After launching its award-winning soundproof Phone Booth, ROOM continues to explore new ways to reinvent the workplace and make certain the needs of today’s modern office workers are met. The company, founded in 2018, is in the midst of preparing for the launch of three new solutions designed for focused work and collaboration. The flexibility […]
Startups
Sanzo Raises $1.3M For the First Asian-Inspired Sparkling Water Brand
Sandro Roco, self-financed Sanzo, an Asian-inspired sparkling water brand, for a few years, which meant (pre-pandemic) taking subways with a hand truck, Ubers at 6AM to beat traffic (and surge pricing) and meeting 1:1 with customers, retail partners, and suppliers. Today, the product is found in Whole Foods throughout the Northeast, available direct-to-consumer, and the business is profitable. Roco shares some insight into how the recent popularity of Asian culture in America inspired the launch of Sanzo, self-funding the company, operating as a solo founder, and the experience of raising capital primarily through angel investors rather than funds.
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/6/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/6/2020 featuring funding details for Sanzo, Orum.io, and much more.
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Smalls Raises Another $9M for its Direct-to-Consumer Cat Food Brand
Despite cats as pets outnumbering the number of dogs, cats have been overlooked with most of the focus on our canine friends, and much of the products for cats are really just repurposed from dog-centric offerings. Smalls is the direct-to-consumer human-grade cat food brand designed specifically for cats and their loyal owners. AlleyWatch caught up with CEO and Cofounder Matt Michaelson to learn more about building a cat-centric brand in a dog-centric world, the company’s biology-based approach, and recent funding round from investors that include Left Lane Capital, Founder Collective, and Companion Fund.
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/5/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/5/2020 featuring funding details for ROOM, Smalls, and much more.
KUDO Raises $6M to Make Multilingual Web Meetings Seamless
In 2017, KUDO launched its Language-as-a-Service platform to support multilingual web conferences and events. The pandemic has exacerbated the need for these services and the company has gone from interpreting 200 thousand minutes to roughly 30 million minutes per month. CEO and Cofounder Fardad Zabetian shares some more about the impressive traction, expansion plans, and recent round of funding from investors that include Felicis, Global Founders Capital, ID8 Investments, and Advancit Capital.
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/4/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/4/2020 featuring funding details for Radish, Yotpo, and much more.
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The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 8/3/2020
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/3/2020 featuring funding details for MikMak and much more.