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October 24, 2025 - Deals

Generation Lab Raises $11 Million Seed Funding Led By Accel And Other Investors

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San Francisco–based Generation Lab, a longevity diagnostics company founded by Dr. Irina Conboy and led by CEO Alina Su, has raised $11 million in seed funding, bringing its total to $15 million. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Samsung Next, Zone2, Steve Aoki’s Aoki Labs, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Build Your Legacy (BYL) Ventures, and Simu Liu’s Markham Valley Ventures. Generation Lab’s flagship SystemAge™ platform measures biological aging across 19 physiological systems, helping clinicians detect early aging signals and guide preventative care. The funding will support the company’s operational expansion and continued development of its technology, which is already used by over 275 clinic partners and leading longevity experts worldwide. FOUNDER: Dr. Irina Conboy INVESTORS: Accel, Samsung Next, Zone2, Aoki Labs, Build Your Legacy (BYL) Ventures & Markham Valley Ventures ROUND: Seed AMOUNT: $11,000,000 HQ: #SanFrancisco #California #VentureCapital #DrIrinaConboy #Accel #SamsungNext #Zone2 #AokiLabs #BuildYourLegacyBYLVentures #MarkhamValleyVentures #AlinaSu #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