In episode 13 of the Superconnector podcast, I cover 8 interesting venture capital deals announced in the last week, focusing on startups in aerospace, food-tech, healthcare, neuroscience, ecommerce, ecommerce, and biotech.

AEROSPACE: Privateer, a space data startup co-founded by Steve Wozniak, and Xona, an alternative GPS system

FOODTECH: Meati Foods, an meat alternative startup using mushrooms

HEALTHCARE: Karius, a blood testing startup focused on immunocompromised patients

NEUROSCIENCE: Neurable, a brain-computer interface that doesn’t require surgery

ECOMMERCE: Nivoda, a B2B marketplace for diamonds

ENERGY: Zanskar, a geothermal energy startup

BIOTECH: Insempra, a startup developing eco-friendly lipids

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

00:20 Privateer: $56.5m for space data

03:24 Meati Foods: $100m for alternative meat using mushrooms

06:17 Karius: $100m for blood testing cancer patients

9:20 Neurable: $13m for a brain-computer interface

12:21 Nivoda: $30m for a B2B diamond marketplace

14:54 Zanskar: $30m for geothermal energy

17:04 Insempra: $20m for eco-friendly lipids

19:39 Xona: $19m for a new GPS system

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