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Antoine Nussenbaum shared this🛠️✨ We announced last week Origin's $30 million Series A+ round – taking total funding to over $50m in under twelve months!✨🛠️ Chris and Peter spoke with Jeremy Kahn at Fortune to talk about what this means for Origin and our community: Today we announced our $30 million Series A+ round – taking our total funding to over $50m in under twelve months – and at a higher valuation! The most exciting part is what that actually means. The Felix Capital team backed Origin a year ago, when still in stealth. Today they are structuring billions in benefits data, answering thousands of queries through Cuido (our #AI agent), and shipping features every week. The pace has been extraordinary. With Origin, we are backing something genuinely new, transforming the Enterprise HRTech industry, something needed and something that delivers value for our clients. The team has done it with rigour, with care, and with an obsessive focus on making sure that what we ship solves real problems for real people. Excited for Notion Capital to join the cap table, alongside our friends at Acadian Ventures. #AI #Enterprise #B2B #Brand #HR #Benefits cc: Fabian, Frederic, Susan, Laurent, Tessa, Francesco, Angela, Willian, Henry https://lnkd.in/enfmJJCkExclusive: AI-powered benefits management platform Origin raises $30 million in new funding | FortuneExclusive: AI-powered benefits management platform Origin raises $30 million in new funding | Fortune
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisThis is big!!! So humble and proud to be working together with Dr Rangan Chatterjee ✨ Well done George and the Voy Team, democratising preventive health at scale!Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisToday we’re announcing our partnership with Dr Rangan Chatterjee and the launch of Do Health 🧠💚 Do Health comes from a simple belief. Health is built continuously, through everyday decisions that compound over time. If we want to meaningfully improve quality of life at scale, we have to move earlier. Not just treating illness, but helping people stay well in the first place. But prevention only works when it is done properly. It has to be grounded in real biology, backed by scientific depth, and supported continuously. Otherwise it becomes vague advice or short-lived motivation. At its core, Do Health does three things 🧬 Measures what matters most in your body 🧭Turns biology into weekly actions that fit around your lifestyle 🤖 Acts as a personalised health companion in the app, adapting as your body and habits change What actually makes this possible is the foundation we’ve built over the past six years 🏥 Scientific and clinical expertise with a strong focus on behaviour change 🧪 Our own blood testing and lab capabilities 🔁 End to end control over data quality, clinical feedback loops and outcomes 💚 Offering high-quality care at the lowest price at scale At the heart of Do Health is an AI health companion designed to personalise support and recommend long term behaviour change. It helps prioritise what matters most right now, provides day to day accountability, and adapts as new data comes in. By learning not just your biology but your lifestyle, we recommend actions that already fit how you live. Working with Dr Chatterjee has been central to shaping this approach. His thinking around prevention, responsibility and sustainable health is deeply embedded in how Do Health works. This is a true partnership built around shared conviction about how modern preventive care should feel and function. Our ambition is to become the starting point for how everyone engages with their health across their lives. A daily companion that helps people build energy, resilience and long term wellbeing, while connecting seamlessly into clinical care when needed. We’re starting to onboard our first members this week 🚀 Interest has been far stronger than we expected, with tens of thousands of people already on the waitlist, and we’re excited to begin learning alongside our earliest users as we open access gradually. Link in the comments
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisAnother big milestone Hedda and team Lassie! Lets build this community of happy pets and parents ("Pet as the new Kid" 😃), all across Europe! As you rightly said, "Back to Building" 🔥❣️ #insuretech #ai #brand #community #petAntoine Nussenbaum shared thisAnnouncing Lassie raised $75m in equity from Felix, Balderton, Stena Sessan, Passion and Inventure. We built Lassie because pets deserve preventive care too. Huge thanks to everyone who’s brought us here: our team, customers, and partners. You’ve made this possible. Now we’re going bigger in 2026: scaling across Europe, building internal AI agents, and accelerating our pet health ecosystem app
