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We're excited to share some updates at Concentro! 🚀 Over the summer, we raised a $3M seed round led by firstminute capital with participation from LifeX Ventures, Silence, Plug and Play Tech Center, Avesta Fund, Calafia Iberia, a doubling down from our pre-seed investors J Ventures, Dorm Room Fund, & Contour Venture Partners, as well as participation from a host of amazing strategic angels. We couldn’t be more happy with the investor group we’ve assembled. The round will help us accelerate towards our goal of making tax credit transfers seamless and accessible for clean energy developer sellers as well as corporate and individual buyers. Moreover, it will give us the resources to build the right technology tools to streamline transactions and diligence, as well as to launch financing products beyond tax credit transfers, in line with our mission to create a one-stop-shop for clean energy projects to get financed. Since the fundraise, we have been keeping very busy: - We have over $300m in tax credits ready to be financed on the platform across more than 60 developers. - We closed multiple transactions, including transacting with a Fortune 50 all the way down to closing one of the smallest transactions ($99k!) in the industry. - We assembled a stellar team that we are incredibly excited about. - We have made exciting inroads in developing AI tools to enhance underwriting processes and unlocking smaller scale transactions (under $10M). We recently spoke with Jennifer P. Roig at NPM US (New Project Media) who wrote a piece on all things Concentro, you can find a link in the comments👇. We’re grateful to our team, investors, & partners who have been part of our journey so far, and are excited for what’s to come! CC: Brett Schneider, Enrique Apellaniz, Anna Lulushi, Marcos Pardo García, Tom Stilwell, Liz Studlick Sam Endacott, Will Wells, Adriana Vitagliano, John Nordin, Inaki Berenguer, Borja Moreno de los Rios, Guilherme Penna, Srikant Vasan, George Damouny, Molly Fowler, Owen Davis, Gioia Cerbelli, Jason Liao, Anthony Valente, Felipe Morenés Botín, Hugo Arévalo Álvarez-Arenas, Miguel Fernandez Larrea, Przemek Gotfryd, Ignacio Bachiller Ströhlein, Felipe Navío, Ángel Agudo, Duncan Grierson. #cleanenergy #taxcredits #projectfinance #seedround

It’s a big day for Vooma. We’re thrilled to announce that Vooma has secured $16.6M in Seed and Series A funding from Craft Ventures, Index Ventures, and other leaders in the logistics industry. Mike and I started Vooma to empower the women and men who keep America’s economy running. We want to give them the best AI tools to win and execute more freight. Everyday logistics operators are bogged down by hundreds of repetitive tasks that distract them away from building relationships and solving complex problems. We believe we can change that. So today we’re also announcing Vooma Agents – the first multi-channel AI platform built for logistics. It’s the foundation for building autonomous agents with freight expertise that can execute complex workflows across email, voice and text. We’re also introducing Vooma Voice, which gives Vooma Agents the ability to make and receive calls - critical to many freight workflows. We’re grateful to our customers, partners, Voomers and investors for believing in our vision. We’re just getting started. Let’s Vooma! Shoutout to Grace Sharkey 🚛🤖💙 and FreightWaves for covering the news, and check out our blog for more details (links in comments). Keep an eye out for opportunities to join this rocketship! 🚀

🚀 Exciting News from Hue.! We’ve closed a $4.5M funding seed round led by our incredible partners at Fika Ventures and Underscore VC! A huge thank you to our team, VC partners (Arteen Arabshahi and Richard Dulude), and clients who are all on a mission to turn real customers into brands’ most powerful marketing channel. We’re beyond excited for this next chapter. Onward and upward! Thank you to all participating investors for supporting our journey: 💜 - Fika Ventures - Underscore VC - Glasswing Ventures - The MBA Fund - Google for Startups - Heirloom ventures (tristan walker) - Courtyard Ventures - The Graduate Syndicate - Phoenix Fund Go team! Janvi Shah Nicole Clay Sylvan Guo Holly Guenther Elena Allison Angel Catalan Noureen Shallwani #FundingNews #WomenInTech #PoweredByHue #HarvardBusinessschool

The venture capital world has changed and success now hinges on adaptability, resilience, as well as long-term growth. Iynna Halilou, General Partner of The MBA Fund, shared her insights with us and explained how while some ‘tourist VCs’ still chase hype cycles, most now focus on founders who can tackle real problems and demonstrate they have what it takes to scale responsibly. Speed is important, but even more critical is a team’s ability to navigate market shifts and drive meaningful results. It seems as the easy fundraising days are over; now it’s about proving your business can evolve and thrive in a more competitive landscape.

The venture capital world has changed and success now hinges on adaptability, resilience, as well as long-term growth. Iynna Halilou, General Partner of The MBA Fund, shared her insights with us and explained how while some ‘tourist VCs’ still chase hype cycles, most now focus on founders who can tackle real problems and demonstrate they have what it takes to scale responsibly. Speed is important, but even more critical is a team’s ability to navigate market shifts and drive meaningful results. It seems as the easy fundraising days are over; now it’s about proving your business can evolve and thrive in a more competitive landscape.

🚀 Exciting News from mbue! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that mbue has closed an oversubscribed $1.8 million pre-seed funding round! 🎉 This funding marks a significant milestone in our mission to revolutionize the architectural review process and eliminate costly mistakes in construction through advanced AI. A huge thank you to our incredible investors for believing in our vision and supporting us: Techstars, Geek Ventures, 2045 Capital, Spatial Capital, Factorial, Everywhere Ventures, The MBA Fund and our amazing angel investors. We’re just getting started, and there’s so much more to come! Stay tuned and join us on this exciting journey! 🙌 📄 Our official press release - for more details about this exciting news! https://lnkd.in/gEmEJ4G3 #AI #ConstructionTechnology #mbue #Contech #FundingNews #Innovation #Startup #AEC

I'm thrilled to announce our $10 million seed round, led by CRV with participation from Bloomberg Beta, SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Flex Capital, Travis May, Adam D'Angelo, and a number of fantastic angels and firms. Super energizing to have such a strong group supporting our vision to be the platform for AI training data. Access to training data is the biggest bottleneck to AI today, and we're building Protege to solve that problem. By empowering data holders and connecting them with AI developers, Protege supports the creation of thoughtful AI solutions. Excited for what's next! https://lnkd.in/etG-yrU9