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A few years ago, setting up shop in Europe was the soup du jour for North American VCs. From OMERs and Lightspeed to Bessemer Venture Partners, the market attracted firms of all sizes, and the Spotify IPO seemed to wake up North American VCs to Europe’s potential to create outsized exits. VCs wanted to make sure they didn’t miss out on the next wave. But it’s unclear that they were able to catch it. Trends haven’t fully reversed since the happy days of 2021, but they’ve come pretty close. Still, the European startup…

Carrum Health, a value-based healthcare company enabling self-funded employers to buy specialist medical care, raised $45 million in Series C funding. When we last checked in with Carrum Health in 2021, the company had raised $40 million. Founded in 2014, the company provides surgical and cancer treatment guidance and coordination. Members pay a fee to get an all-inclusive pricing model and 30-day warranty on care via Carrum’s Centers of Excellence network. Carrum Health CEO Sach Jain told…

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.I just want to express my personal feelings of shock and sadness at the death of Lisa Marie Presley at age 54 on Thursday. This came only two days after she was out supporting the movie “Elvis” at the Golden Globes. She is gone too soon, taken from a family that has seen their lives too often scarred by tragedy.Enter the VardaVerse at the Academy. The Academy Museum opens a new series this weekend with “Enter the…