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisWell done George and all the team at Voy! ❣️✨ It's been quite a privilege to witness from the get-go your missionary approach to health: leveraging technology and clinical care to empower millions of lives in their transition from reactive to preventive care... and it's just the beginning 🔥 #health #ai #tech #clinical #companionshipAntoine Nussenbaum shared thisWe’re proud to see Felix Capital portfolio company Voy publish its 2025 Annual Outcomes Report — a rigorous, transparent view into what outcome-led digital healthcare can look like at scale. We’ve partnered with George and Voy since its inception in 2018, when the company launched as MANUAL, with a clear and ambitious mission: to embrace the evolution from reactive to preventive care through technology and improve the lives of individuals at a global scale. That mission has only deepened as the company has evolved into Voy. At Felix, we back founders reinventing ways of living and working through AI and technology — and who measure success through real-world outcomes, not just ambition. The 2025 report reflects that long-term focus. Drawing on real-world health data and published clinical research, it shows how Voy has now positively impacted over 1.5 million lives — with results that are measured, evidence-based, and proven, not just promised. 📈✨ Congratulations to the Voy team on this milestone. We’re excited to continue supporting their journey as they scale impact and help define the future of outcome-driven digital health. 👏 Read the full 2025 Annual Outcomes Report: https://lnkd.in/eFMexbwd #Portfolio #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #OutcomesMatter #FelixCapital
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisPowering Real Work ❤️🔥 Well done Avi and all the team at Perk, what a year indeed, and what a future in front of us!! #b2b #AI #SME #brandAntoine Nussenbaum shared this2025 was the year Perk solidified its position as a top-tier tech company. Since day one, we’ve prioritized execution over vanity metrics. We aren't building for a quick exit. We’re building a company designed to thrive 100 years from now. AI has been a massive game changer. While others chased the hype, we went deep- rebuilding our tech stack and back-office piece by piece. The results of that work "under the hood" are now undeniable: We hit $360M in peak annualized revenue, had an unexpectedly profitable peak season, increased gross margins to 76%, and maintained 48% YoY growth. Let’s be clear: AI doesn’t do shit by itself. This success belongs to our team. We’ve proven that you can scale without becoming a corporate zombie, maintaining a culture of high agency and autonomy. Plus, we had tons of fun (Summer Party FTW, IFYKYK). Our mission is now to Power Real Work by automating away the Shadow Work that slows everyone down. We’ve started with travel, spend, and event management, but our 2026+ roadmap takes us much further. We’ve found our blue ocean in the unmanaged SMB space- a massive category that makes up 67% of the total market. While our competitors chase the multinational corporate beasts, we are rooting for the rebels. We are already the dominant and best product in this category, and we’re doubling down. I believe helping the millions of small businesses out there thrive - like the local solar panel installer or the small logistics company - is great for humanity. By delegating soul-crushing shadow work to our AI platform, these entrepreneurs can finally focus on the work they love, and compete with the global corporates trying to eat their lunch. Entering 2026, it feels like we are still just at the beginning. The best is yet to come. Let's go! (PS, we're hiring... perk.com/careers)
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisA great intern to bring on board, Go Talulah! ✨Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisRecherche de stage – Informatique / Data | Juin – Août (voir plus) Étudiante de 24 ans, actuellement en 3ᵉ année de licence Informatique à l’Université Paris Cité, je suis à la recherche d’un stage pour la période juin–août (possibilité après août aussi) dans les domaines de l’informatique et de la data. Je suis particulièrement intéressée par des opportunités de type : • Stage Data Analyst junior (Python, analyse de données) • Stage Data Science junior • Stage Développeur Python ou JAVA (données, scripts, automatisation) • Stage Bases