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☆ Instagrid replaces gas-powered generators with electric alternatives. Check out the 23-slide pitch deck it used to raise $95 million.
  + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA German startup replacing fossil fuel generators used to power construction, film sets, music festivals, and first responders has just raised $95 million in a Series C funding round. "What people did before, if they needed more computational power, they built bigger and bigger and bigger computers – so these mainframe computers that you had in the early 90s," he told Business Insider. AdvertisementIts customers, which buy units for use or to rent on to others, include Swedish construction company Skanska, European construction rental company Loxaml, and the Red Cross. The fresh funds will be used to expand the rollout of the current system and launch additional powerful electric generator systems.
Persons: —, Instagrid, Sebastian Berning, Berning, Morgan Organizations: Service, Business, Teachers ' Venture, Ontario Teachers, Energy Impact Partners, SET Ventures Locations: Swedish, Ontario, Europe, North America, , California
☆ 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
☆ A formfitting blazer and Chelsea boots, or jeans and high-top sneakers? Here's how the 2023 rising stars of VC put together their 'power outfits.'
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | Ben Bergman | Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Many of this year's VC rising stars told Business Insider that their go-to power outfits included apparel like tailored sport coats or Chelsea boots, and more casual pieces like hoodies and well-fitting jeans. Very few investors are wearing collared shirts with their jackets, opting instead to pair it with a t- shirt and jeans. Nmachi Jidemna told Business Insider that for her everyday wear, her go-to was "usually a structured blazer with a relaxed pair of jeans." Lori Harvey (left) and Heidi Klum (right) wearing red outfits. Black flowy trousers, black turtleneck, and chunky black boots."
Persons: that's, Laura Bock, Nmachi Jidemna, Javier Grevely, Ralph Lauren, Tobi Coker, Janelle Teng, Patron's Amber Atherton, Jason Yeh, Ashley Paston, Justin Williams, VCs, Mahati Sridhar, Grady Dick, Michelle Farsi, Pear, Vivien Ho, Lori Harvey, Heidi Klum, Valentina Frugiuele, Bauer, Griffin, Luci Fonseca, RTFKT, Brandon Hoffman, JL, Sarah Wu, Emerson, Fiona Huang, Demi Obayomi, Natalie Borowski, Daisy Wolf, Andreessen Horowitz Organizations: Business, Wellington Management, Converse, Seae Ventures, Getty, GV, Nike, Sunset Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures Locations: London, Chelsea
☆ From bouldering to silent meditation retreats: Here's how this year's rising stars of VC are keeping their wellness on track while hunting down deals
  + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Samantha Stokes | Madeline Renbarger | Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
And these rising stars of the VC world are at the forefront of the trend, with many adopting various wellness routines. Business Insider asked this year's rising stars to name their best wellness hack that keeps them at the top of their game. Find ways to get movingMany rising stars in VC have a relationship with exercise that goes beyond an obligatory hour at the gym or a forced jog around the block. "It's amazing how taking just 10 minutes out of my day helps set the pace and structure for the rest of the day so well," she told Business Insider. she told Business Insider.
Persons: Base10, Justin Williams, Fiona Huang, Huang, Laura Bock, Amanda Herson, Taylor Brandt, Luci Fonseca, It's, Vivien Ho, VCs, journaling, Ashley Paston, Ahmed Mirza, who's, Amber Atherton, Brandon Hoffman, Tobi Coker, Wellington Management's Javier Grevely, Natalie Borowski, I've Organizations: Business, Seae Ventures, Ventures, Headline, Base10 Investors, Meritech, Sunset Ventures Locations: New York, Eastern, Brooklyn
☆ Series, a fintech helping enterprises automate back-office functions, just raised $25 million in fresh funds with this Notion memo
  + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Series, a fintech startup that aims to simplify finance and operations management for enterprises, has raised $25 million in fresh funds. The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2021, enables enterprises to handle a vast array of business departments from a single platform. Series' platform allows companies to manage areas including payments operations, business-to-business payments, payroll, HR, and treasury management. Series has raised $25 million across pre-seed and seed funding which it did using a pitch memo in Notion, an increasingly common form of attracting investor attention. Series most recent funding round closed earlier this year and the fresh capital has gone towards hiring as it looks to grow out its 30-strong team.
