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Accel leads Lucid Lane’s $16M round aimed at treating people
Telehealth company Lucid Lane raised $16 million in Series A funding to continue developing its platform that enables real-time intervention for people with medication dependence and substance-use disorders.Adnan Asar, co-founder and CEO of Lucid Lane, started the company five years ago after watching his wife struggle to stop taking medication More
Fringe pitches a monthly stipend for app purchases and
Fringe is a new company pitching employers on a service offering lifestyle benefits for their employees in addition to, or instead of, more traditional benefits packages.“We didn’t think it made sense that employees need to be sick, disabled, dead or 65+ to benefit from their benefits,” wrote Fringe chief More
Rackspace preps IPO after going private in 2016 for $4.3B
After going private in 2016 after accepting a $32 per share, or $4.3 billion, price from Apollo Global Management, Rackspace is looking once again to the public markets. First going public in 2008, Rackspace is taking second aim at a public offering around 12 years after its initial debut.The company More
K Fund’s Jaime Novoa discusses early-stage firm’s focus on Spanish
Earlier this month, Spanish early-stage venture capital firm K Fund officially launched its second fund, which sits at 70 million, up from 50 million the first time around.Targeting Spanish startups with an international outlook, the seed-stage firm plans to invest from 200,000 to 2 million, writing first checks in 25-30 More
Extra Crunch support expands into Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
We’re excited to announce that Extra Crunch is now available to readers in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. That adds to our existing support in the U.S., Canada, UK, and select European countries.You can sign for Extra Crunch here.Latin America has always caught the eye of big tech. For companies like More
Organise, a platform for worker rights, raises £570K seed funding
Organise, a U.K. startup that has built a platform to help workers organise and campaign for better rights, has raised £570,000 in seed funding.The round is led by Ada Ventures, fitting into the VC firm’s remit to back “overlooked markets and founders”. Also participating is Form Ventures, RLC Ventures (a More