May, 2022
The Wall Street Journal. The firm has held a first close for the vehicle and expects to wrap it up with just under $600 million in a few months
Angeles Equity Partners is more than two thirds of the way toward the fundraising target for its latest fund, giving the private-equity firm a fresh batch of capital to invest in lower midmarket companies. . .
May, 2022
Agile serves as the foundation for a consolidation strategy in the occupational healthcare sector
Agile Occupational Medicine (“Agile”), a California-based owner and operator of occupational healthcare clinics, today announced an investment and capital commitment from Angeles Equity Partners, LLC (“Angeles”), a private investment firm focused on value creation through operational transformation. . .
May, 2022
RentBerry, a long-term rental platform, is raising money on StartEngine using Reg A+. According to the offering page, Rentberry has topped $8.5 million from more than 5000 investors. . .
May, 2022
Over the next two years, edtech decacorn is aiming to invest $200 million into its hybrid tuition centres, with ambitious expansion targets. . .
May, 2022
Spotter, a startup that buys YouTubers’ back catalogs, has tapped two veteran YouTube executives to join its team. Monica Khan, who served as a Partner Manager from 2014 to 2020, is now Spotter’s first-ever head of creator community. And Derek Reynolds, formerly YouTube’s global head of business affairs for Originals, onboards as the company’s new executive vice president of legal and business affairs. . .
May, 2022
One Drop, a leader in precision health solutions for people living with diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced that it has been named Best Personal Health App. . .
May, 2022
Former Amazon and Airbnb Executive Greg Greeley to Become Thrasio CEO
Co-Founder and CEO Carlos Cashman to Focus on Role as Board Member
Thrasio Holdings, Inc. (“Thrasio”), the next-generation global consumer goods company, today announced that Greg Greeley has joined its Board of Directors and will become the company’s next Chief Executive Officer in August 2022. Greg will succeed current CEO and Co-Founder Carlos Cashman, who will remain on the Thrasio Board as a Director. . .
May, 2022
One Drop, a leader in precision health solutions for people living with diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced that it has been selected as an honorable mention as part of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. . .
April, 2022
Rumble is much more of a viable social media platform for free speech than Truth Social
April, 2022
BYJU’S, the world’s leading education technology company for students grades Pre-K to 12, today announced the first-ever BYJU’S Summer Camp, a virtual camp filled with live classes as well as 10-weeks of dynamic workshops and unique events that will connect students globally, including the U.S. and Canada, with leading experts in the fields of STEM, arts, gaming, cuisine, and more. . .
April, 2022
Investors may want to keep an eye on special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), CF Acquisition Corp. VI (NASDAQ: CFVI). For the last few weeks, shares of CFVI stock have been consolidating around $11.30 a share. However, as it nears the close of its merger with Rumble — a conservative social media, platform — the stock could see higher highs. . .
March, 2022
Wearable medical devices play a vital role in healthcare for the military and civilians. Small, portable, and easy to wear, these devices assist first responders, war-fighters and patients with services ranging from physiological diseases like muscle disorders to neurocognitive disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. In recent years, technological advances have succeeded. . .
March, 2022
Long Beach-area employers now have access to a comprehensive suite of services aimed at creating a healthier workforce with the recent addition of a new Agile Occupational Medicine clinic dedicated exclusively to occupational medicine. . .
March, 2022
Insurance fraud is a multibillion-dollar problem – and a major pain point in freight transportation. LaneAxis, the nation’s first and only brokerless Direct Freight Network built on blockchain, has filed a provisional patent application for a “Smart Contract-Based Insurance Certificate Platform” (USPTO Application #63321773). The platform allows for the minting of valid insurance documents into NFTs (Non-fungible tokens) using a Smart contract, which then generates a unique identifier on the Blockchain which can be used to verify the Insurance Authority on the Block explorer. . .
March, 2022
Moonshot Brands today announced it secured $30 million in equity and $150 million in a credit facility that will be used, in part, to purchase assets from other e-commerce aggregators. Co-founder CJ Isakow said this was just the beginning of what he thought would be further consolidation in the crowded sector. . .
March, 2022
Byju Raveendran, the co-founder and chief executive of eponymous Indian edtech giant Byju’s, has invested $400 million into the startup, the two said on Friday. His backing is part of a larger $800 million round Byju’s has secured, the Bengaluru-headquartered startup said. . .
February, 2022
The pandemic may have accorded broader acceptance to the concept of online learning but in a market like India where people have historically been subscribers of traditional businesses and services, digital education will never be able to replicate the familiarity and holistic development associated with physical classrooms. . .
