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Cuba Inc. open to foreign capitalists, but within limits
2015-06-08 15:37:45| Biotech - Topix.net
A French doctor, venture capitalist and founder of biotech company Abivax, Pouletty is working with Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology to develop a therapeutic vaccine to treat chronic Hepatitis B that could be on the Asian market in two years and in Europe after that. But when he pitched the idea of floating a company on the pan-European stock market Euronext with the Cuban state as a shareholder, that was clearly too much, too soon.
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Robinhood adds to quiver with big money from venture capitalists
2015-05-07 16:12:10| IT Services - Topix.net
"The financial services industry is failing the millennial generation," says Robinhood co-founder and co-CEO Baiju Bhatt. "There are a lot of people, a lot of younger folks, that really don't trust the way the financial services industry has operated itself after 2008."
Venture capitalists ride biotech wave one drug at a time
2015-04-10 16:17:45| Biotech - Topix.net
How many people does it take to run a successful biotech company? Just two, judging by the sale of XO1, a one-drug British firm snapped up last month by Johnson & Johnson . Ten years on from pioneering an ultra-lean business model focused on investing in "virtual" companies with a single experimental medicine, XO1's backer Index Ventures is chalking up some notable wins.
Venture capitalists ride biotech wave one drug at a time
2015-04-10 16:10:02| Food - Topix.net
How many people does it take to run a successful biotech company? Just two, judging by the sale of XO1, a one-drug British firm snapped up last month by Johnson & Johnson . Ten years on from pioneering an ultra-lean business model focused on investing in "virtual" companies with a single experimental medicine, XO1's backer Index Ventures is chalking up some notable wins.
The Beer Fight: Georgia's Casey Cagle Sides With Crony Capitalists
2015-02-25 19:54:25| Beverages - Topix.net
Georgia is one of five states that prohibits craft beer brewers from selling their product to people touring the breweries. It seems like a no brainer and a win-win for everybody.