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Brand incubator Harry’s Labs makes acquisition of D2C deodorant brand Lum?

TechCrunch

Harry’s Labs, the in-house incubator started by razor brand Harry’s Inc. The company was created by Dr. Shannon Klingman, a board-certified OB-GYN, in 2017 to develop a line of aluminum-free deodorants to help patients dealing with below-the-belt body odor. announced Monday it agreed to acquire Lum? ,

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LA-based A-Frame, a developer of celebrity-led personal care brands, raises cash for its brand incubator

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Joining Initialized in the round is the serial entrepreneur Moise Emquies, whose previous clothing lines, Ella Moss and Splendid, were acquired by the fashion holding company VFC in 2017. A-Frame previously raised a seed round backed by cannabis dispensary Columbia Care. The company’s first product is a hand soap, Keeper. The Honest Co.

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Dapper Labs, Flow, and NBA Top Shot

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Dapper Labs came out of an incubator called Axiom Zen back in 2017. But I am writing again as there is likely to be a bunch of chatter about Dapper, Flow, and NBA Top Shot as the news of a financing round comes out today. Financings don’t really interest me but companies do. And this is a fascinating company.

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New Startup Accelerator for Battery Innovation Accepting Applications

American Entrepreneurship

Binghamton University’s Koffman Southern Tier Incubator under the NENY initiative will run ChargeUp, utilizing its established format. The Koffman’s Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator program has much to tout, having fostered over 60 startup companies since 2017.

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Environmental solutions firm RiKarbon chooses to continue growing in Newark, Delaware

American Entrepreneurship

an early-stage company specializing in developing innovative technologies for carbon capture and utilization, has chosen to continue growing in its hometown of Newark, Delaware, with an expansion from its Delaware Technology Park incubator space to nearby Delaware Industrial Park. October 23, 2023 ) – RiKarbon Inc. ,

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SmartRyde, a Japanese online platform for airport transfers, spurs global expansion with Series A

TechCrunch

Sota Kimura, co-founder and CEO of SmartRyde, founded SmartRyde in 2017 after he experienced trouble getting a taxi from the airport to the hotel when he traveled abroad, Kimura told TechCrunch. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6 It will also use the funding for global expansion, Kimura said.

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OpenAI will give roughly 10 AI startups $1M each and early access to its systems

TechCrunch

Beyond Converge, surprisingly, there aren’t many incubator programs focused exclusively on AI startups. The Allen Institute for AI has a small accelerator that launched in 2017, which provides up to a $500,000 pre-seed investment and up to $450,000 in cloud compute credits.

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