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Florida-based health tech startup Apaly has successfully raised $2.4 million in a Seed funding round to enhance its groundbreaking digital contracting platform for the healthcare sector. Led by 412 Venture Fund LP, with contributions from the Florida Community Health Network, First Mile Ventures, and Ikigai Growth Partners, this investment will support Apaly's expansion, including hiring additional sales staff and further developing its platform capabilities. Founded in 2018 by Jerry Beinhauer MD, Apaly addresses critical inefficiencies in healthcare contracting by enabling self-funded employers and providers to streamline contract negotiation and management online. This reduces administrative burdens and expedites service delivery, which is crucial in a sector where timing and efficiency are paramount. The digital health contracting market is witnessing significant transformation, driven by the need for more agile and transparent processes. Traditional methods often involve cumbersome paperwork and slow response times, leading to delays and increased costs. Apaly’s platform leverages smart contract automation and electronic claim submissions to mitigate these issues, facilitating quicker adjustments to healthcare needs and improving overall system responsiveness. As the industry moves towards more integrated and user-friendly technologies, Apaly’s innovative approach is well-positioned to lead this shift, providing essential tools that enhance interactions between healthcare providers and employers. #HealthTech #SeedFunding #DigitalHealth #InvestmentNews #HealthcareInnovation #SmartContracts https://lnkd.in/ewz6uVxk

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13% of Venture GP's don't plan to raise another fund due to LP pullbacks and a tough fundraising environment. In 2024, Weraise Ventures is redefining how founders and GP's raise capital - if you're apart of the 87% of GP's actively fundraising, let's chat! #venture #capital #markets #vc #gp #lp #fundraising #business #crypto #fund #founder #startup

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In our newest blog post, Nine Four Ventures General Partner Kurt Ramirez shares some of his thoughts on the current environment of startup shutdowns and valuation resets, and if these are natural consequences of an earlier period of frothy investment and easy money. Some key points are around how:  ·        Startup failures are common and expected, especially after a period of high funding.  ·        The recent increase in shutdowns should be viewed relative to the outsized number of startups funded in the boom years of 2020 and 2021 and reaching their make-or-break moment now.  ·        Some of these startups may have been funded based on unrealistic expectations of future growth, leading to valuation drops. Read the full post on our site, Substack, or by clicking below to learn more. Please reach out with any questions or comments on trends, companies, or anything else. https://lnkd.in/dZm6vfis Cc Jeffrey Elowe, Kurt Ramirez, Paul La Londe, Sophia Ghadamian Kier, Avi Pradhan #VentureCapital #Startup #Valuation #Tech

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📣 Last Call: Our webinar on tech startup fundraising is tomorrow! Tune in to learn how to land your pitch with financials and forecasts. Forecastr's Jeff Erickson will share: ✅ Expert insight on fundraising strategies ✅ How to craft compelling financial projections that resonate with investors ✅ How to navigate investor dialogue and address key concerns 🔗Register for FREE: https://fndrs.net/3UsES83 #venturecapital #startupfunding #tech #startups

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Brian Horner, president emeritus of TCA Venture Group Los Angeles, provides insights into the investment approach of angel groups. He highlights the variability in check sizes, as individual angels make independent decisions. Horner shares when he was with TCA, the group would invest $12-15 million annually across 40-50 companies, with an average check size of $300,000. However, he notes significant deviation, with some deals attracting 30+ investors for multi-million dollar rounds, while others may only have one angel writing a $25,000 check. This flexibility allows angels to collectively support promising startups. #angelinvesting #startupfunding #startups #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #pegasusangelaccelerator

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A Must-Read For Every Entrepreneur 📚 Lucas J. Pols, Managing Partner at Pegasus Angel Accelerator, highly recommends every entrepreneur to read "The Founder's Dilemmas" by Noam Wasserman. Lucas praises Wasserman's work as a seminal piece that delves into the often-overlooked nuances of founding a company, offering invaluable insights even seasoned VCs might miss. A must-read for any aspiring founder. #founder #startup #entrepreneur

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Mike Preuss, founder and CEO of Visible.vc, started his company in a venture studio...before venture studios were even a thing. Today, his platform serves founders with tools for fundraising, investor updates, and tracking KPI's, while simultaneously helping investors with their decision making. Listen below to hear why he chose not to go with VC, and instead used Lighter Capital to help him scale his platform. #entrepreneurship #bootstrapped #podcast https://lnkd.in/d9ccysUU

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🎉 We're elated to announce that Orbit Human Care will be the first-ever ICO listed on HelperPad! Get ready to seize this moment! 📅 ICO Launch Date: April 27th 2024 💰 Round 1 Allocation: $1.5M 💸 Round 1 Token Price: $1.5 per $OHC token Stay tuned for more updates to embark on this transformative journey! #OrbitHumanCare #HelperPad #ICOLaunch #CryptoLaunchpad

