• Hatch

  Participated · Series A · Oct 2015

  Hatch Baby develops connected baby-care hardware and companion software, including the Grow connected changing mat and the Rest children’s sleep-regulating light, plus a service that offers Q&A with childcare professionals. Its Alexa Skill already tracks diaper changes, nursing sessions, bottle feeds, sleeps and a baby’s weight. The company is expanding voice integrations and content for Amazon’s Alexa as part of a strategic partnership. Hatch plans to continue developing hardware and improving existing consumer products as part of its roadmap. Financially, Hatch has raised $18.7 million to date and was last valued around $36.5 million according to PitchBook. The company is currently working on its next round of funding. Hatch Baby builds connected baby-care hardware and software; its first product is the Smart Changing Pad, a diaper-changing pad with a built-in wireless scale and companion app. The Smart Changing Pad is taking pre-orders at a $199 pre-order price and was scheduled to ship in December. The companion app can be used without the pad and shows growth milestones based on World Health Organization guidance. The product aims to make weighing fidgety infants easier and to reduce unnecessary doctor visits by letting parents track nutrition and growth from home. Hatch Baby faces at least one competitor—Withings’ Smart Kid Scale, which retails for $179.95—but differentiates by combining a changing pad with a scale. The company plans to use new funding to complete the Smart Changing Pad, develop tech-based services for its user community, and eventually launch additional products.

• invino

  Participated · Series A · Jun 2013

  invino operates a private-sale site and fully integrated online wine distribution service providing members daily access to a curated selection of wines from artisan productions and well-known brands. The company is based in Sonoma, CA and was founded by Danielle Wein-Westfall and Tony Westfall, who serves as CEO. invino is launching inclub, a customizable wine club that lets members build subscriptions based on several metadata factors. Financially, the company recently closed Series A financing, raising over $3M. Backers on the round included DN Capital, Founders Fund, Launch Capital, Correlation Ventures, Veddis Ventures, Super Angels, Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin. There are no operating metrics disclosed in the article.

• SocialGO

  Participated · Equity · Feb 2011

  SocialGO is a community-building platform that previously positioned itself against the likes of Ning. The company is publicly listed on the AIM market in the UK. It has secured $2.2M in funding from nine institutions in its largest fundraising to date. The round was led by First Columbus, its secondary broker, and values the company at $24M. Prior to this raise it secured $800,000 from Veddis Ventures. The funding comes ahead of a needed relaunch noted in reporting on the company. SocialGO operates a platform for creating social networking sites that enables businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs to create online communities with full content and member control, monetization, and customization features. The company is described as London and Silicon Valley based and is part of Bright Things PLC, a public company quoted on London’s AIM Stock Exchange. In conjunction with a financing, Vikrant Bhargava of Veddis Ventures joined SocialGO’s board as a non-executive director. Bright Things has acquired Get On With It (GOWIT) Ltd., which has provided development and support services for SocialGO since 2007. GOWIT directors Stephen Hardman and Alex Halliday will join the board as joint managing directors. The company recently received an $800K investment from Gibraltar-based Veddis Ventures.

• Muzicall

  Participated · Equity · Nov 2009

  Muzicall operates and develops ringback tone services for major European telecommunications providers. Customers include Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange group companies. The company plans to expand further in Europe and says the new funding will accelerate that expansion. It received an additional €2.1m in venture capital from new investor Ventech four months after closing a €9m second round. Founded in 2004 and based in London, the company is backed by BlueRun Ventures LLC, Thule, ORKOS, Veddis Ventures, GP Bullhound and now Ventech. Management said the investment demonstrates investor faith in the potential of ringback tones. Muzicall provides ringback tone services to mobile operators. The company raised €9m (£8.2m) in its latest funding round to further implement its vision of making ringback tone services available to all European mobile phone users. The funds are intended to support expansion throughout Europe and to demonstrate that the revenue potential seen in Asia and the US can be realised in Europe. CEO Patrick Allainguillaume said the round puts the company in an excellent position to expand across Europe. Muzicall was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in London, UK and Glil Yam, Israel.

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