First-Time Fundraising

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Launching the First-time Fundraising Series
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First-time Fundraising: Deciding to Raise
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First-time Fundraising: Running a Competitive Process
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First-time Fundraising: Building a Compelling Deck
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All Perspectives

2025

Featured
Mirit Lugassi
What Surprised Me Most About Seed Investing: Lessons from Two Years at Laconia
Mirit Lugassi
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Mirit Lugassi
Geri Kirilova
All Our VC Friends Are Dead
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Laconia
Liquidonate Named One of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Bluefish AI Recognized As One of Headline's Top AI-Native Startups in Europe
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Propensity Made Inc. Magazine's 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Marpipe Partnered With Comcast Advertising and Mastercard
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Quotient CEO Lizzie Matusov Named One of the 100 Women in AI
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Powerful Shortfilm with Tendercare CEO Shauna Sweeney
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Liquidonate CEO Disney Petit Selected As Part of 2025 New York Fashion Tech Lab Cohort
Laconia
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Laconia
Jeffrey Silverman
Two Lessons From 15+ Years in Seed-Stage Investing
Jeffrey Silverman
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Jeffrey Silverman
Laconia
Founder Spotlight: Lizzie Matusov (Quotient)
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Portfolio Spotlight: Messium
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Portfolio Spotlight: Bluefish
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Founder Spotlight: Shauna Sweeney (tendercare)
Laconia
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Laconia
Jeffrey Silverman
Trends vs. Waves in Tech: Why It Matters for Founders and Investors
Jeffrey Silverman
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Jeffrey Silverman
Jeffrey Silverman
Reframing the Board Meeting: It’s Not a Performance Review
Jeffrey Silverman
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Jeffrey Silverman
Jeffrey Silverman
Don’t Feed a Newborn a Porterhouse ...and other thoughts on raising the right amount of capital at Seed
Jeffrey Silverman
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Jeffrey Silverman

2024

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Laconia
2024 Inspiring Fintech Females: Mirit Lugassi
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Laconia's Jeffrey Silverman Recognized On the List of NYC Founder First Investors
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Vital Signs: Monitoring the Healthcare VC Space
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Legacy Portfolio Spotlight: LeagueApps
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Founder Spotlight: Sumner and Carla Vanderhoof (Propensity)
Laconia
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Laconia
Mirit Lugassi
Breaking Into VC: A Guide to Starting a Career in Venture
Mirit Lugassi
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Mirit Lugassi
Laconia
Portfolio Spotlight: Trestle
Laconia
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Laconia
Laconia
Portfolio Spotlight: LiquiDonate
Laconia
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Laconia
Geri Kirilova
Portfolio Spotlight: Bluefish
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Portfolio Spotlight: Auxa Health
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Laconia
Founder Spotlight: Cameron McCarthy (WeStock)
Laconia
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Laconia
Mirit Lugassi
Team, Mission, and Impact: Why Mirit Lugassi Joined Laconia
Mirit Lugassi
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Mirit Lugassi
Laconia
Founder Spotlight: Randi Bushell (Merri)
Laconia
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Laconia

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2019

Featured
Geri Kirilova
Launching Through the Looking Glass: Underrepresented Limited Partner Views
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Through the Looking Glass: Kelly Hoey
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Through the Looking Glass: Amith Nagarajan
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Through the Looking Glass: Lo Toney
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Through the Looking Glass: Holly Lynch
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Through the Looking Glass: Diane Henry
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Geri Kirilova
Through the Looking Glass: Carlos Miguel Gutierrez
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Guest User
Emerging Venture: Beyond The Headlines
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Guest User
Geri Kirilova
Portfolio Spotlight: Wethos
Geri Kirilova
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Geri Kirilova
Jeffrey Silverman
Portfolio Spotlight: PromoteIQ
Jeffrey Silverman
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Jeffrey Silverman
David Arcara
Portfolio Spotlight: Ocrolus
David Arcara
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David Arcara
Jeffrey Silverman
Laconia Turns Four!
Jeffrey Silverman
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Jeffrey Silverman
Laconia
Founder Resources
Laconia
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Laconia
David Arcara
Portfolio Spotlight: xtraCHEF
David Arcara
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David Arcara
Guest User
Highlights: Venture Education Symposium In Retrospect
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Laconia
Doubling Down: Sales Acceleration & Operational Execution
Laconia
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Laconia

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2016


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David Arcara
Valuation
David Arcara
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David Arcara

2015

Laconia Playbook

Featured
Welcome to the Family: Managing Laconia's Portfolio
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Diving In: What You Can Expect in the Investment Process
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Who You Are: The Entrepreneurs We Seek
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Finding Gems: Our Investment Thesis & Parameters
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Laconia’s Story: Who We Are & Why We Do This
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In the Headlines

