Triple Helix Discovery Engine
4. Triple Helix _ Capture Strategies
Intermediaries: Triple Helix Regional Innovation Clusters (RIC)s
RICS (Regional Innovation Clusters) - Medical, Life Sciences & Emerging Technology Hotspots
*Industry: Research Triangle, North Carolina
*Bioscience Regional Clusters & HotSpots
*Industry: Northern California & Silicon Valley
*Industry: San Francisco, California
Forward

Finance & Acquisitions: Forward

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2021: Series D led by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, and the musician The Weeknd.
2023: The company picked up a $225 million series D funding round in 2021 backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures and Softbank as well as Marc Benioff, founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce, and musician The Weeknd.
2024: Primary care player Forward shutters after raising $400M, rolling out CarePods
Forward is funded by investors and entrepreneurs including First Round Capital, Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet chairman), Marc Benioff (Salesforce founder), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir founder), Joshua Kushner (Oscar co-founder), and Garrett Camp (Uber co-founder).