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City Light Capital is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, later-stage, and growth-stage companies operating in the technology, education, digital health, climate, food, wellness, energy, agriculture, internet of things, safety & care, and environment sectors. They work with experienced teams to build scalable companies that have a meaningful impact in the areas of education, safety and care, and the environment. These problems are complex and intertwined — there is no silver bullet. They constantly need to consider that new solutions can create new vulnerabilities. Their belief is that private markets can and will play a meaningful role in addressing these truths. https://citylight.vc/ #venturecapital #firm #enterprenuers

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#fundingalert 💼Company: Alaffia Health 💰Funding: $10Million ⚡Round: New Round 👥Investors: FirstMark, GingerBread Capital, Anthemis, Aperture® Venture Capital, 1984 Ventures, Remarkable Ventures, and Tau Ventures Alaffia Health is a healthtech startup that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to lower claim expenditure and operational expenses for cost containment companies and healthcare payers. In order to assist their clients ingest, analyse, and process healthcare claims as effectively as possible, they offer them our comprehensive claim review SaaS platform, Autodor. With the money, the firm hopes to increase its commercial footprint and make further investments in cutting-edge AI research and product development. Alaffia Health is an AI startup that assists health insurance companies in streamlining their operations and cutting down on claim costs. TJ Ademiluyi , David Walling, Jeffrey Lowndes, Anthony Tortorello Read more - https://lnkd.in/eWQ8WaMB To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.io #AlaffiaHealth #healthtechstartup #artificialintelligence #insurance #funding #news #fundingnews #startupnews #news #startuprise

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Is your startup is considering a Series A round? Our founder Jeff Burkland explores the 7️⃣ critical factors to consider to ensure the best possible outcome. Burkland helps startups navigate critical fundraising milestones with expert guidance and strategic financial planning. Get in touch to learn more about how we can support your startup’s next investment round. https://lnkd.in/gQnCTaf3 #startups #venturecapital #seriesA #startupfinance

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🎙️ Podcast Alert! 🎙️ Are you a first-time entrepreneur with a brilliant business idea? Passionate about starting your own venture? Check out Jeanne Gray’s Experienced Voices podcast interview with Stacy Peña and Brian Engleman, Fund Managers for the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC), in the post below. #StartupLife #SDAC #Entrepreneur #SDAC

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#fundingalert 💼Company: Cape 💰Funding: $61Million  ⚡Round: New Round 👥Investors: A* and Andreessen Horowitz, XYZ Ventures, ex/ante, Costanoa Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Forward Deployed VC, and Karman Ventures. Cape is a pioneering privacy-first mobile carrier built to restore individuals’ control over their mobile identity. It provides premium wireless coverage with minimal data collection and a commitment to never monetize subscriber data. The money will be used by the startup to construct a national mobile network that will conceal personally identifiable information such as names, numbers, and whereabouts while offering premium wireless coverage. John Doyle, Evelin Panduro, Megan Zavertnik, Ruddy Wang   Read more - https://lnkd.in/gfZ-__3d To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.io #Cape #mobility #wireless #datacollection #funding #fundingnews #news #startupnews #startuprise

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Check out the latest episode of The Business of HLTH Podcast with guest Andrew Haughian!

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Ron Miller from TechCrunch has hit it out of the park in his latest article covering Loft, vCluster, and our $24M Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures. "Investors have traditionally liked startups built on top of popular open source projects because they provide a ready top-of-sales funnel. But such startups must come up with a way to monetize that popularity. Loft Labs has done both." Since we released the open source version of the product, #vCluster, in 2021, it has surpassed 40 million image pulls which suggests that a lot of people are interested in this concept and we released vCluster Pro to monetize the idea in a novel way. Link to the full article in the comment below. #kubernetes #platformengineering #Growth #Innovation #SeriesAFunding #DevPod #gpu #gpus #ai #genai

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Short and sweet! A great piece from Craft Ventures on how AI is changing the professional services-based industry. "Rote, clerical work that defines industries like tax prep, corporate bookkeeping, title insurance, and healthcare billing is exactly where AI shines. And because compute is cheaper than wages, AI-powered service businesses will realize transformative efficiency gains." #ai #venture #startups #llms #business

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Eqvista & Fundable Startups are hosting a webinar to equip you with the knowledge to navigate founder equity and cap tables. Join us on Thursday, June 13th, at 9:00 AM PST to learn from experts about: ✅ Overcoming common founder equity challenges ✅ Building a strong foundation for your startup's cap table ✅ Leveraging Eqvista's cap table solution Don't miss out on valuable insights! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gCtGnzT8 #startup #founders #equity #captable #webinar

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GovDash (YC W22) has raised a $10M Series A round to help small businesses use AI to secure U.S. government contracts. Founded by Sean Doherty, Tim Goltser, and Curtis Mason, GovDash works with contractors across the nation, providing them with an all-in-one system to automate workflows across capture, proposal development, and contract management. Government contractors provide critical goods and services to the nation. Yet, they are consistently plagued by tools that lack integration, fail to deliver technically, or lack understanding of GovCon workflows. GovDash is changing this with the first end-to-end system of record for government contractors, centered around an AI employee that automates tedious workflows and helps manage opportunities across capture, proposal development, contract management, and delivery. Congrats to the team on the Series A!

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