2025

2024

Featured
2024 Inspiring Fintech Females: Mirit Lugassi
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Ocrolus Featured in HousingWire, Debuting AI-Driven Mortgage Solution
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Laconia's Jeffrey Silverman Recognized On the List of NYC Founder First Investors
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Ocrolus COO Named Top 25 Executives of New York 2024
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Wethos Partnership with Payoneer Setting the Standard for Freelancer Consolidation
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Wavy Featured in The Globe and Mail on Evolving Workplace Culture
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Case Study Highlight: Paloma Powers Tipsy Thrifting’s Instagram Shop Success
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Yuvo Health Named A Fierce 50 Honoree of 2024
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Paloma Featured in Modern Retail Article on the Rise of Resale Services
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Ocrolus Named One of PropTech Breakthrough's Winners of the Year
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LiquiDonate Founder Diz Petit recognized by Meaningful Business in the 2024 MB100
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Tender featured in Well + Good, exploring burnout among the Sandwich Generation
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Auxa Health is Revolutionizing Healthcare Access Through AI-driven Solutions
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SportsRecruits Partnered with All In Volleyball to Drive Student-Athlete Exposure at Events
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SKI (Senthil Kumar Iyyappan), Chief Information Security Officer at Ocrolus, Named in TradeFlock’s 40 Under 40 for 2024
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Ocrolus Partnered with Ondeck to Identify Q1 Small-Business Cash Flow Trends.
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Yuvo Health Included on Digital Health 100 2024
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AutoFi Partners with Mitsubishi Motors to Launch ClickShop 2.0, an Industry-First Digital Solution
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2023

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AutoFi's Platform Expansion Delivers Overwhelming Results With Deal Time Reduced by 70%
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Ocrolus CEO and Co-Founder, Sam Bobley, named a best CEO of 2023 by Comparably
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Ocrolus: Year in review and looking ahead
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AutoFi: Year In Review
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Christopher Meade, CEO and Co-Founder of Sports Recuits, Joins Julie Zuick on TheLittleMBA
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Ocrolus Director of Product, Rebecca Seward, in National Mortgage Professional’s 40 Under 40
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WeStock Introduces Link Manager
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AutoFi Recognized as a Top Employer Winning Tech Talent in 2023 by Hired
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Ocrolus Partners with Lendflow to to Enable Seamless Financial Experiences Across Lending
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Rachel Renock, CEO and Co-Founder of Wethos, Joins FireNation Podcast to Discuss Changing the Game for Freelancers
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Rachel Renock, CEO of Wethos, Dives Deep into Conversations with Experts on the Leap Podcast
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SportsRecruits Partners with Junior Volleyball Association to Power College Recruiting Efforts
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Randi Berger, Merri CEO, nominated as one of the Most Influential People in the Events Industry
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Ocrolus Partners with Foresight to Redefine the Landscape of Small Business Lending
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Wethos Introduces Wethos Teams
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Rob Cirincione, CEO of Sunairio, joined American Clean Power Association (ACP) to Discuss Renewable Energy Modeling
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Sports Recruits CEO and Co-Founder, Christopher Meade, Joined TheLittleMBA Podcast to Discuss the Entrepreneurial Journey
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Rachel Renock, CEO of Wethos, included in the 2023 edition of Gaingels 100 spotlighting venture-backed LGBTQIA+ founders
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MuukTest Partners with BrowserStack to Deliver Greater Experiences to Customers
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Sports Recruits Partners with Sideline HD and Balltime to Create Live Video Integrations
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Yuvo Health and Pearl Health Partner to Help Community Health Centers & Their Patients Access Innovative Value-Based Care Programs
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Sunairio Partners with Snowflake
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MuukTest released their generative AI tool, TestXplainer
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Ocrolus SVP Of Growth David Snitkof, Published an Article on the Capabilities of AI Tools
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Wethos Introduces Wethos AI, A Generative AI Tool that Build Project Proposals in Seconds
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Sports Recruits Partners with HTX Soccer
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Ocrolus partners with Blooma to revolutionize commercial real estate loan underwriting
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Ocrolus introduces Instant - the quicker way to make important lending decisions
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Take the Guesswork out of Freelancing with the New Wethos Pro
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SportsRecruits Partners with Balltime to Expand the Video Integration Ecosystem
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2022

