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FastCompany.com
The real Super Bowl winner? The company behind the Kelce brothers’ podcast
The brother vs. brother Super Bowl is paying off for Wave Sports + Entertainment.
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inman.com
Looking to renovate construction space, Freemodel secures $19.5M
A Silicon Valley company looking to remove the vagaries and hassle from sprucing up homes before they hit the market has earned the attention of venture capitalist firm QED Investors.
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blog.quicknode.com
QuickNode Raises $60M Series B To Further Blockchain Adoption
QuickNode announces that they've raised $60M in a Series B round led by 10T to further power global blockchain adoption.
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TechCrunch
Zitti soaks up some funding sauce so restaurants can manage their food supply chain
Getting a handle on food costs at an independent restaurant is a constant challenge for owners. Zitti’s co-founder Dante DiCicco is coming at this problem, but from a unique standpoint: as a restauranteur.
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globenewswire.com
Paytient Raises $63 Million to Help Americans Access and Afford Healthcare
Thoughtful employers and leading insurers are empowering people to pay for care by offering a new benefit called a Health Payment Account
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PYMNTS
Mexico’s BNPL App Nelo Nets $100M Credit Line for Expansion
Nelo’s app is the first of its kind in the region, where customers can shop and pay in installments at their favorite stores like Mercado Libre, Amazon, and Liverpool
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Businesswire
Supermojo Announces Completion of Seed Round to Streamline NFT Access
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Super Mojo, Inc. (“Supermojo”) today announced the launch of its financing platform designed to make digital assets more accessible for the next wave of users. The platform facilitates point-of-sale financing to improve the NFT purchase experience and collateralized lending for improved post-sale liquidity. Supermojo’s initial focus will be on partnering with marketplaces and storefronts that serve the $25B NFT market (DappRadar).
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TechCrunch
Gander closes $4.2M seed round to ‘humanize’ online shopping
E-commerce platform Gander announced today the closing of a $4.2 million seed round co-led by Harlem Capital and Crossbeam Venture Partners.
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TechCrunch
Legal tech startups bringing law, order to fragmented industry
Victor Bornstein, founder and CEO of Justpoint, told TechCrunch that his company is leveraging artificial intelligence to create efficiencies for both prospective plaintiffs and attorneys, initially in personal injury. It is currently working with over 1,000 law firms.
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PR Newswire
Zitti Closes $4M to Deliver FinTech Platform to Restaurant Owners & Food Industry Organizations
Zitti - a first-of-its-kind payment and credit platform built for food industry management and vendors–launched today to transform food industry operations by giving small-to-medium-sized restaurants and foodservice providers the same advantages experienced by larger chains.
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SiliconANGLE
Health systems cyber detection and response startup Scope Security raises $20M
Health systems managed detection and response startup Scope Security today announced it has raised $20 million in new funding to develop its cybersecurity solutions designed to address the complexity of the healthcare ecosystem.
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TechCrunch
Spotter raises $200M to invest $1 billion into YouTubers’ back catalogs
The Los Angeles-based startup Spotter wants to help creators scale their channels faster by offering them large sums of upfront cash in exchange for the future ad revenue from their existing uploads.
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TechCrunch
Gravitiq raises $55 million to acquire healthcare brands on Amazon
London-based Gravitiq is buying and scaling Amazon marketplace brands in the digitally-native, consumer e-commerce healthcare sector. The company announced today $55 million of seed investment in a mix of equity and debt.
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Yahoo News
Blockchain Development Platform QuickNode Raises $35M
Blockchain Development Platform QuickNode Raises $35M, Led by Tiger Global
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TechCruch
Nelo joins the BNPL rush, with $20M in new funding and the Mexican market in its sights
Nelo, a startup founded by former Uber international growth team leads, began offering buy now, pay later services to Mexico earlier this year.
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TechCrunch
Infinite Canvas raises $2.8M for a metaverse creator group modeled after esports teams
With the promise of an interconnected virtual world coming into focus and user-crafted gaming content exploding, Infinite Canvas is looking to apply lessons learned from the esports boom to the metaverse
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Forbes
D1 Brands Raises $123 Million In Latest Funding For Amazon Aggregators
New York City-based Amazon aggregator D1 Brands raised $123 million in Series A funding.
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TechCrunch
Wonder Brands picks up $20M, aims to build marketplace of Latin American e-commerce brands
E-commerce roll-up companies are big in the United States, and Wonder Brands wants to be that for Latin America. The Mexico-based company closed on $20 million in seed funding, co-led by ALLVP and Mountain Nazca, with participation from CoVenture, Crossbeam, Victory Park Capital, GFC, QED (Fontes), Korify Capital and Endeavor Catalyst.
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TechCrunch
Benitago Group raises $55M in combined debt and equity to buy and grow Amazon brands
Benitago Group, a startup looking to build a big portfolio of Amazon brands, is announcing that it has raised $55 million in new funding — most of it in the form of credit lines to fund acquisitions, plus an equity investment.
