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The Briefing: Ada Lands $130M, Anebulo Prices IPO, And More

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Ada raises $130M for chatbots

Toronto-based Ada, a provider of chat bots used in customer support, reportedly raised $130 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital.

Founded in 2014, Ada previously raised $60.6 million in known funding, per Crunchbase data. In 2020, the company says it automated more than 1.5 billion customer interactions for hundreds of global companies, including Zoom, Facebook and Square.

—  Joanna Glasner

Public offerings

Anebulo prices IPO: Austin-based Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, a biotech developing treatments for cannabinoid overdose and substance addiction, announced that it raised $21 million by offering 3 million shares at $7, the midpoint of its projected range of $6 to $8.

—  Joanna Glasner

Health care

Vori Health secures $45M: Vori Health, a San Francisco-based musculoskeletal condition treatment startup, raised $45 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates. The funding will be used to expand product, services and data offerings, as well as grow its clinical and support teams. Vori is the latest example of investment flowing into musculoskeletal. New York-based Kaia Health raised $75 million in Series C funding in April for its platform that provides real-time exercise feedback via a smartphone app to care for musculoskeletal, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and osteoarthritis conditions.

Expressable inks $4.5M: Online children’s speech therapy practice Expressable, based in Austin, closed on a $4.5 million seed round co-led by Lerer Hippeau and NextView Ventures. The company’s platform combines one-on-one teletherapy with its proprietary education platform.

— Christine Hall

Fintech and e-commerce

Nøie lands $12M for skincare platform: Copenhagen-based Nøie, a customized skincare platform, raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Talis Capital.

—  Joanna Glasner

DappRadar banks $5M: Lithuania-based DappRadar, a global app store for decentralized applications, also known as dapps, secured $5 million in a Series A funding led by Prosus Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures and NordicNinja VC. DappRadar said it will invest the funds into technology development and to promote widespread dapp adoption.

Caplight inks $1.7M: Caplight, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2021, brought in a $1.7 million funding round led by Fin VC. The company’s platform enables institutional investors to buy and sell derivatives of private equity and close on transactions up to 85 percent faster than the average secondary-market deal, according to the company.

— Christine Hall

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