Healx raises $56M Series B to use AI to find treatments for rare diseases – TechCrunch

Healx, a Cambridge, U.K.-based startup using AI to help discover new treatments for rare diseases, has raised $56 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is London-base VC firm Atomico, with participation by Intel Capital, Global Brain and btov Partners. All previous investors, including Balderton Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Jonathan Milner have also…

Booqed, a Hong Kong-based platform for on-demand work spaces, raises $1.675 million in seed funding – TechCrunch

Booqed, a Hong Kong-based platform for booking short-term work spaces, announced today that it has raised $1.675 million in seed funding. Participants included Colliers International, the commercial real-estate management company, Techstars and Lazard Korea. The company participated in Proptech Accelerator, the Toronto-based accelerator program for property and real estate startups run by Colliers and Techstars,…

Survey Sheds Light on Digital Transformation Priorities

A digital transformation is the process of reimagining business in the digital age. Salesforce defines digital transformation as “the process of using digital technologies to create new—or modify existing—business processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet changing business and market requirements.” The Enterprises Project, a community of CIOs and IT leaders spearheaded by Harvard Business…

Flowhub raises $23 million for its retail management software for cannabis dispensaries – TechCrunch

As cannabis dispensaries flourish across the country alongside the push to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana use, demand for tools to manage the specificities of the weed retail business continues to increase. Looking to address that need, Flowhub, a cannabis retail management software vendor, has raised $23 million from a consortium of investors including e.ventures,…