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Los Angeles Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Cafeteria Raises $3-Million Growth Round to Expand Gen Z Insights
Cafeteria, a consumer insights platform that enables Gen Z and Alpha to earn for direct and private brand insights, announced a $3-million growth round, valuing the company at $22 million. The round adds participation from Marquee Ventures, Listen Ventures and Thayer Investment Partners. With the new capital, it is set to expand AI capabilities and scale data infrastructure to transform unstructured text and voice into actionable insights. 'We are reimagining the relationship between Generation Next and brands by delivering them a platform for work and private insights software for clients. Our text and voice data are compounding, and we are investing in AI capabilities that are truly in-context of the generation,' said Rishi Malhotra, chief executive and co-founder of Cafeteria, in a statement. Since January, the company has more than doubled its userbase and tripled the volume of insights produced. Brands across fashion, beauty and consumer goods are utilizing its teen-to-brand operating system and enterprise software for authentic Gen Next intelligence. Brand partners include category leaders across beauty, retail and consumer goods. Cafeteria previously raised a multimillion-dollar seed round in July 2024, led by Collaborative Fund and Imaginary Ventures, with additional participation from Bertelsmann and music mogul Guy Oseary, that valued the company at $12 million. Information for this article was sourced from Cafeteria.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Landbase Raises $30 Million Series A to Help Businesses Find Their Next Customer
Co-led by Picus Capital and Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, the round will accelerate Landbase's expansion — bringing its AI go-to-market platform to more businesses looking to launch sales and marketing campaigns in minutes, not months SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Landbase, the agentic AI company transforming how businesses grow, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Sound Ventures — the AI-focused fund co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary — and returning investor Picus Capital. The raise also included strong participation from other existing backers, including 8VC, A*, Firstminute Capital and TheGP, underscoring continued conviction in Landbase's growth and mission. The new funding will support Landbase's continued investment in GTM-1 Omni, its proprietary domain-specific AI model, and accelerate its mission to make go-to-market (GTM) faster, cheaper and better for every B2B business. Landbase helps B2B companies find their next customer by generating highly personalized sales campaigns using predictive intelligence. With just a prompt, businesses can target the right audience, create tailored messages optimized to close and launch campaigns across channels. "We've seen real momentum because the challenge is universal — every business needs to grow, but most don't have an easy way to start," said Daniel Saks, co-founder and CEO of Landbase. "Landbase gives teams a simple, fast way to find their next customer. With this funding, we're excited to bring that capability to even more businesses looking to scale smarter." Landbase was founded by seasoned entrepreneurs including Saks, co-founder and former co-CEO of unicorn AppDirect; Emily Zhang, founding Chief Product Officer at unicorn OysterHR; and Hua Gao, founding Chief Data Scientist of Sequoia & Lightspeed-backed Everstring, which was acquired by ZoomInfo. The company is powered by a high-density team of builders, including Stanford grads, PhDs, GTM leaders and over one-third of employees who have previously founded companies. Landbase has experienced 825% revenue growth since the beginning of the year, scaling to 150 paid customers since launch. By optimizing targeting and messaging through reinforcement learning, GTM-1 Omni delivers a 4–7x conversion uplift compared to manual, human-built campaigns. Since debuting its new Campaign Feed in April, Landbase has reduced average campaign launch times from 14 days to just minutes. Before Landbase, teams often spent months coordinating across tools; now, powered by GTM-1 Omni and agentic AI, they can launch hyper-targeted, omnichannel campaigns nearly instantly. With a track record of spotting and backing generational hits — from producing entertainment icons to investing early in Airbnb, Uber, OpenAI and Anthropic — Sound Ventures sees Landbase as the next category-defining platform in the emerging AI GTM space. "Landbase makes one of the hardest parts of building a business feel simple," said Guy Oseary, Co-Founder of Sound Ventures. "They're not just solving outbound — they're building the foundational platform for how modern companies grow." Just as 2025 has seen the rise of vibe coding tools to democratize engineering for non-coders, Landbase is pioneering a similar vibe AI