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Ex-NBA star Metta Sandiford-Artest has partnered with Stephen Stokols to launch Tru Skye Ventures, a $100 million fund focusing on sports and health tech. The firm’s first investment is in Barcode, a performance beverage company. Read the most important news of the day: altdaily.co #AthleteEntrepreneur #VentureCapital #AlternativeInvestment

Tribe (https://wearetribe.co/), the natural energy snack brand, has raised £2.4m in a funding round led by Mercia Ventures and including Yeo Ventures, Crowdcube and private investors. The funding, which comes as the company launches its new ‘Protein + Focus’ range with lion’s mane mushroom, will enable it to continue its rapid growth and make seven new senior appointments https://lnkd.in/ehCYc_6i

🐟 💙 Bluefront Equity has announced an investment in the venture capital firm Builders Vision, founded by Lukas Walton, to promote solutions that foster long-term #sustainability in the global #seafood #industry. 💰 This investment is part of the Bluefront Capital II #fund, which aims to develop #sustainable #solutions for the global seafood industry. In its first round, $62 million was raised in 2021. Bluefront Capital II has already surpassed that amount and will continue #fundraising until next summer. 🤲 Bluefront supports companies that develop #products, #services, #software, and #technology, specifically those working to improve #oceanhealth, promote #fishwelfare, and enhance resource efficiency. 🗣️ Kjetil Haga, partner and CEO at Bluefront: "From the moment we met with Builders Vision and learned about their focus on advancing the #blueeconomy and transforming #food systems, we saw strong synergies between our goals and approach." https://lnkd.in/dudYagix

Great North Ventures January Newsletter is out! Biggest story of the month was announced yesterday One of our newest portfolio companies Waterlily announced its $7 million in seed funding to expand its AI-driven platform, making long-term care planning more accessible and actionable. The oversubscribed round was funded by notable investors including Brewer Lane Ventures and Great North Ventures, with strategic investments from Genworth, Nationwide, and Edward Jones. The investment was led by our Managing Partner, Ryan Weber. The round was covered by TechCrunch, PYMNTS (links in the comments)

Explore the journey of JD Vance's investment in @AppHarvest, overcoming challenges in agricultural innovation but ultimately succumbing to financial woes and bankruptcy. #AgTech #Investment #Startups

📉💢 CROWD INVESTORS DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS SERIES C VALUATION In 2022, when THIS™ closed its Series B fundraise, it was valued at £150M. But its Series C round – which saw private equity firm Planet First Partners invest a further £20M in the business – decreased this valuation 67% to £50M. As part of the deal, £12M was set aside for THIS’s growth, while the remaining £8M was taken off the table by founders Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman, as well as some of its earliest shareholders. This has angered crowd investors who have injected £13.4M into the company over three rounds, who criticised the move on a Seedrs discussion board, according to The Grocer. They said the plant-based meat manufacturer wasn’t allowing them to trade shares publicly on the crowdfunding platform’s secondary market. THIS, which claims to be the UK’s fastest-growing meat analogue company, announced the details of the financials in a letter sent to crowd investors by Shovel, Sharman and new CEO Mark Cuddigan. It revealed that the share price negotiated for the Series C round was £28.73, representing a 71% dip from the £98.63 price before the latest raise. To date, the company has secured £50M in funding from institutional and crowdfunding investors, including BGF, BACKED VC, Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Manta Ray Ventures, Seedcamp, ITV and footballer CHRIS SMALLING (among others). On Seeders, THIS’s indicative valuation – based on the company’s share price – stood at £171.6M before the Series C round. This was an increase from the £150M valuation set when THIS raised £8M from over 3,000 crowd backers in 2022 (as part of its Series B round). Learn more in the full article: https://lnkd.in/ez2TUx-f #GreenQueen #altprotein #futurefoods #futurefoods #foodtech #sustainability

Food brand Indic Wisdom Private Limited raises $2 Mn in pre-series A round led by Rockstud Capital along with other investors. #FoodStartup #IndicWisdom #PreSeriesAFunding #RockstudCapital #Recuby

We closed our fourth fund. Please reach out to us if you are ideating about a new consumer brand. We can partner with capital and an experienced network. #ConsumerBrands #EarlyStageInvesting #SauceVC #Startups #Entrepreneurship #IndiaGrowthStory #PreseedInvestment #VentureCapital #VC

🤫 Everything “inventive” about Equal Ventures is a lesson learned from other firms Prepared Mind: Accel Keiretsu: Kleiner Perkins Hands-on: Benchmark Roadmapping: Bessemer Venture Partners Hatching: General Catalyst Known ingredients can create uniquely beautiful recipes when you find the way to make them work together

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