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

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The publicly funded National Health Service (NHS) will partner with Oxford Nanopore, a UK-based company that developed a novel solution for DNA sequencing, to uncover dangerous infections within hours of. Read Entire Article

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TikTok is shutting down its Creator Fund in favor of its newer Creativity Program

TechCrunch

TikTok has announced that it’s shutting down its original $1 billion Creator Fund and shifting the focus to its newer Creativity Program. Starting December 16, the Creator Fund will be discontinued in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany.

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Singapore-based mental health app Intellect reaches one million users, closes seed funding

TechCrunch

.” Co-founder and chief executive officer Theodoric Chew launched Intellect earlier this year because while there is a growing pool of mental wellness apps in the United States and Europe that have attracted more funding during the COVID-19 pandemic , the space is still very young in Asia.

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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. It will start raising a Series A next year.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. The top five donors by dollar amount—The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, IKEA Foundation, BP plc, Lego Foundation, and Google—account for 35% of total funding.

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Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million

TechCrunch

An extension of Osome’s seed round , the new funding was led by XA Network and AltaIR Capital. The startup currently has about 4,500 SME clients across Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, founder and chief executive officer Victor Lysenko told TechCrunch. Osome’s digital business assistant.

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QED Investors closes on $1.05B across two funds to invest in fintech companies globally

TechCrunch

QED Investors announced the closing of two new funds totaling $1.05 Specifically, today QED is announcing a $550 million early-stage fund and a $500 million growth-stage fund , both of which are aimed at backing fintech companies primarily in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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