Emergent Ventures
$1k-$50k grants for ambitious builders
1517 Fund
$1k grants through the Medici Project
ZFellows
$10k fellowship for young founders
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Ryan Morrissey
Bagel Fund
Creating a 6-axis robotic arm to help those with degenerative disabilities with fine motor tasks
Sohi Patel
Emergent Ventures
Recording hyper-personalized health context, at the molecular level
Sasha Przybylski
ZFellows
Learning how to build battery state of charge from scratch
Andrew Nijmeh
1517 Fund
Building load planning for freight/planes/trucks at lightspeed with AI
Sunir Manandhar
1517 Fund
Revolutionizing transportation with autonomous vehicle technology
THE MERGE TIMES
Last updated: January 15th, 2025 | LATEST MERGER WINS
CHARMBEARS OFFICIAL LAUNCH
Krishiv Thakuria publicly launched CharmBears, his new startup with a fresh take on kid's toys. CharmBears is building AI talking teddy bears that can talk and teach kids.
AGTECH MOONSHOT FUNDRAISE
Vibhuti Bafna raises $20k from Emergent Ventures India to pursue her agtech moonshot, Waste20. She and her team aim to extract water from agricultural waste.
TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION
Sunir Manandhar won an Emergent Ventures grant to build the future of transportation. Sunir has received backing so far from Bagel Fund and 1517 Fund's Medici Grant.
Ryan Morrissey made his first trip to El Segundo as a part of his Tech Tour, visiting tech hubs across the US.
Aaryan Kushwah received substantial funding from EV India to pursue his health-tech startup, focusing on fall-prevention for the elderly.
Harsh gets non-dilutive follow-on funding to build his disaster relief robot
CharmBears: AI Teddy Bears Launch
Advait Paliwal got accepted into YCombinator