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๐๐งโ๐ผ Ramp | Ramp is a finance automation platform that helps businesses spend less time and money. Named the most innovative finance company of 2022 by Fast Company, Ramp is continually hiring across all departments. Check out Contrary Researchโs memo on Ramp here.
โSeries C | Backed by Founders Fund, Contrary
๐ Vareto | Vareto is the modern, next-gen FP&A platform for strategic finance and business teams to power company planning, reporting, and operational decision-making.
โSeries A | Backed by Menlo Ventures
โCitizen | Citizen seeks to create a digital safety network that leverages real-time information on crimes to increase the publicโs awareness of safety issues. Read more about Citizen in Contrary Researchโs report here. โ
โSeries C | Backed by Greycroft
โHeadway | Headwayโs created a platform that connects patients, therapists, and insurance companies in the mental health ecosystem. Read more about Citizen in Contrary Researchโs report here. โ
โSeries B | Backed by a16z
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Contrarians, Weโre gearing up for Retreat 2024 at The Acres โ a 400+ acre property just two hours from NYC โ September 6th-8th! Check-out our Retreat 2024 website for important details on booking travel, the agenda, FAQs, and more. Website: Retreat 2024 | Password: retreat2024 Deadline to book Retreat 2024 travel is Friday, May 3rd: Please plan to book & submit reimbursement no later than 5/3. Fill-out the Emergency Contact Form for the Acres by Friday, May 3rd Ramp Reimbursement: If you are...
What's New: In this week's issue of How We Work, we spoke to commercial fisherman Corey Arnold, who previously appeared in Season 2 of Deadliest Catch, a reality TV show. We recently announced our investment in Moment, which raised a $20 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz earlier this month. Join us for our first Tech Talk in NYC on Thursday, October 5th featuring demos from Hugging Face, Graphite, Replit, Nomic, and Slingshot AI. Contrary and Thrive are co-hosting a B2B AI Founder...
What's New: Today's Foundations & Frontiers essay, The Growing Importance of Desalination, explores how we might increase the water supply. For our most recent issue of How We Work, we spoke to a tunnel engineer about the world of subterranean construction. Join us for our first Tech Talk in NYC on Thursday, October 5 featuring Hugging Face, Graphite, and Replit. Applications for 2023 Contrary Venture Partners are now open. Over at Contrary Research, a podcast episode with the CEO of Hex...