Unicorn Nest news
Earth AI Raises $5.5M Seed+ Funding Round
– EARTH AI, a San Francisco, CA-based vertically-integrated mineral exploration company finding deposits of rare metals, raised $5.5m in Seed+ funding.
– Backers included 50 Years, DCVC, Metaplanet, Cantos Ventures, Promus Ventures, Gagarin Capital, Duro Ventures, Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt, and Arnoud Balhuizen, former Chief Commercial Officer of BHP.
– Led by Founder and CEO Roman Teslyuk, EARTH AI is a full-stack mineral exploration and mining company that has developed a technological process that allows it to find & assess rare metal deposits.
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Chef Robotics raises $7.7M to help automate kitchens
– San Francisco-based Chef Robotics raised $7.7m in combined pre-seed and seed round.
– The round was led by Kleiner Perkins, Promus Ventures, Construct, Bloomberg Beta, BOLD Capital Partners, Red and Blue Ventures, Gaingels, Schox VC, Stewart Alsop and Tau Ventures.
– The product team includes ex-employees of Cruise, Google, Verb Surgical, Zoox and Strateos.
– The company is building a robotics and vision system destined to increase production volume and enhance consistency, while removing some food waste from the process.
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Gwyneth Paltrow invests in The Expert, a video marketplace for high-end interior designers
– The Expert, a platform for video consultations with interior designers, has raised $3m seed funding.
– The round was led by Forerunner Ventures and joined by Sweet Capital, Promus Ventures, Golden Ventures, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, AD 100 designer Brigette Romanek and CEO/founder of goop, Gwyneth Paltrow.
– The Expert offers 1:1 video consultations with leading interior designers.
– The founders consist of Jake Arnold, a celebrity interior designer (who has worked with John Legend, Rashida Jones and Cameron Diaz among, others) and YC-alumni, Leo Seigal, who previously founded and sold Represent.com to CustomInk for $100 million in 2015.
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Smart home startup Deako raises $12.5M, says its light switches are becoming ‘industry standard’
– Seattle startup Deako Lighting raised $12.5m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Columbia Pacific Advisors and joined by Promus Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, Partech, Innolinks Ventures, and angels.
– The company plans to double its 25-person headcount this year.
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Ellipsis Drive Raises $2.3M in Funding
– Ellipsis Drive is a plug and play solution for using, sharing, and selling spatial data.
– The company raised $2.3m in seed funding.
– The round was led by Promus Ventures and Orbital Ventures.
– The new investment will be aimed at expanding the company’s business reach.
