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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Asahi raised.
Companies Asahi acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
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Elixinol has agreed an all-share takeover of supplement subscription platform Vitable at a $2.5 million headline value plus earn-out, while shareholder Ben McHarg commits a convertible note; the piece also recaps Vitable's earlier raises.
Spirits giant Diageo bought British premixed cocktail maker Tipplesworth for £112 million in March 2024; the article examines the deal's rationale, the brand's retail growth, and planned expansion into Canada, Australia and the US.
Private-equity-backed drinks group Fermentum has bought Melbourne craft brewer Two Birds for $24.7 million, its sixth brewery; the piece also reviews the site's sustainability record and earlier sector consolidations.
Also glassandnote.com
Weekly roundup of three Series A raises: chipmaker Syenta (US$26m), insights platform Ideally and battery recycler Renewable Metals, detailing leads, amounts and each company's earlier funding.
Also Startup Daily
Research platform Ideally has secured a Series A round with Shearwater Capital leading, earmarked for US expansion, and unveiled a new product, Ideally Canvas.
Venture investor Acorn Capital's $6.5 million investment in AI software vendor Complexica lifts outside backing past $31 million since 2021, adding the fund manager to an institutional shareholder register.
Also Startup Daily
BoozeBud has entered administration, with William Buck's Michael Brereton and Sean Wengel appointed. The piece recounts the online alcohol retailer's 2018 sale to ZX Ventures, its 2020 sale back to founders, and its Get Wines Direct acquisition.
Techboard's monthly roundup tallies October 2022 startup funding at $661m across 99 deals, listing megadeals such as Airwallex, acquisitions, Square Peg's $861m fund close and government grants to program operators.
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OIF Ventures announces it led Zitcha's $4.8 million seed round, backing the retail media buying platform started by Troy and Jack, whose customers include Adore Beauty and The Warehouse Group.