The Consumer Roundup #32

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Hey Friends,

Here are a couple of upcoming events/webinars that are coming up –

📆 This week, I’m MCing a webinar about How To Invest and Scale Beauty and Personal Care Brands tomorrow, Tuesday (8/29) at 12 pm PST featuring Sarah Woelfel from Cult Capital, Ming Zhao from PROVEN Skincare, Lisa Guerrera from EXPERIMENT, and Keith Kohler from K2 Financing. This is put on by Manufactured.

You can RSVP To Webinar Here.

📆 If you’re headed to Expo East – I’m co-hosting a coffee meet-up on Thursday, September 21st from 8-10am. This should be a lot of fun

You can RSVP To 9/21 Philly Coffee Meetup Here

Here are the latest consumer fundraises from the past week.

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Consumer Technology

Zepto, the Indian instant grocery delivery company, raised a $200 million Series E at a $1.4 billion valuation led by StepStone Group with participation from Goodwater Capital, Nexus, Glade Brook Capital and Lachy Groom - TechCrunch

Dice, the London-based events discovery and ticketing platform, raised $65 million led by MUSIC with participation from Structural Capital, Ahdritz Holding LLC, Exor Ventures and Mirabaud Lifestyle Fund - TechCrunch

Nomad, the fintech company that helps Brazilians open U.S. bank accounts, raised a $61 million Series B led by Tiger Global Management with participation from Stripes, Monashees, Spark Capital, Propel, Globo Ventures and Abstract - FinTech Futures

Anytype, the Berlin-based peer-to-peer network that promotes privacy and user control over data, raised $13.4 million led by ​​Balderton Capital with participation from Inflection and Square One - Tech.eu

Crate, the AI social scrapbooking app that gives personalized recommendations of what products to buy, raised a $5 million seed round - The Information

Wand.app, the A.I. creative app that let’s artists visualize their ideas, raised a $4.2 million in seed funding led by O’Shaughnessy Ventures - TechCrunch

Communion, the London-based fintech startup that is helping people save money by establishing new habits, raised a $3.15 million pre-seed round led by Target Global with participation from Uncommon Creative Studio, Erin Lantz, Greg Marsh, and Max Rofagha - Tech.eu

ScribeUp, a subscription management company that helps consumers manage their subscriptions, raised $3 million seed round from Mucker Capital - TechCrunch

Lex, an A.I. writing tool to help writers with writer’s block, raised a $2.75 million led by True Ventures - TechCrunch

Hungri Games, the Turkey-based mobile gaming studio that creates RPG games, raised $1.9 million seed round at a $23 million valuation led by Bogazici Ventures with participation from Sebastien Borget, Roko Finance, Preston Labs, Triple Dragon, Erol Ozmandiraci, Oyunfor and Caglan Tanriverdi - Globe Newswire

Consumer Brands

Enough, a Scotland-based foodtech startup that makes protein out of mushrooms, raised $43.5 million co-led by World Fund and CPT Capital with participation from Axa Impact Fund, 280ppm, Olympic Investments Inc., Tailored Solutions and Scottish Enterprise - TechCrunch

HOLY, the Berlin-based better-for-you powder-based energy drink brand, raised $11.5 million Series A round led by Left Lane Capital with participation from FoodLabs and Simon Capital - Silicon Canals

Yerbaé Brands Corp, the energy beverage company whose key ingredient is yerba mate, raised $4 million round - Business Wire

Jellatech, the food biotech startup that produces cell-based collagen that’s not from animals, raised $3.5 million seed round led by byFounders with participation from Milano Investment Partners, Joyful VC, Siddhi Capital, and Bluestein Ventures Vegconomist

Mosh, the brain-health-focused protein bar brand founded by Maria Shriver and Patrick Schwarzenegger, raised $3 million Series A led by Main Street Advisors with participation from Joyance Ventures, The Lab Capital Advisors, Verso Capital and Entrepreneur Ventures - TechCrunch

eCommerce & Retail Infrastructure

Ghost, a marketplace that lets brands and retailers sell, buy excess inventory, raised $30 million Series B led by Cathay Innovation with participation from Union Square Ventures, Equal Ventures and Eniac Ventures - TechCrunch

Blanka, a private label platform for beauty and personal care brands, raised a $2 million seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital with participation from Storytime Capital, Disruption Ventures, Fatima Yusuf and Manica Blain - Betakit