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Funding for private health firms surges amid pandemic shifts Funding for private health firms surges amid pandemic shifts BLOOMBERG Print Funding for private health care companies jumped to a quarterly high as investors seek innovations in a medical services landscape transformed by the pandemic. Investors poured $31.6 billion into health firms in the first quarter this year, research firm CB Insights said Tuesday, April 20, in a report, more than double from a year earlier. The quarter also saw a record 96 mega-round deals of more than $100 million. Investors are flocking to health as the COVID-19 pandemic spurs adoption of new technologies that fulfill needs for remote care and other pandemic requirements. Funding for private firms has climbed throughout the crisis, reaching new records every quarter since the second of last year. ....
NorthJersey.com Think of a cup of coffee as a bagel, says Jonathan Echeverry, owner of Paper Plane Coffee Co. in Montclair. “You have tons of different types of bagels cinnamon, onion, everything,” he said. “But if you burn every single one of those bagels, they would taste more or less the same. If you just put a light toast on it, it would accentuate the natural flavors of that bagel.” Same deal with coffee. Plenty of coffee shops over-roast their coffee beans. Which is fine, said Echeverry. It’s what we’ve come to expect in a cup of coffee. A burnt bagel will still fill your belly and burnt coffee will still wake you up. ....