Jaffray Woodriff

Heike Schirmer joins Yogi, the Leading Consumer Products Insights Platform, as CPO

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

In this newly created role Heike will become part of Yogi's executive team, joining the two founders Gautam Kanumuru and Chad Becker.

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  • In this newly created role Heike will become part of Yogi's executive team, joining the two founders Gautam Kanumuru and Chad Becker.
  • "We couldn't be more excited to have Heike join the team and define the next wave of product evolution at Yogi as we are experiencing a technological breakthrough in the area of consumer insights.
  • Dr. Heike Schirmer is an accomplished tech and product leader with a passion for bringing software ideas from concept to launch to scale.
  • Heike came to Amazon via the acquisition of Graphiq, a data aggregation company, where Heike was Director of Product leading product strategy for its enterprise SaaS offering.

Yogi, the Leading Consumer Product Insights Platform, Announces $10 Million Growth Equity Financing Led by Blueprint Equity

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

In conjunction with the investment, Sheldon Lewis, Managing Partner at Blueprint Equity, will join Yogi's Board of Directors.

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  • In conjunction with the investment, Sheldon Lewis, Managing Partner at Blueprint Equity, will join Yogi's Board of Directors.
  • Yogi, the Leading Consumer Product Insights Platform, Announces $10 Million Series A Led by Blueprint Equity.
  • Yogi's mission is to surface detailed, product-level insights that consumer brands need to develop, iterate, and market their products.
  • We believe Yogi is uniquely positioned to deliver cross-functional analytics and deep insights across consumer product categories.

Starchive Concludes New Financing Round Led By The Felton Group and Explodes With 200x Consumer-and-Creator Growth

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

Starchive currently supports a world-class roster of artists and archives who use its product as the center of their digital operations, from storage to distribution.

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  • Starchive currently supports a world-class roster of artists and archives who use its product as the center of their digital operations, from storage to distribution.
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    Now, with a platform integrating blockchain solutions for NFTs and Web3, Starchive is redefining digital asset ownership for tomorrows creator economy.
  • Starchives seed round was led by The Felton Group, LLC, the family office of hedge fund manager, Jaffray Woodriff, who founded Quantitative Investment Management (QIM) in 2003.
  • Starchive envisions a world where all creators have ownership of their past, present and future digital assets.

Contraline Closes $10.7 Million Series A Financing to Become a Clinical Stage Company

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Contraline, Inc ., a venture-backed medical device company devoted to providing men and couples with long-lasting, safe, and effective male contraception, has closed $10.7 million in its Series A financing.

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  • Contraline, Inc ., a venture-backed medical device company devoted to providing men and couples with long-lasting, safe, and effective male contraception, has closed $10.7 million in its Series A financing.
  • The financing round was led by MBX Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage healthcare and life sciences companies.
  • Contraline has received ethics approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee based in Melbourne, Australia to conduct the study.
  • Contraline, Inc. is a venture-backed medical device company devoted to providing men and couples with long-lasting, safe, and effective contraception.

Yogi Closes $2.3M Seed Financing to Expand Its Deep Learning Customer Feedback Analytics Platform

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Monday, January 27, 2020

Yogi, a customer feedback analytics platform deploying deep learning for actionable product insights, announced today that it has raised $2.3M in seed funding, with RTP Ventures leading, and Felton Group LLC, the family office of Jaffray Woodriff, participating in the capital raise.

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  • Yogi, a customer feedback analytics platform deploying deep learning for actionable product insights, announced today that it has raised $2.3M in seed funding, with RTP Ventures leading, and Felton Group LLC, the family office of Jaffray Woodriff, participating in the capital raise.
  • From the beginning, it was clear that RTP and Jaffray were completely in tune with our mission to help companies effectively use customer feedback to build better products and customer experiences.
  • The Yogi platform is centered on advanced and scalable natural language processing algorithms, allowing it to provide granular analysis of unstructured customer feedback regardless of volume or source.
  • Yogi has already helped these businesses prioritize product improvements, innovate new product lines, and become more proactive towards customer issues.