Exciting launch: David Oyelowo's Mansa debuts Mansa Mix on Roku Channel 301. This free streaming service offers 2000+ hours of curated content celebrating global Black culture. Discover authentic stories and diverse perspectives. https://lnkd.in/dQRTAqjf
MaC Venture Capital
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Los Angeles, CA 13,969 followers
Early Stage VC investing in infectious tech companies that benefit from global shifts in culture & behavior.
About us
MaC Venture Capital is the result of the merger between successful Los Angeles and Bay Area based Seed funds, Cross Culture Ventures and M Ventures. MaC Venture Capital is an early stage venture capital firm focused on finding ideas, technology, and products that can become infectious. We invest in technology companies that benefit from shifts in cultural trends and behaviors in an increasingly diverse global marketplace. We help entrepreneurs bring the future into focus to find their breakthrough moment. Our proven track record of 100+ investments has unlocked growth opportunities through capital, advisement, and relationship building. Our previous funds’ portfolios have returned capital to investors and continue to appreciate in value.
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http://macventurecapital.com
External link for MaC Venture Capital
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, CA
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2019
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Los Angeles, CA 90069, US
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San Francisco, CA 94114, US
Employees at MaC Venture Capital
Updates
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Travel horizons expand as LOST iN acquires BuzzFeed's Bring Me! franchise. ✈️ With 7K+ captivating videos and 3B+ views, this acquisition charts a new course in travel media. Expect fresh perspectives and curated wanderlust under the Lost In banner. https://lnkd.in/g4EK2nmU
Publisher Lost In Acquires BuzzFeed’s Bring Me! Franchise
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The complete Anthropic Claude model family is now available in Voiceflow! Discover how to leverage these powerful, high-speed AI models in your projects.
We've added the full Anthropic Claude model family to Voiceflow ⚡ Learn more about Anthropic's lightning fast and performant model family with examples of how to best use each model in Voiceflow 👇 #Anthropic #Voiceflow #LLM
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Your favorite frozen meals might soon be assembled by high-tech Chef Robotics. From tikka masala to pesto tortellini, these smart bots are revolutionizing the food industry! 🤖🍽️ https://lnkd.in/esYeyqju
Robot-packed meals are coming to the frozen-food aisle
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MaC Venture Capital reposted this
I'm a VC and I'm Italian so naturally robotics and food are two of my favorite things, which is why today's unveiling of MaC Venture Capital's portfolio company Chef Robotics is so exciting for me. Bringing the power of AI into the physical world (or "embodied AI") where 90% of the world's GDP is generated to service the food industry, which has the largest labor shortage of any industry in the US, is going to be transformative. Chef has already made 20M meals in production, so if you have eaten a pre-made meal in the last six months, it's likely one of Chef's robots assembled that meal. Chef's founder and CEO Rajat Bhageria beautifully lays out his founding story, where the comapny is now, and where it is going in this post, which is a must-read if like me you are into food and/or robotics: https://lnkd.in/gEPNr7s5 Congrats to Rajat and the whole Chef team for the incredible success thus far. Lot's more to come!
Today is a big day at Chef! After working in stealth mode, we are finally lifting the veil on what Chef does. Until now, we’ve kept our heads down as we developed our first-of-its-kind food manipulation AI and robot system. Now, with a renaissance in AI, we find ourselves uniquely positioned as the market leaders in the food robotics space and are ready to tell our story. Over the past two years, Chef has done 20,000,000 servings in production, has robots deployed in 6 cities in the US and Canada, and has learned how to manipulate hundreds of ingredients. We're now scaling our AI-enabled robotic systems around North America. At Chef, we believe that the biggest impact of AI is going to be on the physical world. And we believe the best place to start is the food industry. With 1.137M jobs unfilled, the food preparation industry the #1 labor shortage in the country. Americans do not want to do this work. These growing labor shortages are forcing food companies to leave millions of dollars on the table every year in unmet demand. As this pain becomes more acute, food companies are more aggressively seeking out alternatives, including off-shoring parts of the food supply chain to other countries where there is more labor available; this of course comes with its own significant risks for the US. Chef has chosen to approach this problem in a systematic way. Rather than go directly to restaurants - as many food robotics have done - we've started in food manufacturing. Food manufacturing is a market that most assume to be already automated. But in reality, it's not. So anytime you have a burrito from Trader Joe's, a frozen prepared meal, a salad from Starbucks, a meal on an airplane, or a dish when you're at a large hospital system, it's likely made by humans in an industrial kitchen. At Chef, we've built an AI-enabled system that can slide onto existing production lines just like a human. Chef is built to be flexible so it can handle almost any ingredient, no matter how you cut, cook, or prep it. In these high volume operations, Chef can generate ROI for our customers, all while gaining valuable training data on how to manipulate food. Over time, Chef can leverage those AI models and deploy at more lower volume operations like ghost kitchens and fast casuals. We're now going public and talking about why we've chosen food manufacturing as a starting point, how exactly our robots work to help customers generate ROI, showing exclusive customer case studies, and talking about where we see this all going in both the immediate and long-term. Check out the links in the comments for: - Our new website which includes case studies from customers like Amy's Kitchen, Intelligent Foods (Sunbasket), & Chef Bombay - Our CEO Rajat Bhageria's blog post "Lifting the Veil on Chef" - Our Mission and Master Plan - Some great press and podcasts We are proud to be one step closer to accelerating the advent of intelligent machines in the world 🚀
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New Payload episode: Hollywood meets Space Tech! Join us with Michael Palank as he shares his journey from talent agent to space investor. Learn how spotting the next big star translates to finding innovative startups Dive into aerospace, defense & tech investments Explore the future of space investing Tune in now! https://lnkd.in/gwU9rN9P
Angel to Investor, with Mike Palank (MaC Venture Capital)
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Last night's #FBRCai Fireside with Nikola Todorovic of Wonder Dynamics was🔥! Insightful convo on the Autodesk acquisition & future of storytelling. Thanks, Todd Terrazas & FBRC.ai for hosting this exclusive glimpse into industry shifts.
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From billboards to broadcasts: Elonex Outdoor Media and Ryff unveil groundbreaking In-Scene Out-of-Home advertising at #MADFest. Seamless integration of DOOH and virtual placements offers brands unparalleled reach and relevance across screens. https://lnkd.in/gKvMzeHq
ELONEX AND RYFF ANNOUNCE IN-SCENE OUT-OF-HOME ADVERTISING PARTNERSHIP AT MAD//Fest
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We're deeply grateful to Business Insider for including MaC Venture Capital in their esteemed list of top VCs funding the creator economy for the third consecutive year. This recognition affirms our commitment to empowering creators through strategic investments. Marlon C. Nichols continues to lead the charge with the recent backing of LOST iN, TBTM (Take Back the Media), and SPILL. These ventures exemplify our dedication to fostering transparency, fair compensation, and creative freedom in the industry. https://lnkd.in/gcFExqZS #businessinsider #venturecapital #lostin #takebackthemic #spill
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🚀 LOST iN secures $4M funding & acquisition! Former Jukin execs dive into travel media, targeting premium economy travelers. CEO Jonathan Skogmo aims to revolutionize travel coverage for urban professionals. Exciting times ahead for digital travel content! https://lnkd.in/g-ePu4zk
Former Jukin execs raise $4M for travel media brand
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