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July 15, 2026
Lava Sunder and Anne Gifford, cofounders of Corner Health
Published by Stephen Oluwadara at July 15, 2026
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Corner Health Raises $32.5M to Back Nurse Practitioner-Led Primary Care

Corner Health, a healthtech startup that helps nurse practitioners launch and scale local primary care practices, has raised $32.5 million in seed and Series A funding.
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June 24, 2026
HaloBraid Co-founder, Yinka Ogunbiyi
Published by Stephen Oluwadara at June 24, 2026
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HaloBraid Raises $7M to Modernize Hair Braiding With Robotics

Robotics hair-braiding startup HaloBraid has raised a $7 million seed round to modernize textured hair care with automation. Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm, Seven Seven Six,
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May 21, 2026
Status AI Team Photo
Published by Stephen Oluwadara at May 21, 2026
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Status AI Raises $17M To Make Social Media More Interactive

Status AI has secured $17 million to transform social media from passive content consumption into interactive entertainment. General Catalyst led the combined seed and Series A
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May 15, 2026
Ruka Hair's founders
Published by Stephen Oluwadara at May 15, 2026
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Beauty Startup Ruka Raises $4.5M to Scale Biotech Hair Fiber Technology

U.K.-based biotech beauty startup Ruka has closed a $4.5 million funding round to scale its synthetic hair fiber technology. Freedom Trail Capital and Henkel Ventures led
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