de données / SQL / MySQL • Stage Développement logiciel junior • Stage Développeur backend junior (Python, Java, PHP) • Stage Programmation système / Linux / C • Stage Informatique décisionnelle / data junior • Stage Recherche en informatique / data (laboratoire ou université) • Stage Développement informatique généraliste Au cours de ma formation, j’ai acquis de solides bases en programmation, algorithmique, bases de données et systèmes, avec un intérêt marqué pour la manipulation et l’analyse de données. Sérieuse, curieuse et motivée, je souhaite intégrer une structure où je pourrai mettre en pratique mes compétences, apprendre auprès de professionnels et contribuer à des projets concrets. N’hésitez pas à me contacter en message privé ou à partager cette publication si vous connaissez une opportunité correspondant à mon profil. Merci par avance pour votre aide et vos retours. #Stage #Informatique #Data #Python #Java #SQL #LicenceInformatique #UniversitéParisCité #RechercheDeStage #DataScience #DataAnalyst
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisAntoine Nussenbaum shared thisSanta quit. Yes. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 Santa. Millions of wishes. Infinite combinations. Zero orchestration… Then he went Agentic… Complexity disappeared. Delivery resumed. Forget Mariah Carey, it’s finally really time for Christmas. 🎅 Powered by Mirakl
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisLast week, we were 6 of us at Felix Capital in Finland, and it was an AMAZING Slush ❤️🔥 ❄️ Musa and I had a deep conversation about the importance of #Storytelling and #Brand Building, especially in this new era of #AI. Something as critical for #b2b #enterprise or #consumer companies. Musa is one of our Venture Advisers but more importantly a unique brand & marketing leader with previous leadership roles at Apple, Nike, Airbnb, and Ford Motor Company. From the way you define your brand, the way you share your story, how you build the right #culture internally, including your first marketing hires. Brand building is also your obsession and your ability to reach the #communities you're going after organically and to welcome their feedback, relentlessly. In this new era of AI, it will be tactical too: training models effectively, creating content faster, offering better customer #agentic care and services. It's not a surprise Slush is the best tech event in Europe, it's by far the best branded event out there, and it's thanks to the people!! I remember well Andreas when I came to speak first in 2016 - 10 years later, Aino, Noora, Vilma, Philipp, Maryama, and all the team can be massively proud of this edition. A special Thank You to Julius, you will be missed, but our paths will cross each other soon! Go Slush! Go Europe! 🔥 cc: Frederic, Susan, Laurent, Alexandra, Angela, Fabian, Tessa, Francesco, Alexander, Farrah
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Antoine Nussenbaum shared thisHere we are, One Brand, One Purpose!!! 💚 🔥 Congrats to the whole team at Perk —proud to be part of this journey. #brand, #b2b, #ai #workplaceAntoine Nussenbaum shared this0 days… the secret is out! TravelPerk is now Perk, the intelligent platform powering real work. I said at the start of the year that 2025 was going to be BIG, and it hasn't disappointed. First a Series E at a $2.7 billion valuation. Then the Yokoy acquisition. In March, we gave TravelPerk a fresh look, and today we transform into something much bigger: a new platform, a new mission, and a new future. Ten years ago, we set out to fix business travel. It turns out the same problems we solved there exist everywhere: the small, annoying tasks like filing expenses, chasing trip approvals, or managing invoices. These tasks slow people down and steal focus from their actual work. So yeah, we’re fixing that too. Bigger mission. Bigger ambition. This is how we keep building a company that’s still here 100 years from now. To the Perk team, thank you. We're just getting started. Let’s go!!! (Read more: https://lnkd.in/eEjtY_bk)
