 Yfood has raised a $234M funding round from Nestlé at a $469M valuation. Nestle now owns 49.95% of the food company. More: - Yfood is a meal replacement company offering energy bars, vegan drinks, and meal powders.
- The investment means that Yfood's previous investors, such as Felix Capital, Fonterra, and Five Seasons, have sold their shares to Nestlé.
- Yfood had 100% YoY revenue growth and $131M in sales in 2022.
- The company says it is currently focusing on the European market, where it has sold 95 million meals.
- Since its inception in 2017, the company has raised around $22M in funding.
- Yfood is based in Munich, Germany.
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Heartflow has closed a $215M Series F funding round to provide AI-powered personalized cardiac health tests. The company's solutions are used in 725 hospital systems and over 180,000 patient scans in the U.S. More: - Heatrtflow offers artificial intelligence-powered software that maps out the heart's coronary arteries and any potential blockages.
- The company provides FDA-approved solutions for coronary artery anatomy, physiology, and plaque information, based on CCTA.
- Heartflow aims to use the funding round to boost production and invest in research.
- Bain Capital Life Sciences led the funding round, with participation from Janus Henderson Investors, Capricorn Investment Group, Hayfin Capital Management, HealthCor, Martis Capital, USVP, and Wellington Management.
- Since its inception in 2007, the company has raised around $800M.
- The company is based in Mountain View, California.
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Honeycomb has raised a $50M Series D to help companies find bugs in their code. The company has raised $150M since being founded in 2016. More: - Honeycomb is a code observability platform that aims to help companies find code bugs that can make the user experience worse.
- The company has had two consecutive years of 2X revenue growth and has a 160% net revenue retention for over 600 customers.
- The company aims to use the funding to expand to new markets and boost its product development.
- The funding round was led by Headline with participation from Insight Partners and Scale Venture Partners.
- The company is based in San Francisco.
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True Anomaly has raised a $17M Series A funding round to provide secure space technology for the U.S. and its allies. Founded in 2022, the company has already raised $30M. More: - True Anomaly builds spacecraft, AI pilots, and wargaming software to help the U.S. reach its national security goals and protect life on Earth.
- Its signature product is the Jackal, an autonomous spacecraft used for intelligence-gathering.
- The device is planned to be launched in an upcoming SpaceX mission in 2023.
- True Anomaly works with the Department of Defense and commercial space companies.
- The company aims to use the funding to invest in its products and scale its manufacturing capabilities.
- Eclipse led the funding round, with participation from Riot Ventures, Champion Hill Ventures, Space.VC, and Narya.
- The company is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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💵 Today's funding: Biotech -
Tally Health (New York), a biotechnology company that aims to improve healthspan: $10M Seed led by Forerunner Ventures, with participation from L Catterton, G9 Ventures, Second Sight Ventures, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Pedro Pascal, Shonda Rhimes, Kevin Hart, Rich Roll, Whitney Cummings, and Zac Efron. Fintech - Hype (New York), a marketing and payments platform that helps creators and small businesses grow and monetize their online audience: $10M A led by King River Capital, with participation from existing investors Bullpen Capital, Precursor Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Tapestry VC, and Sterling Road.
Consumer - GaeaStar (Germany), creates thin clay containers: $6.5M Seed led by Morningside Technology Ventures, At Inc. Ventures, Dart Labs Ventures, VSC Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, and Climate Capital Ventures.
Cryptocurrency/Web3 -
Social Future (Singapore), an AI-driven social metaverse company: $6M Growth led by SNZ, Everest Venture Group, Folius Ventures, Y2Z Ventures, Mask Network, Tess Ventures, Stratified Capital, and Mindfulness Capital. Food tech - Aqua Cultured Foods (Illinois), develops whole-muscle cut seafood alternatives: $5.5M Seed led by Stray Dog Capital, with participation from H Venture Partners, Aztec Capital Management, and Amplifica Capital.
Sustainability - Carbonwave (Puerto Rico), upcycles seaweed bloom into plant-based biomaterials: $5M A led by Mirova with participation from Viridios Capital, Popular Impact Fund, and Katapult Ocean.
- Prozeal Infra Engineering (India), a solar panel engineering and construction company: $4M A led by Alchemie Ventures.
SaaS -
Third Summit (New York), builds and invests in tools for content creators, small businesses, and in-house brand teams: $4.5M Seed led by Florida Innovation Capital.
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- Abdio Partners led a $2.1M funding round for Calida Therapeutics, a France-based biotech company that creates therapies for thrombo-inflammatory disorders.
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