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Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

1 month 1 week ago

From electronic health records and blood tests to the stream of data from wearable devices, the amount of health information people generate is accelerating rapidly. Yet, many users struggle to connect this trove of data in a meaningful way and actually use it to improve their health. Function Health wants to consolidate health data and make it usable for its customers.

Kate Park

Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled

1 month 1 week ago

WhoSampled offers an extensive database of songs, samples, covers, remixes, artists, and more. According to its website, it's now tracking more than 1.2 million songs and nearly 622,000 samples. That data is powering Spotify's latest features, like its upcoming music discovery tool SongDNA.

Sarah Perez

Why January Ventures is funding underrepresented AI founders

1 month 1 week ago

While everyone’s chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries — and they’re not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with […]

Morgan Little, Maggie Nye
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