Home Chef
Acquired by Kroger
Home Chef is a direct-to-consumer meal kit company created to help families save time and money while savoring the taste and joy of real home cooking.
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Halo Cars
Acquired by Lyft
Halo Cars is revolutionizing out-of-home advertising while empowering rideshare drivers to earn additional income.
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Material Bank
Material Bank is modernizing global design by allowing architects and designers to discover samples from the world’s largest material marketplace and receive them within 24 hours.
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Terra Kaffe
Terra Kaffe provides a functional and sustainable solution for at-home coffee brewing, enabling coffee lovers to discover, design, and personalize their daily ritual.
Learn MoreConnexa is a team full of operators that quickly understood the needs of my business. They also made priceless connections along the way. They bring so much more than just capital to the table!Pat Vihtelic Founder/CEO, Home Chef
Connexa’s experience as both operators and investors has benefited Terra Kaffe across all aspects of the business, from corporate and funding strategy to hiring needs and finding the best talent.Sahand Dilmaghani Founder/CEO, Terra Kaffe
Connexa actively reached out to its network and connected us with multiple advertisers who became customers of our ad-tech product. Connexa was always able to connect us with someone who fit what we needed quickly.Kenan Saleh Founder/CEO, Halo Cars
Connexa has been a tremendous partner to Kickfin delivering on the value-added introductions that were promised when we were evaluating investment partners. The team packs tremendous BD firepower all while being great people to work with. We feel fortunate to have them alongside us as we continue to build and evolve the largest gratuity management & instant payments platform for restaurants & hospitality.Brian Hassan Founder/CEO, Kickfin
Recent Press
Actuate welcomes industry veteran Ken Francis as CEO
Actuate, a provider of vision-based AI monitoring solutions, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Ken Francis as CEO. With over two decades of experience at the helm of companies such as Eagle Eye Networks and AMAG Technology, Ken brings a proven track record in building and scaling global security technology businesses. He will lead Actuate’s continued global expansion, strengthen its channel partnerships, and advance its position as a fast-growing monitored video AI provider.
Fewer Small And Midsize Venture Funds Are Closing This Year
So far in 2024, just 118 small and midsized U.S. startup investors have raised new funds of $500 million or less, per Crunchbase data. That puts this year on pace to deliver by far the fewest new funds in the category in years, as charted below. Connexa Capital, based in Miami, raised over $20 million for a debut fund that will invest in early-stage technology and software companies.
Exclusive: Toothio secures $5M to continue expansion
Dental staffing company Toothio raised $5 million in unlabeled funding to continue its national expansion, CEO Ian Prendergast tells Axios exclusively.