Red Sea Ventures

The landscape of consumer venture capital has greatly evolved in recent years, with some investors pulling back and others doubling down. And it’s not always obvious which firms remain bullish. To support early-stage founders as they fundraise, Headline's Consumer Team put together a comprehensive list of U.S. pre-seed and seed consumer VCs investing in areas like consumer technology, consumer marketplaces, prosumer software, consumer subscription, and CPG / eComm. This curated resource is designed to help founders find a best-fit partner for their next phase of growth. Did we miss someone? Nominate a venture firm that actively invests in pre-seed and seed consumer startups here: https://lnkd.in/gMcyPQWX Want access to our full list for easy use? Click here: https://lnkd.in/dim3pE7R Jett Fein Matthew Brown Georgina McMillan Zehra Naqvi

https://lnkd.in/gwhrJ5Ug Super pumped to bring the Mesa Homeowners Card to the world. This is a huge milestone on our journey to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding. If that's a mission you believe in - please reach out. We are hiring!

⏰ 15+ years ago, we had an idea: build software 💻 to help communities better organize sports. 🏞⚽🧢🚗🏅 Today, we’re excited to welcome new teammates to help us continue working towards that goal! 🎯🥇 At LeagueApps, we deeply believe that youth sports should be an amazing experience for all. We’re energized to keep teaming up with the thousands of sports operators we proudly call partners. ⚽🏀🏐 Personally, I’m filled with gratitude and appreciation for everyone who helped us get here - Our partners, investors, LeagueApps team members, LeagueApps alumni, FundPlay Foundation and everyone who helps make sports happen 🙏❤️ 🤝 Jeremy Goldberg and I are thrilled to lead the LeagueApps team into this next phase, and we couldn’t be more excited to do it alongside both new and existing investors, including Accel-KKR, Arctos, Contour Venture Partners, and others! 🚀 #PlayForever

Homeownership is the most expensive it’s been in a generation with consumers spending over one third of their income on their home. As a country, Americans spend over $6T annually on homeownership — more than defense, social security, and healthcare combined. It’s no longer just a housing problem - it’s a home cost crisis. That hurts a lot of people and their finances. It hurts all of us too, because homeownership is essential to the economy and to our communities. Other businesses vie for your loyalty by giving you something back. Buy a lot of coffee at Starbucks, get one for free. Fly Delta enough, get an upgrade. Book a hotel with Marriott, earn points to spend. But the one thing you spend the most on – your home and all that comes with it? No one rewards that. But that’s about to change. Today, we’re excited to announce Mesa: the first homeowner membership platform. The Mesa Homeowner Membership platform gives value back for every dollar members spend on their home. Our first products are the Mesa Mortgage Marketplace and the Mesa Homeowners Card. Mesa rewards points can be redeemed at partner brands, used to book travel, or reinvested back into your home by paying down your outstanding mortgage balance or applying Mesa points towards a down payment. Mesa has brought together some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world to help solve the home cost crisis. Our strategic partners like Visa help power our mission as part of the Mesa Homeowners Network™. Our team brings decades of experience from world class companies like Uber, Robinhood, Block, Bilt Rewards, Capital One, and American Express. This includes leaders like Shannon Cusick, our Head of Partnerships who led business development at Peloton and American Express, Tina Moore, our GM of Card & Rewards who was on the founding team at Bilt Rewards, and CFO Nadia Asoyan, the first finance hire at Robinhood. To build on our momentum, we’ve raised a $9.2M round of financing to grow our team, expand our membership offerings, and add more brand and financial partners to the Mesa Homeowners Network. The $7.2 million seed funding was led by Streamlined Ventures, with Starting Line, Assurant Ventures, Vera Equity, RWT Horizons, Clocktower Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, FJ Labs, WISE Ventures, LLC, and several other firms joining. Executives from companies like Ramp, Robinhood, Opendoor, and Alloy also invested. We received an additional $2 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank. At Mesa, we’re on a mission to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding. If that’s something you believe in, please reach out.

⚡ Big news! Today marks an exciting new chapter in the journey Philip Charm and I started together in 2021. Climate Club is now Clarasight! Carbon Planning & Analysis is not just a software category, it is the ability to manage emissions reduction planning with the the same rigor, confidence and accountability as financial planning. As we all know, "failing to plan is planning to fail" and we've built an incredible product to ensure companies succeed ahead. If you'd like a demo, let me know. We've been thrilled to partner with amazing customers with over $1T in market cap, and today we're announcing an incredible new advisory board as well. 🌟 Scott Gillespie, Industry Advisor at tClara 🌟 Erika Murdock Balbuena Head of ESG at Robinhood 🌟 Glenn Thorsen, Global Sustainability Lead at FCM Travel Consulting 🌟 Patrick W. Diemer Co-Founder & Board Chair of BT4Europe 🌟 Chrissa Pagitsas Founder and Principal at Pagitsas Advisors Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dZSZVp3W #Clarasight #CarbonPlanning #CarbonAnalysis #ClimateClub #Sustainability #BusinessTravel #SustainableTravel #Software