Firms
Hummingbird Ventures Antwerp, BE
Hummingbird Ventures is a venture capital partner for extraordinary entrepreneurs building fast-growth tech companies. Hummingbird Ventures teamed up with transformative companies, including Deliveroo, Showpad, Kraken, Peak Games, Clear2pay, Amplidata, Gram Games, Shutl and many others. With a presence in London, Ghent and Istanbul, Hummingbirdprovides swift access to the operational resources and advice needed to build the tech companies of tomorrow.
Founded 2000
Type Venture capital Funds4 Hummingbird Growth 2026-04 2026-04 $600M Counsel confirms USD600m raised distinct growth vehicle; combinedUSD800m not AUM or either vehicle.
Hummingbird Ventures VI 2026-04 2026-04 $200M Counsel confirms USD200m raised early-stage fund; exact final-close day unavailable.
Hummingbird Opportunity Fund II — — EUR €175 million aggregate raised, historical [Argo announcement](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advised-on-the-set-up-of-two-new-hummingbird-funds/), search index dates it approximately 2020; article itself undated Split between vehicles not given. IV seed checks €400k–€2.5m; Opportunity II up to €20m, historical terms only.
Hummingbird Ventures IV — — EUR €175 million aggregate raised, historical [Argo announcement](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advised-on-the-set-up-of-two-new-hummingbird-funds/), search index dates it approximately 2020; article itself undated Split between vehicles not given. IV seed checks €400k–€2.5m; Opportunity II up to €20m, historical terms only.
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Team$3M $500K – $15M India $3M $500K – $15M London $3M $500K – $15M London $3M $500K – $15M London $3M $500K – $15M London $3M $500K – $15M United Kingdom $2M $500K – $5M United Kingdom $2M $500K – $5M London $175K $100K – $250K United States $25K $5K – $50K New York, New York $100 $50 – $500 Bangalore — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – — — — – —
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Investments$180M 2026-07-21 Augustus Hummingbird Ventures , Balaji Srinivasan $20M 2026-06-01 Waypoint Bio General Catalyst , Mitsui & Co., Ltd. , Village Global , Time BioVentures , Amplify Partners , Lux Capital , Hummingbird Ventures $220M 2026-02-11 Flux Computing Hummingbird Ventures $— 2026 OneCard Hummingbird Ventures $7M 2026 Alien Hummingbird Ventures $312M 2026 Olix Creandum , Plural Platform , Phoenix Court Group , Hummingbird Ventures , DSC Investment , Fundomo , Plural $4M 2025-07-23 Pristyn Care Sequoia , Tiger Global Management, LLC , Peak XV Partners , Hummingbird Ventures , EPIQ Capital Group $200M 2025-07-17 Lovable Accel , byFounders , Visionaries , Hummingbird Ventures , 20VC , Creandum , QuantumLight , Firat Ileri $15M 2025-07-15 Tavrn BoxGroup , Hummingbird Ventures , Firat Ileri $50M 2025-06-09 Aspora Sequoia , Greylock Partners , QuantumLight , Y Combinator , Hummingbird Ventures , Sequoia Capital $20M 2025-02-19 Karman+ Hummingbird Ventures , Plural , HCVC , Barend Van den Brande $5M 2025 Kaleidoscope Hummingbird Ventures $35M 2024-12-01 Aspora Sequoia , Founders Fund , Greylock Partners , Y Combinator , Hummingbird Ventures , Sequoia Capital $— 2024-10-07 Lovable Shopify Ventures , byFounders , Hummingbird Ventures , Creandum , Axel Springer , Vietnam Oman Investment $130M 2024-06-21 BillionToOne Fifty Years , Adams Street Partners , Premji Invest , Baillie Gifford , Neuberger Berman , Libertus Capital , Hummingbird Ventures , Firat Ileri $11M 2024-03-19 Anima App Y Combinator , Amino Collective , Motier Ventures , Hummingbird Ventures $35M 2024-02-20 Bioptimus Hummingbird Ventures $25M 2024-02-17 Monumental Plural , NP-Hard Ventures , Northzone , Foundamental , Plural , Hummingbird