DealMakers

Brenden Millstein is CEO & Co-founder of Carbon Lighthouse which is on a mission to stop climate change by making it easy and profitable for building owners to cut carbon emissions caused by wasted energy. The company has raised over $130 million from investors like Elemental Excelerator, CEAS Investments, Cox Enterprises, SV Tech Ventures, The Social Entrepreneurs Fund, JCI Ventures, and GRC SinoGreen Fund to name a few. The post Brenden Millstein On Raising $133 Million To Help Industrial Buildings Become Carbon Neutral first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Brenden Millstein On Raising $133 Million To Help Industrial Buildings Become Carbon Neutral appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Andrew Collins is the co-founder and CEO of Bungalow which is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. The company has raised $68 million from Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Maverick Ventures, Cherubic Ventures, Coatue Management, UpHonest Capital, Wing Venture Capital, CAA Ventures, Atomic, Nine Four Ventures, and A-Rod Corp. The post Andrew Collins On Raising $68 Million To Reinvent How You Live With Roommates first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Andrew Collins On Raising $68 Million To Reinvent How You Live With Roommates appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Will Glaser is the founder and CEO of Grabango which is a provider of checkout-free shopper technology for existing stores. Prior to Grabango, Will co-founded Pandora (internet radio and recommendation services) which was acquired for $3.5 billion. The post Will Glaser: From Selling Pandora For $3.5 Billion To Eliminating The Checkout Process For Shoppers first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Will Glaser: From Selling Pandora For $3.5 Billion To Eliminating The Checkout Process For Shoppers appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Sacha Labourey is the co-founder and CEO of CloudBees which develops an end-to-end automated software delivery system that allows companies to balance governance and developer freedom. The company has raised over $100 million from investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, Verizon Ventures, HSBC, Delta-v Capital, Blue Cloud Ventures, Unusual Ventures, and Golub Capital to name a few. The post Sacha Labourey On Raising $100 Million To Build The First End-To-End Automated Software Delivery System first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Sacha Labourey On Raising $100 Million To Build The First End-To-End Automated Software Delivery System appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Derrick Fung is the co-founder and CEO of Drop which is an intelligent mobile rewards platform for debit and credit cards. The company has raised over $70 million from investors such as NEA, ff Venture Capital, Sierra Ventures, CRCM Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, Hedgewood, White Star Capital, HIGHLINEvc, and RBC Capital, to name a few. The post Derrick Fung On Raising $70 Million To Reward Loyal Shoppers With Gift Cards first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Derrick Fung On Raising $70 Million To Reward Loyal Shoppers With Gift Cards appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Jaron Waldman is the cofounder of Curbside which develops a mobile application to find, buy, and pick up products from stores. The company raised $60 million before its acquisition by Rakuten. Prior to this Jaron Waldman founded Placebase which he sold to Apple.  The post Jaron Waldman: His First Business Failed, Then He Sold His Second To Apple, And Just Sold His Third One To Rakuten For Millions first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Jaron Waldman: His First Business Failed, Then He Sold His Second To Apple, And Just Sold His Third One To Rakuten For Millions appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Yinglian Xie is the co-founder and CEO of DataVisor which is a fraud detection company powered by transformational AI technology. The company has raised $100 million from investors like NEA, Sequoia, GSR Ventures, and Genesis Capital.  The post Yinglian Xie On Raising $100 Million To Fight Fraud With AI-Powered Solutions first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Yinglian Xie On Raising $100 Million To Fight Fraud With AI-Powered Solutions appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Saar Yoskovitz is the cofounder and CEO of Augury which is an Industrial IoT company that brings predictive maintenance to new markets with cutting-edge machine learning and AI technology. The company has raised over $60 million from top tier investors such as Lerer Hippeau, First Round Capital, Insight Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Pritzker Group, Formation 8, Sound Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures to name a few.  The post Saar Yoskovitz On Raising $60 Million To Listen To Machines And Tell You What‘s Wrong first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Saar Yoskovitz On Raising $60 Million To Listen To Machines And Tell You What‘s Wrong appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Mitchell Kahn is the co-founder and CEO of Grassroots Cannabis which is a grower, processor, and dispenser, of medical cannabis in over four states including Maryland. The company raised over $90 million and was recently acquired in a reported $875 million deal.  The post Mitchell Kahn: This Lawyer Turned Entrepreneur Just Sold His Cannabis Business For $900 Million first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Mitchell Kahn: This Lawyer Turned Entrepreneur Just Sold His Cannabis Business For $900 Million appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Peter Reinhardt is the cofounder and CEO of Segment which provides a customer data infrastructure that helps businesses put their customers first. The company has raised $300 million from top tier investors such as Accel, Google Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Thrive Capital, NEA, Kleiner Perkins, and General Catalyst to name a few.  The post Peter Reinhardt On Failing Twice Before Raising $300 Million For His Startup first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Peter Reinhardt On Failing Twice Before Raising $300 Million For His Startup appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.