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Needed Raises $14M to Champion a Radically Better Nutrition Standard for Women

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Research, Women, Finance, Baby, Maternity, Fitness & Nutrition, Professional Services, General Health, Consumer, Health, Science, Fertility, Female, Labs, Standard of care, Preterm birth, The Craftory, Education, Life, Pre-eclampsia, Infant, Multimedia, Trust, Gestational diabetes, Pregnancy, RDA, Women's health, Planet, Sleep, Woman, Lactation, Recommended maximum intake of alcoholic beverages, Dietary supplement

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231107679237/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231107679237/en/
    Julie Sawaya and Ryan Woodbury, Needed co-founders and co-CEOs (Photo: Business Wire)
    Needed is known for its system of radically better, science-backed nutritional supplements for women in the perinatal stage.
  • “Nutrition is one of the most significant and most overlooked decisions made in the pregnancy journey,” said Julie Sawaya, Needed co-founder and co-CEO.
  • “However, nutrition is often relegated to an afterthought and women are left with more questions than answers about their nutritional needs.
  • Needed is setting a new, radically better standard for perinatal nutrition combining the products, education, and access to nutritional experts that all women need and deserve.”
    “Nutrition changes perinatal outcomes.

Global Food Tech Unicorn NotCo Closes $70M in Funding to Fuel New B2B Platform

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Monday, December 12, 2022
Food, Beverage, Retail, Food Tech, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Sprouts, The Craftory, Starbucks, Venture round, Food, Internet, Software, Egg, Whole Foods Market, Sprout, Jeff Bezos, Special-purpose acquisition company, Dunkin' Donuts, Multimedia, CPG, Tiger Global Management, Burger King, A.I, Amazon, Table, SPAC, Taste, Kraft Heinz, Food industry, Climate change, Costco, FreshDirect, Shake Shack, Joint venture, MercadoLibre, Fine chemical, Renewable energy, Grocery store, NotCo, Questlove, Wegmans

NotCo will continue to operate its branded business, NotCo Food, offering products like NotMilk, NotBurger and NotChicken through retail and food service businesses nationwide.

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  • NotCo will continue to operate its branded business, NotCo Food, offering products like NotMilk, NotBurger and NotChicken through retail and food service businesses nationwide.
  • Apart from Princeville Capital, new investors to the Series D1 include Marcos Galperin, founder and CEO of the largest Latin American tech company, MercadoLibre.
  • Through its new B2B platform, NotCo is making its technology available for more food and beverage manufacturers seeking to create best-in-class and scalable plant-based products.
  • NotCo is an industry-changing, fast-growth food tech leader and the only global company disrupting massive food and beverage segments including dairy, eggs, and meat simultaneously.

NARWHAL MEDIA GROUP (NMG) RAISES OVER £2 MILLION IN JUST 3 WEEKS

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
NMG, Growth, Kraft Heinz, PureGym, NWG, PPC, Creativity, Amazon, Hotel Chocolat, Kool-Aid, Health, OVO, Bristol, SEO, GBP, LSG, Acquisition, Financial services, Online shopping, The Craftory

LONDON, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Narwhal Media Group (NMG), has raised over 2 million (GBP) in just 3 weeks from high-net-worth investors during the second part of its pre-Series A fundraising.

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  • LONDON, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Narwhal Media Group (NMG), has raised over 2 million (GBP) in just 3 weeks from high-net-worth investors during the second part of its pre-Series A fundraising.
  • Narwhal Media Group (NMG)achieves targeted results by combining data-driven marketing & analytical software.
  • Across five main divisions, it supports client companies with lead generation, design and branding, software development, SEO and PPC, and content creation.
  • Its portfolio includes a range of comparison websites and direct-to-consumer offerings.NWG will soon be launching its new digital services marketplace.For more information, visit: https://www.nmg.group/

The Sage Group and Spayne Lindsay Form Global Consumer Investment Banking Partnership

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Cosmetics, Retail, Other Professional Services, Finance, Consumer, Consulting, Banking, Restaurant, Bar, Professional Services, Other Consumer, Specialty, Women, Food, Beverage, Fashion, Honey, Name, Culture, Sage Group, Sage, Food, Acquisition, CVC, Quorn, Sale, Shoe, Chubby Checker, Knowledge, Monde Nissin, CEO, Toms Shoes, EAT, KAO, View, Partnership, LLC, Financial services, Fashion, The Craftory, Central Europe, Bain Capital, Pret, The Sage Group, LLC, Spayne Lindsay & Co. LLP, THE SAGE GROUP, LLC, SPAYNE LINDSAY & CO. LLP

The Sage Group, LLC (Sage) and Spayne Lindsay & Co. LLP (Spayne Lindsay) have joined forces in a partnership that aligns their extensive consumer sector knowledge, investment banking transaction expertise, experience, and relationship networks.

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  • The Sage Group, LLC (Sage) and Spayne Lindsay & Co. LLP (Spayne Lindsay) have joined forces in a partnership that aligns their extensive consumer sector knowledge, investment banking transaction expertise, experience, and relationship networks.
  • Sage and Spayne Lindsay have 50 investment banking professionals and will form a distinctive independent global investment banking partnership focused exclusively on the consumer sector.
  • We have long admired Spayne Lindsay for the quality of their bankers, industry knowledge, culture, and integrity, commented Mark Vidergauz, CEO of The Sage Group.
  • Both Sage and Spayne Lindsay will remain independently owned, but by working in partnership, a consumer advisory powerhouse will be created with a global reach across the consumer sector.

