Several new technology technology financing news
1. Triple Labs Secures Seed Funding Round
Triple Labs is a Web3 distributed infrastructure platform designed to provide a one-stop development platform for enterprises and developers to lower the barrier of entry for Web3 developers to easily build and deploy decentralized applications (DApps) on the blockchain and build an ecosystem of Web3 infrastructure services for developers and end users. Triple Labs announced the completion of a seed funding round with participation from CBI Holding and StepVC.
2. Visa Receives Strategic Investment
TerraPay announced today that it has received a strategic equity investment from Visa, a global leader in digital payments, to provide payment products such as credit, debit and prepaid cards to financial institutions, and commercial payment solutions to corporations and government agencies.
3. HeroBread Raises $15 Million in Series B Funding
Hero Bread, a low-carb bread brand focused on consumer lifestyle services with a focus on low-carb bread production without high sugar and starch content, announced that it raised $15 million in a Series B round of financing, bringing its total funding to $47.5 million. Investors in this round include Cleveland Avenue, DNS Capital, Union Grove Venture Partners, Composite Ventures, Great Point Ventures and 444 Capital.
4. Uwill Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding
Uwill is a college student mental health solution provider focused on providing college students with direct access to psychologists for video, phone, chat and messaging sessions in a secure, non-disruptive environment using its proprietary technology and network of advisors dedicated to providing counseling and care for college students' mental health. Recently, Uwill closed a $30 million Series A round of funding led by Education Growth Partners. This round of funding will be used to scale the company's growth and enhance its platform.
5. Instruqt Raises €15 Million in Series A Funding
Instruqt is a ToB software technology developer dedicated to bringing interactive software experiences to enterprise employees to help them learn new technologies and adopt new systems. In addition to offering potential customers self-service demos and free trials of its software, Instruqt also hosts live workshops, interactive training tutorials and customized onboarding processes for employees to help internal technology teams become familiar with new software and master new skills, leading to software deals. Blossom Capital led the round. 6.
6. Lavita AI Raises $5 Million Seed Round
Lavita AI is an AI+Web3 healthcare technology provider offering a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace platform for health data based on Theta Network, designed to enable patients to take control of their health with the support of artificial intelligence, blockchain and privacy-preserving technologies. Capital led the round with participation from a group of angel investors from the blockchain and AI space.
7. Salsa.dev secures $10 million strategic investment
Salsa is an employee compensation benefits software provider. Salsa enables developers to easily add revenue-generating payroll solutions to their own software products so organizations can get an all-in-one experience for managing their business and employees. Modernizing the way employees receive their compensation benefits. Salsa recently secured $10 million in its latest funding round. The round was led by Greycroft, Better Tomorrow Ventures and Definition, with participation from Rex Salisbury and Forum Ventures.
8. SocialCrowd Raises $5.5 Million Seed Round
SocialCrowd, an automated employee motivation platform that will track the progress of user teams in real time and keep them on track with regular text, email and push notifications, has closed a $5.5 million pre-seed round of funding. The round was led by VC414, with participation from Anand Gala of Gala Capital Partners and multiple strategic angel investors.
9. TABOO received $10 million in strategic investment
TABOO is a blockchain adult leisure and media platform designed to scale adult leisure content creation, management and distribution by integrating blockchain technology and NFT. TABOO closed a $10 million round of funding at a $250 million valuation, led by Anonymous Private Family Office.
10. PermitFlow Raises $5.5 Million Seed Round
PermitFlow is a developer of construction project management software focused on developing a construction permit application and management platform for builders and owners with a mission to streamline and simplify building permitting in the U.S. PermitFlow recently announced the closing of a $5.5 million seed round led by Initialized Capital, with funding from PlanGrid, Mighty Buildings, Zillow, Bluebeam and other founders of building technology companies followed.
11. Soptle Raises $1 Million Seed Round
Soptle is a B2B FMCG commerce platform that enables FMCG manufacturers to digitize their workflows, daily operations, run their existing businesses efficiently and increase sales to distributors in other geographies by enhancing their capabilities. soptle raised $1 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Kube VC and We Founder Circle, with participation from Iceland Venture Studio, Nyra Ventures, Kube VC and Dunzo founder Ankur Agarwal.
12. Aqex Technologies India Raises $7.5 Million in Pre-Series A Funding
Aqex Technologies India, a crypto service provider that aims to bring professional trading services to the local virtual digital asset market, announced that it has closed a pre-Series A round of funding of approximately $7.5 million with participation from Hindustan Media Ventures.
13. Petal Receives $35 Million in Strategic Investment
Petal is a U.S. credit card and lending company that allows users to apply for credit cards through the company and uses a "cash flow contracting" process that incorporates machine learning, big data and other technologies to analyze an individual's digital financial history and determine credit limits through daily expenses, income and savings. Petal announced the closing of a $35 million round of financing. The round was led by Valar Venture, with participation from Story Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, RiverPark Ventures and others.
14. empur Sealy International acquires Mattress Firm Holding
Mattress is a bedding retailer that provides users with mattresses, pillows and children's bedding products, including cribs, adjustable beds, latex pillows, massage chairs, etc. The business covers 48 countries and regions, mainly located in the U.S. East Coast and the economically developed regions of the Great Lakes. Recently, Tempur Sealy International, a global mattress leader, signed an agreement to formally acquire Mattress Firm, the largest mattress retailer in the United States, for $4 billion worth of stock plus cash.
15. CK Asset Holding to acquire Civitas for £485 million
Civitas is a market-leading real estate investment trust dedicated to investing in the social housing and healthcare sectors in the UK. The products are designed to enable individuals with lifelong care to live as independently as possible in a community setting. They focus on the provision of medium to high sensitivity care. Recently, CK Asset Holdings, the holding company of the Li Ka-shing family, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Wellness United Limited, will acquire Civitas Social Housing, a large UK listed social housing provider, for £485 million (RMB 4.25 billion).