Maven Clinic raised $27M Series B led by Sequoia and Oak
Anu Duggal · 20VC: Top 3 Considerations When Evaluating Consumer Businesses Today | 700 Meetings, 70 LPs, 2 Years, What It Takes To Raise a First Time Fund| The Power of The Female Network In Action Today with Anu Duggal, Founding Partner @ Female Founders Fund · Dec 10, 2018 · at 16:13
Anu Duggal, Founding Partner at Female Founders Fund, explains how founder introductions led to Maven Clinic securing a $27 million Series B round from Sequoia Capital and Oak HC/FT.
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“Similarly, this fall, one of our companies, Maven Clinic, was raising a Series B and made an intro to Jess Lee at Sequoia, which resulted in a twenty-seven million dollar Series B that was led by both Sequoia and Oak.”
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