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Blue Medora raises $8 million Series B1 round

IT operational analytics (ITOA) and monitoring company Blue Medora has closed an $8 million Series B1 financing round led by First Analysis. Current investors Lewis and Clark, Wakestream Ventures and eLabs Ventures also invested in this round of funding.

First Analysis will be assuming a seat on the Blue Medora board.

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