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From bootstrapped to a $2.1B valuation, ReCharge raises $227M for subscription management platform

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ReCharge , a provider of subscription management software for e-commerce, announced today that it has raised $227 million in a Series B growth round at a $2.1 With this round, ReCharge has raised a total of $277 million in funding. Customers include Harry’s, Oatly, Fiji Water, Billie and Native. billion valuation. .

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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

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SMART, which is co-founded by “Survivor: Fiji” champion Earl Cole and engineer Brian Yennie, worked with Padula and Creager, along with former NASA intern Calvin Young, to apply the benefits of SMA to the consumer market. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies.

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Liquid Death lands $75 million more to expand the brand

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Pointing to a beverage industry metric called ACV (for all-commodity volume) that represents the total annual sales volume of retailers, Cessario said that Fiji water has 90% ACV whereas Liquid Death was approaching just 9% at the end of 2021. Altogether, Liquid Death has now raised $125 million. that have yet to discover the brand.

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

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One Oceankind project that may raise eyebrows is its funding of research that strays into the controversial area of geoengineering. Page and his family are reported to have spent much of the pandemic in Fiji. I don’t know anything about Larry Page’s preferences,” says Gardiner.

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The Station: Uber’s new battles in the UK, Lucid Motors’ second life plans and Cruise acquires Voyage

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” I might have raised an eyebrow or two when I first read this announcement. The company raised $275 million in a Series D round back in September 2019. Voyage had 60 employees and raised about $52 million compared to giants like Cruise that has a nearly 2,000-person workforce and is valued at $30 billion.