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☆ Here's the 16-slide pitch deck addiction care startup Pelago used to raise $58 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Healthtech startup Pelago just grabbed a fresh round of funding to power its own push. The Series C was an upround for Pelago, said Dr. Yusuf Sherwani, cofounder and CEO. Sherwani said the Series C round may be Pelago's last capital raise before it hopes to IPO. With the Series C funding, Pelago plans to launch a program in the second quarter of the year to refer members who don't complete substance use disorder treatment to inpatient facilities. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck Pelago used to raise a $58 million Series C.

Persons: —, Atomico, Yusuf Sherwani, Sherwani, Pelago, Phillips, we've Organizations: Service, Octopus Ventures, Business, Mental Health Services Administration, Healthcare, Centers for Disease Control, MetLife, GE Appliances, Pelago Locations: Pelago

☆ Tailored dog food supplier Tails.com is planning to cut up to 55 roles, leaked documents show
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tails.com, a dog-food supplier owned by Nestlé Purina PetCare, is planning to cut up to 55 roles, Business Insider has learned. In January, the company announced internally that it planned to commence a round of layoffs that could affect up to 55 staffers in the UK, per documents seen by BI. Per UK employment law, the company is required to offer a statutory redundancy package to those affected by the layoffs. While the company documents acknowledged that it had hired 22 new roles in the past six months, they also said hiring for any non-critical business roles had been paused since November 2023. Unlike previous rounds of layoffs, these ones are happening while many tech companies are producing good financial results .

Persons: Nestlé Purina, PetCare, Tails.com, ‘ we’re, Nestlé, “ Organizations: Octopus Ventures, Nestlé, Business, BI, Tech, Microsoft, Google Locations: London

☆ A carbon sequestration company and solar software startup recently raised a combined $7 million. Check out the two pitch decks they used to secure the cash.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two British climate tech companies have raised a collective £5.5 million, around $7 million, in early-stage funding to sequester CO2 in concrete and digitize solar management in real estate. A mineralization process occurs when it is mixed with concrete, storing the CO2 permanently. The startup's end-to-end AI-driven platform helps real estate owners assess, install, and monetize solar energy, tackling traditionally complex and manual processes. The pre-Seed funding, from Octopus Ventures and impact investor Aenu, will be used to roll out the product. Check out the 11-slide pitch deck below:Metris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris EnergyMetris Energy

Persons: Dalraj Nijjar, Nijjar, Natasha Jones, William Whatley, Metris, Jones Organizations: Business, Zacua Ventures, Siam Cement Group, Metris Energy, Energy, Octopus Ventures, Energy Metris Energy Locations: Nottingham, London, Paris

☆ Invite-only Lapse wants to rival Instagram. It's about to raise a lot of cash to do just that.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lapse, a buzzy social media app that wants to rival Instagram, is set to raise fresh funding, Business Insider understands. Based on the number of shares allocated, the company has raised approximately £24.48 million, $31 million. One London-based source familiar with the deal said Lapse was set to secure around $30 million. A look at the Lapse app. It aims to help satisfy the demand for more authenticity on social media.

Persons: Instagram, Jacob Andreou, Ben, Dan Silvertown, Plural's Ian Hogarth, Dmitry Tokarev Organizations: Business, Meta, Greylock Ventures, Facebook, Companies, Octopus Ventures, Redbus Ventures Locations: London

☆ 16 VCs that are funding the future of entertainment by backing generative AI and other disruptive tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

AdvertisementAfter a period of "wild west" investing in AI, Blank believes activity will favor AI companies that respect artists' consent and compensation. It recently co-led a $1 million seed round in Conduiit, which centralizes entertainment companies' production finance operations. Endeavor Venture InvestmentsEndeavor Venture Investments is the venture arm of entertainment and sports behemoth Endeavor. SWaN & LegendThe Virginia-based VC firm has a broad consumer portfolio that includes a number of entertainment investments. With Hollywood in contraction, SWaN has largely hit pause on new entertainment investments to get its portfolio companies on a strong footing.

