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Verge Genomics, Founded By UCLA Scientists, Raises $4M In Seed Funding

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The funding was led by IA Ventures, and also included Two Sigma Ventures, Draper Associates, Great Oaks VC, Slow Ventures, Karlin Venture, Elad Gil and David Lee.

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Avinew Finds $5M For Self Driving Vehicle Insurance

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Westlake Village-based Avinew , a new startup looking at developing auto insurance for the autonomous vehicle market, has raised $5M in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Crosscut Ventures, and also included American Family Ventures, Draper Frontier, and RPM Ventures.

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Sensay Snags $4.5M For Chatbot Technology

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in a seed funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners, and also included Greycroft Partners, Sweet Capital, NHN, Draper Associates and other. Los Angeles-based Sensay , a developer of chatbot technology, has raised $4.5M

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NeuroVigil Finds More Funding

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Size of the funding was not disclosed. According to the company, the round was led by Howard Morgan, and also included Elon Musk, Tim Draper, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Zone Ventures. The company raised its seed funding round in 2008 as part of the DFJ Venture Challenge. READ MORE>>.

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Siemer Ventures Backs Ribbon

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in a seed funding round. The San Francisco startup said the round was led by Draper Associates , and also included Siemer Ventures , Emil Michael (Klout), Naguid Sawiris , Winston Ibrahim (Hydros), and MicroVentures. In the past few months, the firm has invested in a dozen companies, ranging from Surf Air, to Gradient X.

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StackSocial Gets Seed Round

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Hints of the funding came out earlier this month when the firm showed up on Siemer Ventures' list of portfolio companies. The firm, headed by Josh Payne, develops a way for web publishers to integrate e-commerce into their websites. READ MORE>>.

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Trust & Will Raises $2M to Advance Digitization of Estate Planning

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On Thursday, the company announced it closed on financing of $2 million—half a million in pre-seed funding and a subsequent $1.5 million in seed—in 2018 to advance its growing suite of products, digitized. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.