The Consumer Roundup #18
The Consumer Roundup #18
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On to the fundraising update –
Consumer Brands
Stio, the mountain lifestyle brand, raised $20 million in debt and equity by LAGO Innovation Fund - Outdoor Sportswire
Love, the health and wellness company founded by Ryan Breslow, raised a $12.5 million round from MaC Venture Capital and Streamlined Ventures - TechCrunch
Mother Science, a skin-care brand founded by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and wife & violinist Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger, raises $6.2 million. Female Founders Fund led their seed round. Other investors include: defy.vc, Founders Fund, KarpReilly, H Venture Partners, NewBound Ventures, BFG Partners, Tuesday Capital, Olive Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Hawktail, Drew Houston, John Paul DeJoria, Hedi Gores, Jared Smith, and Toni Ko - Axios
Good Dog Food, the cultivated pet food company, raises $4.49 million seed round from Agronomics and Siddhi Capital - Vegconomist
Farmless, the company that is producing planet-friendly protein, raises $1.3 million pre-seed round co-led by Revent, Nucleus Capital and Possible Ventures - TechCrunch
eCommerce
Fourthwall, a monetization platform for creators that enables them to create their own homepages, digital shops, and membership programs, raises a round from Jelly Smack - TubeFilter
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Consumer Tech
Petal, which offers three Visa credit card products aimed at underserved consumers, raised a $35 million round led by Valar Ventures - TechCrunch
AudioShake, a company that can can isolate dialogue, vocals, and instrumentals for karaoke, dubbing, synthetic voice, sync licensing, raised $2.7 million seed round led by Indicator Ventures, with participation from Precursor Ventures and Side Door Ventures - Music Business World
Retail
Flash Coffee, the Singapore-founded tech-enabled coffee chain, raises $50 million Series B led by White Star Capital - Inside Retail
Olyns, a recycling container and media network, raised a $4 million Series A round led by Vanedge Capital - FinSMEs
Funds Raising Funds
RX3, the consumer growth equity fund co-founded by Aaron Rodgers, raises $150 million fund 2 - PR Newswire