Ventures , Plural Platform $12M 2024 Anima Y Combinator , Molten Ventures , Amino Collective , Hummingbird Ventures $40M 2023-10-03 Automata Hummingbird Ventures $4M 2023-05-23 SkorLife Hummingbird Ventures , Akshay Mehra $48M 2022-12-15 BillionToOne Hummingbird Ventures , Norwest Venture Partners $20M 2022-12-13 Basecamp SYSTEMIQ Capital , Hummingbird Ventures $15M 2022-07-18 Eka Care Hummingbird Ventures , Akshay Mehra $25M 2022-07-07 Kernal Biologics Hummingbird Ventures , Civilization Ventures , Firat Ileri $125M 2022-03-30 BillionToOne Hummingbird Ventures $50M 2022-02-22 Automata Hummingbird Ventures $— 2022 Reiterate Hummingbird Ventures $28M 2022 LatchBio Fifty Years , Coatue Management LLC , Mantis VC , Haystack , Caffeinated Capital , Lux Capital , Hummingbird Ventures $55M 2021-06-01 BillionToOne Y Combinator , NeoTribe Ventures , Four Rivers Group , Hummingbird Ventures , Norwest Venture Partners , Libertus Capital $15M 2020-10-27 Invideo Hummingbird Ventures , RTP Global $60M 2020-05-19 Khatabook Sequoia , Tencent Investment , Rocketship VC , GGV Capital , Alpha Wave Global , B Capital , Hummingbird Ventures , RTP Global $15M 2020-03-10 BillionToOne Y Combinator , NeoTribe Ventures , HOF Capital , Hummingbird Ventures , Libertus Capital , Pacific 8 Ventures , Hisham Elhaddad , Victor Wang , Firat Ileri $32M 2019-07-31 Aspire Digital Card Y Combinator , Picus Capital , Hummingbird Ventures , Arc Labs , MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia $70M 2019-06-25 Showpad Hummingbird Ventures , Barend Van den Brande $15M 2019-03-28 BillionToOne Y Combinator , Fifty Years , NeoTribe Ventures , HOF Capital , Hummingbird Ventures , Civilization Ventures $7M 2019-03-19 Automata Hummingbird Ventures , HCVC $4M 2018-11-20 Argent Creandum , Firstminute Capital , Atomico , Index Ventures , Hummingbird Ventures , Animoca Brands $2M 2017-06-19 ModaCruz Hummingbird Ventures , Firat Ileri $50M 2016-05-19 Showpad Hummingbird Ventures , Barend Van den Brande $100M 2015-11-23 Deliveroo Accel , Hummingbird Ventures $25M 2015-01-29 Deliveroo General Catalyst , Hoxton Ventures , Accel , Index Ventures , Hummingbird Ventures $8M 2014-11-06 Showpad Hummingbird Ventures $120M 2014 Showpad Hummingbird Ventures $2M 2013-08-06 Engagor Hummingbird Ventures $2M 2013-03-28 Showpad Hummingbird Ventures $2M 2013 Engagor Hummingbird Ventures $12M Unknown date Starpath Robotics Hummingbird Ventures $26M Unknown date EON Dental Hummingbird Ventures $31M Unknown date Bright Money Hummingbird Ventures $26M Unknown date Amber Bio Hummingbird Ventures $18M Unknown date Instant Hummingbird Ventures $4M Unknown date Salient Motion Hummingbird Ventures $— Unknown date Cycle Hummingbird Ventures $— Unknown date Anima Health Y Combinator , Molten Ventures , Amino Collective , Hummingbird Ventures $75M Unknown date OneScore Sequoia , Sequoia Capital India , Peak XV Partners , Hummingbird Ventures , Matrix Partners $— Unknown date Lovable Accel , byFounders , Hummingbird Ventures , Creandum $100M 2022-07-13 FPL Technologies (OneCard) Hummingbird Ventures $5M 2022 Magic Games Hummingbird Ventures $1M 2019-12-05 MeetFrank Hummingbird Ventures $5M 2014-03-25 Payward Hummingbird Ventures $10M 2012-04-25 MarkaVIP Hummingbird Ventures , Barend Van den Brande $26M Unknown date Eon Aligner Hummingbird Ventures $15M Unknown date Orbi Health Pvt Ltd Hummingbird Ventures $— Unknown date Skor Technologies Hummingbird Ventures
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team@apexlogos.ai · 1 hour ago
Investment-fund research reviewed 2026-10-06. Publicly identified funds, dates, amounts and fundraising status are below. Undisclosed commitments remain unknown; this is not a complete register of private SPVs or parallel entities.
