Dreamscape has raised an $850M funding round to invest in residential, retail, hospitality, and gaming properties. Wells Fargo led this debt portion of the funding round. More: - Dreamscape's team has collectively worked and deployed $35B in different real estate properties, such as:
- Henry Hall in New York's Hudson Yards,
- The Pod Hotel in New York's Times Square,
- The Goodtime Hotel in South Beach, Miami,
- Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
- and 5420 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
- The company aims to use the funding to launch two separate business divisions that will be used to invest in properties and manage them. The rest will be used to renovate the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
- The funding round is structured in both debt and equity. Wells Fargo led the debt portion of the deal, while Raymond James led the equity side of the investment.
- Dreamscape is based in New York.
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MyFlexbox has raised an $80M funding round to expand its network of open-access smart lockers. The company aims to expand to 4,000 parcel stations by 2025. More: - MyFLexbox offers an open smart locker network that can be used for parcel delivery by e-commerce companies, retailers, online shoppers, etc.
- London-based VC firm Star IV led the funding round, becoming a majority shareholder in the company.
- The company aims to use the funding to expand its operations in Germany and reach 4,000 parcel stations by 2025.
- MyFlexbox is based in Salzburg, Austria.
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Brigad has raised a $35M Series B funding round to connect freelance workers with healthcare and hospitality organizations. The company is headquartered in Paris, France. More: - Brigad is an online platform that connects freelancers with short-term contracts in healthcare and hospitality. Once a contract is signed, Brigad takes a 20% fee.
- The company refers to short-term gigs as missions, stating that it helped facilitate over 200,000 missions for its users in 2022.
- The platform has been used by over 10,000 organizations.
- Brigad claims that it grew by 2.5x between 2021 and 2022.
- The company wants to use this funding round to expand to markets such as the U.K. and France.
- Balderton Capital led the funding round, while Wendel Group, Serena Capital, and Square Capital also participated.
- Founded in 2015, the company has raised $49M in funding since its inception.
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Spain-based Impress has acquired the invisible aligner brand Diamond Whites for $32M. The latter sells its products in over 60 cities in the U.K. More: - Diamond Whites is an e-commerce oral care company that offers products such as:
- Whitening toothpaste,
- PAP gels,
- Ultrasonic cleaners,
- LED lights, etc.
- The company is based in the U.K. and claims to be one of the largest e-commerce oral care companies in the country.
- Diamond White's products have also been sold through retailers such as Tesco and Superdrug.
- The company had previously raised a Seed round in 2020.
- Impress, founded in 2019, was previously backed by investors such as CareCapital, Nickleby Capital, UNIQA Ventures, TA Ventures, and Bynd VCs.
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💵 Today's funding: Biotech - Codagenix (New York), aims to create therapies for infectious diseases and cancer based on a viral genome: $25M B led by Serum Institute of India with participation from Euclidean Capital and Adjuvant Capital.
- Morphoceuticals (Massachusetts), uses artificial intelligence-powered electroceuticals to regenerate limbs, repair tissues, and regenerate organs: $8M Seed led by Prime Movers Lab and Juvenescence.
Media - Superplastic (Vermont), a design studio that created the Janky and Guggimon synthetic celebrity characters: $20M Growth led by The Alexa Fund, with participation from Google Ventures, Sony Japan, Craft Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Kering, Scribble Ventures, Kakao, Animoca Brands, Day One Ventures, and Betawork.
Energy - BluWave-ai (Canada), a renewable energy and electric transportation company that optimizes costs in real-time: $9.5M A led by PowerON Energy Solutions, with participation from Capital Angels Network.
Transport - Viva (U.K.), aims to lower the number of traffic-related injuries through sensors and data: $8.5M Growth led by EnBW New Ventures, Foresight Group, and Gresham House Ventures.
SaaS - Hippo Video (Denver), a video platform that aims to help companies increase their sales: $8M Growth led by Dallas Venture Capital with participation from Alpha Wave Incubation, KAE Capital, and Exfinity Venture Partners.
Agtech - Robigo (Massachusetts), manufactures products that protect crops from diseases: $7M Seed led by Congruent Ventures, with participation from Good Growth Capital and First Star Ventures.
Healthcare - Nanite (Massachusetts), a non-viral gene delivery company developing a new class of programmable polymer nanoparticles: $6M Seed led by Zetta Venture Partners, with participation from Arkitekt Ventures.
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- California-based healthcare startup Thatch has raised $6M in a pre-seed and seed funding round led by a16z and GV, with participation from Lux Capital, Quiet Capital, Not Boring Capital, and BrightEdge.
- Kanarys has raised a $5M Series A funding round led by Seyen Capital, with participation from Portfolia Rising America, Rackhouse Venture Capital, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, StartFast Ventures, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, and Tech Square Ventures.
- Azolla Ventures led a $4M Seed round for Funga, a Texsas-based company that manages carbon removal projects. Trailhead Capital, Better Ventures, and Shared Future Fund also participated in the round.
- Aura Network, a Vietnam-based Layer 1 blockchain that aims to accelerate global NFT adoption, has raised $4M in Pre-Series A funding led by Hashed and Coin98.
- Elo Life Systems (North Carolina), which produces plant-based sweeteners, raised an undisclosed Series A round led by AccelR8, Novo Holdings, and DCVC Bio.
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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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