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Currant fetches $7 mln seedPalo Alto, California-based Currant, a creator of smart products that reduce energy consumption, raised $7 million in seed funding. Uncork Capital and K9 Ventures were the lead investors.
- Healthcare startup Decent rakes in $8 mln
Decent, a healthcare startup, has secured $8 million in funding. Decent's investors included Foundation Capital, Menlo Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Lux Capital, Maverick Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Meridian Street Capital, Healthy Ventures, ChinaRock Capital Management, Abstract Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Ride Ventures, Sequoia Capital Scouts, Fenwick & West and Sure Ventures.
Restaurant supplies app ChefHero closes $12.6 mln Series AChefHero, a Toronto-based digital marketplace for restaurant supplies, has raised $12.6 million in a Series A financing. The round was led by U.S. venture capital firm Accomplice.co. It was joined by Golden Venture Partners, Precursor Ventures and Math Ventures. Founded three years ago by CEO Saif Altimimi and CTO Diego Domínguez Ferrera, ChefHero provides an online mobile and web application that allows restaurant owners and their staff to order wholesale food and supplies through a single network. The company will use the proceeds of the Series A to accelerate growth in select cities across North America.
- Chairman Mom fetches $1.4 mln seed
Chairman Mom, a newly launched platform for working mothers, has raised $1.4 million in seed funding. Ann Miura-Ko from Floodgate Ventures and Tim Connors from PivotNorth Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Reid Hoffman from Greylock Discovery and Charles Hudson from Precursor Ventures.
- Medinas Health snags $1 mln seed
San Francisco-based Medinas Health, a data-driven marketplace for healthcare organizations, has raised $1 million in seed funding. Sound Ventures and General Catalyst’s Rough Draft Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Precursor Ventures and Trammell Ventures.
- Teampay snags $4 mln seed
New York City-based Teampay, a creator of virtual cards for business purchasing, has secured $4 million in seed funding. Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included KEC Ventures, Precursor Ventures and CoVenture.
- Blockchain real estate startup SafeChain picks up $3 mln
Columbus, Ohio-based and the India-based SafeChain, a blockchain real estate startup, has secured $3 million in funding. NCT Ventures led the round with participation from other investors that included Revolution’s Rise of the Rest seed fund, Aspect Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Social Capital, Rev1 Ventures, Loud Capital and Fintech71.