Red Sea Ventures

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Excited to announce we’ve raised a $5.5m Seed round, co-led by The Westly Group and Molten Ventures, to scale Sightline Climate (CTVC) — our market intelligence platform powering strategic decision-making and capital allocation across the transition economy. This fundraise comes at a critical moment. The shift towards cleaner, better, and cheaper is underway, but the transition’s underlying competitiveness faces its most existential questions yet — AI-driven power demand, shifting US energy policies, wavering net zero commitments, climate tech racing to scale, and escalating risks in a world beyond 1.5°C. More than ever, companies and investors need trusted information and a clear line of sight to build competitive strategies and deploy capital. That’s why we built Sightline — to help key stakeholders think bigger, go deeper, and act faster to compete and win in the transition that is rapidly transforming the energy, transport, and industrial sectors. So far, the numbers speak for themselves: ?? In just one year since launching Sightline, we’ve grown to over 70 international customers across leading corporates, financiers, and governments — including HSBC, Southern Company, BHP, Galvanize Climate Solutions, and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) ?? Our team is now almost 30! Grateful to count some of the most passionate, intelligent, and genuine people as fellow teammates and colleagues. We couldn’t have gotten here without each and every Sightliner ?? ?? And of course, we’re also proud to count all 70,000 of you loyal CTVC readers as part of this journey, guess 70 is our lucky number We’re thrilled to partner with leading investors like The Westly Group and Molten Ventures to take Sightline to the next level. With expertise spanning the US and Europe, climate, and software, they’re a power duo that reflects the global scale and the interconnected physical and digital dimensions of the transition we’re accelerating. Now with $5.5M fresh in the tank, we’re building on our momentum and hitting the accelerator to provide a line of sight for key stakeholders at this critical moment in the transition. Want to join in the fun? Here’s how you can get involved: ?? Join the team. We’re hiring! We've got a long sales pipeline, super-engaged customers, and a product solving real challenges, but of course, we need the team to match. If you're passionate about shaping the next chapter of the transition, then join us. ?? Join the club. Whether you’re an investor, corporate strategist, or policymaker, Sightline helps you think bigger, go deeper, and act faster. If you’re curious about what we do and how we can help, let’s talk https://lnkd.in/eCwTMAE2! CC: Mark Taylor, George Chalmers, CFA, Jason Kalira, Sophie Purdom Our announcement in CTVC: https://lnkd.in/eumQQB3G Press release: https://lnkd.in/eJCaxDZi

Thrilled to announce Air has closed a $35M Series B led by Avenir! Tyler and I are learning every day from our new board member Jared Sleeper and are confident we will build a world-class enterprise software business with the mentorship of Andrew and Jamie. A huge thank you to all of you for support over the last 7 years. We’ve been blessed to work with a wonderful group of teammates, investors, and customers and we can’t wait for the next stage of the journey. There’s a product pitch that one might call our manifesto below; but in the end, I just truly can’t believe I get to continue to spend every day chasing a dream with my best friend and this incredible team we've built here at Air. — We’ve spent the last 7 years in New York City building a system of record for creative work. But what does that actually mean? I told my mom it’s like Dropbox for your content. We’ve told customers it’s the the first platform for Creative Operations. Regardless of the definition, the pursuit has been… well… ambitious. And that’s because it’s really really hard to build a system of record. Businesses use this type of software product to help them structure the chaos. They are essential pieces of infrastructure. Each team at your company uses a different system of record to catalog their work. For salespeople it’s Salesforce. For engineers it’s GitHub. Marketers have HubSpot. But no one has ever built a system of record for creative work. Brand and graphic designers, illustrators, creative directors - they don’t have a tool that structures, organizes, and automates that work. Until today. The greatest creative challenge facing a modern business is not producing the next asset—it’s managing the day to day logistics of creative work: Collecting content, approving it, sharing it, and doing all of this all over again. Air is many things, but today I’m excited to share that we are one step closer to becoming: A database that houses all of your working files, feedback, and final assets. A platform that connects with your creative tools and all the places you distribute content. A dashboard that provides real-time understandings of what content you’re creating, where it’s being used, and how it’s performing. Air is one step closer to becoming a system of record, just like Salesforce or GitHub, but the first one purpose built for creative work. Today, we’re proud to announce that Avenir, a future focused investment firm here in New York, has invested $35M to help us get closer to our vision for the future. It might take us another 7 months, 7 quarters, or 7 years before Air is widely recognized as a feature complete system of record for creative work. But every day we’ll wake up in this city, take another step, ship another feature, and convince another stranger. We believe that one day every creative team in the world will work on Air. There’s a power and comfort in knowing in our bones that we are right.

