Value-based obesity care solution Ilant Health adds $2.5M to its seed round
The company initially raised $3 million in seed funding when it launched in October
Read more...There's currently a big refugee crisis going on, especially in Syria, (though you wouldn't know it by watching American news, which can only bother to mention it when a candidate's son decides to compare people to candy), and American businesses are stepping up big time to help.
On Tuesday, the White House announced that 51 American companies, with more than $775 billion in combined annual revenue, have decided to pledge more than $650 million to help support 6.3 million refugees from 20 countries around the world.
Among those 51 companies were numerous big names from the tech industry. They included:
These pledges to help were a respond to President Obama's Call to Action in June, in which he called American businesses to use their resources to assist refugees in three areas: education, employment and enablement.
Airbnb, Coursera, Google, HP, IBM, LinkedIn, Microsoft and TripAdvisor were among those companies that immiedately signed on as founding partners.
"There are more than 65 million displaced people in the world today, the highest number on record since the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) began collecting statistics. More than 21 million of these people have crossed international borders in search of safety and are registered as refugees," the White House said in a statement.
"A crisis of this scale requires more than government action. In issuing the Call to Action, President Obama challenged the U.S. private sector to draw on its unique expertise, resources and entrepreneurial spirit to help refugees regain control over their lives and integrate into their new communities. Their response is unprecedented."
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The company initially raised $3 million in seed funding when it launched in October
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