In Brief Posted: 4:08 PM PDT · April 16, 2025 Chapter, a Medicare advisory startup co-founded by former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, has closed a $75 million funding round at a valuation of $1.5 billion led by private equity and venture firm Stripes. The startup helps seniors choose Medicare health plans analyzing doctors, hospitals,…
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Private Equity Firm Velocity Capital Is Investing More Than $100 Million In A European Soccer Agency
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Image Credits:Telli 2:06 PM PDT · April 15, 2025 Former Y Combinator startup Telli is helping companies alleviate the bottleneck that occurs when a high-volume of customers try to, for example, book appointments. Its AI voice agents kick in and handle basic operations while handing off more-complex processes to human operators. The Berlin-based startup has…
Judge scraps US rule capping credit card late fees at $8
Robert Brovdi, callsignj Magyar, commander of the highly successful ‘Birds of Magyar’ drone unit, … More now expanded to regiment size Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Ukraine’s legendary ‘Birds of Magyar’ is one of the most successful drone units of all time. Under its charismatic commander Robert Brovdi, callsign Magyar ( ‘Madyar’ in Ukrainian,…
The furniture chain shuts down a location that has operated for 16 years…
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