February, 2022
How do YouTubers make a living? Usually, through a mixture of merch sales, membership programs or maybe even a custom product. But YouTube ad revenue makes up a sizable chunk of the pie chart. . .
February, 2022
One Drop, a leader in precision health solutions for people living with chronic conditions worldwide, today announced its multi-condition program has received validation for clinical outcomes from Validation Institute. . .
February, 2022
One Drop, a leader in precision health solutions for people living with chronic conditions worldwide, today announced it has been named to the NYC Digital Health 100 by New York City Health Business Leaders (NYCHBL), showcasing the most exciting and innovative startups in New York dedicated to transforming healthcare. . .
February, 2022
SPAC CF Acquisition VI (NASDAQ:CFVI), which agreed in December to take YouTube competitor Rumble public, rose 1.9% helped at least partly after disclosing a 19% increase in monthly active users last month. Rumble announced that it reached new highs in January with approximately 10.8B minutes watched and averaging 4,383 hours of uploaded video per day, according to a statement. . .
January, 2022
Thrasio, an Amazon aggregator that has snapped up over 200 brands in just three years, is launching in India after acquiring a home appliances startup called Lifelong Online.
The Indian company — which manufactures and sells over 100 products ranging from toasters to treadmills on its website and through marketplaces like Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart — will oversee its new parent’s local operations. . .
January, 2022
Thrasio, the US company which pioneered the model of acquiring private brands on Amazon.com and scaling them up, plans to invest $500 million in India as it sees the country becoming a significant market in the long term, Chief Executive Officer Carlos Cashman told ET in an exclusive interaction. . .
January, 2022
The past year has been big for Rentberry! From releasing new features to signing partnerships to hiring amazing professionals, all departments did more than a share fair of work in 2021. . .
January, 2022
Lifelong Online Joins the Thrasio Global Family,as Thrasio Commits ₹3750 Crore to Acquire Brands in India.
BOSTON and GURUGRAM, INDIA, Jan. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Thrasio Holdings, Inc. (“Thrasio“), the next-generation, global consumer goods company, and Lifelong Online, a leading Indian online consumer brand, today announced Thrasio’s entrance into India and a ₹3750 crore commitment to acquire the region’s promising, digital-first brands in the country. . .
February, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Raftr, the community-first student engagement platform, announced that Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus nearly doubled its incoming fall 2021 class after deploying the Raftr platform. By providing real-time insights on engagement patterns with admitted students and their families, Raftr demonstrated its significant power to increase yield, reduce melt, and maximize university enrollment. . .
January, 2022
NEW YORK, January 12, 2022 – Slate, a content creation startup used by top brands in sports, media, and entertainment, has partnered with Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, on a new integration that allows content teams to work seamlessly between both platforms. . .
December, 2021
The world’s most valuable edtech start-up Byju’s is in talks with Churchill Capital to raise $4 billion and go public through the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) route. The round is expected to more than double the valuation of the Bengaluru-based firm to about $48 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. . .
November, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, CA / Rentberry, a pioneer flexible living platform, announces that it has raised $4 million this year from 2000+ investors. They have raised more than $13M in previous rounds from Zing Capital, 808 Ventures, Beechwood Ventures, and high profile angel investors from Google, McKinsey & Company, CBRE, and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels. This brings the total company funding raised to date to $17 million. . .
October, 2021
San Francisco, October 1, 2021 —LeadIQ, the leading account-based prospecting SaaS platform that simplifies lead management and sales prospecting, announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B round . . . LeadIQ was founded in 2015 by Mei Siauw, and team when the former Oracle product manager discovered large inefficiencies commonly found in traditional outbound sales processes and set out to build a modern, next-generation prospecting platform that optimizes the entire end-to-end sales cycle. . .
December, 2021
TORONTO, CANADA AND NEW YORK, NY – December 1, 2021 – Rumble Inc. (“Rumble” or “the Company”), the neutral video platform, and CF Acquisition Corp. VI (Nasdaq: CFVI), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement. . .
October, 2021
In One of the Largest Industry Commitments, Spotter’s Funding will Fuel BBTV Creator Growth and Monetization Opportunities
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – BBTV Holdings Inc. (TSX: BBTV) (OTCQX: BBTVF) (“BBTV” or the “Company”), the leading creator monetization company with a mission to help creators become more successful, and Spotter, the platform providing upfront cash to creators by acquiring rights to their content, today announced a commercial partnership to dedicate up to US$125 million to BBTV creators to further scale creator growth and monetization opportunities for the Company’s existing library of creator content. . .