The landscape of consumer venture capital has greatly evolved in recent years, with some investors pulling back and others doubling down. And it’s not always obvious which firms remain bullish. To support early-stage founders as they fundraise, Headline's Consumer Team put together a comprehensive list of U.S. pre-seed and seed consumer VCs investing in areas like consumer technology, consumer marketplaces, prosumer software, consumer subscription, and CPG / eComm. This curated resource is designed to help founders find a best-fit partner for their next phase of growth. Did we miss someone? Nominate a venture firm that actively invests in pre-seed and seed consumer startups?here: https://lnkd.in/gMcyPQWX Want access to our full list for easy use? Click?here: https://lnkd.in/dim3pE7R Jett Fein Matthew Brown Georgina McMillan Zehra Naqvi

https://lnkd.in/gwhrJ5Ug Super pumped to bring the Mesa Homeowners Card to the world. This is a huge milestone on our journey to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding. If that's a mission you believe in - please reach out. We are hiring!

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Homeownership is the most expensive it’s been in a generation with consumers spending over one third of their income on their home. As a country, Americans spend over $6T annually on homeownership — more than defense, social security, and healthcare combined. It’s no longer just a housing problem - it’s a home cost crisis. That hurts a lot of people and their finances. It hurts all of us too, because homeownership is essential to the economy and to our communities. Other businesses vie for your loyalty by giving you something back. Buy a lot of coffee at Starbucks, get one for free. Fly Delta enough, get an upgrade. Book a hotel with Marriott, earn points to spend. But the one thing you spend the most on – your home and all that comes with it? No one rewards that. But that’s about to change. Today, we’re excited to announce Mesa: the first homeowner membership platform. The Mesa Homeowner Membership platform gives value back for every dollar members spend on their home. Our first products are the Mesa Mortgage Marketplace and the Mesa Homeowners Card. Mesa rewards points can be redeemed at partner brands, used to book travel, or reinvested back into your home by paying down your outstanding mortgage balance or applying Mesa points towards a down payment. Mesa has brought together some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world to help solve the home cost crisis. Our strategic partners like Visa help power our mission as part of the Mesa Homeowners Network?. Our team brings decades of experience from world class companies like Uber, Robinhood, Block, Bilt Rewards, Capital One, and American Express. This includes leaders like Shannon Cusick, our Head of Partnerships who led business development at Peloton and American Express, Tina Moore, our GM of Card & Rewards who was on the founding team at Bilt Rewards, and CFO Nadia Asoyan, the first finance hire at Robinhood. To build on our momentum, we’ve raised a $9.2M round of financing to grow our team, expand our membership offerings, and add more brand and financial partners to the Mesa Homeowners Network. The $7.2 million seed funding was led by Streamlined Ventures, with Starting Line, Assurant Ventures, Vera Equity, RWT Horizons, Clocktower Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, FJ Labs, WISE Ventures, LLC, and several other firms joining. Executives from companies like Ramp, Robinhood, Opendoor, and Alloy also invested. We received an additional $2 million in venture debt from Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank. At Mesa, we’re on a mission to make homeownership more affordable and rewarding. If that’s something you believe in, please reach out.