Of course, it all seems a little premature, as Hyperloop type transport is still very much in prototype form and existing endeavors to bring it to life may in fact never come to fruition.
As to precision and recall (e.g., "lack of vision" vs. "blindness", or "developmental delay" vs. "mental retardation"), OMIM clearly suffers from lack of standardized, hierarchically structured terminology and could benefit from collaborating with existing endeavors, such as the Unified Medical Language System, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms, or Human Phenotype Ontology.
Existing investors Innovation Endeavors, Oryzn Capital and Salesforce Ventures also chipped in.
Others participating in the round include new investor GGV Capital, and existing investors Innovation Endeavors, TransLink Capital and U.S. Venture Partners in the U.S., as well as Atlantic Bridge in London and Dublin and WI Harper in Beijing.
Leading the round in the Tel Aviv and New York-based startup is Bessemer Venture Partners along with participation from existing investors, including Innovation Endeavors, Marker LLC, Vintage Investment Partners, Blumberg Capital and Access Industries.
She describes being so wowed by male writers that they could do no wrong in her eyes; such men were, after all, perhaps able "to write the novel that by existing would justify the human endeavor, an endeavor so clearly in need of justification".
And it has focused attention on how best to ethically conduct research that compares the effectiveness of existing medical treatments, an endeavor that has grown since Congress approved $1.1 billion for such studies under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
Bessemer led the round, with participation from existing investors, including DFJ, Susa Ventures, Innovation Endeavors and AngelPad.
Floodgate, Swan and Legend Ventures, and existing investors Western Technology Investments and Innovation Endeavors, the early-stage fund co-founded by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, as well as a strategic investor that Tango Card cannot disclose, also participated in the round.
For decades, protein engineers have endeavored to reengineer existing proteins for novel applications.
They joined existing company backers Kaszek Ventures, e.Bricks, Endeavor Catalyst and Curitiba Angels.
