Tag: Startups
Valoreo raises $30M more to acquire e-commerce brands across LatAm
Just over five months after securing $50 million in debt & equity, Valoreo has closed on a $30 million Series A funding round. Mexico City-based Valoreo aims to invest in, operate and scale e-commerce brands as part of its self-described mission “to bring better products at more affordable prices” to…
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Pivot Bio rakes in $430M round D as modified microbes prove their worth in agriculture
Pivot Bio makes fertilizer — but not directly. Its modified microorganisms are added to soil and they produce nitrogen that would otherwise have to be trucked in and dumped there. This biotech-powered approach can save farmers money and time and ultimately may be easier on the environment — a huge…
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RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa
Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from Africa. Counterfeiting is hard to detect, investigate, quantify or stop. It is a global problem, with annual earnings from substandard drugs standing at over $100 billion. Some technologies have helped…
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Choco bites into $100M Series B, at a $600M valuation, to build a more transparent, sustainable food supply chain
The United States estimates of the food produced here approximately 40% is wasted. Globally, $2.6 trillion annually is lost. Berlin-based Choco, which has built ordering software for restaurants and their suppliers, is working to digitize the food supply chain and announced $100 million in Series B funding, led by Left…
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Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing?
Yin Wu Contributor Yin Wu, a three-time YC alum, is founder of Pulley, which offers cap table management tools that help companies better understand and optimize their equity. I’ve fundraised a lot. Tactically, fundraising is a skill like any other. You get better the more you do it. But practicing…
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How one founder pivoted a startup designed for in-person interaction in light of the pandemic
When Ashley Sumner designed and launched Quilt, it was meant to be a response to digital social networking, preferring creating authentic in-person interactions between people who didn’t necessarily know each other before. The app would match members for in-person conversations and informal meetups in their own homes — but when…
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