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The United Kingdom wants to use genomic surveillance to prevent future pandemics

TechSpot

The UK Government recently announced a new public-private collaboration to develop the world's first early warning system for pandemic diseases. Read Entire Article

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Corporate services platform Sleek lands $4 million in new funding

TechCrunch

The new funding was led by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of government agency Enterprise Singapore. Sleek co-founder and chief growth officer Adrien Barthel told TechCrunch that the funding is part of Sleek’s seed round and brings the startup’s total raised so far to $7 million.

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Stotles secures funding for platform which brings transparency to government tenders, contracts

TechCrunch

government contracts going to a number of private consultants who have questionable prior experience in the issues on which they are winning contracts. With this funding announcement, they’ll be opening up an early access program. We have seen the controversy around U.K.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will ultimately become affected, including 6.7 Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine. Little is known about the recipients of this funding. Giving by funder type.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority! We therefore have a large selection of computer science titles as well as books that prepare readers to take civil service and bank exams or to apply for government jobs, which are often available to people with disabilities.

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VU raises $12M to remove cybersecurity friction from digital experiences

TechCrunch

The Argentina-based fraud and identity protection company announced $12 million in Series B funding Monday from backers including software developer, Globant, as well as Agrega Partners, NXTP Ventures, Bridge One, the IDB Lab and Telefónica. As such, he intends to use the new funding to hire developers across Europe and in the U.S.

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Anomaly announces $17M in funding to tackle a $300B healthcare problem

TechCrunch

This round comes after a previously unannounced $5 million seed round which closed earlier this year, bringing the company’s total funding up to $17 million. Anomaly will use the funds to grow the team (the company currently has 12 employees), and scale up their business by partnering with more insurance companies and healthcare systems. .

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