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☆ LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault's family office goes shopping for AI startups
  + stars: | 2024-08-19 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
The $220 million round in May, which also included Aglaé, valued H at $370 million, according to the company. While the amounts of Aglaé's investments aren't disclosed, the funding rounds for the AI firms totaled more than $300 million, according to Fintrx. Aglaé also invested in a $25 million seed round for Lamini, a Palo Alto, California-based startup building enterprise AI applications. Aglaé joined Susquehanna to invest in the $27 million seed round for Toronto-based Borderless AI, a human resource management platform. Arnault and his family are, however, big art collectors, and Aglaé was an investor in a $9.5 million funding round for LaCollection, a digital art platform.
Persons: Google's, Wendy, Eric Schmidt, Aglaé, Arnault, Robert Frank Organizations: Accel Partners, Google, CNBC, Fintrx, Aglaé Ventures, Susquehanna, Toronto, Music Media, Back, Netflix, Spotify Locations: Palo Alto , California, New York, Photoroom, France, Paris, Sonarverse, Irvine , California, San Francisco, French, LVMH, Airbnb
☆ Alexa Von Tobel Is the Super Connector of New York's Buzzy Tech Scene
  + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Inspired Capital co-founders Lucy Deland (left), Alexa von Tobel (center), and Mark Batsiyan (right) speak to portfolio companies at the firm's annual founder dinner in June 2024. Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, von Tobel attended Harvard University, where she graduated with a degree in psychology. AdvertisementInspired Capital co-founders Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker. Inspired Capital founding partners Mark Batsiyan, Lucy Deland, Alexa von Tobel, and Penny Pritzker. Although von Tobel was on vacation outside the country, she stepped away from a fancy dinner to take McNulty Rojas's call and brainstorm solutions.
Persons: Alexa von Tobel, she's, Lucy Deland, Mark Batsiyan, It's, von Tobel, Capital's, who's, Zuckerburg, I've, Morgan Stanley, —, LearnVest, Batsiyan, Alexa, they'd, von Tobel's, Penny Pritzker, Obama, Brynne McNulty Rojas, — von Tobel, McNulty Rojas, Habi, Tobel, Von, Deland, it's, von, McNulty, hasn't, guac, She's, Benjamin Vandiver, Ivan Zhao, Lindsey Vonn Organizations: Flatiron, Business, New York VC, Harvard University, Facebook, Harvard Business School, Accel Partners, American Express Ventures, Northwest Mutual, LearnVest, Ventures, Northwest, Capital, Harvard, of Commerce, America Fund, Tiger Global Management, II, Alexa, Inc, Magazine, Winder, New York Locations: Jacksonville , Florida, New York, Deland, Miami, Latin America, York
☆ Vinted cofounder Milda Mitkute shares the shopping app's path from 2 a.m. house party startup to $3.8B success
  + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Milda Mitkute, the cofounder of second-hand shopping app Vinted. But when you have 30,000 people on your site you need more servers and those invoices started going up to 200 euros. AdvertisementBut when we asked girls in Germany, France, and the US why they used Vinted, it was all about selling to earn some extra cash, authenticity, finding unique clothes, and consuming more sustainably. A life divided into projectsWhen you're young you think that the more you work, the more you're going to create. Mitkute stepped back from Vinted in 2017 and is no longer on the board but remains a shareholder.
Persons: —, Milda Mitkute, Vinted, Justas Janauskas, Justus, VIRGINIE LEFOUR, Getty, let's, Jonas Gratzer, Malvina, I've, It's, Mitkute Organizations: Service, Business, Vinted, Accel Partners, Facebook, Spotify Locations: Vilnius, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Germany, Soviet, France, Vinted
☆ A lot of 2023's new unicorns have been generative AI startups. Here's what to expect from the sector next year, according to Accel.
  + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Generative AI startups have made up a lot of the world's new unicorns this year. High-profile investors have jostled to back, in some cases, weeks-old startups like Mistral as the hype around generative AI intensified. Both regions also tout a batch of promising unicorns across the generative AI stack. Generative AI will become a run-of-the-mill tool"Generative AI will unlock new verticalised applications built with smaller and dedicated models and industry-specific workflows," the Accel report said. Enterprises will also jump to incorporate generative AI more seamlessly into their automation tools, per the report.
Persons: —, Phillipe Botteri, Harvey Organizations: Venture, Mistral, US, Accel Partners, Runway, Accel, EU, Stanford University, Enterprises, Big Tech, Microsoft Locations: Europe, Israel, Jasper, France, EU
☆ The rise and fall of Birchbox, the once-buzzy startup valued at nearly $500 million that frustrated customers are now saying has 'vanished'
  + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Birchbox pioneered the monthly beauty subscription box and was once valued at nearly $500 million. The company also raised another round of funding, this time $60 million, which pushed the startup's valuation to $485 million. Meanwhile, Sephora had launched a monthly beauty box of its own. Meanwhile, Birchbox's subscriber count was dropping, and the company raised its monthly subscription price for the first time in its history. Customers are now accusing Birchbox of having 'vanished'Birchbox's monthly box includes sample sizes of high-end beauty products.
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