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Andreessen Horowitz hires Julie Yoo as general partner

Julie Yoo will make investments out of the firm's bio fund.

With $160 million in new funding, Freenome looks to commercialize its blood test to detect colorectal cancer

One of the major problems that technology companies working to find a cure for cancer need to solve is finding a safe, minimally invasive way to detect cancers early. Almost all cancer screening will

Innovation Endeavors debuts Deep Life, an incubator focused on the intersection of life science and computer science

Innovation Endeavors, the fund backed by Google’s Eric Schmidt, has for years now been taking a novel approach to working on difficult and still-evolving problems, like cybersecurity and food sh

Andreessen Horowitz has a new, $450 million bio fund

Almost exactly two years ago, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz took the wraps off a $200 million “biofund” that aimed to invest at the intersection of biology and engineering and was b

These South Bay and Peninsula cities are raking in venture capital

Though the region known as Silicon Valley covers dozens of municipalities, a few cities get outsized attention in tech circles. Everyone knows Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Jose and San Francisco as h

Advances in AI and ML are reshaping healthcare

The application of AI/ML in healthcare is reshaping the industry and making what was once impossible into a tangible reality.

In liquid biopsy race, Freenome lands $65 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz

Freenome, a two-year-old liquid biopsy diagnosis platform that detects the cell-free DNA sequencing of cancer, has raised a huge Series A round — $65 millionĀ — led by Andreessen Horowitz,

Liquid biopsy startup Freenome lands $5.5 million led by Andreessen Horowitz

Freenome, a year-old liquid biopsy diagnosis platform that detects the cell-free DNA sequencing of cancer, has landed $5.5 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from F