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Ear piercing company Studs nets $3 mlnEar piercing company Studs has raised $3 million in funding. First Round Capital led the round with participation from Lerer Hippeau.
- Ear piercing company Studs nets $3 mln
Ear piercing company Studs has raised $3 million in funding. First Round Capital led the round with participation from Lerer Hippeau.
- Loop picks up $10 mln Series A
Columbus, Ohio-based Loop, an e-commerce SaaS platform, has secured $10 million in Series A funding. FirstMark Capital led the round with participation from Lerer Hippeau and Ridge Ventures.
- ZenBusiness inks $15 mln Series A
ZenBusiness, an online platform for small businesses, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The investors included Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Rosecliff Venture Partners, Interlock Partners and Recruit Strategic Partners.
- Fitness Technologies nabs funding
Fitplan Technologies, a Vancouver, British Columbia and Los Angeles-based mobile fitness platform, has raised US$4.5 million in funding. Corazon Capital and Sam Yagan, co-founder of OKCupid, Sparknotes and former CEO of Match Group, led the round. Other investors included Alex Rodriguez, Lerer Hippeau, Bullpen Capital and Advancit Capital.
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- WeWork is buying VC-backed Spacious
WeWork is acquiring New York-based Spacious, an on-demand workspace provider, according to a blog post https://www.wework.com/ideas/the-we-company-to-acquire-on-demand-workspace-provider-spacious on the former's site. No financial terms were disclosed. Spacious' backers included August Capital, Baseline Ventures, Redpoint, Lerer Hippeau and Box Group.
- Hudson's Bay to sell Lord + Taylor to VC-backed Le Tote for about $100 mln: Reuters
Hudson's Bay is selling department store Lord + Taylor to Le Tote Inc, a San Francisco-based retail service company, for about $100 million, reported Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hudson-s-bay-divestiture/hudsons-bay-to-sell-lord-taylor-for-100-million-idUSKCN1VI1LV Hudson's Bay, a Canadian retailer that also owns luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue, will get $74.95 million in cash upon the deal's closing and about $25 million in two years. Le Tote's backers include Sway Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, FundersClub and Lerer Hippeau, according to Crunchbase. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/le-tote#section-investors
- Augmentir scores funding
Augmentir Inc, a provider of augmented worker software for industrial companies, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. Pritzker Group Venture Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Lerer Hippeau and HOLT Ventures.
- Sweet Beverage Co fetches $2.5 mln seed
New York-based Sweet Reason Beverage Co., a CBD-infused beverage company, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. Lerer Hippeau led the round with participation from other investors that included RiverPark Ventures, Max Ventures and Subversive Capital.