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Lark Health Closes $55 Million Series C Funding
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Tend Secures $37M in Series B Funding
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NEC Acquires Leading Swiss FinTech Company Avaloq for $2.2 Billion
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Lucid Scientific Raises $3M in Seed Funding
Life-science tools company, Lucid Scientific, recently raised $3 million in seed funding. The Atlanta-based company, founded in 2012 by Georgia Tech graduates...
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