In a recent series by CNBC that covers innovative ClimateTech companies, InnerPlant was selected for the spotlight due its ability to reduce waste in the Agriculture Industry. Founded in 2018, Shely Aronov and Rod Kumimoto have thus far raised over $22M in funding from investors such as Bee Partners, Bison Ventures, MS&AD, UpWest, and John Deere. … Read more
“15 years ago, I founded Bee Partners to invest in remarkable founders at inception. As my partner, Kira, likes to say, ‘a team and a dream’. And it’s been a dream of mine since the beginning to someday support hundreds of startups. And today, I’m proud to formally announce that we’ve raised over $50 million … Read more
Congratulations to Co-Founders Shannon Hall and Ouwei Wang, along with the entire Pow.Bio team, for closing a $9.5M Series A! Read more about Pow.Bios’s technology on their website: pow.bio. “It’s always hard to balance science and business, and this is where I’ve seen Shannon and Ouwei’s dynamic shine. They are strong counterbalances to each other, … Read more
Congratulations to Co-Founders Nuha Siddiqui and Kritika Tyagi, along with the entire erthos team, for closing a $6.5M Series A! Read more about erthos’s technology on their website: erthos. Kritika Tyagi (left) and Nuha Siddiqui (right) From erthos’s Announcement on Forbes: Today, Forbes 30 Under 30 North American listers announced that erthos has closed an … Read more
A just-signed Sound Credit-PPL partnership will now allow North American performers to better collect international royalties from a range of neighboring rights. Music rights holders can now increase their payouts from music played overseas in public (shops, bars, nightclubs) or broadcast (TV, radio, and some online streaming services).
Shannon Nangle, 33, is the founder of Circe Bioscence and has built a fermentation technology that converts carbon dioxide and hydrogen into fats for the food industry. “This technology will allow us to produce fats to make meat alternatives juicier and more savory, ice cream and cheese alternatives creamier, and cacao butter for truly guilt-free … Read more
Easier, faster, more powerful. Introducing Synthesis Humans & Synthesis Scenarios Our mission here at Synthesis AI has been the same since our initial launch: To enable more capable and ethical AI. Our unique platform couples generative AI with cinematic CGI pipelines to enable the on-demand generation of photorealistic, diverse and perfectly labeled images and videos. … Read more
Mobile shopping experience company Snapcommerce is moving from commerce to fintech, unveiling both a new name, Super, and a new credit card product. The company, which raised $85 million last year, describes its SuperCash card as a “first-of-its-kind, debt-protecting card” that provides users with rewards and cash back in a way that enables them to build credit. … Read more
Bee Partners portfolio company Skycatch, which recently closed a $25M raise with support from ABD Ventures and Wavemaker, doesn’t consider itself a drone company at all. That’s why, when Founder and CEO Christian Sanz talks about Skycatch, he talks less about the drones Skycatch deploys, and more about the problems being solved by the computer-vision … Read more
While in Chile for Christmas, I took the opportunity to reconnect with the startup ecosystem. I borrowed my mom’s commuter bike and rode all around Santiago at the peak of summer heat and holiday traffic. I sat down with twelve Founders and Investors to get a better understanding of what’s happened in the last two years and what they believe the next two might look like.