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Issue #47 · Jan 13, 2026

Top News

Early-stage biotechs feel the squeeze as funding favors derisked assets, with Parabilis Medicines raising $305M in one of the largest biotech deals this quarter. BioSpace has more here.

U.S. venture-capital fundraising falls 35% as firms stay private longer Yahoo Finance has more here.

More money, fewer winners: Inside venture capital's uneven comeback The Street has more here.

Companies to Watch

Parabilis Medicines

Series A

Biotech firm focusing on derisked assets in therapeutics.

Raised $305M · Biotech · High-growth potential

Cambium

Series B

Advanced materials startup.

Raised $100M · Materials Tech · Expanding operations

Pomelo Care

Series A

Maternal health tech platform.

Raised $92M · HealthTech · Scaling services

Also Tracking

Trybe – Spa and wellness management platform. Raised $30M Series A from Five Elms Capital.

Basecamp Research – AI lab for new medicines. Investment from NVIDIA's NVentures.

Bluecopa – AI-native finance operations. Raised $7.5M Series A led by Analog.

Massive Fundings

Parabilis Medicines, a biotech startup, raised a $305M Series A amid focus on derisked assets. BioSpace has more here.

Rain, a stablecoin-linked payment infrastructure startup, raised a $250M Series C at $1.95B valuation Led by ICONIQ with Sapphire, Dragonfly, Bessemer, and others. FinTech Futures has more here.

Cambium, an advanced materials company, raised a $100M round AlleyWatch has more here.

Big Ol' Fundings

Pomelo Care, a maternal health platform, raised a $92M round AlleyWatch has more here.

Trybe, a spa and wellness tech startup, raised a $30M Series A from Five Elms Capital. Columbia Tribune has more here.

Array Labs, a space tech company, raised a $20M round AlleyWatch has more here.

Notable Raises

Bluecopa raised a $7.5M Series A led by Analog for AI-native finance operations. YourStory has more here.

Lassen Peak raised a $10M round for radar tech. AlleyWatch has more here.

FluoSphera raised a €1.23M round led by Soulmates Ventures for drug safety testing. Vestbee has more here.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Boston Scientific to acquire Valencia Technologies, developer of neuromodulation devices. BioSpace has more here.

Hippocratic AI acquires Grove AI, pushing into life sciences. Fierce Healthcare has more here.

Thompson Holdings acquires Tampa tech company Business Observer has more here.

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