The new fund comes as the global sports technology market is poised to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 17.5% to reach $40.2 billion by 2026.
Virtual meeting platform Vowel raises $13.5M, aims to cure meeting fatigue
Vowel’s meeting operating system has the goal of making meetings more useful before, during and after.
Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round
The mobile app that provides information and reviews on barbers for potential customers while also managing appointments, mobile payments and pricing on the back end for barbers.
Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes
Clootrack is a real-time customer experience analytics platform that helps brands understand why customers stay or churn
SimpliFed serves up $500,000 pre-seed toward infant nutrition support
SimpliFed’s platform is a judgement-free zone providing evidence-based information on nutritional health for babies.
Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls
Goodcall’s free cloud-based conversational platform leverages artificial intelligence to manage incoming business phone calls and boost customer service while assisting to other patrons.
General Catalyst, Abstract back Wanderlog’s $1.5M round for collaborative travel
The free itinerary maker and road trip planner takes the best parts of Google Docs and Maps and enables users to import the information and map out their trips with others.
Compound Foods brews up $4.5M to make coffee without beans
Compound Foods uses synthetic biology to create coffee without coffee beans by extracting molecules.
Octane banks $2M for flexible billing software
Octane, a metered SaaS billing system, helps vendors create a plan, monitor usage and charge in a similar way to Snowflake and AWS.
Quip’s new $100M round will usher in more than just clean teeth
Quip is focused on growth, innovation and community building among its over 7.5 million customers in 100 countries.