Fund sizes, status and stages
| Vehicle or metric | Amount/status | Evidence and date | Caveat |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hummingbird Ventures VI | **USD $200 million raised**, early-stage fund | Argo counsel announcement, indexed under April 2026; [article](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advises-hummingbird-ventures-on-the-structuring-of-its-new-funds-hummingbird-ventures-vi-and-hummingbird-growth/ ), [dated news index](https://www.argo-law.be/profile/junior-associate/page/2/ ) | Counsel says raised; exact legal final-close day unavailable. |
| Hummingbird Growth | **USD $600 million raised**, growth fund | Same April 2026 counsel sources | Separate vehicle; do not record $800m as size of either fund. |
| Combined 2026 fundraising | USD $800 million across the two funds | Same counsel sources | Latest-known verified raise after searching for newer 2026 funds; not a claim that no later vehicle exists. |
| Hummingbird Ventures IV + Hummingbird Opportunity Fund II | **EUR €175 million aggregate raised**, historical | [Argo announcement](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advised-on-the-set-up-of-two-new-hummingbird-funds/ ), search index dates it approximately 2020; article itself undated | Split between vehicles not given. IV seed checks €400k–€2.5m; Opportunity II up to €20m, historical terms only. |
| Historical AUM | Over USD $500 million | [Kernal company release, 2022-07-07](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kernal-biologics-announces-25m-series-a-financing-to-advance-its-mrna-2-0-technology-for-oncology-301581933.html ) | AUM, not a fund size; obsolete as a current estimate. |
March reporting used varying status descriptions: [Dealroom, 2026-03-24](https://dealroom.co/news/127009-hummingbird-targets-800m-raise-to-back-misfit-founders-worldwide/ ) said targeting $800m and nearly $2bn resulting assets; [MandA, 2026-03-24](https://manda.be/articles/hummingbird-ventures-raises-800-million-dollars-to-back-misfit-founders-worldwide/ ) described the round as closed. April counsel's explicit raised amounts provide stronger subsequent evidence. Nearly $2bn remains a reported AUM estimate, not independently audited here.
Current stage evidence: the [official website](https://www.hummingbird.vc/ ) says it backs founders from inception to IPO and across sectors/geographies. The [official portfolio](https://www.hummingbird.vc/portfolio ) distinguishes Pre-Seed / Seed, Early and Growth entry stages. April 2026 funds expressly support early and growth strategies. Historical Series A/Series D participation below demonstrates transactions, not a separate current stage restriction. Current firm-wide check sizes were not verified.
Funds recorded in Adex after this review:
| Fund | Disclosed amount | Announcement / filing date |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hummingbird Opportunity Fund II | Undisclosed / unverified | Unknown |
| Hummingbird Ventures IV | Undisclosed / unverified | Unknown |
| Hummingbird Growth | USD 600000000 | 2026-04 |
| Hummingbird Ventures VI | USD 200000000 | 2026-04 | SHOW MORE
team@apexlogos.ai · 2 hours ago
Match research 2026-10-06 / HummingbirdVentures / sha256:89e74c474bfed912d7a7e716bb83b6109cadb9632db185b7a6867c72d9e5f6e0 / part 2 of 2
Imported completed research. Baseline Adex/Signal statements describe prior state, not independent verification. Retain cited attribution, date, currency and classification caveats.
