Congrats to PLUS Principal, @laurbmiller, on being named one of 2022’s Top Rising Stars in VC by @BusinessInsider! We are proud to have her on our investing team & look forward to seeing all that she will achieve in the years to come! 🌟 https://t.co/EN8iaYeXUt
Thank you to @THR for recognizing PLUS Capital's @ALilling & Amanda Groves as Top Dealmakers in Hollywood for 2022! We are proud to play an integral role in the Hollywood ecosystem related to venture advisory. Check out the full list here:
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baby’s first cell-grown salmon 🍣 thank you @wildtypefoods for the amazing nigiri, sushi and poke ft. the purest fish any of us has ever eaten. & time for more events on the new @plusvc rooftop!
Rumble Kong League raises $4.5M!
It's showtime! We are announcing our Seed funding round, introducing our kickass partners, enabling us to grow RKL to new heights.
Read all about it here 👇
https://t.co/5ESC4HmOtO
1 in 3 items we see when we walk into a grocery store are thrown away. beyond wasted food, this means wasted truck emissions getting product to shelf, water usage growing crops, etc.
excited to back @ShelfEngine with our clients to help solve this issue
https://t.co/1XNxu0H54G
Group fitness class provider F45 Training went public last week, valuing the business at ~$1.4 billion.
The interesting part: Mark Wahlberg's investment firm made at least $200 million from a 2019 investment.
That's about $100M more than he made from acting in 2019 & 2020.
In pandemic:
Postmates sold for $2.6 billion
GrubHub being sold for $7 billion
DoorDash paid CEO $410 million
Uber Eats revenue up 152%
They charge restaurants 30% fees and don't pay drivers minimum wage or benefits.
Support restaurants directly.
We @plusvc are excited to continue to back @workrise as they transform the future of work. Expansion into wind, solar, commercial construction and defense industries speaks to this team's perseverance. Congrats to Xuan and the rest of the team!
https://t.co/wEX4LKVxbA
we at @plusvc (+ some of our awesome canadian clients) are pumped to back the @Wealthsimple team as they revolutionize fintech in canada, making products we take for granted in the US - like peer-to-peer cash transfers and regulated crypto trading - accessible to all canadians
Very excited to share the news of a new round to accelerate our mission of helping everyone achieve financial freedom. We're hiring - come join to build the best possible financial tools and services, and make them accessible to everyone! https://t.co/m7ALKvtxxo
We are honored to welcome Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex as BetterUp’s first Chief Impact Officer.
Learn more about how he will work to champion the importance of focusing on preventative mental fitness and human potential worldwide.
https://t.co/MCAIADrdfc
before @BetterUp, coaching in the workplace always had the word “executive” in front of it. excited for @plusvc to continue to back a business making employees’ lives better, both in & outside of the workplace
We are excited to announce our $125 M Series D funding round and $1.73 billion valuation. This funding will fuel new product innovation and enable us to help more people feel and perform at their best. #tech#innovation#betterus Learn more: https://t.co/PihOZHuCu3
.@nba_topshot hit $45M GMV over the last 24 hours, which annualizes to $16B... that’s more than @Etsy did last year.
If speculators are being described as fans & collectors, should we call NBA players creators?
We @plusvc feel very fortunate to be a small part of the @sayweeeofficial journey & can't wait for all of the exciting times ahead.
Stay tuned for some exciting updates about our artists' involvement & download the app to try it out!
https://t.co/o2UcNB3DY5
The biggest problem with the well-funded third-party delivery apps is they've hooked consumers on an unrealistic (free!) price for a good that should cost so much more https://t.co/B4UOt2EUds
with rising CAC + rising #bland levels on insta, the smartest DTC brands are reallocating spend to sweat equity deals to better tell their stories
great article / thanks for helping explain why my insta feed is so boring @ahhensel@modernretail
https://t.co/lyRZrNjwZV