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Online rivals Betterment, LearnVest rake in $60 million of venture funding

Betterment's Series C round brings in $32 million; LearnVest closes on $28 million; fundraising touches off a Twitter firestorm.

Betterment and LearnVest on Tuesday both announced new rounds of funding that makes the two online advisory firms richer by a combined $60 million.
Betterment closed on a $32 million round of Series C funding from new investors Northwestern Mutual Capital, Globespan Capital Partners and Citigroup In

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