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Sarabia: InRecovery has raised nearly $500k and targets $1.5M seed round

David Sarabia · #37 Can Tech Solve America’s Drug Crisis? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 25:18

David Sarabia, founder of inRecovery, provides a fundraising update to host Josh Muccio three months after pitching on The Pitch.

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“So I've managed to raise almost that amount. We have so many VCs that are so interested in us right now that I think that we're gonna end up just securing a seed round, a proper seed round of 1.5.”

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