The MBA Fund

🚀 Exciting News from Hue.! We’ve closed a $4.5M funding seed round led by our incredible partners at Fika Ventures and Underscore VC! A huge thank you to our team, VC partners (Arteen Arabshahi and Richard Dulude), and clients who are all on a mission to turn real customers into brands’ most powerful marketing channel. We’re beyond excited for this next chapter. Onward and upward! Thank you to all participating investors for supporting our journey: 💜 - Fika Ventures - Underscore VC - Glasswing Ventures - The MBA Fund - Google for Startups - Heirloom ventures (tristan walker) - Courtyard Ventures - The Graduate Syndicate - Phoenix Fund Go team! Janvi Shah Nicole Clay Sylvan Guo Holly Guenther Elena Allison Angel Catalan Noureen Shallwani #FundingNews #WomenInTech #PoweredByHue #HarvardBusinessschool

The venture capital world has changed and success now hinges on adaptability, resilience, as well as long-term growth. Iynna Halilou, General Partner of The MBA Fund, shared her insights with us and explained how while some ‘tourist VCs’ still chase hype cycles, most now focus on founders who can tackle real problems and demonstrate they have what it takes to scale responsibly. Speed is important, but even more critical is a team’s ability to navigate market shifts and drive meaningful results. It seems as the easy fundraising days are over; now it’s about proving your business can evolve and thrive in a more competitive landscape.

The venture capital world has changed and success now hinges on adaptability, resilience, as well as long-term growth. Iynna Halilou, General Partner of The MBA Fund, shared her insights with us and explained how while some ‘tourist VCs’ still chase hype cycles, most now focus on founders who can tackle real problems and demonstrate they have what it takes to scale responsibly. Speed is important, but even more critical is a team’s ability to navigate market shifts and drive meaningful results. It seems as the easy fundraising days are over; now it’s about proving your business can evolve and thrive in a more competitive landscape.

🚀 Exciting News from mbue! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that mbue has closed an oversubscribed $1.8 million pre-seed funding round! 🎉 This funding marks a significant milestone in our mission to revolutionize the architectural review process and eliminate costly mistakes in construction through advanced AI. A huge thank you to our incredible investors for believing in our vision and supporting us: Techstars, Geek Ventures, 2045 Capital, Spatial Capital, Factorial, Everywhere Ventures, The MBA Fund and our amazing angel investors. We’re just getting started, and there’s so much more to come! Stay tuned and join us on this exciting journey! 🙌 📄 Our official press release - for more details about this exciting news! https://lnkd.in/gEmEJ4G3 #AI #ConstructionTechnology #mbue #Contech #FundingNews #Innovation #Startup #AEC

I'm thrilled to announce our $10 million seed round, led by CRV with participation from Bloomberg Beta, SV Angel, Liquid 2 Ventures, Flex Capital, Travis May, Adam D'Angelo, and a number of fantastic angels and firms. Super energizing to have such a strong group supporting our vision to be the platform for AI training data. Access to training data is the biggest bottleneck to AI today, and we're building Protege to solve that problem. By empowering data holders and connecting them with AI developers, Protege supports the creation of thoughtful AI solutions. Excited for what's next! https://lnkd.in/etG-yrU9

Creatify 2.0 has arrived! 🥳 Marketers & creators, meet your new secret tool for high-performing video ads. AI Shorts and AI Editing deliver stunning results, fast. Increase traction, A/B test effortlessly, and create UGC-style content that converts. Check out our Product Hunt launch here: https://lnkd.in/eXuwzN3x

We are excited to share our most recent milestone! 📣 We raised $6.5M in Pre-Series A funding as we continue our mission to revolutionize healthcare access for SMEs in the Philippines and beyond! 🏥 “We’ve validated that SMEs love what we’ve built and now we want to reach more lives by accelerating our penetration of the underserved SME market in the Philippines,” shares Co-Founder and CEO Camille Ang. “We’ve seen promising results from our ‘test fast and fix things’ approach,” continues Co-Founder and President Jiawen Tang. “The new round of funding will help us accelerate this further.” Read more here: https://bit.ly/46ooCJw 💙 Gentree Fund BEENEXT Y Combinator The Graduate Syndicate Amasia Oak Drive Ventures, Inc. David Wells Edwin Mercado, MD, MHA, MMSc #HiveHealth #healthcare #HMO #SME #SMEs #startups #investors #venturecapital #startupfunding #startup #fundraise #funding #insurance #insurtech #philippines #startupphilippines

Today, I'm thrilled to announce Sybill's $11M Series A raise led by Greycroft with continued support from our awesome investors Powerhouse Ventures, Neotribe Ventures, and Uncorrelated VC. Almost 4 years ago, I started Sybill with Nishit, Soumyarka and Mehak. The initial idea was to capture the non-verbal cues of buyers on sales calls. In 2022, we evolved into building a world-class assistant for the modern seller. And we have been on a roll ever since. Over the last 18 months, Sybill grew revenue 15X, tripled headcount, serves over 500 customers, and laid the groundwork to redefine how a modern seller works. Reps are already saving over 2 hours each day with Sybill. Throughout this journey, I have seen many firsts - first business plan, first capital raise, first hire, first major setback, and countless others. These experiences have shaped who I am as a person. However, none of it would have been possible without the team at Sybill. Every day, I am surrounded by some of the smartest and most talented folks I have known in my life. I am incredibly proud to be building with this team. Excited to have Mark join the board! And a special shoutout to our advisors, Ashish, Tanuj, Jeff, Kathleen, Alex, Sri, Rish, Kumar, Matt to name just a few!