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Ripcord, the Steve Wozniak-backed file scanning startup, is raising new cash

From TechCrunch

By Kyle Wiggers

October 13, 2023

Ripcord, the Steve Wozniak-backed file scanning startup, is raising new cash

Ripcord, a startup developing robots that can automatically digitize paper records, is hoping to raise $20 million to $25 million in a new funding round that would value the company at $110 million pre-money, according to a source familiar with the matter and a pitch deck viewed by TechCrunch. Alphabet’s GV, Lux Capital and MUFG […]

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