UK – Tranch, a London, UK-based buy now pay later platform for businesses, raised £3.5m (approx. $4.25m) in pre-seed and debt funding. The round was led by Flash Ventures. The company is also backed by Y Combinator and will join YC’s Summer 2022 cohort. Other investors included Global Founders Capital. The round also includes a debt facility from Columbia […]
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USA – Polygon, a Santa Monica, CA-based company which specializes in remote evaluations and support for dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning differences, raised $3.6M in Seed funding. The round, which brings total funding raised to date to $4.2m, was led by Spark Capital. Pear VC had been the largest investor in the company’s previously unannounced $600k […]
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USA – Psudo, a Los Angeles, CA-based sneaker startup, raised $3M in Seed funding. The backers were not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to invest in its product pipeline and distribution channels, including wholesale, its sustainable supply chain, and omnichannel marketing strategy. Founded in 2020, by husband and wife duo Michael and […]
USA – Hexagon Wireless, a Miami, FL-based provider of decentralized wireless technology, raised $2M in Seed funding. Backers included Hypersphere Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Superfluid Group, Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Salvador Gala. The company intends to use the funds to purchase and deploy DeWi hardware and maintain and expand its team. Led by CEO Alex Kenjeev, Hexagon […]
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CANADA – Evolved Meats (formerly known as CaroMeats), a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based cultivated meat startup, raised $2 million in seed funding. This round was led by Canada’s protein company, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., joined by a global protein fund, Big Idea Ventures, and investors Garage Capital, Saltagen Ventures, the University of Waterloo’s Velocity Fund, and strategic angels. The company intends […]
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USA – Humanitas Technologies, a Palo Alto, CA-based data impact data infrastructure startup counteracting an increasingly racist and sexist internet, raised $1.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by Francoise Brougher, Jeff Walker, Mark Tercek, and founders and executives from FiscalNote, Mammoth Biosciences, Cymantix, Google AI, Expedia, and Meta. The company intends to use the funds […]
USA – ChargeFUZE, a Los Angeles, CA-based high-speed on-the-go mobile charging company, raised $5M in Seed funding. Backers included Beverly Pacific, TR Ventures, VA2, Jason Goldberg, Al Weiss, Ludwig Pettersson, ERG + Partners, Cameron Azoff, Beats, Nicolai Marciano, Blake Coppelson, Terry Rozier, Harry Jowsey, Aaron Turner, Lil’ Mosey, Kenny Smith, Austin Mills, Ingenuity Live, and […]
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USA – ZincSearch, a San Francisco, CA-based search engine technology company, raised $3.6M in seed funding. The round was led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from Dell Technologies Capital, Secure Octane, Cardinia Ventures and technology leaders including Anand Babu Periasamy, Balaji Parimi, Rob Skillington, Anshu Sharma, Luke Kim, Awais Nemat, Dan Pinto, and Alex […]
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USA – Keep Financial, a San Jose, California—based technology company focused on compensation to enhance recruiting and retention, raised $9m in seed funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Launchpad Capital, Thomvest Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, and Worklife Ventures.Co-founded by CEO Rob Frohwein and President Kathryn Petralia, who previously co-founded Kabbage®, a cash flow […]
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USA – Optivolt, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of solar technology that enables self-powered IoT devices, 5G infrastructure, military equipment, robotics and EVs, closed a$8.2M seed funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $10.1m, was led by Atlas Innovate with participation from Social Impact Capital, Pure Ventures, City Light Capital and Peter Relan. The […]