The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for LA startups for 9/12/2023 featuring funding details for Lucendi and much more. This page will be updated throughout the day to reflect any new fundings.
Lucendi – $1M
Lucendi, AI-powered smart measurement platform that powers comptutional microscopy, has raised $1M in funding according to a recent SEC filing funding from investors that include . The filing indicates that this round comes from a sole investor. Founded by Aydogan Ozcan and Maxim Batalin in 2016, Lucendi has now raised a total of $2.2M in reported equity funding.
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