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AltaClaro Secures $2.5M Series Seed Preferred Financing Round 

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AltaClaro, the leading experiential training platform for lawyers, secures $2.5M series seed preferred financing round to expand unparalleled training & development platform for the legal industry. The financing round was led by Bryce Catalyst, a leading legal tech fund whose General Partner Cary Burch is the former Chief Innovation Officer of Thomson Reuters. Learn more here.

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Mi Terro raises $1.5M to Make the World More Biodegradable

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Mi Terro is a company that takes agricultural waste and processes it into proteins that can be used as a plastic replacement, animal feed and much more. The company just raised $1.5 million to start scaling up production. Astanor is the lead investor in Mi Terro’s $1.5 million round, which valued the company at $10 million. Read more here.

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Grey Matter Technologies Joins Modality.AI to Advance Self-Driven Neurological Assessments

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Modality.AI, Inc., a San Francisco digital health startup that has developed a conversational AI system remotely assessing neurological disorders using speech and facial gestures, announced today the acquisition of Grey Matter Technologies (GMT), whose NLP technology interprets patient-reported symptoms of neurological diseases. Full article here.

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Sunstone Partners with Lair East Labs on Startup Accelerator Program

We are excited to announce our partnership with Sunstone Management (Sunstone) to support the next cohort of startup founders in our 2022 program. Sunstone, with the Sunstone Venture Capital Fund, is a diversified private capital firm based in Southern California that invests in diverse early-stage technology entrepreneurs. Read more here.

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Visual Feeder Closes $1.7 million in Seed Funding

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We are very proud of Eddie Yang and Yaxi Yang, the founders of Visual Feeder, our Batch 8 portfolio company, for raising $1.7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Sandalphon Capital and Blue Field Capital, with participation from Techstars and numerous strategic angel investors. More about the news here.

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FAQ2022

Are we required to be in NYC throughout the program?

Yes, our 2023 program is hybrid, so we ask that at least ONE of your core team be present physically for the duration of the program. However, it will not be a 24/7 residency. Join our space in New York City with other portfolio companies, receive hands-on support from our team, and get the most out of the startup ecosystem in NYC.