| **Monumental** | Autonomous construction robotics. Hummingbird is named as co-lead with Plural. | [Maakindustrie, 2024-02-20](https://www.maakindustrie.nl/en/artikelen/25-miljoen-voor-nederlandse-metselrobot ), [official company](https://www.monumental.co/ ), undated. | Reporting source gives **€25m**; other indexed funding reports give **$25m**, so verify original announcement currency before a database amount update. The Dutch company is distinct from US Monumental Labs. |
| **Kernal Biologics** | Cell-selective synthetic mRNA therapeutics, initially oncology. Company explicitly identifies Hummingbird as lead and Ileri as incoming director. | **$25m Series A**, completed and announced **2022-07-07**; [company release](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kernal-biologics-announces-25m-series-a-financing-to-advance-its-mrna-2-0-technology-for-oncology-301581933.html ). | Oncology biotechnology; not the BCI company Kernel, and not direct neurotech. |
| **BillionToOne** | Molecular counting diagnostics for prenatal screening and oncology. Company names Hummingbird among existing investors participating. | **$130m Series D**, announced **2024-06-21**; [company release](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leading-molecular-diagnostics-company-billiontoone-raises-130-million-in-oversubscribed-series-d-funding-over-1b-valuation-302179324.html ). | Premji led, not Hummingbird. Science-based diagnostics; neurological-condition screening does not make it direct neurotechnology. |
Additional snapshot leads requiring fuller round-level review include Automata (lab robotics), Bioptimus (biology foundation models), Karman+ (asteroid-mining spacecraft), Starpath Robotics (space resource extraction), Amber Bio (genetic medicine), Basecamp Research and Waypoint Bio. They are not counted here as independently verified round claims. Ordinary fintech, marketing, legal workflow software and consumer startups in the snapshot are not automatically classified as deep tech.
## Neurotech evidence and attribution boundaries
**No verified neurotech investment found in the sources checked.** Checked sources include the saved investment list, current official portfolio, official team, NFX Ileri profile, and targeted searches for Hummingbird with neurotech, brain and neural-interface terms. This is a scoped evidence result, not proof of no investments.
The [official team](https://www.hummingbird.vc/team ), undated, states Katherine Jones leads healthcare investments, trained/researched in neuroscience and previously worked at **re.Mind Capital**, a brain-focused fund. Prior re.Mind investments cannot be transferred to Hummingbird. Patrick Lundgren's gut-brain research likewise is biography, not investment evidence.
[Imperial College Neurotech Society's hackathon page](https://iclneurotech.co.uk/hackathon ), undated, names Hummingbird as sponsor and Jones as judge. It describes EEG, neural drug-delivery and neural-data projects. Sponsorship, judging and office hours do not establish equity investments in those projects. Pheiron's disease-modeling AI and Hummingbird's general biotech exposure are adjacent to biomedical/neuroscience applications, not demonstrated direct neural recording, stimulation or BCI investments. [Pheiron official about page](https://www.pheiron.com/about ), undated.
## Conflicts, gaps and concrete Adex review notes
1. Preserve exact firm identity/domain. Do not import the Australian office's portfolio or funds.
2. Replace a stale $95m Signal “current fund” claim only after preserving its source/vintage ambiguity. Store 2026 VI and Growth as separate raised funds, with April 2026 counsel evidence; do not combine AUM and commitments.
3. Founded year **2000** in Adex conflicts with reporting describing a 2012-founded firm. Official pages checked did not decisively resolve predecessor/rebrand history; retain uncertainty rather than overwrite based on a directory.
4. Review **Olix / Flux Computing** as a name-change duplicate. The saved snapshot also repeats BillionToOne rounds and related EON Dental/Eon Aligner and Eka Care/Orbi Health names; company resolution and round dates need care.
5. Confirm Monumental's original funding currency; €25m and $25m are inconsistent across reporting. Do not silently convert without an exchange-rate/date basis.
6. Current per-firm check sizes, investment vehicle per company, legal close dates, newest AUM and undisclosed neurotech holdings remain unavailable. Portfolio partnership years do not equal financing dates.
7. Any future neurotech label should rest on a named investee and firm-attributed financing, not employee background, event sponsorship or prior-employer portfolios.
