The Consumer Roundup #30
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Hey Friends,
Hope you all had a great weekend. For those of you that joined us last week in LA at our meet-up – Thanks for coming! It was great seeing you there.
📆 I’ll be hosting a webinar about how to build and invest in Beauty and Personal Care Brands on Tuesday (8/29) at 12pm PST.
You can RSVP To Webinar Here.
📆 One of my good friends and frequent summit collaborator, Marc Nathan, is working on hosting another Superconnector event at SXSW. I went two years ago and really enjoyed it. If you can vote for the event, that would be awesome.
Vote For The Event Here
I’m also cooking up another event at Expo East, so stay tuned!
Here are the latest consumer fundraises from the past week.
Consumer Technology
Trove, the branded resale technology platform that has worked with REI, Lululemon, Patagonia, raised a $30 million Series E co-led by Wellington Management and ArcTern Ventures, with participation from Mitsui Fudosan’s CVC Fund, G2 Venture Partners - Business Wire
Atmosfy, an app that lets you discover local businesses through short-form video, raised a $12M seed round led by Redpoint Ventures - TechCrunch
Puck, the digital media news site, raised $10 million Series B round - The Wrap
Catch+Release, the content marketplace for brands and creators, raised an $8.8 million Series A led by Accel with participation from Cervin, Astia Fund and Stagwell, HarbourVest Partners, Nick Mehta, Rich Kleiman and Kevin Durant’s 35V - Globe Newswire
Consumer Brands
Native Pet, the pet supplement brand, raised an $11 million Series B led by CAVU Consumer Partners - Biz Journals
Nature Coatings, the company known for black pigment dye that is carbon negative, raised a $2.45 million seed round led by Regeneration.VC and The 22 Fund, with participation from Leonardo DiCaprio - Business of Fashion
fjör, the Swedish beauty brand, raised $507k pre-seed round led by 029 Group SE - Cosmetics Business
M&A
Tapestry, the fashion house that includes Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, acquired Capri, whose brands include Michael Kors, Versace, and Jimmy Choo, for $8.5 billion - Retail Dive
Advent International, the PE firm, buys a majority stake in Zimmermann, the Australian fashion brand, valuing the brand at over $1 billion - Fashion Network