The Consumer Roundup #33
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Hey Friends,
Hope you had a great long weekend. Here are a couple of upcoming events/webinars that are coming up –
📆 Next week, I’m MCing a webinar about The State of Emerging CPG Food Brands in Today's Market next Thursday, (9/14) at 12 pm PST featuring:
Kristy Lewis, Founder/CEO of Quinn Snacks
Will Nitze, Founder/CEO of IQ Bar
Cessna Mac, Principal at Amberstone
Erica Bethe Levin, Founder/CEO of Globowl
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 8-10 am. 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.
Consumer Software
Ideogram AI, the AI text-to-image startup, raised $16.5 million seed round co-led by A16z and Index Ventures with participation from AIX Ventures, Golden Ventures and Two Small Fish Ventures - Silicon Republic
Kiki, the subletting platform that matches listers with people looking to rent for up to six months, raised $6 million seed round led by Blackbird Ventures - TechCrunch
Modern Adventure, the startup that connects travelers to curated trips, raised $4.8 million - Biz Journals
Starcart, the Finnish-based AI ecommerce startup that helps shoppers by searching for the best price and delivery costs of items and adds them all to just one shopping cart, raised a $3.75 million led by Inventure with participation from Business Finland and angel investors - Tech.eu
Consumer Brands
Jude, the London-based startup that’s focused on bladder health, raised $4.24 million seed round led by Eka VC and Joyance, with June Angelides at Samos VC and Dr. Fiona Pathiraja - Tech.eu
M&A
E.l.f. beauty acquired Naturium for $355M - Retail Dive
eCommerce & Retail Tech
Praso, a Brazilian startup that has created a distribution platform for small retailers, raised $9.3 million Series A co-led by Valor Capital Group and NFX with participation from Base Partners, Formus Capital, Iporanga Ventures and Endeavor Scale-Up - TechCrunch
Markato, a B2B marketplace that helps independent brands break into asia, raised a $5 million seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners - TechCrunch
Devolut, the Mexico-based startup that is solving the returns process for LATAM ecommerce sellers, raised $600k preseed round from Seedstars International Ventures, FJ Labs, Far Out Ventures, Pareto Holdings and Forum Ventures - TechCrunch
Refiberd, the AI textile-to-textile recycling company, raised $3.4 million seed round - TechCrunch
Funds Raising Funds
Elephant Partners, the Boston-based VC fund co-founded by one of the founders of Warby Parker, raised $800 million fifth fund - Biz Journals