All linked undated pages were accessed 2026-10-06. Company releases and counsel announcements provide issuer/transaction-adviser evidence, not independent auditing; investment performance and technical superiority claims were not independently validated. This file is research only and does not authorize or implement Adex edits. SHOW MORE
team@apexlogos.ai · 2 hours ago
Match research 2026-10-06 / HummingbirdVentures / sha256:89e74c474bfed912d7a7e716bb83b6109cadb9632db185b7a6867c72d9e5f6e0 / part 1 of 2
Imported completed research. Baseline Adex/Signal statements describe prior state, not independent verification. Retain cited attribution, date, currency and classification caveats.
# Hummingbird Ventures
- Exact Adex ID: `HummingbirdVentures`
- Canonical Adex URL: https://adex.page/firms/HummingbirdVentures
- Official website: https://www.hummingbird.vc/
- Research date and source access date: 2026-10-06
- Status: Complete research for later Adex review; no database changes made.
## Summary and identity
Hummingbird is a global, sector-agnostic VC with verified semiconductor, robotics and biotechnology investments. Its current mandate spans inception through IPO; the latest-known verified fundraising comprises **$200 million Hummingbird Ventures VI** and **$600 million Hummingbird Growth**, together $800 million, confirmed by its transaction counsel in April 2026. No verified neurotech investment found in the sources checked. A neuroscience-trained investor and neurotech hackathon sponsorship are relevant leads, but neither establishes a company investment. [Official firm](https://www.hummingbird.vc/ ), [Argo transaction announcement](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advises-hummingbird-ventures-on-the-structuring-of-its-new-funds-hummingbird-ventures-vi-and-hummingbird-growth/ ), [official team](https://www.hummingbird.vc/team ).
Avoid confusing this firm with the Australian private investment office using https://www.hummingbirdventures.com/ . That office has separate strategy and portfolio; its assets and investments should not be attributed to this exact Adex record. [Australian office, undated](https://www.hummingbirdventures.com/ ).
## Adex and NFX Signal starting evidence
The saved exact-ID MCP snapshot, `data/research/_sources/HummingbirdVentures.adex.json`, retrieved 2026-10-06, describes a fast-growth technology VC with historic Deliveroo, Showpad, Kraken, Peak Games, Clear2pay, Amplidata, Gram Games and Shutl investments. It gives founded year 2000, a description referring to London/Ghent/Istanbul, an Antwerp location in extra metadata, null check minimum/maximum/sweet spot, numerous team roles without dates, and investment participations including BillionToOne, Kernal Biologics, Automata, Monumental, Bioptimus, Amber Bio, Karman+, Starpath Robotics, Olix and Flux Computing. These are baseline claims, not independent confirmations. Several participations use generic investor-directory URLs, have null announcement dates, or duplicate related company names.
The snapshot links [NFX firm profile](https://signal.nfx.com/firms/hummingbird-ventures ) and records membership in [DeepTech Pre-Seed investor rankings](https://signal.nfx.com/investor-lists/top-deeptech-pre-seed-investors ), accessed previously on 2026-09-09. Direct firm-profile access returned an internal error in this research session. The historical list claim was not independently re-established and does not imply an exclusive deep-tech mandate.
The [Firat Ileri Signal profile](https://signal.nfx.com/investors/firat-ileri ) was directly readable. It identifies him as Managing Partner at Hummingbird, London, lists $500,000–$15 million investment range, $3 million sweet spot, and $95 million “Current Fund Size.” Its rankings include biotech/AI at pre-seed, seed and Series A. No profile update date or fund vintage is supplied, and investments are partly login gated. **Treat these as dated-access profile claims, not current verified firm-wide terms.** The $95 million figure conflicts with newer fund evidence and is likely stale or tied to a different vintage; the source does not resolve which. The official team independently confirms Ileri's managing-partner affiliation. [Official team, undated](https://www.hummingbird.vc/team ).
