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LVMH Luxury Ventures backs Lusix

LVMH’s private equity arm has acquired a stake in Israeli lab-grown diamond startup Lusix in a $90m funding round. Lusix, which uses solar energy to produce its Sun Grown Diamonds brand, will use the money to open another solar-powered factory in Israel.

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