Little Spoon scoops up $44M to grow its children's nutrition delivery service
The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today's parents seek out nutritional food for their children.
One of the startups taking on the $100 billion children's health and wellness market is Little Spoon, producing fresh, direct-to-consumer baby and children
Numerade lands $100M valuation for short-form STEM videos
Edtech entrepreneurs are using their moment in the sun to rethink the structures and impact of nearly every aspect of modern-day learning, from the art of testing to the reality of information retention. Yet, the most popular product up for grabs may just be a seemingly simple one: the almighty tut
Powered by local stores, JOKR joins the 15-min grocery race with a $170M Series A
“We are true believers in the fact that the world needs a new Amazon, a better one, a more sustainable one, one that appreciates local areas and products.” It's quite one thing to claim you are out to replace Amazon (just as its founder goes into space), but Ralf Wenzel, founder and CEO of
Metal 3D printing company Fabric8Labs raises $19M
Fabric8Labs this morning announced that it has raised $19.3 million. The Series A was led by Intel Capital and features Lam Capital, TDK Ventures, SE Ventures, imec.xpand, Stanley Ventures and Mark Cuban. It follows $4 million in seed funding raised in mid-2018.
The San Diego-based startup speciali
Commercial real estate lending startup Lev brings in $30M on a $130M valuation
Commercial real estate has been slow to embrace technology; though it has an addressable financing market of more than $40 billion, putting together a deal is still mostly manual, paper-heavy and complicated.
New York-based Lev is taking on this problem by automating workflows online and gathering
Path Robotics raises another $100M
In May, Path Robotics announced a $56 million Series B. It was a sizable raise, as far as robotics rounds go. But the Columbus, Ohio-based startup is already back for more, raising a “pre-emptive” Series C a mere two and a half months later.
And it's a biggie. The firm has raised $100 milli
Rad Power Bikes reveals more user-friendly next-gen e-bike RadRover 6 Plus for $1,999
Electric fat-tire bike manufacturer Rad Power Bikes has unveiled the latest model of its flagship RadRover. The updates on the RadRover 6 Plus are emblematic of the company’s mission to enhance rider experience, especially for those who don’t identify as bike riders but are looking for
CityRow raises $12M for connected rowing machines and studios
Founded in 2014 as an in-person rowing studio, CityRow was relatively early to adopt the at-home connected model. The New York-based company launched a digital platform in 2018, two years before the pandemic completely transformed the way many of us work out. Of course, things have been trending th
Capchase raises $280M to scale its financing platform for subscription businesses
Almost overnight, platforms that offer non-dilutive capital for recurring revenue businesses have become white-hot. It was only in March that Pipe — which aims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue” — raised $150 million, but two months later had raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation.
This
Employment Hero gets $140M AUD Series E led by Insight Partners, grows valuation to $800M AUD
"attachment_2179503" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Employment Hero co-founders Ben Thompson and Dave Tong. Image Credits: Employment Hero
Four months after announcing its last round, Employment Hero has closed another $140 million AUD (about $103 million USD) in funding. The Series E was
Mural raises $50M Series C after tripling its ARR in the last year
This morning Mural, a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. The new capital, co-led by prior investors Insight Partners and Tiger Global, values the startup at more than $2 billion.
Previously, Mu
Collectiv Food raises $16M Series A to connect food producers directly with kitchens
In the modern world, we tend to like to know where our food comes from, and this has massively influenced professional kitchens. For decades, food suppliers have sat on one side and distribution channels (restaurants and the like) on the other. But large wholesalers in the middle have traditionally
Carlyle confirms acquisition of live video streaming company LiveU; sources tell us for over $400M
Following our report yesterday of an impending sale of LiveU — one of the big developers of livestreaming hardware and software, used by some 3,000 major media organizations — today the company and its buyer Carlyle confirmed the deal.
The seller is Francisco Partners, another PE firm t
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises $1.25 billion led by SoftBank and Prosus
It took SoftBank several years, but the Japanese investment giant is now ready to bet on India's food delivery market. Swiggy said on Tuesday it has closed a $1.25 billion financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Prosus.
The new financing round, a Series J, includes the $800 million in