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   "sources_text": "https://www.uktech.news/tech-hubs/wales/esports-itero-gaming-acquired-20240724 — \"seven-figure\"",
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   "amount": 125100,
   "amount_text": "125,100",
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   "valuation_reported": null,
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   "amount_text": "undisclosed",
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   "summary": "Antiverse and GlobalBio extended their antibody cancer collaboration. For: antibody cancer therapeutics (extension).",
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   "ledger": "page",
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   "trade": false,
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   "fx_rate": null,
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   "sources_text": "https://businessnewswales.com/innovation-investment-capital-announces-first-investment-into-amplyfi — \"the Cardiff-based disruptive generative artificial intelligence business\"",
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   "amount_text": "1500000",
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   "sources_text": "https://www.uktech.news/medtech/cansense-funding-20230309 (trade) — \"has raised £1.5m in funding\" … \"a blood test to detect bowel cancer that uses laser light and artificial intelligence (AI)\"",
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   "confidence": "single_source",
   "ledger": "ledger2",
   "page": "startups",
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   "amount_text": "1,400,000",
   "currency": "GBP",
   "valuation_reported": null,
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   "sources_text": "https://www.uktech.news/featured/wales-antibody-drug-discovery-platform-antiverse-funding-20210318 (trade) — \"Founded in 2017 by Ben Holland, Murat Tunaboylu, and Rowina Westermeier\"",
   "source_urls": [
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   "ledger": "page",
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   "amount_text": null,
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   "summary": "Experto Crede Limited renamed CarefulAI Ltd",
   "sources_text": "https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03838140 — \"EXPERTO CREDE LIMITED (08 Sep 1999 - 03 Dec 2020)\"",
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   "ledger": "page",
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   "render": true,
   "date_text": "2020-12-03",
   "date_sort": "2020-12-03",
   "before_ledger_start": false,
   "amount_gbp": null,
   "fx_rate": null,
   "fx_source": null,
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   "amount": null,
   "amount_text": null,
   "currency": null,
   "valuation_reported": null,
   "summary": "Vantage bought NGD's 180MW Welsh campus; close expected Q3 2020; terms undisclosed.",
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   "source_urls": [
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   "ledger": "ledger2",
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   "date_text": "2020",
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   "amount_gbp": null,
   "fx_rate": null,
   "fx_source": null,
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   "currency": null,
   "valuation_reported": null,
   "summary": "Nxera Pharma and Antiverse collaborate on GPCR antibodies For: GPCR-targeted antibody therapeutics designed with generative AI.",
   "sources_text": "https://www.antiverse.io/news — \"Nxera Pharma and Antiverse Enter Collaboration To Design Novel GPCR-Targeted Antibody Therapeutics Using Generative AI\"",
   "source_urls": [
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   "ledger": "page",
   "page": "labs",
   "render": true,
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   "before_ledger_start": false,
   "week_ending": false,
   "trade": false,
   "round4": true,
   "amount_gbp": null,
   "fx_rate": null,
   "fx_source": null,
   "fx_note": "no amount published",
   "txt": "",
   "gbp_txt": "",
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   "year": null,
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   "company_id": "BIZ-SU-HLT-013",
   "counterparty": "Nxera Pharma",
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   "sources_text": "https://www.antiverse.io/news — \"Nxera Pharma and Antiverse Enter Collaboration To Design Novel GPCR-Targeted Antibody Therapeutics Using Generative AI\"",
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