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Antoine Nussenbaum liked thisAntoine Nussenbaum liked thisToday, we’re excited to share our investment in Sereact’s $110m Series B, alongside our friends at Headline, Creandum, Point Nine, Air Street Capital, Bullhound Capital and daphni. At Felix Capital, we partner with founders building at the intersection of technology and creativity, often at moments where new capabilities start to reshape behaviour and entire categories. Physical AI is one of those moments 🤖 While software has transformed much of the economy, the physical world still runs on manual work. That’s set to change - with the potential to reshape global supply chains, manufacturing, and the consumer experience that sits on top. Sereact is building the system that makes this possible 🚀 Operating at the frontier, already deployed at scale, and working with leading global consumer and industrial brands, Sereact is helping reshape how physical work gets done. Huge congratulations to Ralf Gulde, Marc Tuscher and the entire Sereact team👏 We’re excited to be part of the journey and can’t wait to see what’s next. Read our full Medium post in the comments below 👇 Frederic Court Antoine Nussenbaum Fabian Burnett Small Tessa Jaspers Susan Lin Angela Chou Laurent Droin Francesco Frontani #AI #Robotics #PhysicalAI #DeepTech #Automation #Startups #VC
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Antoine Nussenbaum reacted on thisAntoine Nussenbaum reacted on thisC’est avec une immense fierté et beaucoup d’enthousiasme que j’entame un nouveau chapitre chez Mirakl en tant qu’EA Manager ! 🚀 Arrivée il y a plus de 7 ans, j’ai eu la chance de grandir au rythme de cette aventure incroyable. Passer du rôle de Team Lead à celui de Manager est pour moi bien plus qu’une promotion ; c’est l’opportunité de porter encore plus haut l’excellence opérationnelle de notre métier. Ce qui m’anime au quotidien reste inchangé, mais prend aujourd’hui une nouvelle dimension : 🔹 Le sens de la confidentialité : Dans un environnement aussi dynamique que le nôtre, être un tiers de confiance est le socle indispensable. 🔹 L’expertise de haut niveau : Accompagner un C-level demande une rigueur absolue et une capacité à anticiper les besoins stratégiques. 🔹 L’innovation technologique : Je suis convaincue que l'avenir de notre métier passe par l'adoption des outils d'IA. Mon objectif ? Transformer ces technologies en leviers de productivité pour libérer du temps à haute valeur ajoutée. Un immense merci à mes mentors et collègues pour leur confiance et leur inspiration quotidienne : Sophie Marchessou, Nagi Letaifa, Octavie Gosselin, Laure Le Gall, Marc Teulières, Anne-Claire BASCHET, Juliette Hendouze, Jean-Baptiste ANNE, Anastasia Derly, Laure Guillot, Marie-Charlotte Delgado, Hugo WEBER... et bien d'autres qui se reconnaîtront. Et surtout, merci à mon équipe — c'est ensemble que les plus belles choses se construisent. Je suis impatiente de relever les défis de ce nouveau rôle et de continuer à faire rayonner notre expertise ! 🌟 #Mirakl #EAManager #ExecutiveAssistant
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Antoine Nussenbaum liked thisAntoine Nussenbaum liked thisSuper proud of my fellow Stuttgarter Jungs, Marc Tuscher and Ralf Gulde, who are building one of the world's leading physical AI companies out of their Stuttgart headquarters! Ralf & Marc were working on physical AI for long before it was cool, and their bet that you can't build real robotics AI in a lab alone is turning out to be exactly right. Also, great to collaborate again with Headline (cc Christian Leybold, Mathias Schilling, Thomas Gieselmann), merely 27 (!) years after they've invested in my first Internet startup. :) Fun fact: Sereact is 30 minutes away from my hometown but it was Ricardo Sequerra Amram who discovered this gem 3 years ago. :) https://lnkd.in/dgdguFHj
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Antoine Nussenbaum reacted on thisAntoine Nussenbaum reacted on thisI'm excited to share that Heligo Group has acquired The Nest Climbing, a bouldering gym in West London. A huge thank you to Samuel Hunter and Rob Lawley, who built something special over the last seven years. Virtually everyone I asked during the process why they love climbing at The Nest answered: "the community". That is a very strong foundation to continue to build on. For Heligo, this deal is the first step towards building a group of independent gyms: climbing walls that are rooted in their communities and provide a genuine third space for their members to forge friendships while getting stronger both physically and mentally. As the indoor climbing sector continues to evolve, I believe that walls with a clear identity will remain the ones that inspire the most loyalty and will keep members coming back. However, running one or two sites is tough, for all the reasons running any small leisure business is hard: tight margins, seasonal cash flows, no one to share the operational load with. That's what I am looking to help solve, through shared organisational infrastructure, purchasing, best practices and capital, while retaining the things that make each gym unique and special. If that sounds interesting to you, let's talk!
