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Denver funding news: Sheets & Giggles and Nanno top recent local investments

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Published on August 12, 2019
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Denver-based sustainable bedding and consumer goods company Sheets & Giggles has secured $1.3 million in seed funding, according to company database Crunchbase, topping the city’s recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced August 6 and led by Rockies Venture Club.

According to its Crunchbase profile, "Forget cotton and meet Sheets & Giggles: sustainable, softer-than-cotton eucalyptus lyocell bed sheets that will give you the best night of your life."

The two-year-old startup also raised a $226,241 seed round in 2018.

Over the past year, three Denver-based consumer goods companies have secured venture funding, totaling $26 million in new investment to the local industry.

In other local funding news, marketplace company Nanno announced a $150,000 seed funding round on July 22, financed by 500 Startups.

According to Crunchbase, "Nanno is a childcare application that allows parents to book vetted sitters nationwide. All the babysitters on its platform are screened, checked and vetted by the company. Its platform conducts identity verification of both parents and babysitters."

The company also raised a $205,000 pre-seed round in 2017.


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