In the fourth of a series of articles about non-tech founders getting venture funding, we talk to Craft CEO Ilya Levtov, a Julliard-trained cellist who says he was able to launch his supply chain...
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Identity verification and fraud prevention company Socure announced Thursday that it raised $156 million in a strategic growth investment valuing it at $5.2 billion. The Incline Village, Nevada-based...
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