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Antoine Nussenbaum liked thisAntoine Nussenbaum liked thisDay two of our Great Big Origin Get Together, and we're looking back at just how far we've come! A year ago we stepped out of stealth with a big belief: that despite being one of the most powerful strategic levers available to organisations, benefits teams still had limited visibility, limited governance and limited insight on their programmes. Today we're celebrating what that belief and our team has built: 💻 99 features and releases shipped ⬆️ $50M+ funding to power our mission 🌍 118 countries covered 👥 691,000+ employees' benefits on the platform 🎁 9,000+ unique benefits managed 💰 $3.5M+ in savings identified for clients 🤝 2 global client summits 🎉 4 Great Big Origin Get Togethers (although the first two were a little bit smaller!) We're building something that has never existed before. And we're building it fast, with the people who need it most. We've grown our team, deepened our ecosystem and partner network, and strengthened our community - and had fun doing it! Benefits teams finally have the visibility, intelligence and governance to lead. But none of this happens without the trust and belief of our clients, and the passion of our Origin team - true pioneers, reimagining what Enterprise Benefits Intelligence looks like at scale. Thank you to everyone on this journey with us. Here's to year two, and beyond. We're just getting started! ✨ #OriginBirthday #HRTech #EmployeeBenefits #EnterpriseBenefitsIntelligence #GlobalBenefits
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Anais Cisneros
Amela • 13K followers
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬. This week on #WomenRaisingTheBar ⚖️, we spotlight brilliant founders securing funding and building bold solutions across Europe and LATAM. From sustainable biotech and mobility to sports innovation — these women are showing what’s possible. 🇩🇪 Larissa Ruf & Greta G. – BiMA raises €500K to launch a screen-free projector for children 🇫🇷 Adèle James – Phagos raises €25M to create a sustainable alternative to antibiotics 🇩🇪 Helena Most – Resourcly secures €2.7M to cut manufacturing inventory inefficiencies 🇪🇸 Paloma Långstrum – TRIBBU raises €2M to end the lonely commute and tackle carbon emissions 🇲🇽 Natalia Salcedo Franco – PITZ raises $2.1M in one of LatAm’s largest pre-seed rounds 👏👏👏 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 — 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. The bar keeps rising. The capital is following. — 👋 I’m Anais, founder of Amela — a global network supporting women founders. Every Saturday, we spotlight the women raising the bar. #WomenRaisingTheBar #FemaleFounders #VC #Startups #Amela ♻️ Found this inspiring? Repost to amplify women raising capital. ⚡ Want more stories like this? Hit follow.
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Jos White
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Today Isembard announced a $50m Series A fundraise led by Union Square Ventures, less than a year after Notion Capital led their Seed round. 💥This is a company right at the intersection of AI & supply chain sovereignty & they’re exceeding even our most optimistic expectations. By the end of the year they will have 25 factories across the UK, US, Germany, France & Ukraine. 💥Isembard is rapidly scaling its network of AI-first factories for precision manufacturing at the same time as market demand is accelerating. Macro forces (reshoring, rising defence spend, concentration risk in Asia, and the growth of neo-primes) are structurally increasing demand for fast, local, flexible manufacturing that the current industry is unable to deliver on. 💥The innovation is in the way the company builds and franchises factories as a product with tightly integrated units of machines, software, robotics, & process intelligence that turn design files into certified components with speed & reliability. 💥Their AI software platform, MasonOS, connects all sites into a single operating system, replacing fragmented shops with standardised, high-performance industrial nodes & enabling real-time quoting, predictable delivery, & low defect rates. By owning the full production stack, Isembard delivers premium manufacturing performance with the scalability & flexibility of a software platform. 💥We are at the top of the AI hype cycle and there are understandable concerns about the ROI on the vast sums of money being invested into this new super-cycle. But, the ROI for Isembard is both clear and compelling. They will deliver components 10x faster and at 50% of the cost of current suppliers. They will also build a de-centralised, global network of factories to meet the growing demand for national or regional sovereignty. 💥This is a company with a clear vision to disrupt a massive, fragmented $1.8tn component manufacturing market. Today marks another huge stride towards that vision. And they are only just getting started. We’re thrilled to be on this journey with Alexander Fitzgerald & the team & we’re also excited to welcome Rebecca Kaden & USV into the investor base. Notion Capital Union Square Ventures Alexander Fitzgerald Rebecca Kaden Maximilian Eichler Stephen Millard Britt Mulder