experience for GTM — calling it VibeGTM. To make this experience accessible to every business, Landbase is now available to preview for free, allowing any company to find their ideal customers and tailor the perfect message. Try it now at About Landbase Landbase is an agentic AI company that intelligently automates go-to-market workflows for businesses. Landbase has trained the GTM-1 Omni model on billions of data points, enabling organizations to launch highly relevant, omnichannel campaigns with minimal manual input. By combining machine intelligence with top human performance, the Landbase platform empowers businesses to scale their lead generation efforts autonomously, delivering proven success in improving conversion rates while lowering total cost of ownership. View source version on Contacts Media Contacts Janine Waldpr@ Nick Yacenkoprforlandbase@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
12-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Landbase Raises $30 Million Series A to Help Businesses Find Their Next Customer
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Landbase, the agentic AI company transforming how businesses grow, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Sound Ventures — the AI-focused fund co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary — and returning investor Picus Capital. The raise also included strong participation from other existing backers, including 8VC, A*, Firstminute Capital and TheGP, underscoring continued conviction in Landbase's growth and mission. 'We've seen real momentum because the challenge is universal — every business needs to grow, but most don't have an easy way to start,' said Daniel Saks, co-founder and CEO of Landbase. Share The new funding will support Landbase's continued investment in GTM-1 Omni, its proprietary domain-specific AI model, and accelerate its mission to make go-to-market (GTM) faster, cheaper and better for every B2B business. Landbase helps B2B companies find their next customer by generating highly personalized sales campaigns using predictive intelligence. With just a prompt, businesses can target the right audience, create tailored messages optimized to close and launch campaigns across channels. 'We've seen real momentum because the challenge is universal — every business needs to grow, but most don't have an easy way to start,' said Daniel Saks, co-founder and CEO of Landbase. 'Landbase gives teams a simple, fast way to find their next customer. With this funding, we're excited to bring that capability to even more businesses looking to scale smarter.' Landbase was founded by seasoned entrepreneurs including Saks, co-founder and former co-CEO of unicorn AppDirect; Emily Zhang, founding Chief Product Officer at unicorn OysterHR; and Hua Gao, founding Chief Data Scientist of Sequoia & Lightspeed-backed Everstring, which was acquired by ZoomInfo. The company is powered by a high-density team of builders, including Stanford grads, PhDs, GTM leaders and over one-third of employees who have previously founded companies. Landbase has experienced 825% revenue growth since the beginning of the year, scaling to 150 paid customers since launch. By optimizing targeting and messaging through reinforcement learning, GTM-1 Omni delivers a 4–7x conversion uplift compared to manual, human-built campaigns. Since debuting its new Campaign Feed in April, Landbase has reduced average campaign launch times from 14 days to just minutes. Before Landbase, teams often spent months coordinating across tools; now, powered by GTM-1 Omni and agentic AI, they can launch hyper-targeted, omnichannel campaigns nearly instantly. With a track record of spotting and backing generational hits — from producing entertainment icons to investing early in Airbnb, Uber, OpenAI and Anthropic — Sound Ventures sees Landbase as the next category-defining platform in the emerging AI GTM space. 'Landbase makes one of the hardest parts of building a business feel simple,' said Guy Oseary, Co-Founder of Sound Ventures. 'They're not just solving outbound — they're building the foundational platform for how modern companies grow.' Just as 2025 has seen the rise of vibe coding tools to democratize engineering for non-coders, Landbase is pioneering a similar vibe AI experience for GTM — calling it VibeGTM. To make this experience accessible to every business, Landbase is now available to preview for free, allowing any company to find their ideal customers and tailor the perfect message. Try it now at About Landbase Landbase is an agentic AI company that intelligently automates go-to-market workflows for businesses. Landbase has trained the GTM-1 Omni model on billions of data points, enabling organizations to launch highly relevant, omnichannel campaigns with minimal manual input. By combining machine intelligence with top human performance, the Landbase platform empowers businesses to scale their lead generation efforts autonomously, delivering proven success in improving conversion rates while lowering total cost of ownership.