December, 2021
Dr. Ahmad Glover Founder & Cherif Chibane, Chief Technology Officer at WiGL. After a year filled with climate disasters, the recent COP26 conference closed with a renewed commitment to limiting the global temperature rise to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius, in line with promises defined in the 2015 Paris Agreement. . . Although wireless power technologies initially caught the attention of customers and investors because of their convenience (they remove the burden of the endless cables and plugs needed to charge our devices), they’re also much better for the environment than their connectable counterparts. . .
December, 2021
Rentberry, which claims to be the first international home rental platform with complete automation, has raised $5,378,564 from 2,974 investors via StartEngine. Rentberry is described as a fully operational “long-term” rental platform that leverages technology to “ensure a seamless rental experience – offering tenants the ability to save millions in rental deposits.”. . .
October, 2021
Gardena, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) – Dr. Minh Nguyen, an esteemed physician and medical business leader in occupational medicine, has joined Agile Occupational Medicine as Chief Medical Officer. . .
September, 2021
Gardena, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) – Agile Occupational Medicine’s clinic in Gardena CA is going to be a new center of innovation focusing on speeding up patient recovery through an aggressive approach to clinic operations and customer support. . .
August, 2021
Global start-up offers campuses student-centered AI-driven systems to engage students throughout the college lifecycle
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Raftr, the community-first student engagement platform, today announces unprecedented growth across the globe. In addition to more than doubling the number of universities using Raftr in the past year, activity on the platform has almost tripled, demonstrating even deeper engagement from students who are finding significant value in their communities. . .
June, 2021
OAKLAND, CA, Moonshot Brands emerged from stealth mode today to announce that they have raised $160 million in funding. Moonshot Brands, a rapidly growing platform that buys, launches, and scales direct-to-consumer and marketplace e-commerce brands, emerged from stealth mode today to announce that they have raised $160M in funding. The financing comes from Y Combinator, Victory Park Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures (Joe Montana), Garage Capital, FoundersX Ventures, Outbound Ventures, N49P, KSK Group (Keisuke Honda), and the founders of the unicorns Hippo, Lambda School, and Shift. . .
July, 2021
The Global Freight Transportation Sector is a highly valuable industry responsible for the day-to-day supply of products. It plays a vital role in maintaining the supply and demand chain, even though it is rigged with inefficiencies. . .Luckily, LaneAxis has taken over the job of combining blockchain technology with the freight industry to provide an excellent broker-less direct network. . .
July, 2021
While markets grapple with the concept that the pandemic might not be entirely in the rear view mirror, investors are continuing to seek out investment opportunities outside public markets as they seek to diversify.
Vincent, an alternative asset aggregation hub, is hoping to capture some of that investor attention, allowing users to scour multiple types of assets across vertical-specific platforms and build up a diverse portfolio. . .
April, 2021
eSite Power Systems expands into the Latin American market with an order from Colombia by Innova Solar Colombia (“ISC”).
eSite Power Systems is expanding its global operations reaching into the Latin American market through ISC, its partner in the region. ISC will be deploying the eSite x10 telecom site power supply system across Colombia...
October, 2020
One Drop, a leader in digital solutions for people living with diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced a new agreement with Bayer to jointly develop digital health products for multiple therapeutic areas based on One Drop’s predictive, preventative, personalized self-care platform. It has closed on a $34.7 million Series C financing led by Bayer as well as $64 million in development fees and potential commercial milestone payments…
October, 2020
Innova Capital Partners designed, developed, constructed, and currently manages the 353,200 watt rooftop solar system at a Crowne Plaza in New York…
August, 2020
Innova Capital Partners designed, developed, constructed and currently manages the 86,400 watt rooftop solar system at The Sheldon in Suffern, New York…
October, 2019
Greg D’Alessandro is the founder and CEO of D’Avocado, a company focused on offering good-for-you foods. The brand’s versatile and nutrient dense chocolate avocado snack can be used as a puddling, spread, dip or frozen dessert. D’Alessandro is targeting main stream consumers that are looking to eat healthier but don’t want to compromise on taste. In less than a year, D’Avocado has expanded from two to 250 stores, including 160 Target locations. While the company is open to receiving capital, they are focused on working with strategic partners that can offer expertise in the natural food space...
