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[Kevin Zhang @kevinyzhang]

Last year's was very oversubscribed, this year we're upping the game with a friendly swinging competition, come join us!

[Kesar Varma @kesarvarma]

Incredibly excited to continue supporting @zaygranet @sobhan_nejad and the rest of the Blandigans in building the best enterprise AI phone platform on the market.

If you haven’t had a Bland experience yet, it’s worth the phone call!

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@alexmarley @kesarvarma 👀

[Kevin Zhang @kevinyzhang]

That guy! Excited to double down in the Series C, congrats to @zaygranet and the entire @usebland team, so much more to do on automating complex calls, onwards!

[Mark Suster @msuster]

Will be a great event. Hard Tech in LA is 🔥 we bring together all the interns every year to network. Register with Alex 👇🏼

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@kesarvarma @alexmarley what

[Alex Marley @alexmarley]

Who's interning in LA this summer?

Whether you're building laser comms, nuclear reactors, manufacturing facilities, or hacking away on your own side project, come join @upfrontvc and your peers on Tuesday June 30th in El Segundo.

Comment or DM to RSVP, spots are filling up!

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@usebland 🙌🙌

[Bland @usebland]

Today, we’re announcing that we’ve closed our Series C and raised $100M to continue automating the world’s most complex phone calls.

We grabbed some guy named Paul to talk about it because nobody else in the office wanted to. 🧵

[Healthcare AI Guy @HealthcareAIGuy]

We’re hosting a hackathon in NYC!

A 1.5-day sprint to build useful AI agents and tools for healthcare, with talks, mentorship, food, and good people.

Apply now below — space is limited!

(If you want to judge or sponsor send us a DM)

Hope to see y'all there! 🗽

[Shahin Farshchi @Farshchi]

Space lasers making their way to @NYSE - most bits pushed and consumed by companies listed there will make their way through @ObservableSpace

[Kevin Zhang @kevinyzhang]

.@RojaGarimella is the rare clinician turned entrepreneur who understands the human and business sides of healthcare. She resonates with doctors and patients, hospital CFOs and payor execs alike. With just product mockups, she was getting in front of dozens of hospital and payor leaders, convincing them to be design partners, building a new financial infrastructure platform for healthcare. With a growing number of paying, happy hospitals, the company is ready to scale. We are thrilled to double down and lead the $6.5M seed round, alongside our friends at @Company, Dria Ventures, and SemperVirens.

[Upfront Ventures @upfrontvc]

@RojaGarimella 👏👏

[Roja Garimella, MD @RojaGarimella]

Today we're announcing Kubera Health's $6.5M funding round led by @upfrontvc.
We're building the contract-to-payment system of record for American healthcare.
Why we're doing this 👇 https://t.co/edTHVbBcYo

[Jacques Sisteron @jdsisteron]

Congrats to @upfrontvc portfolio company @ObservableSpace on their $90M Series A led by @Farshchi at @Lux_Capital, and for being selected for an APFIT program to provide high performance telescopes to the Space Force!

Satellite communications, space-based interceptors, and data centers in space are all going to need a lot of optics, and ground stations capable of the precise pointing and tracking needed for space observation and space-to-ground lasers.

With their vertically integrated approach, Observable is really well positioned to enable these emerging opportunities, and the APFIT award is great validation of that.

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

The https://t.co/iTEVlfncMx team knows the ins and outs of the benefits and govt contractor space better than anyone, and now they have even more capital to accelerate in this quietly massive market. Excited to have @upfrontvc leading the seed after @LookingGlassCap's pre-seed investment https://t.co/3dOkH4ZNFw

[Kesar Varma @kesarvarma]

Incredibly excited to lead Village's $9.5M Seed Round alongside Bling Capital, GTMfund, and Perceptive Ventures.

Working with @IAmBrandonTerry, @_allansmith_, and the rest of the Village team has been an nothing short of astounding. Changing the paradigm for pediatric specialty care is no small undertaking, but we have no doubt this is the team that will do it.

A special thank you to @BrockEWTurner and the @axios team for covering the story.

[Brandon Terry @IAmBrandonTerry]

When my daughter was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition, my family entered a healthcare system that simply wasn’t built for kids like her.

We spent years navigating waitlists, fragmented care, and thousands in monthly out-of-pocket costs — all while acting as the quarterback between providers who rarely spoke to each other.

And we learned quickly that we weren’t alone. Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. face developmental, behavioral, or mental health needs — and millions of families are navigating the same broken system. That’s why Village exists.

Today, we’re excited to announce that Village has raised $9.5M led by @upfrontvc , with participation from @blingcapital , @gtmfund , and @PerceptiveVC to build a modern health system for specialty pediatrics. Fortunate to have so many great partners like @kesarvarma @XtinaFattore @kevinyzhang @msuster @bling0 @kylelui @KomalKothariMD @HackItMax @PaulGTM @CamiloBAcosta and so many more.

We’re building infrastructure that helps families find care faster, enables providers to focus on patients instead of paperwork, and brings care teams together in one place.

This is just the beginning. Grateful to our team, providers, families, and investors who believe this system can be rebuilt.

Read more in Axios here: https://t.co/eZV0sPiDZO

[Dr Florence Comite MD @FlorenceComite]

At events like this, I’m always reminded that the future of health, longevity, and innovation is built through conversation.

Thank you to @upfrontvc and @FenwickWest for bringing together such an inspiring group of founders, investors, and innovators for an evening of thoughtful discussion and meaningful connection.

Some of the most important breakthroughs don’t start in the lab or clinic. They start with people like Upront Team host @XtinaFattore willing to ask better questions.

Grateful to be part of the conversation.

[Kevin Zhang @kevinyzhang]

Will be there too! Week of 6/22. Planning a few founder dinners, join us!