E62: Group Travel Hub, Media Tech Spin-Off, Coffee Subscriptions, and Cowgorithms

Our Social Media Pages, follow us and engage with the Pill-grim community!InstagramTwitter YouTubeTikTokLinkedInAnd now, for this week’s prescription:On this week’s dose, (2:17) we start things off with a discussion on Bach, a platform that helps plan bachelorette trips and group travel experiences, and its recent $9M Series A. (7:24) Next, we talk about Axios HQ, a tech spinoff of the prominent news company Axios, and how it secured a $20M Series A to develop its AI technology that helps users sharpen their writing. (13:08) From there, we break down Blank Street Coffee’s $20M investment round, and how the popular coffee chain plans to scale its weekly subscription program and explore food options. (20:53) Lastly, we wrap up the episode with a discourse on Halter, the New Zealand-based SaaS provider of solar powered, GPS-enabled cow collars that help farmers better manage their livestock. Their “cowgorithm” technology landed them a $79.5M Series C. Sources:https://www.thebach.com/https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/09/bach-an-app-for-planning-bachelorette-trips-and-group-travel-experiences-raises-9m/https://www.axios.com/about https://www.axios.com/2023/03/24/axios-hq-raises-20-million-software-aihttps://www.worldcoffeeportal.com/Latest/News/2023/March/Blank-Street-closes-$20m-to-scale-beverage-subscrihttps://www.fastcompany.com/90867251/blank-street-coffee-raises-20-million-from-general-catalyst-and-tiger-globalhttps://www.startupdaily.net/topic/funding/kiwi-agtech-halter-plants-nz85-million-series-c-for-its-cow-collars/Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keetonhttps://www.colebauer.com/https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=enDisclosure:The views, statements, and opinions,  expressed herein by the hosts and guests are their own, and their appearance on the podcast should not be construed as reflecting the views or implied endorsement of Independent Brokerage Solutions LLC or any of its officers, employees, or agents. The statements made herein should not be considered an investment opinion, advice, or a recommendation regarding securities of any company. This podcast is produced solely for informational purposes and is not to be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy a security.