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The latest and greatest from the TVC team and our portfolio.
Fierce Biotech
July 2025
Argenx signs $1.5B pact to turn Unnatural Products' macrocyclic peptides to 'undruggable' targets
Argenx struck a deal worth $1.5B with Unnatural Products to develop macrocyclic peptide drugs for “undruggable” protein targets. UNP will handle early R&D, while argenx can take successful candidates to market. The deal includes milestones, royalties, and an equity investment.
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Linkedin
April 2025
Power100 Asset Managers In Venture Capital
Our firm is grateful to be honored alongside some of the best in the business. Thank you to Power100 Presented By Blueprint Capital Advisors LLC for the recognition.
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Inc.com
March 2025
Shizu Okusa Inc.com Founder Profile
Shizu Okusa has been recognized by Inc. as one of the 500 Female Founders to watch in 2025.
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Summer Health
June 2025
Summer Health Expands Pediatric Care Through Acquisition of Caraway Health
Summer Health has acquired Caraway Health, a platform specializing in care for Gen Z. This strategic acquisition marks a milestone at Summer Health to raise the healthiest generation.
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Reuters
February 2025
X-energy raises $700 million for development of small modular reactors
X-energy, a company aiming to develop high-tech nuclear plants, said on Thursday it has closed $700 million in financing to help finish reactor design and licensing as well as construction of a fuel-making facility.
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GlobeNewswire
February 2025
SimpliFed Raises $4M in New Funding to Build More Comprehensive Maternal Care at Home Platform
Maternal Health-Focused Telehealth Company Furthers Mission with the Support of Morningside, The Venture Collective, Empire State Development, The Artemis Fund, Cultivation Capital, AHA Ventures, and Existing Investors
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How I Invest Podcast
February 2025
From Thiel Fellow to VC: Secrets of Spotting the Next Tech Unicorns
In this episode of How I Invest, David Weisburd sits down with Nick Shekerdemian, entrepreneur, investor, and founding partner of The Venture Collective (TVC). A former Oxford student turned Thiel Fellow, Nick shares his journey of dropping out of university to pursue big ideas and how the fellowship helped shape his path in venture capital.
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Tech Crunch
October 2024
Ollie scoops up health startup to launch a tool that analyzes dog poop
In a move to distinguish itself in the crowded market, Ollie, the “human grade” pet food subscription service, is venturing into a new territory: AI-powered pet diagnostics. The company announced on Thursday its acquisition of DIG Labs for an undisclosed sum, a pet health tech startup that touts its proprietary dog stool image scanning and analysis capabilities.
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Forbes
August 25, 2024
Digital Rx: Arogga Fights Counterfeit Meds In Bangladesh
Excelling in the Private Equity & Venture Capital industry requires deep knowledge and awareness of current trends…At Wealth & Finance International, we believe that those firms who are still performing at a high level should be celebrated. To remain persistent and successful in an increasingly uncertain industry is as impressive as it is admirable!
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Linkedin Pulse
March 13, 2024
60 Top Women-led Venture Capital Firms
Gina Shekerdemian, co-founder of The Venture Collective, has been recognized among the top 60 women-led venture capital leaders.
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Fierce Biotech
January 23, 2024
Merck & Co. signs $220M macrocyclic peptide deal after hailing "next wave of drug discovery"
Months after hailing macrocyclic peptides as the “next wave of drug discovery,” Merck & Co. has pushed further into the space by penning a $220 million biobucks deal with Unnatural Products.
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Wealth & Finance
November 20, 2023
TVC Named Best Early Stage Venture Firm - Northeast USA
Excelling in the Private Equity & Venture Capital industry requires deep knowledge and awareness of current trends…At Wealth & Finance International, we believe that those firms who are still performing at a high level should be celebrated. To remain persistent and successful in an increasingly uncertain industry is as impressive as it is admirable!
Forbes
March 29, 2023
VC Aligns LPs Values With Underrepresented Founders Solving The World’s Greatest Challenges
Solving wicked problems—complex interconnected societal challenges—used to be the province of government and philanthropists. Now startups are tackling challenges like climate change, access to healthcare, and equality.
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TechCrunch
November 17, 2022
Gravitics raises $20M to make the essential units for living and working in space
If space stations are the next phase of business in orbit, they’re going to need standard parts — and Gravitics aims to be the one making them. The startup is headed by space industry veteran Colin Doughan, who surveyed these currents and saw a gap in the market.
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Medium
September 22, 2022
The IRA: A Win, Win for Innovators & Investors
TVC invests in companies that apply transformative technologies and science to purpose-driven solutions. Nowhere do we see this play out more fruitfully than in our Industrial Transformation vertical, in which the pain point requires us to completely reimagine how we live in order to solve the most complex existential problem facing mankind.
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TechCrunch
August 24, 2022
Qloo raises cash to expand its AI-driven recommendation API
TVC invests in companies that apply transformative technologies and science to purpose-driven solutions. Nowhere do we see this play out more fruitfully than in our Industrial Transformation vertical, in which the pain point requires us to completely reimagine how we live in order to solve the most complex existential problem facing mankind.
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Forbes
August 15, 2022
This Startup Just Raised $5.3 Million To Make Healthcare More Inclusive
While working at Oscar Health, Gaurang Choksi realized a disconnect when it came to the inclusive care that diverse patients needed. He remembers that clients would come in looking for a health care clinician that represented them, but that wasn’t a possibility.
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TechCrunch
August 1, 2022
Concert Bio lands pre-seed round to fix hydroponic farming's ‘dirty secret’
If the world wants to feed 10 billion people in 2050, it’ll need to find a better way to grow food. Today, about half the world’s habitable land is devoted to agriculture, yet even that amount can’t provide everyone with the sort of diet enjoyed by people in developed countries.
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Forbes
May 10, 2022
SimpliFed Raises $6 Million In Latest Seed Round
The funding round was led by Morningside Ventures and The Venture Collective, with participation from NY Ventures, Elizabeth Street Ventures, Waterline Ventures and 3CC.
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Ellevest
April 6, 2022
Ellevest Just Raised $53 Million. Here’s the Annotated Press Release.
Ellevest, the financial company built by women for women, today a $53M funding round. The round was co-led by BMO and Contour Venture Partners.
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Axiom Space
April 1, 2022
Axiom Space named on TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022
Axiom is proud to share our vision of a thriving home in space that benefits every human, everywhere as we continue to expand the low Earth orbit economy with missions to the International Space Station and the progressing construction of Axiom Station, the next-gen platform for innovation and breakthroughs.
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Medium
February 2, 2022
Fast Fashion Isn’t Working — Here’s How We Fix It Before It’s Too Late
This may not come as a surprise — commercialism is alive and well– but the fact that the equivalent of one garbage truck full of clothes is burned or dumped in a landfill every second may give you pause.
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PR Newswire
January 20, 2022
Radian Aerospace Emerges from Stealth, Announces Seed Funding led by Fine Structure Ventures
Development of the world's first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane takes critical step forward with investment.
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PR Newswire
January 5, 2022
Life Biosciences, Leading Developer of Therapeutics for Aging-Related Diseases, Completes $82 Million Series C Financing Round
Senior management and founders invested in the Series C financing alongside longevity-oriented funds, seasoned investors, and experienced biotechnology scientists/entrepreneurs. Since its founding, Life Biosciences has raised over $158 million.
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