Persons: Michael Blank, Blank, Jon Miller, Miller, Slack, Garnet Heraman, BDMI, Urs Cete, Michael, TMRW, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Elysian Park Ventures Jay Adya, Grant Lamos, Tom Brady, Gotham Chopra, Michael Strahan, Jay Adya, Morgan, Kushaan Ahuja, Drew Glover, Glover, Alex Harris, they've, Noah Doyle, Payback India, Jed Katz, Rich Greenfield, Rich, Ilya Pozin, Jamie Seltzer, LightShed, Steve Cohen's, it's, Sri Chandrasekar, Tripp Shriner, Ishan Sinha, That's, Wondery, Ian Doody, Raine, Gordon Rubenstein, Joe Ravitch, Jeff Sine, ‐, Fred Schaufeld, SWaN, that's, Oscar, Jose, Schaufeld, Sam Wick, Alex J, Investcorp, Paul Yoo, Edgar Bronfman Jr, Daniel Leff, Waverley, Leff Organizations: Service, Creative Artists, Connect Ventures, Business, Hollywood, Veteran, TPG, Integrated Media Co, Advancit, CAA, Bertelsmann, Waverley, Octopus Ventures, Accel, Facebook, Venture, Aperture Venture, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Fremantle, Connect, CAA Connect Ventures, New Enterprises Associates, TMRW Sports, Disney, Universal, Elysian Park Ventures, Elysian, Sports, Endeavor Venture, Endeavor Venture Investments, behemoth Endeavor, Dapper Labs, Fiat Ventures, Fiat Ventures Fiat Ventures, Fiat, Payback, Rent, LightShed, Rich Greenfield Influential, LightShed Ventures, Pluto, Apple, Octopus Ventures Octopus Ventures, Investments, Corp, Etsy, Re, Point72 Ventures New York Mets, Range Media Partners, Point72 Ventures, Sri, Powerhouse, Athletic, The New York Times Co, Evolution Media, Creative Artists Agency, Astro, Rave Digital Media, Accel Entertainment, Jose Andrés Media, Berliner, UTA Talent, UTA, UTA Ventures, Ventures, VR, Amazon, PFL Locations: blockchain, —, Conduiit, fintech, London, Australia, Papercup, Los Angeles, Virginia, UTA.VC

☆ Carbon accounting was red hot in 2021. Now it's facing widespread consolidation, investors say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Carbon accounting startups peaked in 2021, raising over $5 billion from investors. The rise of carbon accountingThere are around 50 European carbon accounting companies, many of which didn't exist before 2019, according to Insider's own research. Venture capitalists are typically bullish on SaaS because it can scale quickly with few overheads, which is the promise many carbon accounting companies make. Carbon accounting business models often fell short of true SaaS scalability and instead relied on employees doing tasks manually, despite touting automation, investors said. The next generation of carbon accounting companies should be hyper-focused on one niche – for example, accounting for methane in the agricultural industry or water use.

Persons: Niklas Kaskeala, Antero Vartia, grimly, Kaskeala, That's, Namrata Sandhu, Luca Schmid, ClimateTrade, Germany's, Australia's Envizi, EcoOnline, Germany's Planetly, Buyers aren't Organizations: Sequoia, Octopus Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Balderton, Investors, Venture, Germany's TeamClimate, Watershed, IBM, Sage, SoftBank, KPMG, Enterprise, SAP, Oracle Locations: Helsinki, Finnish, Coatue, Europe, Zalando, London

☆ Béa Fertility wants to provide an at-home alternative to IVF. Check out the 9-slide pitch deck the startup used to secure $3.2 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The startup aims to develop a more affordable at-home alternative to IVF. A startup that has created an at-home fertility treatment device for consumers has just secured $3.2 million from Octopus Ventures. "A lot of options are out of alignment — so we've opened the fertility pathway and created a treatment that's more affordable." The startup is offering a medical device and treatment kit that delivers ICI. The startup is gearing up to launch a pilot program with the UK's National Health Service and enroll its users in a fertility treatment study.

Persons: Tess Cosad, we've, It's Organizations: Octopus Ventures, ICI, UK's National Institute of Health, National Health Service, UK, Vira Health, Forward Partners, Q Ventures, NHS Locations: COVID, Vira, JamJar

☆ Check out the 18-page pitch deck that AI startup Papercup used to raise $20 million and help media and entertainment companies reach new global audiences
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Papercup is a UK-based startup that's helping media and entertainment companies find global audiences. Read the pitch deck Papercup used to raise its $20 million Series A round. Digital media and streaming companies are increasingly looking overseas for growth as the US market for subscribers gets saturated. Its most recent round was its $20 million Series A last year led by Octopus Ventures; other investors included Local Globe, Sands Capital, and Sky and Guardian Media Ventures. Check out the deck that helped Papercup raise its $20 million Series A round.

