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1 day agoForget vapes: Nicotine pouch startup Sesh raises $40 million from 8VC, Post Malone, and Diplo to take on Zyn
After vapes staved off the extinction of tobacco, a new generation of nicotine products is promising a safer, albeit no less addictive, form of consumption through tobacco-free pouches made popular by the likes of Zyn and Velo. Now, a celebrity-backed upstart called Sesh is trying to challenge those incumbents. Buoyed by $40 million in venture funding from Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale's 8VC, along with music stars Diplo and Post Malone,
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