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Make no bones about it, Fuzzy expands reach into pet care market with capital infusion

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By leading the shift to more telehealth services, Fuzzy hopes to encourage pet parents to consider the health of their pet on a more regular basis to aid in their longevity. In addition, 25% of the capital was raised from underrepresented communities, Bhettay said. Fuzzy live chat via its app. Image Credits: Fuzzy.

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End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer business

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Five success factors for behavioral health startups. The key purpose of being end-to-end is to deliver an even better value proposition to consumers relative to incumbent alternatives. But in our experience, the additional capital required is often outweighed by the value captured from owning the entire experience.

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Meet Super.mx, the Mexico City-based insurtech that raised $7.2M from VCs and unicorn CEOs

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Goodwater Capital, Kairos Angels and Bridge Partners also participated in the Series A round in addition to angels such as Joe Schmidt IV , vice president of business development at insurtech Ethos and former investor at Accel and Kyle Nakatsuji , founder and CEO of auto insurance startup Clearcover (and also a former VC). Villarreal said. “In

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Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride

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“Like a pressure cooker, COVID blew the lid off what was a simmering mental health crisis for over a decade,” VC Tim Schlidt told TechCrunch. According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the pandemic.

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Ascend raises $5.5M to provide a BNPL option for commercial insurance

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Startups like Ascend aiming to disrupt the insurance industry are also attracting venture capital, with recent examples including Vouch and Marshmallow , which raised close to $100 million, while Insurify raised $100 million. Bill Trenchard, partner at First Round Capital, met Wynn while he was still with Sheltr. Ascend app.

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Daily Crunch: Months after rejecting a $17B bid, Zendesk sells to private equity group for $10.2B

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And on the distant horizon, TechCrunch Disrupt will return to San Francisco on October 18. Wondermed claims that it is, as do rivals Mindbloom and Fieldtrip Health. The struggle is real: It’s never a good look when, fresh from raising capital, a startup cuts a substantial portion of its staff. But of course they would.

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

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In announcing the deal, they said: “DeFi-enabled B2B payment networks that are on chain can unlock transformative working capital efficiencies, and make financial services more fair and open, especially in developing markets like LATAM.”. and Mexico. Today the U.S. As a result, they may have to sell.”. from the previous quarter” to $24.1