June 24, 2019
Innova Solar Colombia (“ISC”), a subsidiary company of the New York based Innova Capital Partners (“Innova”), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Norwegian Refugee Council (“NRC”) to form a collaboration to bring electricity to rural schools and community centers in Colombia’s non-interconnected zones…
April 26, 2019
Innova Capital Partners invested in Raftr, the social network vision of former Yahoo executive Sue Decker. It’s a “conversation platform” focused on “unfolding stories” — a social network that makes it easier for people to follow, discuss, and share their interests…
January 28, 2019
Innova Capital Partners (“Innova”), through its subsidiary in Colombia, Innova Solar Colombia (“ISC”), will develop and build the first floating solar project in the Caribbean islands, specifically on the island of Providencia, San Andrés, Colombia…
November 20, 2018
Innova Capital Partners co-invested with RRE Ventures into OneDrop, an innovative platform aimed to simplify diabetes management for individual patients. One Drop (Informed Data Systems Inc.) is a digital health company harnessing the power of mobile computing and data science to transform the lives of everyone with diabetes worldwide. . .
July 6, 2018
Maura Judkis
Every year, thousands of food brands head to New York to show off their wares and entice buyers from grocery stores to stock their products. It’s a trade show called the Fancy Foods Show, and it’s one of the best places to catch trends before they hit grocery store shelves. . . A company called Dancing Elephant is producing cups of Kitchari, an Indian stew that boasts healing spices. Packaged for convenience, it comes in three flavors: butternut squash and kaffir lime, edamame and curry leaves, and spinach and mint. . .
May 7, 2018
Lumni , an international financial technology company focused on increasing the affordability and accessibility of higher education, announced today the acquisition of Payroll , a 9-month old NYC-based direct-to-consumer marketplace for income share agreements (ISAs) in an undisclosed cash & stock deal …
May 4, 2018
Blue Mountain Renewables (BMR) has signed a JV with New York’s Innova Capital Partners (ICP) to develop a portfolio of small solar assets in Colombia. BMR is part of the Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, and has developed renewable energy projects in Jamaica and Guatemala…
April 22, 2018
ERCO Energía SAS (ERCO), an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm and an investment of Innova Capital Partners, LLC (Innova) and Fondo de Capital Privado de Emprendimiento e Innovación SP (FCP), has installed for Empresas Públicas de Medellín (“EPM”) a 100 kWp PV Floating Park in the reservoir of El Peñol…
January 30, 2018
At Erco Energía we are proud to announce that as of February 1, 2018 we have our headquarters in the southwestern part of the country based in Cali, this national expansion begins with the acquisition of Gensol, a well-known company dedicated to the design, construction and maintenance of systems solar photovoltaic and thermal in this area of the country…
January 21, 2018
With the installation of 1,568 solar panels, El Tesoro Commercial Park became the first customer to use EPM’s solar energy solution. The project was developed in collaboration with Innova Solar Colombia (ISC), with EPC work completed by ERCO Energía. Both Innova Solar Colombia and Erco Energía are Innova Capital Partners platform companies…
Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins, University of Miami Hurricanes, Orange Bowl, the Miami Open, Super Bowl LIV and the 2021 National Championship Game, recently underwent an estimated $500,000,000 stadium-wide renovation. The renovation included a state-of-the-art open air canopy with four spires helping to suspend the canopy 375 feet in the air…
Innova Capital Partners, LLC (“Innova”) and Ciel & Terre (“C&T”), the world leading company in the development of floating PV projects, have signed an agreement to jointly develop floating solar power plants throughout the Republic of Colombia. Innova Solar Colombia (“ISC”), a subsidiary company of Innova, will be the local developer and investor while C&T…
Investors are waiting at the gates of Colombia’s emerging solar and wind market – impressed by recent sector reforms, but in need of clarification on the business case for developers. The country could well prove to be Latin America’s richest source renewables source…
Innova Capital Partners, LLC (Innova) announced an investment into Jana Care (Jana), a builder of radically affordable, high quality diagnostics for mass screening combined with scalable and culturally adapted behavior change programs for mass management of patients…
Innova Capital Partners, LLC (Innova) and Fondo de Capital Privado de Emprendimiento e Innovación SP (FCP) have announced a concurrent investment into ERCO Energía SAS (ERCO), an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm specialized in photovoltaic projects in Colombia. The joint investment will provide capitalization for the construction of ERCO solar projects in the region.Colombia…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s revenue from Latin America surged 50 percent this year as the firm helped to structure one of the region’s biggest infrastructure-financing deals and sold more hedging strategies to clients. “We’re having a record year,” Marc Nachmann, who heads Latin America for the New York-based firm, said in an interview. “All the…
Innova Capital Partners, LLC (Innova) and a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) have announced a joint venture to support the development of telecommunication assets throughout the Republic of Colombia. The joint venture will provide financing to Golden Comunicaciones, SAS (Golden), a Colombian mobile infrastructure designer and developer, for the construction of cell…