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WNY Impact Investment Fund provides $500K in Viridi's eight-figure raise

Viridi continues exciting growth journey with nearly $100M raise.

Viridi Parente closed a nearly $100 million round of funding in December, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The funding event is one of the largest in the history of Buffalo startups.

The full details will have to wait. Viridi Parente founder and CEO Jon Williams declined to comment on the filing, saying more information will be available in the near future.

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