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☆ Generative AI startup Recraft just raised $12 million from Khosla Ventures and Nat Friedman with this 22-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRecraft, a startup that aims to vastly improve the quality of AI-generated images, has raised $12 million in fresh funds. "We are building some unique things using technology that no one else has," Anna Veronika Dorogush, Recraft's CEO and founder told Business Insider. Recraft has brought in $12 million from Khosla Ventures and former GitHub CEO, Nat Friedman, with participation from RTP Global, Abstract VC, Basis Set Ventures, Elad Gil, and other angel investors. The startup originally wanted to raise $10 million but increased the round size due to being heavily oversubscribed, Dorogush said. AdvertisementThe company hasn't spent money on marketing, relying on word-of-mouth referrals to accrue more than 350,000 users, Dorogush added.

Persons: —, Anna Veronika Dorogush, Recraft, Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, Dorogush, hasn't Organizations: Service, Business, Khosla Ventures, RTP Global Locations: London, New York

☆ Climate startup Supercritical nabbed $13 million to help carbon removal projects get funded. Check out the 11-slide pitch deck it used to secure the funds from Lightspeed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

London-based startup Supercritical just raised $13 million to help projects get funded via companies. London-based startup Supercritical has just raised $13 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners to help the "groundswell" of businesses pledging to invest in carbon removal. That's where carbon removal — tree-planting, sucking CO2 from the air using technology, or enhanced rock weathering — comes in. Long term, it wants to be the "no brainer" option for carbon removal purchases. Check out the 11-slide redacted pitch deck Supercritical used to raise the funds.

Persons: we've, Michelle You, Aaron Randall, Carbo Organizations: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Paris, Frontier Fund, RTP Global, Greencode Ventures, MMC Ventures Locations: London

☆ Yonder, a fintech startup that helps expats get credit cards and offers rewards for spend, raised $78 million in debt and equity using this 11-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

London-based fintech startup Yonder has raised $78 million in debt and equity. Yonder, a London-based credit card startup, has raised $78 million in debt and equity in a new funding round. Yonder previously brought in $26 million in debt and equity as part of a seed funding round. This latest raise comes in the form of £12.5 million, about $15.7 million, in equity and £50 million, roughly $62.6 million, in debt. Yonder also plans to launch in two further unspecified cities and offer more events to users with its new capital, Chong said.

☆ Here's the 9-page pitch deck Tealbook used to raise its $50 million Series B and help businesses source from more diverse suppliers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The startup uses AI-boosted data to help institutions source from more diverse suppliers. Check out the nine-page pitch deck below. Ownership data can help meet diverse sourcing claims; raw-materials data can help with ethical sourcing goals; carbon-emissions data can help with climate goals. Here's the pitchbook Lapierre used to land her $50 million Series B round led by Ten Coves Capital, with participation from BDC Capital, Grand Ventures, RBC Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Refinery Ventures, S&P Global, Stand Up Ventures, RTP Global, Workday Ventures, CIBC Ventures, and Good Friends. Tealbook TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck TealbookTealbook pitch deck Tealbook

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