Portfolio News & Press
Congratulations to We Are Colony, the VoD streaming platform for special and exclusive film content, for closing its round of funding after raising a $2m seed round.
Investors include Firestartr as well as New York media VC fund Archer Gray, Essex Innovation, and angel investors.
Firestartr has led a round of funding into Urban Massage, a platform powering on-demand beauty and wellness services ("Uber for massage"). The round was completed alongside existing investors Passion Capital, new investors Samos and Felix Capital, and a number of angels. It was announced on June 2nd in Techcrunch.
Tray.io has raised a seed round of $2.2m, which it will use to continue to build out its product as well as partnerships in Silicon Valley.
The round was led by True Ventures, with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Angelpad, and builds on the previous $600,000 angel round in which Firestartr participated.
Peak, the brain training app, raised a $7m Series A round in April 2015. It was led by Creandum and includes the participation of existing investors DN Capital, London Venture Partners (LVP) and Qualcomm Ventures.
Peak has now reached a total of $10m raised, and will use the additional capital to grow its team of neuroscientists and engineers, and to work towards its mission to map "the world's cognitive performance".
Congratulations to Yoyo Wallet on closing its Series A round and positioning itself for the next phase of growth!
An article by John Spindler on the London Co-Investment Fund's progress to date. Firestartr is proud to be partnering with LCIF to address the pre-Series A funding gap in London.