☆ TympaHealth, a startup making hearing tests more accessible, just raised $23 million with this 27-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

TympaHealth has raised $23 million from Octopus Ventures for its hearing assessment platform. The London-based startup aims to make hearing diagnostic tests more accessible outside of hospitals. A startup that enables clinicians to perform hearing assessments outside of hospital settings has raised $23 million in fresh funds. TympaHealth founder and CEO Dr Krishan Ramdoo said the goal of the company was to make hearing and ear care more accessible. Despite this, waiting times for hearing services can stretch from 12 to 16 weeks given increasing pressures on the National Health Service's hearing care services, Ramdoo added.

☆ Little Journey helps children prepare for hospital procedures and clinical trials. Check out the 12-slide deck it used to raise $3.1 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

London-based Little Journey has raised $3.1 million for its children's health platform. The startup helps children and families prepare for hospital procedures and clinical trials. Check out the 12-slide deck Little Journey used to raise the fresh funds. A startup that has developed a platform to support children and their families during hospital procedures and clinical trials has just raised $3.1 million. Little Journey makes children aware of who they're meeting and where they're going and gives them coping strategies before their clinical procedures.

☆ Softbank-backed adtech firm Permutive announces further layoffs, which could affect up to 40% of staff
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Permutive told staffers this week it's preparing a round of layoffs that may affect up to 40% of staff. It follows an earlier round of layoffs in August last year, which reduced its then-headcount by 12%. Permutive said it wants to focus on profitability amid a challenging economic environment and drop in venture funding. UK-based adtech company Permutive this week announced a layoff that is expected to affect just under 80 staffers, or about 40% of its headcount, Insider has learned. UK employment laws stipulate employers laying off more than 20 staff must consult with employee representatives over redundancy plans.

☆ Check out the 13-slide deck health startup OneLeaf used to raise $5.1 million to expand its personalized self-hypnosis programs across the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Its self-hypnosis program aims to help users with wellness challenges, such as weight management and sleep deprivation. That's what inspired him to found wellness startup OneLeaf, which just raised $5.1 million to grow its self-hypnosis program across the US. The Paris-based startup offers users a self-hypnosis tool for to help them face health challenges such as smoking, weight management, and anxiety. Focusing on self-hypnosis as a treatment option makes OneLeaf unique, Cohen-Skalli said, and also positions the startup to grow into other wellness industries. Check out the 13-slide pitch deck used to secure $5.1 million in seed funding.

☆ Elo uses data from wearables to provide tailored nutrient and protein supplements. Check out the 28-slide deck used to raise $10 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

San Francisco-based Elo has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Octopus Ventures. The startup curates personalized protein powders for users based on nutrient data from wearables. A startup that offers personalized recommendations of protein powders and nutrition supplements has just raised a $10 million Series A from Octopus Ventures. San Francisco-based Elo, which launched in 2020, takes data from wearable devices and users' existing health data to give tailored suggestions. The Series A was led by London-based venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, which previously backed Depop, a second-hand clothing marketplace that was acquired by Etsy.

☆ Health tech and biotech startups landed $88 billion in funding in 2022. See 16 of the hottest pitch decks founders used to raise millions from investors.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here are 16 of the pitch decks used by health and biotech founders to attract investor funds. Check out the 24-slide pitch deck Ria Health used to raise $18 million. Check out the 18-slide pitch deck Healthie used to raise $16 million. Check out the 15-slide pitch deck Patchwork Health used to raise the funds. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck Dalan Animal Health used to raise $3.5 million.

☆ I went from doctor to venture capitalist in less than 3 years — here's how I broke into the industry without studying finance
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Ellen Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here's her advice for making a career change into venture capital, as told to Ellen Nguyen. I started my career as a doctor at the NHS, then moved into consulting at McKinsey, and now I'm an early-stage investor at Octopus Ventures. I know many people think you have to have a financial background to get into venture capital, but it's not true. Here's my best advice for anyone wanting to break into venture capital. She also shares open opportunities in venture capital, and she's very transparent, which I find very helpful.

☆ Investors pumped $10.8 billion into Europe's AI startups last year. Here are 14 primed to take off in 2022, according to VCs.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-08 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Investors pumped $10.8 billion into AI startups in Europe last year, according to PitchBook. AI startups promise to revolutionize everything from climate tech and insurance to semiconductors. Insider asked Europe's top VCs to name the startups they think are poised to take off this year. Investor appetite isn't slowing down — and IDC has predicted that European AI spending will hit $22 billion in 2022. To find out which trends investors in the region are tapping into, Insider asked VCs to identify startups in the AI ecosystem that are primed to take off this year.

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