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Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd. and Arevo Inc., a 3D-printing startup, have collaborated to manufacture a range of personalized carbon fiber bicycles motivated by and adorned with privately held NFT artworks. The alliance between Animoca and Arevo marks a major milestone in integrating the ‘matterverse’ to the ‘metaverse’ by combining distinct digital commodities with unique physical things.

Future product launches will combine Arevo’s capacity for mass customization of top-end carbon fibre goods with NFT-validated artworks from a variety of artist and owner groups.
Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, stated, “Arevo’s state-of-the-art carbon fibre 3D printing technique is a glimpse into the framework of the fully accessible metaverse that Animoca Brands is promoting – a Web3 vision in which customisation is common, digital possession is pervasive, and the ceiling between physical and digital goods falls.”

Capchase, the leading provider of non-dilutive capital for SaaS companies, today announced its entry into Germany.

Capchase expands to Germany, to close the funding gap for German SaaS companies

Spanish/American revenue-based capital provider Capchase has announced its entry into the German market as of today. This now brings the startup’s total number of countries served to 10 including the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland.

With VC activity slowing across the board and startups increasingly looking outside traditional routes of financing, RBF providers such as Capchase have stepped up to fill the void. Over the summer Capchase secured $400 million of its own in the way of debt funding.

With the capital infusion from GEM, Triller will be able to make additional acquisitions to strengthen its toolbox for the creator community and reach breakeven or profitability in the short-term

Triller Inc and GEM Global Yield LLC SCS has raised $310 million investment from GEM, the Luxembourg based private alternative investment group, in the form of a share subscription facility. Under the agreement, GEM will provide Triller with up to $310 million in equity capital for a 36-month term following a public listing of Triller’s common stock. With the capital infusion from GEM, Triller will be able to make additional acquisitions to strengthen its toolbox for the creator community and reach breakeven or profitability in the short-term.

Triller has been growing tremendously. At our inception in 2019, we were a zero-revenue company. Now, we are on track to break $100 million revenue this year. The Triller app has been downloaded more than 350 million times, and the company works with dozens of the world’s largest brands and thousands of top artists, disrupting the entire creator community,” said Mahi de Silva, CEO and chairman, Triller.

Elevate Security and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) today announced a strategic partnership that aligns Booz Allen’s world-class cybersecurity consulting services with Elevate’s industry-leading human cyber risk quantification and mitigation software to address the human element of cybersecurity risk. Booz Allen’s Commercial team will leverage Elevate’s vast cyber risk intelligence capabilities to deliver rapid risk assessments and provide deep visibility to organization-wide internal cyber risk. Additionally, Elevate will power the Booz Allen Commercial team’s Dynamic Cyber Trust solution, which adapts zero trust principles to individual risk scores, delivering cyber protection that minimizes insider risk while ensuring organizational productivity.

Capchase, a leading provider of non-dilutive financing to SaaS companies, has today announced a new integration with Xero, the global small business platform.

Through this integration, UK small business customers will be able to apply for growth capital via the Capchase app in the Xero App Store. Financial data will automatically be synced between Capchase and Xero, significantly streamlining the approval process. As a result, startup and scaling companies could receive funding in as little as 48 hours after they first apply.

The integration marks a significant step forward in embedded lending technology and access to alternative finance in the UK.

Worksphere, the Seattle-based startup building a platform to manage hybrid workplace experiences, has been acquired by San Francisco-based competitor Envoy.

Both companies sell software that helps employers manage how workers book desks and use physical office space.

Envoy launched in 2013 and raised $111 million in January. It also acquired desk reservation and scheduling startup OfficeTogether in August.

Envoy has grown alongside the pandemic-fueled adoption of hybrid work, and its customers include large enterprise customers such as Slack, Pinterest, Hulu, Stripe and Mazda, among others.

Worksphere was co-founded in September 2020 by CEO Aakhil Fardeen, CTO Mark Piper and Head of Growth Theresa Klaassen. They previously worked at Lish, a corporate catering startup that Fardeen started. With workers going remote when the pandemic hit, Lish’s business slowed — and that led to the creation of Worksphere.

Arena Club will provide a bridge between the physical and digital worlds of sports collecting while giving collectors a transparent grading process through computer vision and machine learning and a frictionless way to transact

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Arena Club, a groundbreaking new sports card collecting platform headlined by Co-Founder and CEO, Brian Lee and Founding Partner, Derek Jeter, has officially launched today. Arena Club will provide a bridge between the physical and digital worlds of sports collecting. All users on the platform will have their own showroom where they can buy, sell, trade and display their cards. Collectors want a transparent way to grade cards and a frictionless way to transact. Through technological advancements and an authentic community, Arena Club provides a convenient and consumer-friendly approach that will lead the revolution in this space.

Novi’s Award for the Innovation category will also be presented at the groundbreaking summit recognizing the most impactful and outstanding beauty brands

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , September 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Novi is a beauty industry game changer, making it easier than ever to source and procure sustainable packaging and ingredients guaranteed to meet the claims and standards that brands and retailers care about. It is fitting that this industry innovator is sponsoring and taking part in the BeautyMatter Next Awards Summit to celebrate the other influential players positively impacting the beauty industry. On September 15 in Los Angeles, Kimberly Shenk, Novi Co-Founder and CEO, will be speaking on a panel with Ulta Beauty and Versed, as well as sponsoring the first Innovation Award. The Innovation Award Categories are for Breakthrough Product, Breakthrough Supplier, Breakthrough Technology, Breakthrough Brand and Breakthrough Retailer and are awarded to the people who have profoundly affected the business of beauty by bringing about positive change and innovation. The NEXT Summit is presented by BeautyMatter, an essential resource for beauty industry executives, creatives, entrepreneurs, and suppliers and one of the most influential voices covering beauty by curating, cultivating, and creating content that informs and inspires those creating the future. BeautyMatter has launched its inaugural awards program to recognize the best in beauty across brands, retailers, suppliers, and agencies impacting the industry through their outstanding work. The NEXT Awards will become a benchmark for excellence and the ultimate accolade.

Longtime, Los Angeles area serial entrepreneur Brian Lee–the co-founder of such companies as LegalZoom, ShoeDazzle, and The Honest Company–along with sports figure Derek Jeter–have founded a new, Los Angeles-based startup called Arena Club. The new venture has raised $9M in funding, and is backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Defy.vc, and BAM Ventures. According to Arena Club, it allows sports card collectors to grade, buy, and sell their real, physical cards In a hybrid of the online- and physical- world, the startup has users send them their physical cards–stored in a vault controlled by the company–to enable easier trading of those cards through its platform.