Series A round

Heike Schirmer joins Yogi, the Leading Consumer Products Insights Platform, as CPO

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Knowledge, Google Knowledge Graph, Technical University of Munich, Jaffray Woodriff, Software as a service, Master's degree, Software, CPG, Free University of Berlin, Acquisition, McKinsey & Company, Series A round, Alexa, Doctor of Philosophy, Social entrepreneurship, Machine learning, Public sector

In this newly created role Heike will become part of Yogi's executive team, joining the two founders Gautam Kanumuru and Chad Becker.

Key Points: 
  • In this newly created role Heike will become part of Yogi's executive team, joining the two founders Gautam Kanumuru and Chad Becker.
  • "We couldn't be more excited to have Heike join the team and define the next wave of product evolution at Yogi as we are experiencing a technological breakthrough in the area of consumer insights.
  • Dr. Heike Schirmer is an accomplished tech and product leader with a passion for bringing software ideas from concept to launch to scale.
  • Heike came to Amazon via the acquisition of Graphiq, a data aggregation company, where Heike was Director of Product leading product strategy for its enterprise SaaS offering.

ImmunoBrain Checkpoint Appoints Dr. Sanjay Keswani as Chief Executive Officer

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Monday, January 22, 2024
Bristol Myers Squibb, Neurophysiology, Patient, MD, Sanjay, Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins, Royal College of Physicians, Immunology, Saint Mary's Hospital, Acquisition, Royal college, Bachelor of Science, CMO, IPO, Bartholomew the Apostle, Fibrosis, Hospital, Series A round, FRCP, Roche, Faricimab, Growth, Pharmaceutical industry

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmunoBrain Checkpoint Inc. (ImmunoBrain), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative disease-modifying immune therapies to combat neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Dr. Sanjay Keswani, MD, BSc, FRCP, as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmunoBrain Checkpoint Inc. (ImmunoBrain), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative disease-modifying immune therapies to combat neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Dr. Sanjay Keswani, MD, BSc, FRCP, as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Dr. Keswani is an accomplished physician-scientist with executive leadership experience in both large pharma and small biotech companies.
  • "As a physician-scientist and seasoned biotech executive, Dr. Keswani possesses both the business acumen and the R&D expertise required to serve as Chief Executive Officer of ImmunoBrain," stated Nathan Hevrony, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of ImmunoBrain.
  • I am privileged to work with the ImmunoBrain team and Professor Michal Schwartz whose groundbreaking seminal research has formed the foundation of ImmunoBrain," stated Dr. Sanjay Keswani.

Prismatic Raises $22 Million in Series B Funding to Simplify Integrations for B2B SaaS Companies

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Momentum, Software, Series A round, Software as a service, Research, Improper integral, G2, Sisu, Video game

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prismatic, a leading embedded integration platform, today announced $22 million in Series B funding to drive platform innovation. Five Elms Capital led this funding round, which is the growth equity firm's second investment in Prismatic in less than a year.

Key Points: 
  • SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Prismatic , a leading embedded integration platform, today announced $22 million in Series B funding to drive platform innovation.
  • "Modern B2B SaaS teams juggle a growing expectation to integrate with the other software their customers use.
  • "Amid SaaS industry challenges, Prismatic's consistent, strong quarterly growth demonstrates the pivotal role integrations play in the future of SaaS."
  • Last year, Prismatic empowered B2B SaaS companies to provide the ultimate user experience for user-built integrations via its embedded integration designer .

knownwell Raises $20M Series A From A16Z to Scale the First Patient-Centered Healthcare Home For Those With Overweight and Obesity

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Other Health, Men, Managed Care, General Health, Pharmaceutical, Telemedicine, Virtual Medicine, Consumer, Children, Clinical Trials, Women, Practice Management, Health, Entrepreneurship, Body mass index, Risk, Overweight, Habit, Flare, FDA, Diet, BMI, Conditional sentence, Diabetes, Ageing, Obesity, Clinical trial, Series A round, Insurance, Social stigma of obesity, Bias, Human, Patient, Organization, Cardiovascular disease, Medicine, General partnership, Birth control

knownwell is founded by Brooke Boyarsky Pratt, who has had lifelong obesity, and Dr. Angela Fitch, the President of the Obesity Medicine Association.

