Sapphire Sport has closed a $181M fund to invest in sports and media companies. The company is backed by Adidas, Major League Baseball, the New York Jets, etc. More: - Sapphire Sport is focused on startups in the Seed, Series A, and Series B stages.
- The company's average check size for Seed deals is $1M-$3M, while for Series A and B companies, the average funding amount is $3M-$10M.
- This funding round was secured by Adidas, City Football Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Anschutz Entertainment Group, Bank of Montreal, Intersect Capital, the ownership of the Indiana Pacers, WISE Ventures, Skyland Partners, etc.
- The firm has invested in companies such as:
- mycujoo (acquired by DAZN),
- Overtime,
- Phoenix Labs (acquired by Garena),
- PlayVS,
- POAP,
- Aglet,
- Breathwrk,
- Buzzer,
- GreenPark,
- Jackpot.com,
- Fevo,
- Flowhaven,
- Manticore,
- Market,
- Mixhalo,
- and Tonal.
- The company is based in New York.
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Onto has raised $123M in debt to expand its EV rental subscription platform. The company is based in London, U.K. More: - Onto enables users to subscribe to a platform that gives them access to over 7,000 rental cars, all of which are electric.
- In addition to driving the vehicles, the subscription gives users access to insurance, breakdown coverage, and free charging.
- The company has over 11,000 stations available for its customers to charge their vehicles in, while they can rent vehicles from brands such as Tesla, Audi, Volkswagen, Peugeot, Renault, etc.
- The subscription costs $493 (£399) per month.
- CDPQ and Pollen Street led the funding round.
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DevZero has raised a $26M Seed and Series A funding round to simplify the coding process for programmers by letting them test their code on the cloud. Foundation Capital and Anthos Capital led the funding round. More: - DevZero enables programmers to improve their workflow by allowing them to test their code on the cloud instead of local devices. The product offers features such as:
- Centrally managed templates,
- Configuration of specs only once,
- Integration with all IDEs and other remote development tools,
- Access to custom data analytics, etc.
- Fika Ventures, Foundation Capital, and Madrona Venture Group also participated in the funding.
- The company has 21 employees and is based in Seattle, Washington.
- This is the first major funding that the company has raised since its inception in 2021.
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Gemba has raised an $18M Series A funding round to enable companies to train their employees through virtual reality. The company has worked with Amazon, Nike, Coca-Cola, etc. More: - Gemba offers Virtual Reality experiences for companies that have teams in different locations. Through these experiences, companies can organize digital events, upskilling training programs, virtual factory tours, etc.
- The company's client list of over 700 global brands includes:
- Amazon,
- Nike,
- Coca-Cola,
- Adidas,
- Toyota,
- Unilever,
- Johnson & Johnson,
- Pfizer,
- Dell,
- Volvo,
- AstraZeneca,
- Carlsberg,
- Caterpillar,
- Roche, etc.
- Parkway Venture Capital led the funding round.
- Gemba aims to use this funding round to expand to the EMEA and North American regions.
- Founded in 2010, the company has raised nearly $20M since its inception.
- The company is based in London, U.K.
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💵 Today's funding: Venture Capital - Kearny Jackson (California), a VC firm that invests in fintech, SaaS, and infrastructure startups: $14M fundraise by Sequoia Capital, Bain Ventures, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Doug Pepper, Greg Stanger, Arnav Bhimbet, Alexis Ohanian, and other angel investors.
Transportation - Ampeco (Bulgaria), provides a white-label software solution for EV charging companies: $13M A led by BMW iVentures.
- HopDrive (Virginia), provides short-distance vehicle delivery solutions for automotive dealerships and other transport-related businesses: $8M A led by Cox Enterprises Inc with participation from Overline, ACERTUS, and Ally Ventures.
SaaS - Vartana (California), provides a B2B sales closing and financing platform: $12M A led by Mayfield with participation from Flex Capital, Audacious Ventures, and Xerox Ventures.
Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality - Emperia (U.K.), enables retailers to create their own VR stores: $10M A led by Base10 Partners with participation from Daphni, Sony Innovation Fund, Background Capital, Stanford Capital Partners, and Concept Ventures.
Food tech - Elo (California), a smart nutrition company that offers diet programs based on custom data: $10M A led by Octopus Ventures, Will Ventures, and Re:food.vc.
- The ISH Company (Delaware), manufactures sustainable plant-based seafood: $5M Seed led by ACCELR8, with participation from Stray Dog Capital and angel investors.
Biotech - GreenLab (Arkansas), manufactures corn-grown proteins through its patented proprietary technology: $5.26M Seed led by undisclosed investors.
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- Zetta Venture Partners and Caixa Capital Risc led a $1.6M Seed funding round for Argilla, a Spain-based company that enables enterprises to create software solutions using natural language processing tools.
- California-based Propelo, a company that helps diagnose bugs and helps developers make their coding more efficient, has been acquired by software efficiency platform Harness for an undisclosed amount.
- DataCore Software, a Florida-based company that enables users to back up their data and protect it from cyberattacks, has acquired U.K.-based Object Matrix. The latter offers cloud-based storage software solutions for media companies.
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 |  | Arbër is an Inside writer who also has experience in entrepreneurship. He has experience covering Consumer Tech, Venture Capital, NFTs, Crypto, etc. Arbër holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from XAMK University in Finland. When he is not reading(and writing) business news, he chooses to watch sports or anime...and then read news about sports or anime. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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