Leading climate tech Moss.earth announces US$ 10 million series A round to expand its web 3.0 applications in environmental markets

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Monday, January 31, 2022
Bitcoin, Growth, Gemini, Skybridge, Friction, Climate change, Heavy isotope diet, Biodiversity, Carbon, Coinbase, Forest, Celo, The Icelandic New Business Venture Fund, Non-fungible token, Gol, Cryptocurrency, Agriculture, Amazon, The Craftory

SÃO PAULO, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Moss.earth, the leading global digital asset platform, is pleased to announce today that it has concluded a US$10 million Series A round. The round was led by SP Ventures and Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Jive, Flori (Celo), Arrington Capital and The Craftory.

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  • The round was led by SP Ventures and Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Jive, Flori (Celo), Arrington Capital and The Craftory.
  • Since its founding in March 2020, Moss has become one of the leading climate techs globally.
  • Moss has led the transition to web 3.0 in carbon markets, via the tokenization of Amazon rainforest carbon credits.
  • Moss.earth is a Sao Paulo-based climate tech company pioneering digitization of environmental assets, starting with the conservation of the Amazon rainforest.

Leading climate tech Moss.earth announces US$ 10 million series A round to expand its web 3.0 applications in environmental markets

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Monday, January 31, 2022
Bitcoin, Growth, Gemini, Skybridge, Friction, Climate change, Heavy isotope diet, Biodiversity, Carbon, Coinbase, Forest, Celo, The Icelandic New Business Venture Fund, Non-fungible token, Gol, Cryptocurrency, Agriculture, Amazon, The Craftory

The round was led by SP Ventures and Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Jive, Flori (Celo), Arrington Capital and The Craftory.

Key Points: 
  • The round was led by SP Ventures and Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Jive, Flori (Celo), Arrington Capital and The Craftory.
  • Since its founding in March 2020, Moss has become one of the leading climate techs globally.
  • Moss has led the transition to web 3.0 in carbon markets, via the tokenization of Amazon rainforest carbon credits.
  • Moss.earth is a Sao Paulo-based climate tech company pioneering digitization of environmental assets, starting with the conservation of the Amazon rainforest.

The Craftory Invests $20M in DYPER, the World’s Most Sustainable, High Performance Diaper Brand

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Thursday, October 15, 2020
Environment, Women, Parenting, Children, Packaging, Baby, Maternity, MEN, Manufacturing, Family, Consumer, The Craftory, Undergarments, Articles, Babycare, Children's clothing, Infancy, Ernesto Schmitt, Diaper, Swango, Plastic bag, Consumer goods, Economy

The Craftory is investing $20 million into DYPER to support its expansion in the US and amplify its impact.

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  • The Craftory is investing $20 million into DYPER to support its expansion in the US and amplify its impact.
  • This makes diapers as environmentally dangerous as single use plastic bags with similar risks of micro plastics entering the environment.
  • DYPER is a subscription-based diaper service that delivers the highest quality bamboo-based compostable diapers directly to customer's doorstep each month.
  • Quotes from Ernesto Schmitt, Co-Founder & ArchCrafter at The Craftory, Sergio Radovic, CEO and Founder of DYPER, and Jamie Swango, Craft Partner Digital Amplification & Platforms at The Craftory listed here.

NotCo Closes $85 Million Series C Round and Announces US Expansion

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Data management, Retail, Technology, Other Technology, Software, Food, Beverage, Food, NotCo, Future Positive, L Catterton, The Craftory

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200909005240/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200909005240/en/
    NotCo Closes $85 Million Series C Round and Announces US Expansion (Photo: Business Wire)
    NotCo is an industry pioneer built using a proprietary technology that can match animal protein to its ideal replacement among thousands of plant-based ingredients.
  • NotCo is the only global company to launch products disrupting massive food and beverage segments, including dairy, eggs, and meat simultaneously.
  • NotCo is pursuing a fundamentally original way of replacing animal-based foods with more sustainable alternatives through the application of food science and innovative technology.
  • The companys co-founders, Matias Muchnick (CEO) and Karim Pichara (CTO), will be based in the U.S. to accelerate the expansion.

Pharmapacks Closes $40 Million Bridge Round Financing

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Thursday, September 3, 2020
Companies of the United Kingdom, The Craftory, Reckitt Benckiser, Reckitt and Sons, Companies, Industries

NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Pharmapacks, LLC ("Pharmapacks" or "Company"), a leading ecommerce enablement platform and retail seller for brands across major ecommerce marketplaces, today announced the closing of a $40 million bridge round financing which was led by Reckitt Benckiser, The Craftory, The Straus Group, The Emerson Group, and Sawaya Capital Partners.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Pharmapacks, LLC ("Pharmapacks" or "Company"), a leading ecommerce enablement platform and retail seller for brands across major ecommerce marketplaces, today announced the closing of a $40 million bridge round financing which was led by Reckitt Benckiser, The Craftory, The Straus Group, The Emerson Group, and Sawaya Capital Partners.
  • This follows Pharmapacks July growth financing of $150 million with GPI Capital and JPMorgan Chase Bank.
  • "We're excited to bring in new investors and welcome back long-term partners like RB and Emerson Group that have helped Pharmapacks continually reach new heights," said Pharmapacks CEO Andrew Vagenas.
  • Pharmapacks serves as a "launch pad" for emerging brands by giving a select amount of lesser-known brands access to the Pharmapacks' e-commerce platform and consumer base.

Capital Investment firm The Craftory Invests $20m in Present Life

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Friday, August 21, 2020
Finance, Fashion, Cosmetics, Retail, Professional services, The Craftory

The Craftory is investing $20m into Present Life.

Key Points: 
  • The Craftory is investing $20m into Present Life.
  • Present Life intends to use the funds to invest in product development, customer acquisition, and portfolio development.
  • Present Life uses cutting-edge science to unlock the true power of natural ingredients, including rapidly emerging actives like CBD.
  • We see Present Life as the home of the next generation of fearless and authentic consumer wellness and beauty brands.