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Casey joins Pillar VC as venture partnerMost recently, Casey was co-founder and head of business development at Sail Biomedicines.
Farrell joins Pillar VC as CFOPreviously, she was CFO for Apple Tree Partners.
Pillar raises $192m, expands focus on biologyThe Boston firm raises $192m combined for its third main fund and for Pillar Select.
VCs add mental health services to their value-add propositionsMore firms are realizing that it’s beneficial to help the founders they back and are providing them with various resources. The services are a way to differentiate themselves from others. Firms and LPs are on board.
Hometap amasses $100 mlnBoston-based Hometap, a provider of a new loan alternative for tapping into home equity without taking on debt, has secured $100 million in new financing.

- Edgewise Networks locks in $11 mln
Burlington, Massachusetts-based Edgewise Networks, a microsegmentation platform based on software identity, has secured $11 million in funding. The lead investors were.406 Ventures and Accomplice. Also, Pillar participated in the round.
- Pillar grabs $5.5 mln seed
Pillar, a student loan management startup, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding, according to a blog post https://blog.pillar.app/blog/pillar-launches-with-5-5m-in-seed-funding-to-solve-the-student-loan-crisis on its site. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from other investors that included Rainfall Ventures, Great Oaks VC, Financial Venture Studio, Kairos, Red Dog Capital and Day One Ventures.
- Pillar grabs $5.5 mln seed
Pillar, a student loan management startup, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding, according to a blog post https://blog.pillar.app/blog/pillar-launches-with-5-5m-in-seed-funding-to-solve-the-student-loan-crisis on its site. Kleiner Perkins led the round with participation from other investors that included Rainfall Ventures, Great Oaks VC, Financial Venture Studio, Kairos, Red Dog Capital and Day One Ventures.