Key Points: 
  • knownwell is founded by Brooke Boyarsky Pratt, who has had lifelong obesity, and Dr. Angela Fitch, the President of the Obesity Medicine Association.
  • "Obesity is perhaps our country's greatest healthcare challenge, from both a clinical and cost perspective,” said Vineeta Agarwala, General Partner at A16Z.
  • “Patients with overweight and obesity know how hard it is to find comprehensive, insurance-based, non-stigmatizing and clinically-based healthcare.
  • knownwell makes weight-inclusive healthcare more accessible by accepting patient insurance to provide full suite care without membership fees.

Ellington Financial Declares Common and Preferred Dividends

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Friday, December 15, 2023
Banking, Asset Management, Professional Services, Finance, Series A round, NYSE, Annual report, Checker Series E, REIT, Nature, Part, Trust, EFC, Venture round, Government, Security (finance)

Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) (the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock, payable on January 25, 2024 to common stockholders of record as of December 29, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) (the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock, payable on January 25, 2024 to common stockholders of record as of December 29, 2023.
  • This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
  • Examples of forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the Company's payment of dividends.
  • If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and strategies may vary materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements.

BetterYou Announces $6M Series A Funding Round to Accelerate AI-Based Wellness Mission

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023
General Health, Mental Health, Health, Apps, Applications, Technology, Sleep, Series A round, Socialization, Student, Nelnet, Michigan State University, Multimedia, Marketing, Meta, Stanford University, University, Amway, Growth, H&R Block, Cleveland State University, Behavior informatics, Habit, Online shopping

BetterYou , an AI-based “healthy habits companion” startup, announces today a $6 million Series A raise.

Key Points: 
  • BetterYou , an AI-based “healthy habits companion” startup, announces today a $6 million Series A raise.
  • The round is led by Capital Midwest with additional funding from Mairs & Power, Great North Ventures, North Coast Ventures, and NelNet.
  • BetterYou will use the funds to accelerate growth in key areas of its business including additional sales, marketing, and software hires, and continue refining its mobile app user experience.
  • During a recent BetterYou steps challenge, H&R Block employees amassed 945,000 steps in just three days.

RepeatMD Raises $50 Million in Series A Funding by Automating Revenue Generation in the Aesthetics & Wellness Industry

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Monday, November 27, 2023
Software, Health, Marketing, Communications, Health Technology, Technology, Electronic Commerce, Mobile, Wireless, Partner (business rank), Silicon Valley Bank, Laser, ROI, Dermatology, Investment, Silicon, Full, Patient, Series A round, E-commerce, Software as a service, Mercury, AI, Female, GMV, Tourism, Sales, Food delivery, Cynosure, Series

RepeatMD, a SaaS company leveraging Inbound Revenue to increase sales for aesthetic and wellness practices, has secured $50 million in Series A funding, including a $10 million debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank.

Key Points: 
  • RepeatMD, a SaaS company leveraging Inbound Revenue to increase sales for aesthetic and wellness practices, has secured $50 million in Series A funding, including a $10 million debt facility from Silicon Valley Bank.
  • This funding marks a significant milestone in RepeatMD's mission to deliver superior revenue efficiency to growing practices and to enhance their patients’ experience.
  • The medical industry is in a period of massive growth as providers seek to add aesthetic and cash-based treatments to their practices.
  • “RepeatMD stood out both for helping clinics access higher-margin, recurring revenue, and for their customer-centric mindset.”
    "We love what RepeatMD is doing for practices in the aesthetics and wellness market.