2021

Featured
strongDM Raises $54M Series B Led by Tiger Global to Transform Secure Infrastructure Access Management
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Marpipe CEO, Dan Pantelo, Shares 3 Myths to Let Go of Before Testing Your Holiday Ad Creative
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Ocrolus and Blend Announce Partnership to Automate End-to-End Mortgage Process
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Cherokee Health Systems Partners with Noteworth to Boost Provider-patient Engagement, Value-based Care
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AutoFi Partners With Santander To Streamline The Dealer And Consumer Purchase Experience
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LeagueApps Closes $15M Series B To Deliver Impactful Sports Experiences To Communities Everywhere
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Toast Goes Public At $20 Billion Valuation
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Procore Acquires Construction Payment Startup Levelset for $500M
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strongDM Announces $54M Series B To Create A New Standard For Infrastructure Access Management
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Wethos Announces $8M Round To Bolster The Independent Economy
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Ocrolus Raises $80M In Series C Funding To Scale Fintech Focused Document Automation Solution
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Marpipe Raises $8M Series A To Lead New Era Of Creative Testing
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Paloma releases new Shopify app
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Noteworth partners with Geisinger
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Auto Fi Announces Key Marketing and Finance Hires
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Raven 360 employee featured in "Future of Finance is Female" article
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Ocrolus Selects BackBay Communications as Agency of Record
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Marpipe speaks with AdExchanger about its ability to disrupt adtech
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New from Paloma: Instagram Sales Inbox to Help Businesses Sell Through DMs
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Introducing Noteworth's Connect App - a one stop shop that helps #patients take control of their health, and better manage #chronicconditions and medication compliance!
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TripleLift Announces Majority Investment Buyout by Vista Equity Partners Value at $1.4B
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Marpipe CEO Dan Pantelo Featured On Funding & Disrupting Podcast
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TowerIQ Announces Multi-Year Partnership With MJ Insurance To Drive Automation In Risk Management
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Ocrolus Recognized As A Top Mortgage Tech Company In Housing Wire’s 2021 Tech100 List
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Ocrolus CEO Sam Bobley Featured in Wharton FinTech Podcast
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xtraCHEF Unveils Latest Product Release To Help Restaurateurs Streamline Operations
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Noteworth Announces Partnership With CentraState Health To Expand Telehealth and Remote Prevention Services
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AutoFi Launches New Business Division Focused On Lending As A Service (LaaS) Offering
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Wethos CEO Rachel Renock Featured in “In These Uncertain Times” Podcast
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Noteworth Partners with Esse Health to Integrate Virtual Care Delivery Solutions
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2020

Featured
Noteworth EVP Jennifer Haas shares her predictions around the future of telehealth and big data
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TripleLift included on Comparably's list of Top 50 Best Companies for Women
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Ocrolus Adds Firmographic and KYB Capabilities with Middesk Integration
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TripleLift on AdExchanger's list of 2020 Programmatic Power Players
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Justin Williams CEO of Noteworth Discusses "How COVID-19 Brought Digital Medicine To The Forefront"
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Noteworth CEO on Health IT today: "Renewed Focus to Delivering Digital Healthcare to Rural America in 2021"
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TripleLift Included for the Second Consecutive Year in Business Insider's Hottest Adtech Companies
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Wethos X Ethel's Club Partnership
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Ardevora Selects Elsen as Core Financial Data Platform to Enable Switching Data Vendors
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TripleLift on Deloitte's #Fast500 list for the 4th year in a row
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Ocrolus featured in IBS intelligence's list of 5 North American Fintechs to watch
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Ocrolus Named #1 Fastest-Growing Software Company in New York on Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500™
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SportsRecruits and IWLCA Announce the Launch of IWLCARecruits
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TripleLift Introduces Exchange Traded Deals
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SportsRecruits X Veo Partnership
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AutoFi Shifts Into High Gear Due to Market Growth in Online Vehicle Purchases
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Introducing AutoFi’s First Ever MasterClass In Partnership With Ford
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Venture 'Rules Are Changing' as Funds Aim Beyond Unicorns (FundFire)
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EY Announces Andy Schwartz of xtraCHEF as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2020 Finalist
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Inc. Named Ocrolus 30th Fastest Growing Private Company in America
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xtraCHEF Partners with Toast to Empower Restaurateurs with Free Tools
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xtraCHEF Introduces xtraCASH to Help Restaurants Improve Profits
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Ocrolus Launches PPP Loan Forgiveness Solution With Audit Trail
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How Educating Herself Gave A Founder Access To Venture Capital
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FormFree and Ocrolus Partner on Comprehensive Borrower Income Verification Program
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Fintech Innovators Develop Tech Infrastructure to Support Mortgage Assistance Programs
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Spotlight Interview: Andy Schwartz, CEO and Co-Founder of xtraCHEF
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Philly startup xtraCHEF rushes out new product to help restaurants struggling amid COVID-19 crisis
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Fintech AutoFi broadens focus to in-store transactions
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BMW i Ventures Invests in AutoFi, a San Francisco-based Vehicle Financing Startup
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