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Alice Cheung is Partner, Talent at S32, where she leads talent, advises portfolio companies, and identifies talent. She spent a decade at Alphabet (Google and X), held roles at Playground Global and Essential, and has made more than 1,700 hires.

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Andrew Conrad, PhD, is General Partner and founder and former CEO and Executive Chairman of Verily. He held roles at GV and X, advised Google, and was LabCorp's Chief Scientific Officer after co-founding National Genetics Institute.

Andy Harrison is CEO and General Partner of S32. He previously held executive roles at Alphabet's X and Verily, helped spin out SandboxAQ and Intrinsic, co-founded Verily Ventures, and founded two companies before Google.

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Ema, a startup that coordinates AI agents to automate corporate processes, raises $77 million in a Series B led by Creaegis. The financing brings its total funding to $140 million and more than quadruples its valuation since 2024, though Ema does not disclose its current valuation. The company reports more than 50 active enterprise deals and over 1 million users, and plans to use much of the funding to expand sales and marketing and enter markets across Asia-Pacific, South America, and parts of the Middle East.

Sep 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

A federal judge orders Guardant Health to pay more than $245 million to TwinStrand Biosciences and the University of Washington over infringement of patents covering Duplex Sequencing. The judgment includes $83.4 million in jury damages, $19.5 million in supplemental damages, $119.4 million in accrued royalties and $22.9 million in interest, and requires a 6% royalty on covered sales through March 2033. Guardant says collection will be stayed pending appeal and plans to challenge the ruling.

Aug 2026 · GeekWireNews article

Section 32 closes $525 million in capital commitments across its fifth fund, with some capital earmarked for early-stage investments and the rest reserved for follow-on opportunities. The San Diego-based venture firm was founded by former Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris. The firm says AI investors must avoid “a zone of commoditization.”

Oct 2023 · TechCrunchNews article