## Fund sizes, status and stages
| Vehicle or metric | Amount/status | Evidence and date | Caveat |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hummingbird Ventures VI | **USD $200 million raised**, early-stage fund | Argo counsel announcement, indexed under April 2026; [article](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advises-hummingbird-ventures-on-the-structuring-of-its-new-funds-hummingbird-ventures-vi-and-hummingbird-growth/ ), [dated news index](https://www.argo-law.be/profile/junior-associate/page/2/ ) | Counsel says raised; exact legal final-close day unavailable. |
| Hummingbird Growth | **USD $600 million raised**, growth fund | Same April 2026 counsel sources | Separate vehicle; do not record $800m as size of either fund. |
| Combined 2026 fundraising | USD $800 million across the two funds | Same counsel sources | Latest-known verified raise after searching for newer 2026 funds; not a claim that no later vehicle exists. |
| Hummingbird Ventures IV + Hummingbird Opportunity Fund II | **EUR €175 million aggregate raised**, historical | [Argo announcement](https://www.argo-law.be/news/argo-advised-on-the-set-up-of-two-new-hummingbird-funds/ ), search index dates it approximately 2020; article itself undated | Split between vehicles not given. IV seed checks €400k–€2.5m; Opportunity II up to €20m, historical terms only. |
| Historical AUM | Over USD $500 million | [Kernal company release, 2022-07-07](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kernal-biologics-announces-25m-series-a-financing-to-advance-its-mrna-2-0-technology-for-oncology-301581933.html ) | AUM, not a fund size; obsolete as a current estimate. |
March reporting used varying status descriptions: [Dealroom, 2026-03-24](https://dealroom.co/news/127009-hummingbird-targets-800m-raise-to-back-misfit-founders-worldwide/ ) said targeting $800m and nearly $2bn resulting assets; [MandA, 2026-03-24](https://manda.be/articles/hummingbird-ventures-raises-800-million-dollars-to-back-misfit-founders-worldwide/ ) described the round as closed. April counsel's explicit raised amounts provide stronger subsequent evidence. Nearly $2bn remains a reported AUM estimate, not independently audited here.
Current stage evidence: the [official website](https://www.hummingbird.vc/ ) says it backs founders from inception to IPO and across sectors/geographies. The [official portfolio](https://www.hummingbird.vc/portfolio ) distinguishes Pre-Seed / Seed, Early and Growth entry stages. April 2026 funds expressly support early and growth strategies. Historical Series A/Series D participation below demonstrates transactions, not a separate current stage restriction. Current firm-wide check sizes were not verified.
## Named previous deep-tech investments
Classification below reflects the underlying technology; biotechnology is included as science-based deep tech and kept distinct from direct neurotechnology. Round totals are company financing amounts, **not Hummingbird's individual checks**.
| Company | Technology and firm attribution | Round/date and sources | Limits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Olix (formerly Flux Computing)** | Photonic AI accelerator architecture combining SRAM and photonics. DCD explicitly identifies Hummingbird as round lead. | **$220m**, reported 2026-02-11; [DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/uk-chip-startup-olix-raises-220m-for-development-of-photonic-ai-chips-that-forgo-the-need-for-hbm-report/ ), based on Financial Times reporting. | Company declined comment on the funding; technical performance is company-claimed. Article does not establish stage. Flux and Olix appear separately in snapshot; review duplicate attribution. |
| **Etched** | Semiconductor company building transformer-specialized inference chips. Official Hummingbird portfolio categorizes it Deep Tech, first partnered **2024, Early**. | [Official Hummingbird portfolio](https://www.hummingbird.vc/portfolio ), undated; [Etched official site](https://www.etched.com/ ), undated, for company identity/technology. | Firm attribution verified by portfolio; the $120m June 2024 round is a secondary-source lead, not used here to establish a specific Hummingbird check or stage. |
| **Atum Works** | 3D nanofabrication for advanced chips. Official portfolio confirms investment, **2025, Pre-Seed / Seed**. | [Official Hummingbird portfolio](https://www.hummingbird.vc/portfolio ), undated. | Round amount, exact announcement date, investment vehicle and lead role not disclosed in checked source. |
| **Salient Motion** | Advanced electric propulsion and actuation hardware. Official portfolio confirms investment, **2022, Pre-Seed / Seed**. | [Official Hummingbird portfolio](https://www.hummingbird.vc/portfolio ), undated. | Portfolio entry year is first partnership, not necessarily announcement date. No round amount established here. | SHOW MORE
team@apexlogos.ai · 22 days ago
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