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May 14, 2025 - Deals

Browder Capital Fund IV Secures $30 Million Backed By Sequoia Capital And Others

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Browder Capital, founded by Joshua Browder, has recently announced the launch of its $30 million Fund IV, supported by prominent backers such as Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, and notable figures like Arthur Patterson (founder of Accel) and Walter Kortschak (founder of Signalfire). Additionally, top institutional investors like Cendana, General Endowment Management, and Hummingbird Ventures are backing the fund. Browder, who took the Thiel Fellowship in 2018 after dropping out of Stanford, has a unique journey into investing. His first notable investment was in the startup Owner, led by Adam Guild, at the pre-seed, which has now soared to a $1 billion valuation after its Series C. Fund IV will focus on identifying and backing undiscovered talent with the potential to build billion-dollar companies from the ground up. FUND NAME: Browder Capital Fund IV INVESTORS: Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreessen Chris Dixon, Arthur Patterson, Walter Kortschak, Cendana, General Endowment Management, Level, Hummingbird Ventures (Nomads) & Slipstream AMOUNT: $30,000,000 HQ: #SanFrancisco #California #VentureCapital #BrowderCapital #JoshuaBrowder #SequoiaCapital #TradedPartner #MarcAndreessen #ChrisDixon #ArthurPatterson #WalterKortschak #Cendana #GeneralEndowmentManagement #Level #HummingbirdVentures #Nomads #Slipstream #TradedVC

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Puppy Sphere Secures Seed Round Of $24 Million From Strategic Investors Including The School Of Hard KnocksPuppy Sphere (@ThePuppySphere), a New York-based wellness brand centered on the human-animal bond, has raised a Seed round from a group of strategic investors including The School of Hard Knocks, Tobi Oluwole, Jake Fleshner, Torch Collective, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, and other founders and operators. Founded by Francesca Albo and Lea Burbidge Izquierdo, Puppy Sphere has scaled its puppy yoga concept into a broader experiential wellness platform with 13 studios, corporate wellness programs, brand partnerships, and live activations, serving more than 450,000 customers and partnering with companies including Google, Amazon, Netflix, TikTok, and the NBA. FUN FACT: Puppy Sphere was born from two Canadian founders’ own mental health journeys and has since grown into 13 studios across North America, $14M+ in cumulative revenue, and 450,000+ customers, all without outside capital. Along the way, the brand has welcomed names like Sabrina Carpenter, Simu Liu, Trevor Noah and Alessia Cara, while building a broader wellness platform around the gentle power of puppy therapy. Now Puppy Sphere is opening its cap table for the first time through a strategic angel round, bringing together leaders across media, consumer growth and wellness, including The School of Hard Knocks, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, growth entrepreneur Tobi Oluwole, and Nucleus Network co-founder Jake Fleshner, alongside a broader group of strategic founders and operators. The vision: bring the gentle power of puppy therapy across the globe. FOUNDERS: Francesca Albo (@FrancescaaAlbo), Lea Burbidge Izquierdo (@LeaburbIz) INVESTORS: The School of Hard Knocks (@TheSchoolofHardKnockz), Tobi Oluwole (@TheTobiOluwole), Jake Fleshner (@JakeFleshner) Torch Collective, Heather Stark, Will Bodewes, Craig Zingerline & more ROUND: Seed VALUATION CAP: $24,000,000 HQ: New York, New York #VentureCapital #PuppySphere #TradedPartner #FrancescaAlbo #TradedVC