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Last week, Meanwhile announced a whopping $40 million raise co-led by Framework Ventures and Fulgur Ventures. 

However, the raise is a bit more significant than was initially reported. 

“This is the largest equity investment that Framework Ventures has ever made,” Framework’s Michael Anderson exclusively told me. 

If you’re not familiar, Meanwhile is a bitcoin life insurance company valued at $190 million after their Series A announcement. Oh, and here’s an interesting factoid: They only have 10 employees. 

“We’ve written all our own technology,” Zachary Townsend,…

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