• Besample

  Participated · Seed · May 2025

  Besample provides a platform enabling researchers and organizations to collect behavioral data across underrepresented regions worldwide. The company is led by CEO and Founder Elena Brandt and is based in New York City. It supports non-standard research methodologies, including large cross-cultural studies, behavioural games and experiments, longitudinal research, and non-independent (nested) observations. Besample operates across 42 countries and was cited in Nature in a study on global loneliness. The company plans to use new funding to grow its engineering and data science teams, deepen quality control features, and expand respondent reach in underserved regions. The article does not report revenue or user counts.

• Cult Mia

  Led · Seed · Nov 2023

  Cult Mia operates a luxury retail platform that blends curated fashion, social impact and data to benefit customers and brand partners. Founded in 2019 by Nina Briance, the company has delivered consistent triple-digit growth since launch. The platform reported Q3 2024 sales exceeding 200% growth versus 2023 and has achieved 4x GMV growth over the past 12 months, while operating at three times the efficiency of marketplace peers. The Middle East has organically become its second-largest market, posting more than 400% year-on-year growth in Q3. Management plans to use the new funding to accelerate global expansion, with a specific focus on the US and the Middle East. The company highlights strong customer retention and improving brand partnerships as drivers of its recent performance. Cult Mia is a London-based online marketplace that facilitates transactions between buyers and sellers. The company recently completed a seed financing round to support growth. The €4.6 million seed will be used to expand its operations internationally. No operating metrics or revenue figures are provided in the articles. The reporting focuses on the new capital infusion and the company’s plans for international expansion. Investors participating in the round are not named in the available article text. Cult Mia is an online marketplace curating sustainable and conscious luxury fashion, founded in October 2019 by Nina Briance. The platform operates a marketplace model with no inventory risk while capturing margins comparable to wholesale luxury retailers. It reports gross margins in the top 1% of the industry, a return rate 16% below the industry average, and customer-acquisition costs 31% more efficient than peers. Cult Mia hosts over 320 independent brands and serves customers in more than 42 countries. The company emphasizes proprietary platform technology and tech IP to accelerate product-to-market speed and sustainability. Planned uses of capital include automating platform technology, improving customer acquisition and retention efficiencies, and expanding the team to launch new product and service verticals in 2024.

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