Tag: led

  • Giraffe360 raises $10M Series B financing led by Cipio Partners

    Giraffe360, an AI-powered real estate marketing technology company, has closed a $10 million Series B funding round led by Cipio Partners. Existing investors, including Founders Fund, which led the company’s Series A, as well as Hoxton Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, and Change Ventures, also participated in the round. Giraffe360 is focused on transforming how real estate read more

    Giraffe360 raises M Series B financing led by Cipio Partners
  • Sotheby’s to Auction $130 M. Robert Mnuchin Collection Led by $70–100 M. Rothko Painting

    Sotheby’s is preparing to bring works from the collection of the late dealer and financierRobert Mnuchinto auction this May in New York, adding a fresh trove of blue-chip material to a season the house hopes will build on its blockbuster November and a strong start to the spring sales. The consignment is made up of read more

    Sotheby’s to Auction 0 M. Robert Mnuchin Collection Led by –100 M. Rothko Painting
  • Christie’s Nabs $450 M. S.I. Newhouse Cache, Led by Pollock, Picasso, and Brancusi Masterworks

    Treasures priced at $100 million by 20th-century masters Jackson Pollock and Constantin Brancusi will lead Christie’s New York’s marquee May art sales, coming from the collection of media magnate S. I. Newhouse, Artnet News has revealed. While Christie’s has yet to confirm Artnet’s report, those two estimates, if met, would far exceed those artists’ current read more

    Christie’s Nabs 0 M. S.I. Newhouse Cache, Led by Pollock, Picasso, and Brancusi Masterworks
  • Frieze Week LA: Mobile LED truck displays Epstein emails

    Artist Tod Lippy has been following reports about art world figures who maintained friendships and correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—even after his crimes were public—and been left with the nagging sense that the consequences have been too mild. Billionaire collector Leon Black still sits on the board of New York’s Museum of Modern read more

    Frieze Week LA: Mobile LED truck displays Epstein emails
  • Grodi raises €2.5M led by Swanlaab to advance greenhouse automation

    Grodi, a company focused on autonomous robotics and computer vision for intensive agriculture, has secured a €2.5 million investment round led by Swanlaab Innvierte Agri FoodTech, with participation from Axon Desarrollo Andalucía and Innvierte, SICC del CDTI. Founded in 2022 in Almería by Samuel Ruíz, Natalia Gálvez, and Ana Molina, Grodi has built a multidisciplinary read more

    Grodi raises €2.5M led by Swanlaab to advance greenhouse automation
  • Sotheby’s to Auction Jean and Terry de Gunzburg Collection, Led by Claude Lalanne Mirrors and $15 M. Rothko

    Sotheby’s is about to turn a pair of very polished lives into a two-part auction season. In April and May, the house will present roughly 135 works from the collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg, carrying a combined estimate of $67 million to $99 million. The first chapter arrives on April 22 with a read more

    Sotheby’s to Auction Jean and Terry de Gunzburg Collection, Led by Claude Lalanne Mirrors and  M. Rothko
  • Swiss CLIMATEX secures €3.5M in round led by Collateral Good

    CLIMATEX AG, a Swiss textile technology company focused on circular textile technologies and patented solutions, has closed a €3.5 million (CHF 3.2 million) financing round led by the Collateral Good Textile & Fashion Innovation Fund, with participation from existing investors. CLIMATEX develops advanced material and construction technologies designed to enable circularity across the apparel and read more

    Swiss CLIMATEX secures €3.5M in round led by Collateral Good
  • $1M+ raise for construction startup Arctis AI led by former fencing champion Dila Ekrem

    The construction and real estate sector is Europe’s largest industry, yet it remains largely dependent on manual and disconnected processes. This inefficiency is becoming critical as the sector faces a massive wave of activity, driven by a €584 billion requirement for power grid upgrades and an estimated €500 billion in transport infrastructure modernisations across Europe read more

    M+ raise for construction startup Arctis AI led by former fencing champion Dila Ekrem
  • Art Gallery of Ontario Trustee Reportedly Led Push Against Acquiring Nan Goldin Work

    A trustee at the Art Gallery of Ontario advised an acquisitions committee at the museum not to acquire a Nan Goldin piece because of the artist’s statements on Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a new report by the Globe and Mail. The same publication previously reported that the museum had sought the acquisition of read more

    Art Gallery of Ontario Trustee Reportedly Led Push Against Acquiring Nan Goldin Work
  • Spot Ship closes £1M round led by Ventures.eu to modernise ship chartering

    Spot Ship, the SaaS platform modernising global ship chartering, has raised £1 million in a round led by Ventures.eu, marking the Lisbon-based VC fund’s first investment from Fund I. The round included Improbable CEO Herman Narula, industry specialists, Tradeworks.vc and Marcel Kind. Spot Ship is a British cloud-based company focused on improving efficiency in maritime read more

    Spot Ship closes £1M round led by Ventures.eu to modernise ship chartering
  • PolyModels Hub secures £7M investment led by Molten Ventures and Marathon VC

    London-based PolyModels Hub has secured a £7 million Series A investment from Molten Ventures, in partnership with Marathon VentureCapital. PolyModels Hub is a biotech software company developing the digital backbone for biopharma process development, reshaping how medicines are designed, developed, and manufactured. The company combines AI, advanced modelling, and data-driven workflows to help teams move read more

    PolyModels Hub secures £7M investment led by Molten Ventures and Marathon VC
  • NcodiN secures €16M seed investment led by MIG Capital

    NcodiN, a French deeptech startup, has secured a €16 million seed investment led by MIG Capital AG through its MIG Fonds 17 and 18. The round also includes participation from Maverick Silicon, PhotonVentures, and Verve Ventures, along with continued support from existing investors Elaia, Earlybird, and OVNI. Founded in 2023 by Fabrice Raineri (CSO), Bruno read more

    NcodiN secures €16M seed investment led by MIG Capital