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techcrunch
1v1Me Raises a $2M Pre-Seed Financing Round, Launches Gaming Wagering App
1v1Me raised a pre-seed round to help people play games to earn money.
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Forbes
Crossbeam Venture Partners Raises $70 Million For Fund II In Three Weeks
Crossbeam Venture Partners launched its debut $20 million fund at what many would have considered the worst possible time — March 2020.
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TechCrunch
Crossbeam raises $25M to back startups built on ‘platform economies’
While many venture capitalists might hope to fund the next Amazon or Shopify, Crossbeam is a new firm focused on backing the startups built on top of these platforms. And it recently closed its $25 million first fund.
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Apple Podcasts
Ali Hamed – Novel Venture Investing at CoVenture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 5
Ali Hamed is the Founder of CoVenture a $2 billion investor across the capital stack of technology start-ups reinventing the economy of the future. Ali first appeared on the show three years ago when CoVenture’s assets were around $100 million.
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Colossus
Aaron DeBevoise - Spotter: Funding YouTube Creators
Aaron DeBevoise is the CEO of Spotter. We cover YouTube's evolution, why it nailed monetization in a way competitors didn't, and how Spotter helps the world's most influential creators.
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Venture Pill via Spotify Podcasts
Interview with Alex Notis, Investor at Crossbeam Venture Partners
Sam Gordon and Brandon Osian of Venture Pill interview Alex Notis, Investor at Crossbeam Venture Partners. Tune in to hear Alex discuss what drew him into the world of startups and venture capital, as well as his experience at Crossbeam Venture Partners.
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Substack
What is Going On in the AMZN TPS Ecosystem Right Now?
As headlines and stories emerge around the challenges some Amazon TPS (third-party seller) aggregators are facing, many founders, investors, and employees are wondering, what is going on in this space that was just recently exploding with growth?
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Substack
Managing Emotions and Incentives as a VC
Sakib Jamal reflects on his first 6 months in venture investing with Crossbeam.
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Substack
Earning the Right to be Contrarian
The best VC firms in the world take contrarian deals and turn them into consensus deals by funding them, and in return, applying their signal to their portfolio company.
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Colossus
Business Breakdowns Podcast: Ali Hamed - Amazon Aggregators: Buying Third-Party Sellers
Crossbeam Founder and General Partner Ali Hamed breaks down how Amazon aggregators are structured and operate, as well as the three super powers Amazon sellers have, and why there’s only $8bn in funding for a market doing $50bn in EBITDA
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Forbes
Crossbeam Venture Partners Raises $70 Million For Fund II In Three Weeks
Crossbeam Venture Partners launched its debut $20 million fund at what many would have considered the worst possible time — March 2020.
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TechCrunch
Crossbeam raises $25M to back startups built on ‘platform economies’
While many venture capitalists might hope to fund the next Amazon or Shopify, Crossbeam is a new firm focused on backing the startups built on top of these platforms. And it recently closed its $25 million first fund.
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Apple Podcasts
Ali Hamed – Novel Venture Investing at CoVenture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 5
Ali Hamed is the Founder of CoVenture a $2 billion investor across the capital stack of technology start-ups reinventing the economy of the future. Ali first appeared on the show three years ago when CoVenture’s assets were around $100 million.
Read more
Colossus
Aaron DeBevoise - Spotter: Funding YouTube Creators
Aaron DeBevoise is the CEO of Spotter. We cover YouTube's evolution, why it nailed monetization in a way competitors didn't, and how Spotter helps the world's most influential creators.
Read more
Venture Pill via Spotify Podcasts
Interview with Alex Notis, Investor at Crossbeam Venture Partners
Sam Gordon and Brandon Osian of Venture Pill interview Alex Notis, Investor at Crossbeam Venture Partners. Tune in to hear Alex discuss what drew him into the world of startups and venture capital, as well as his experience at Crossbeam Venture Partners.
Read more
Substack
What is Going On in the AMZN TPS Ecosystem Right Now?
As headlines and stories emerge around the challenges some Amazon TPS (third-party seller) aggregators are facing, many founders, investors, and employees are wondering, what is going on in this space that was just recently exploding with growth?
Read more
Substack
Managing Emotions and Incentives as a VC
Sakib Jamal reflects on his first 6 months in venture investing with Crossbeam.
Read more
Substack
Earning the Right to be Contrarian
The best VC firms in the world take contrarian deals and turn them into consensus deals by funding them, and in return, applying their signal to their portfolio company.
Read more
Colossus
Business Breakdowns Podcast: Ali Hamed - Amazon Aggregators: Buying Third-Party Sellers
Crossbeam Founder and General Partner Ali Hamed breaks down how Amazon aggregators are structured and operate, as well as the three super powers Amazon sellers have, and why there’s only $8bn in funding for a market doing $50bn in EBITDA
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