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Carta lays off 10% as CTO lawsuit looms

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months of severance with one additional week of severance per completed year of service, and extended mental healthcare services. As TechCrunch reported earlier today , Carta is suing its former CTO, Jerry Talton, who was fired “for cause” almost three weeks ago, on December 23, according to the company. Severance packages include 2.5

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Austin-based Verifiable raises $3 million for its API toolkit to verify healthcare credentials

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Before Nick Macario launched Verifiable , the Austin-based company that just raised $3 million for its API toolkit that verifies healthcare credentials, he ran a series of other businesses designed to offer public credentials for professionals. “We’re at an inflection point with healthcare,” said Macario.

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Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital leads $20M investment in Brazilian healthcare startup Pipo Saude

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Pipo Saude , a startup that developed a platform that sells and manages healthcare benefits for Brazilian companies, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. million to bring healthcare benefits management services to Brazil. when it came to technology penetration in the health space,” Mitchell said.

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HelloHero raises $7.7M seed round for an online ‘healthcare system’ for kids’ therapy

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Mohammed has spent a lot of time thinking about using technology to improve therapy itself, and building tools to connect schools, insurance companies and parents. . I asked our chief technology officer, ‘how much code do we really have?’, That’s how big our technology is,” Mohammed said.

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Jim Keller-Led Tenstorrent Raises Another $700M For AI Chips At $2B+ Valuation

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Export Development Canada , Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan , Hyundai Motor Group , Baillie Gifford and other investors also participated in the deal. Keller, one of the most acclaimed engineers in the semiconductor industry, joined the company in 2021 as president and chief technology officer, and was named CEO in early 2023.

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Osana Salud raises $20M to build API-connected infrastructure for the LatAm healthcare industry

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Osana Salud , which aims to transform the healthcare infrastructure in Latin America, has closed on a $20 million Series A round of funding led by General Catalyst. CEO Andre Lawson told TechCrunch he was inspired to start Osana Salud because an estimated 50% of Latin America does not have access to quality healthcare. In the U.S.

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Caribou grabs $3M to remove the ‘unexpected’ from healthcare cost planning

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Miami-based startup Caribou aims to make that decision easier through its healthcare cost prediction and optimization software packaged into a SaaS business model designed for financial planners so they can advise their clients on the best plan. Fintech’s growing role in the healthcare revolution.