CodaMetrix Selects Healthcare Veteran Lisa Morella as Vice President of Data and Analytics

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Thursday, December 14, 2023
Series A round, Woman, Senior, Organization, CMX, Workforce, Mass, Patient, Research, KLAS, Mass General Brigham, MBA, Population health, Hospital, Female, Health, GE HealthCare, Nursing, Morella

BOSTON, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, CodaMetrix — an AI-powered platform for autonomous multi-specialty medical coding that translates clinical information for patient care and revenue cycle management — announced Lisa Morella, MBA, has joined the company's leadership team as Vice President of Data and Analytics. Morella comes to CodaMetrix as they close out a record-breaking year, including a 50% increase in the total number of automated coding transactions as compared to 2022. Morella will lead the data intelligence and machine learning teams and develop an enterprise data strategy that will support the company's transformational technology to improve clinical decision-making, clinical research, and population health.

Key Points: 
  • Morella joins CodaMetrix after more than 15 years at Mass General Brigham where the technology driving CodaMetrix's innovative approaches was developed.
  • Morella is uniquely qualified given her insider's perspective on data governance, data security, and advanced analytics.
  • "I'm honored to join CodaMetrix, a dynamic and innovative company that is reimagining how coding can help transform healthcare for the better," said Morella.
  • Morella's appointment builds on the announcement CodaMetrix made this past summer in relation to Cathy Donohue joining CodaMetrix as Senior Vice President of Product .

Defy.vc Welcomes Medha Agarwal as General Partner and Amy Yin as Venture Partner

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Monday, November 20, 2023
Harvard University, Series A round, Engineering, Patreon, Investment, Fintech, Airspace, Partner, Bain & Company, Computer science, General partnership, Bain, Defy, Scale Venture Partners, Software as a service, HackerOne, Growth, Health, Parent, AI, Circle, Coinbase, Redpoint Ventures, Cryptocurrency

WOODSIDE, Calif., Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Defy.vc, a leading early-stage venture capital firm, is thrilled to announce two significant additions to its team. Medha Agarwal has joined as a General Partner, and Amy Yin has assumed the role of Venture Partner. This strategic expansion comes as Defy.vc remains steadfastly committed to backing extraordinary early-stage founders from its recently established $300M Fund III, unveiled earlier this year.

Key Points: 
  • Medha Agarwal has joined as a General Partner, and Amy Yin has assumed the role of Venture Partner.
  • Medha Agarwal brings a wealth of experience to her role as a former operator turned investor.
  • Prior to joining Defy.vc, Medha was a Partner at Redpoint Ventures where she led investments in companies including Whatnot, Tend, Proper Finance and more.
  • Amy Yin, Defy.vc's newest Venture Partner, significantly bolsters the investment team.

Princeton NuEnergy (PNE) Secures $16 Million in Series A Funding to Advance Lithium-ion Battery Direct Recycling Technology

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Monday, November 6, 2023
Wistron, Recycling, HMC, EV, NYSE, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, TPE, Carbon, Research, PNE, Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg, Series A round, Electronics, U.S. Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, Climate change, Rare-earth element, Lithium, Automotive industry

BORDENTOWN, N.J., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Princeton NuEnergy ("PNE"), a clean- tech innovator specializing in recycling, repurposing, and commercializing lithium-ion battery materials, is pleased to announce the initial closing of its Series A funding round, raising $16 million. The round was led by Wistron Corporation (TPE: 3231), a Fortune Global 500 member and industry leader in electronics recycling services. Additionally, new institutional investors participated in this round, including Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (NYSE: HMC), GS Futures, and Traxys North America, joining previous investors Greenland Technologies, Shell Ventures, and WorldQuant Ventures, among others. PNE will use the proceeds for new recycling facility construction and equipment procurement to further increase processing capacity and support company operations.

Key Points: 
  • The round was led by Wistron Corporation (TPE: 3231), a Fortune Global 500 member and industry leader in electronics recycling services.
  • PNE will use the proceeds for new recycling facility construction and equipment procurement to further increase processing capacity and support company operations.
  • "This Series A funding round represents a major step towards realizing our vision of a cleaner, greener future through cutting-edge lithium-ion battery recycling technology.
  • "Princeton NuEnergy has an innovative concept and technologies for lithium-ion battery recycling, and Honda has high expectations for their future potential.