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Bizsugar. Retrieved 30 July 2013.^ a b Loizos, Connie (June 11, 2021). “SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups”. TechCrunch.^ Donnelly, Ann. “Startup Accelerator Programs: What’s in it for a startup? What’s in it for investors?”. O’Mahony Donnelly. Retrieved 23 September 2013.^ Collins, Dylan. “Founder Interviews: Sean O’Sullivan (SOSventures Avego)”. Business Insider. Retrieved 22 July 2013.^ a b King, Kate (July 19, 2018). “New York Gives $25 Million to Breathe Life Into City’s Biotech Scene”. Wall Street Journal.^ a b c Heater, Brian (September 16, 2021). “SOSV is building a New Jersey HAX facility for industrial, healthcare and climate startups”. TechCrunch.^ “TechCrunch ex-COO Ned Desmond has joined VC firm SOSV as senior operating partner”. Startup News, Networking, and Resources Hub | BEAMSTART. Retrieved 2020-12-20.^ “The venture firm SOSV has hired former TechCrunch COO Ned Desmond to help grow its startups”. TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-12-20.^ Srivastava, Moulishree (2021-11-14). “3 thoughts on India’s climate tech ecosystem from William Bao Bean of SOSV”. KrASIA. Retrieved 2022-08-12.^ a b Shieber, Jonathan (April 22, 2021). “SOSV’s burgeoning climate portfolio is worth nearly $6 billion as planetary health bets pay off”. TechCrunch.^ Kong, Xavier (7 September 2022). “New SOSV program announces inaugural cohort”. Tech in Asia.^ Hernbroth, Megan (July 26, 2022). “Generalists head for the hills in Q2”. Axios.^ Betuel, Emma (January 13, 2022). “Meet the 13 startups in IndieBio’s SF cohort, and discover what about each swayed investors”. TechCrunch.^ Hall, Christine (July 26, 2021). “NotCo gets its horn following $235M round to expand plant-based food products”. TechCrunch.^ Hall, Christine (December 7, 2021). “The EVERY Co. grabs $175M as it cracks code on animal-free protein products”. TechCrunch.^ Simonds, Lauren (July 15, 2022). “Gain insight from HAX robotics founders at TC Sessions: Robotics”. TechCrunch.^ Hall, Christine (April 21, 2022). “UPSIDE Foods bites into $400M to serve up cultivated meat”. TechCrunch.^ Loizos, Connie (April 25, 2019). “The venture firm SOSV has already raised its biggest fund to date, and it isn’t quite closed”. TechCrunch.^ “Global VC, SOSV secures $277 million in its fourth fund \u2014 looks to invest in early-stage deep tech startups”. BEAMSTART – Business Community, Resources, & Opportunities. Retrieved 2020-11-21.^ Aimuengheuwa, Joan (August 19, 2022). “Apply: Web3, Blockchain Startup? Over $750K Awaits You In dlab Accelerator”. TechEconomy Nigeria.^ Reynolds, Matt (July 6, 2016). “Inside Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of hardware”. Wired UK.^ Gewin, Virginia (2013). “Biotechnology: Independent streak”. Nature. Naturejobs.com. 499 (7459): 509\u2013511. doi:10.1038\/nj7459-509a. PMID\u00a023894751.^ Buhr, Sarah (May 12, 2015). “Biotech Accelerator IndieBio Bumps Funding To $250K Per Startup To Give Founders More Runway”. TechCrunch.^ Khan, Mutaher (September 5, 2022). “The VC parallels for China and Pakistan”. Dawn.com.External links[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/sosv-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"SOSV – Wikipedia"}}]}]