M More Acquisitions Company Acquired By Amount [DB Power]( [Adani Power]( 70B INR [All Recent Acquisition Activity]( #{Rails.configuration.daily.cb_url} Discover innovative companies and the people behind them. [Follow Us on Crunchbase]( [View Jobs on LinkedIn]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Like Us on Facebook]( 564 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94104 © 2022 Crunchbase Inc. All rights reserved. [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( [Unsubscribe]( from Crunchbase Daily.