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Barry de Kock
Capital Mills • 1K followers
What I’m reading: Gilion & Beauhurst’s latest research on tech-debt ✍ A few key takeaways from this new report on alternative financing for UK tech startups 💡 The total debt held by UK tech companies with <£100m revenue has more than doubled since 2015, now exceeding £240bn. Growth capital debt alone accounts for over a third of this. What was once a niche is now a core pillar of the funding landscape 🤓 Alternative financing options (like revenue-based loans and IP-backed debt) allow founders to scale on their own terms, without diluting equity or ceding control. Especially in today’s market, this flexibility is invaluable for ambitious teams with strong fundamental. 🤔 Traditional debt is still mostly reserved for companies with prior equity rounds. But new lenders, leveraging data and cashflow-based underwriting, are opening up funding to a much broader group of tech founders. This is a huge opportunity for both startups and investors The last two take-aways underpin why with Capital Mills we are providing non - dilutive growth loans since 2019. More founders tend to recognize the value of scaling with flexible capital - without giving up ownership. Check out the report in the comments below:
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Neil B.
Neil A. Burns LLC • 8K followers
The Coda (not Croda - C o d a - means finale / wrap up !) to our series of videos on how to succeed in #surfactants. In less than 5 minutes (you're welcome!) we cover: 🚀 The P&L is an integrated system, Not a List: Success requires understanding the interplay between the four main lines: Revenue (driven by marketing choices), Raw Materials (the largest cost), Plant Costs (driven by utilization), and SG&A (driven by business complexity). 🚀 Marketing Dictates the Top Line: Revenue isn't just sales execution; it is the result of strategic marketing decisions regarding which markets to enter and which customer segments to service. Yield is Reality, Not Theory: While stoichiometry dictates theoretical raw material usage, real-world success involves managing the "loss" gaps caused by startups, shutdowns, and off-spec production. 🚀 Utilization is a key Manufacturing differentiator: Since most leading competitors use similar chemistry and process technology, the primary lever for profitability in plant costs (22% of our generic P&L) is keeping asset utilization above 90% by, among other things, minimizing changeovers and reducing product line complexity. 🚀 Align SG&A with Gross Margin: You must match your overhead spending to the nature of the product and market. High-margin specialties justify high R&D and tech service costs; commodities do not. Regular portfolio reviews are required to ensure a maturing product hasn't drifted into the "Bad Place" (low margin, high SG&A cost). Hey and by the way: To go in depth, live, with the best in the world in the surfactants business, join us next year, May 6 - 7th 2026 in New Jersey https://lnkd.in/eAuFmzVX https://lnkd.in/eqnW7y_t
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Bashar Aboudaoud
UpRound • 6K followers
From accelerating the founders in 2021 → to the highest pet food valuation ever on Dragon’s Den (£75K for 2.5%). Fast forward: 📈 Sales more than doubled 🐶 +20,000 new customers ❤️ Record subscriber base 🚀 Annualized revenue nearing £10M 🥗 5M+ meals served to 30,000+ loyal pups across the UK And now? They just dropped LeanPaws, an Ozempic-inspired, vegan weight-management supplement for dogs. source What’s behind the momentum? Omni Pet | B Corp™ founder, a vet, swapped out meat byproducts for science-backed, nutrient-dense ingredients like peas, lentils, and blueberries. Even Dragons took notice: Steven Bartlett called them “killers” and Deborah Meaden’s dogs polished off Omni on set. Shiv Sivakumar Dr. Guy Sandelowsky MBA Steven Bartlett Deborah Meaden Touker Suleyman Sara Davies MBE Peter Jones #OmniPet #DragonsDen #PetTech #FutureOfFood #AlternativeProtein #PetNutrition #SustainablePetFood #StartupSuccess
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