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uBiome Awards Two Microbiome Researchers $100,000

UBiome Doubles Research Grant to Award Two Microbiome Researchers up to $100,000 Each. Leading microbial genomics company uBiome today announces the surprise joint winners of its recent public-voted uBiome Microbiome Research Grant Competition, by awarding up to $100,000 of uBiome testing kits and full laboratory analysis to the two researchers who tied for first place.

Rock West Medical Raised $1.25M

The funding came from a single undisclosed investor. Rock West Medical Devices, a member of Advamed's Medtech Innovator, hopes to raise another $1.75 million from the equity round, according to an SEC filing. It will use the funds to support the development of a MoPill prototype and to see it through preclinical and clinical trials and a 510(k) bid, according to Medtech Innovator.

MindMaze Raises $100M At A $1B Valuation

MindMaze — which is developing both hardware and a software platform that create “human” virtual reality experiences by tapping into advances in computer vision, neuroscience, AI and haptics — has raised a $100 million round of funding at a pre-money valuation of $1 billion.