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Incredible milestone for @solacehealth_ - $130M Series C at a $1B valuation led by @IVP 💥 Proud to co-led the Seed and back a team building key infrastructure for patient advocacy. Huge validation of the mission, the scale of the problem, and what’s ahead bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Introducing LM Studio 0.4.0 🎉✨ It's the next generation of LM Studio. 🪄 Deploy on servers, in CI, or anywhere 🚄 Parallel requests for high throughput use cases 🔨 New stateful REST API: use local MCPs 🎨 Complete UI revamp See what's new in this release👇🧵

Proud to have backed @SalvoHealth early and excited to see the team close a strong $8.5M Series A. Real outcomes, real scale, and a clear path forward for GI care. Onward 🚀 salvohealth.com/blog/january-2…

The ongoing shift from passive Systems of Record to active Systems of Agency will be profound. This analysis outlines the companies building the patient-first stack, and the traits of the inevitable winners within Consumer Health. firstmark.com/story/health-c…

Excited to share that Jake Moross was named to Alpha Partners’ 2025 Rising Star Pre-Partner VC list. Well deserved recognition. We’re lucky to have him on the team and excited to watch what’s next. alphapartners.com/blog/rising-st…

I’ve been chatting with young people trying to break into VC so sharing what I generally advise: - To make the best impression, don’t ask VCs for coffee, send them *good* deal flow instead - Bad deal flow is worse than sending nothing. If you don’t know the difference, absorb more content from great founders - Build your founder network authentically. If you’re in college it’ll prob be with other student founders - Few firms hire straight from college. Don’t feel bad if you don’t get the job. Go get experience at a fast-growth startup in any role, FAANG, or found a company first. Learn what it feels like to work with the best - Get fluent with the latest AI tools. Build, ship projects and write about your learnings - Unsure if VC is for you? I always say the closest feeing role at a startup is the sales rep - If you’re young and risk-on, it’s a great market environment to be a founder (vs investor). Take the plunge!

🚀 Big milestone for @takearecess closing a $30M Series B led by CAVU Venture Partners. Recess has pioneered a new category of relaxation + wellness drinks, offering functional beverages and nutraceuticals that help people feel cool, calm, and collected. finance.yahoo.com/news/recess-pi…

Excited to share that Liftoff, the hiring & networking platform that helps you find incredible people through trusted connections, launched out of stealth. Even in an AI world, the best opportunities still come through people you trust. 👉 Check it out: liftoff.xyz

Excited to share that @LittleOtterCare and @hazelhealthinc have merged! Together, they’re breaking down silos and building an integrated ecosystem that connects schools, families, and payers to deliver better mental health outcomes for kids. littleotterhealth.com/blog/our-next-…

Big congrats to @qihealthapp and @edwardchiu on an incredible launch, and exciting start to what's ahead. Qi is building the world's first Social Health Network. Check it out here 👉 lnkd.in/gQrU9qaa

Everyone has a health story. The late-night searches. The trial and error. The fear you might never get better. The hardest part isn’t the symptoms. It’s feeling like you’re in it alone. Introducing Qi Health👇

Another massive week of AI and robotics news. I summarized everything from OpenAI, xAI, Google, Cognition, Figure, AWS, Meta, UBTECH, Pollen Robotics, Agility Robotics, and more. Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it:

1/ @serenawilliams is our newest ambassador at @Ro. She’s sharing her weight loss story to inspire others. She has more willpower than most people on the planet and is the perfect example that weight is not just a matter of “diet and exercise”.

Torch founder @JKeidan on Bloomberg @technology this week discussing the current state of tech IPOs, M&A, evolving trends, and where we're seeing opportunities in consumer tech. bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

Torch founder @JKeidan shares the lessons he learned from managing artists in the music industry and shares insights into the parallels with early-stage investing on #BankOnItPodcast with @johnsiracusa : bankonitpodcast.com/episode-578-jo…

Today we are launching a new way to interface with your business - through natural language. The Durable AI Assistant can do anything from editing your website to creating a marketing strategy. It's like adding a full-time employee to your business. Excited to see this live.

Last month we hit a significant milestone: 1 million websites built with Durable. The AI-powered entrepreneurship revolution is here. Our mission remains unchanged: make owning a business easier than having a job.

Excited to announce the launch of Good Weird, a beauty platform focused on enhancing natural beauty for all genders. Customers traditionally excluded from beauty can now explore the category on their own terms. highsnobiety.com/p/good-weird-b…

Congrats to @Join_Arc for raising $20M Series A, led by @leftlanecap. Arc helps startups grow by converting future revenue into upfront capital & depositing that funding into an FDIC eligible account. Read more in @TechCrunch here: techcrunch.com/2022/08/16/fin… @cvharps @JKeidan