The funding was revealed in a December 10 SEC FORM D Filing Previous Wine Industry Insight/Wine Executive News wine tech funding profiles: VinoVolo landed $17 million before being bought Minibar Delivery: #18 in Wine Executive News Wine Tech Funding Series Wine Communications Group/Wine Business #17 in Wine Executive News Wine Tech Funding Series Kuvée brings […]
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Vino Volo displaces 5 companies, vaults to #14 in top wine tech venture fundings; Wine.Com gets even bigger at #1
December 5, 2018
The rankings have been changed thanks to: The recent discovery of an earlier $10 millon investment in Vino Volo $32.5 Million Growth Capital Investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit Group (Nov 19, 2018)
Continue readingVinoVolo landed $17 million before being bought
Relevant Links Paradies Lagardère Closes Acquisition of Leading Airport Restaurateur Hojeij Branded Foods Hojeij Branded Foods Acquires Premier Airport Wine Bar Chain Vino Volo Mistral Equity Partners Invests in Vino Volo
Continue readingWine Communications Group/Wine Business: #17 in Wine Executive News Wine Tech Funding Series
November 27, 2018
Associated links Wine Business Monthly Acquires WITS, The Wine Industry Technology Symposium Winebusiness.com Raises $7M At End of Second Financing Round; Sabate SA and Diosos SA Join Leading Wine Trade Publisher to Launch Global Online B2B Marketplace. Winebusiness.com Appoints VP of Content and Community; Former Excite@Home Exec Leverages Experience to Expand the Wine Industry’s Most […]
Continue readingMinibar Delivery: #18 in Wine Executive News Wine Tech Funding Series
Relevant links Minibar Delivery: Two female entrepreneurs are changing the booze industry On-demand alcohol delivery service Minibar Delivery picks up $5 mln Minibar Delivery Acquires Booze Carriage
Continue readingSevenFifty Ranks #15 in U.S. WineTech Funding
October 29, 2018
The Genial Reign of SevenFifty.com Could This NYC Startup That Just Raised $8.5M Change the Beverage Industry Completely? SevenFifty cofounder and CEO Aaron Sherman: “By looking at liquor license applications, the addressable market hovers around 200,000 businesses nationwide. SevenFifty currently works with 700 distributors representing roughly $20B in combined annual sales, a large percentage of […]
Continue readingKuvée brings in $8.25 million before biting the dust at #16 in WineTech funding
Smart wine bottle company Kuvee is going out of business Kuvée’s email letter to customers The email blamed the 2017 wine country fires for the c0mpany demise, said the company would look f0r a partner to continue the technology, and asked for a final order. Thank you for being our companion in our journey to […]
Continue readingAt $20 million, Vinfolio — after 15 years of financial instability — moves into #12 position in wine tech funding series
October 17, 2018
NOTE: Given the wine industry’s general lack of financial transparency, the confirmed investments in this article are most likely lower than actual amounts. Wine Industry Insight sent a courtesy draft of this chart to the company and requested any corrections or comments. No response was received. Vinfolio was founded in 2003 by wine collector […]
Continue readingSaucey ranks #13 in wine venture funding survey, #2 in on-demand delivery
October 10, 2018
On-demand delivery service Saucey ranks #13 in Wine Industry Insight’s wine venture funding survey with $10.2 million in investments. That compares with competitor Drizly’s $53 million which is ranked #5 in overall venture funding and #1 in the on-demand market. Data in this segment is fragmented, and this ranking could change as more data is […]
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