The latest round of capital comes from new investor Future Fund and existing investors NEA, the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, Nan Fung Life Sciences and Maveron.
View More Eargo raises $52M for virtually invisible, rechargeable hearing aidsCategory: maveron
It’s a new era for fertility tech
We explored venture capitalists’ latest bets on fertility and contraception tech, including Modern Fertility, Extend Fertility, Natural Cycles, Nurx, Clue and more.
View More It’s a new era for fertility techTwo Chairs nabs $7M for its client-therapist matching app and brick-and-mortar clinics
The mental health startup raised the funds from Maveron, an investor in Allbirds, Everlane and General Assembly.
View More Two Chairs nabs $7M for its client-therapist matching app and brick-and-mortar clinicsPro.com raises $33M for its home improvement platform
Pro.com is basically a general contractor for the age of Uber and Prime Now. While the company started out as a marketplace for hiring home improvement professionals, it has now morphed into a general contractor and serves Denver, Phoenix San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle. Today, Pro.com announced that it has raised a $33 million […]
View More Pro.com raises $33M for its home improvement platformUnion Square Ventures secures $429M across two new funds
USV co-founder Fred Wilson expect U.S. venture capitalists will “take a more cautious stance in 2019.”
View More Union Square Ventures secures $429M across two new fundsTrueFacet, which sells pre-owned, authenticated watches and jewelry, is raising a $10 million round of funding
The secondary luxury goods market has been growing wildly in recent years, with more shoppers opting to both sell their lightly used luxury goods like clothing and jewelry for cold, hard cash, as well as buying the pre-owned, authenticated luxury goods of others. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the trend is The RealReal, a […]
View More TrueFacet, which sells pre-owned, authenticated watches and jewelry, is raising a $10 million round of fundingDolls Kill is raising up to $15 million for its edgy fashion brand made for ‘misfits’
When founder Bobby Farahi met Shaudi “Shoddy” Lynn, it was at a rave in L.A. Farahi has said he was immediately drawn to the fashion sense of Lynn, who was a DJ at the time; she, meanwhile, might have appreciated the business acumen of Farahi, who had already sold a broadcast monitoring service called Multivision […]
View More Dolls Kill is raising up to $15 million for its edgy fashion brand made for ‘misfits’Keeps parent company Thirty Madison raises $15 million to fight male pattern baldness
Men’s hair loss brand Keeps has raised $15 million in a round co-led by Maveron and Northzone.
View More Keeps parent company Thirty Madison raises $15 million to fight male pattern baldnessWith $50M in fresh funding, Allbirds will open new stores in the US, UK and Asia
Allbirds’ wool runners have been a VC favorite since the beginning. Now, the company is worth $1.4 billion.
View More With $50M in fresh funding, Allbirds will open new stores in the US, UK and AsiaThis newly funded startup wants to help women gauge their reproductive health a lot sooner in life
It’s often the case that women don’t think much about their reproductive health until they have to. Sometimes it begins with an aside from a well-meaning gynecologist — or one’s impatient parents. Sometimes, it’s because a couple is ready to try conceiving and it’s proving harder than they imagined it would be. A San Francisco-based […]
View More This newly funded startup wants to help women gauge their reproductive health a lot sooner in lifeNew York’s programming ed tech startup, General Assembly, sells to Adecco for $413 million
The European human resources services company Adecco Group said that is acquiring the New York-based, programming, design, and management training startup General Assembly for $413 million. With the acquisition, Adecco adds to its ability to provide job training and re-skilling services for businesses. It’s proof that General Assembly’s own business has come a long way […]
View More New York’s programming ed tech startup, General Assembly, sells to Adecco for $413 millionProse raises $5.2 million for custom shampoo
Whether your hair is straight, curly, color-treated or oily, the texture is unique. And a newly launched startup called Prose thinks your hair products should be, too. Prose is working with hair salons and stylists to build custom formulations for clientele. They’ll not only take into account a person’s hair type but whether their city has pollution, wind or humidity. Prose will… Read More