Doji Secures $14 Million Seed Funding Led By Thrive Capital And 776

Doji, a fashion-tech startup founded by Dorian Dargan and Jim Winkens, has raised a $14 million seed round led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Seven Seven Six Ventures. The company uses proprietary diffusion models to create hyper-realistic AI avatars for virtual try-ons, aiming to make online fashion shopping more fun, social, and personalized. Dargan, who previously worked at Apple and Meta, and Winkens, a former DeepMind researcher, launched Doji to reimagine the shopping experience through a “virtual mirror” that lets users see themselves in new looks. The app, currently in invite-only mode, is available in over 80 countries. INVESTORS: Thrive Capital (Josh Kushner), Origins (Salomon Aiach), 776 (Alexis Ohanian) ROUND: Seed AMOUNT: $14,000,000 HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #Doji #DorianDargan #JimWinkens #ThriveCapital #SevenSevenSixVentures #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