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Please be sure to subscribe here.If you are not following the Fierce Foundry Luma, you may not have received these awesome invites to our June events!June 4, ALL DAY - NYC: Fierce Founders Co-Working at LuminaryJune 8, 5-7pm - NYC: NY TechWeek Founde...","published_at":"2025-05-22T11:01:58Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/182497"},{"id":182339,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:182339","title":"Reminder: Town Hall Tomorrow!","preview":"Please join us for our Town Hall, this Wednesday at 12pm ET.What to expect:Introduction to our first FierceCos and founders, DOVE and Hey IvyIntroduction to our product teamUpdate on the closing of our WeFunder and next steps for fundraisingAn update on the Fierce Founders communityUpdate on all upcoming eventsYou can register\u0026nbsp;here.All my gratitude,Melissa","published_at":"2025-05-13T17:53:01Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/182339"},{"id":182049,"entity_id":"wefunder:feed_item:182049","title":"My Final Request!","preview":"Hello and welcome to the grand finale!This is my final email to ask for your support of our\u0026nbsp;WeFunder\u0026nbsp;so I’ll keep it short and sweet…If you want to invest, please do before EOD today.WATCH REELYour contribution not only helps us build our first two products, DOVE and Hey Ivy, but allows us to create the prototype and blueprint for what is possible in a FemTech Venture Studio.Let's do this!All my gratitude,MelissaThank you for believing in what's possible. 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