Archivio Categoria: seed

CANADA – Pineapple, a provider of a visual app for young professionals, raised $1.1m in pre-seed funding. The round, raised in April 2022, was co-led by F7 Ventures and 500 Global. The company is using the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Led by CEO David Diamond, Pineapple provides an iOS app that gives young professional […]

USA – Fordefi, a New York- and Tel Aviv, Israel-based financial technology and software company, raised $18M in Seed funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Electric Capital, Alameda Research, Jump Crypto, Castle Island, Pantera Capital, Illuminate Financial, PayPal Alumni Fund, Nima Capital, Digital Currency Group, Defiance Capital and StarkWare.The […]

USA – Proper Good, an Austin, TX-based home-delivered food service company, raised $3.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Yeti Capital and The Artisan Group. Other investors include the founder and CEO of Halo Top and Gatsby Chocolate, Doug Bouton, who is joining the board, alongside Drew Zang, Managing Partner at The Artisan Group; and Maxx […]

GERMANY – Apheris, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of a platform for creating collaborative data ecosystems, raised €8.7M in Seed extension round. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from LocalGlobe, Dig Ventures, Another.VC, Patrick Pichette, Heal Capital, Berthold von Freyberg, and Mirco Novacovic.The company intends to use the funds to further develop its […]

USA – Emerge Career, a US provider of a platform for online job training solutions to governments, raised $3.2m in seed funding. The round was led by 776, with participation from SoftBank Opportunity Fund, Y Combinator, Lenny Rachitsky and Y Combinator Managing Director Michael Seibel. Founded by Uzoma Orchingwa and Gabriel Saruhashi, Emerge Career provides training programs for […]

USA – FlowForge, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an open-source PaaS for IoT, raised $7.2M in Seed funding. The round was led by Cota Capital, with participation from Westwave Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, and Open Core Ventures.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth, expand operations and its business reach.Founded by Nick O’Leary and Zeger-Jan van de Weg, FlowForge […]

USA – Software Defined Automation, a Boston, MA-based innovator turning factories into software systems, raised $10M in Seed funding. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Baukunst VC, Fly Ventures, and First Momentum. As part of the transaction, Jon Rosenbaum, Managing Director at Insight Partners and Axel Bichara, Co-Founder and General Partner at Baukunst, will […]

UK – Pixaera, a London, UK-based provider of immersive game-based learning platform, raised $5.7M in Seed funding. This funding consists of two rounds – $1.2 million of pre-seeding and $4.5 million led by LocalGlobe. The founders of FACEIT, the competitive gaming platform for online multiplayer games, also participated; as did ERM, a leader in the […]

UK – LØCI, a London, UK-based fashion brand, raised £4M in Seed funding. The round was backed by actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio. The company intends to use the funds to further expand its business reach.Founded in April 2021 by Emmanuel Eribo, Philippe Homsy, Frank Eribo & Mark Quaradeghini, LØCI makes vegan luxury sneakers made from recycled, renewable & biodegradable materials. The brand […]

USA – Elion, a San Francisco, CA-based digital health technology marketplace company, raised £3.3M in Seed funding. Backers included NEA, Max Ventures, 8VC, AlleyCorp, Charge Ventures and Floating Point, with additional participation from a broad group of healthcare founders and angels.The company intends to use the funds to support the continued build out of its […]