Persons: Brexton Pham, Kleiner Perkins, Rob Lowe Organizations: Hustle, One Ventures, Caffeinated, Wischoff Ventures Locations: San Francisco, HOF Capital
☆ Sensorfact helps industrial companies manage their energy and water usage. Check out the 11-slide pitch deck it used to raise $28 million.
  + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Sensorfact has created a smart monitoring system to help industrial companies cut energy and water use. Check out the 11-slide pitch deck it used to secure 25 million euros (around $28 million). A Dutch startup helping industrial companies manage their energy and water use has just raised 25 million euros (around $28 million) from growth impact fund Blume Equity. Sensorfact, founded in 2017, has developed a smart monitoring system for industrial companies including food and beverage, plastic and rubber, and metals manufacturers. It uses wireless sensors that are clipped onto machine cables and gas, water, and compressed air pipes to monitor flow every 30 seconds, which is fed back to a user-facing platform.
Persons: Sensorfact, Pieter Broekema's, Broekema, Biden's, Blume, Eleanor Blagbrough Organizations: Blume Equity, Sensorfact, Industry, SET Ventures Locations: Dutch, Europe
☆ Hyro, a conversational AI startup for enterprise, raised $20 million in new funding using this 15-slide pitch deck
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Hyro, an AI tool for enterprise users, has raised $20 million in fresh funding. Founded in 2018 and launched in 2020, Hyro works with healthcare providers to replace chatbots. The company has raised new money from Macquarie Capital amid a boom in AI interest. Hyro, a conversational AI startup for enterprises, has raised $20 million in new funding. Founded in 2018, Hyro is a plug-and-play AI startup that provides conversational AI tools to sectors such as healthcare.
Persons: ChatGPT, Israel Krush, GPT, Krush Organizations: Macquarie Capital, Investors, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, Black Opal Ventures, Hanaco Ventures, Spero Ventures, Ventures Locations: New York
☆ The CFTC's suit against Binance marks a deepening crackdown on the crypto industry
  + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
All this comes just days after the SEC charged a spate of high-profile individuals for fraud and crypto market manipulation. That comes months after the total crypto market value saw about $2 trillion erased in a brutal plunge in token prices. The SEC also warned that the platforms investors use to get involved in crypto aren't quite airtight, in the regulator's view. In other news:FILE PHOTO: A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua Reuters2. The World Bank just warned that this could be the start of a "lost decade" for global economic growth.
☆ Why stablecoin company Circle is set to be the big winner in crypto after the collapse of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The collapse of three crypto-friendly banks is a boon for stablecoin issuer Circle, investors said. Slivergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature all imploded in the space of a week. Circle keeps its reserves at BNY Mellon, which helped its stablecoin USDC recover after SVB's fall. Circle, the company behind the stablecoin USDC, is set to come ahead in the aftermath of the collapses of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank, according to several investors and founders. One risk, however, is that recent bank failures prompt regulators to bar crypto companies, including Circle, from accessing the US banking system altogether.
☆ See the 12-slide presentation that a health-insurance startup used to land $58 million after its public competitors tumbled
  + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Angle Health wants to use tech to transform health insurance where other upstarts have failed. Angle Health raised $58 million to disrupt employer-sponsored health benefits using this pitch deck. Companies like Oscar Health, Clover Health, and Bright Health raked in investor cash on the promise that they could transform health plans with tech, and each went public in 2021 at a lofty valuation. Angle Health provided Insider with the pitch deck it used to raise $58 million in Series A funding from Portage and other investors. Here's the pitch deck Angle Health used to land a $58 million Series A.
☆ Crypto tokens were once considered a fast track to riches for Web3 startup founders. Now some aren't bothering to launch them.
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Crypto tokens were once a quick way for Web3 founders to cash in. Just over a year ago, Web3 startups regularly raised money by selling their own cryptocurrencies directly to the public. But now, the crypto crash has made it an inauspicious time for them to launch tokens. Common has since postponed its token launch indefinitely. Georgen said that his aspirations to launch tokens weren't primarily motivated by cashing in.
☆ Musk's yes-men: 5 experts break down why it's difficult to 'speak truth to power.'
  + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Like yesterday, we're continuing with some of the year's best stories from our VC and startups team. Why it's difficult to "speak truth to power." The top VC and startups stories of 2022:Union Square Ventures; 645 Ventures; Race Capital; Mindset Ventures; Marianne Ayala/Insider6. Former Amazon leaders have infiltrated the tech industry. After dominating the VC industry last year, crossover funds spent 2022 pulling back.
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