Hailey Swartz And Jason Rosenbaum Acquire Property In Closed Transaction

Actual Veggies, a NYC-based CPG company specializing in chef-crafted veggie burgers, raised $7M in Series A funding led by Relentless Consumer Partners, with participation from New Fare Partners, Todd Lachman, Ben Rawitz, and others. Founded in 2020 by Hailey Swartz and Jason Rosenbaum, Actual Veggies focuses on whole food ingredients rather than meat analogs. The company has expanded to over 6,500 retail locations, including Albertsons, Kroger, Whole Foods, and Sprouts, and will launch its Black Bean Burger in 82 Costco locations across the Southeast. Truesdell, Scott Caras (Relentless), and Jamie Borteck have joined its board. Founders: Hailey Swartz (@Haileys924) & Jason Rosenbaum (@WorkdayMarathon) INVESTORS: Relentless Consumer Partners, New Fare Partners, David Grutman (@DavidGrutman), Ben Rawitz (@BenrRawitz), Electric Feel Ventures + Austin Rosen (@MyJeanious), Todd Lachman, Hannah Bronfman (@HannahBronfman), Brian Toll (@BrianToll), Dylan Barbour (@DylanBarbour) & Kieran Gibbs (@KieranGibbs) ROUND: Series A AMOUNT: $7,000,000 HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #ActualVeggies #RelentlessConsumerPartners #NewFarePartners #DavidGrutman #BenRawitz #ElectricFeelVentures #AustinRosen #ToddLachman #HannahBronfman #BrianToll #DylanBarbour #KieranGibbs #HaileySwartz #JasonRosenbaum #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