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Little Sesame

About Little Sesame

Little Sesame is a food startup focused on creating healthy and nutritious snacks for children. The company aims to provide parents with better snack options that are both tasty and wholesome, promoting healthy eating habits from an early age.

Business Information
Target Customers
parents health-conscious consumers children
Industry Categories
Software
Business Model
Revenue Model Direct-to-Consumer
Pricing Strategy Subscription-based with one-time purchase options
Sales Channels e-commerce, retail partnerships, direct sales
Funding Timeline
Round Date Amount Investors
Series A Jul 15, 2025 $8.5M InvestEco, Watchfire Ventures, Santatera Capital +1 more
Series B Oct 21, 2023 $250.0M Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, SignalRank
Founders
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Brendan Iribe

Co-Founder & CEO

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Ankit Kumar

Founder & CEO

Investors
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InvestEco

Venture Capital

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Santatera Capital

Venture Capital

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Sequoia Capital

Venture Capital

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SignalRank

Venture Capital

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Spark Capital

Venture Capital

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Watchfire Ventures

Venture Capital

Recent Mentions
cpgwire
CPG WIRE @cpgwire
Jul 15, 2025

Little Sesame secured $8.5M in Series A financing. The round was led by InvestEco — an investor in brands like LesserEvil and Vital Farms — with participation from Watchfire Ventures, Santatera Capital, Beliade Consumer Partners, and a number of strategic angel investors. The https://t.co/oVTnFv7ska

raisingfi
Raising.fi @raisingfi
Jul 15, 2025

New Raise 🏛️ Company: Little Sesame 🔗 Website: https://t.co/aBtZJY9kFu 📊 Amount: $8.5 Million 🔄 Round: Series A 🧮 Valuation: N/A ⚙️ Industry: Food & Agriculture

unumihaimedia
unumihai Media @unumihaimedia
Oct 21, 2025

Sesame, the AI startup led by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, has raised $250 million in Series B funding, launching its beta program for innovative smart glasses that offer a lifelike AI assistant for daily use. https://t.co/rR0qwuXzmT

testingcatalog
TestingCatalog News 🗞 @testingcatalog
Oct 22, 2025

Sesame opened early beta opt-in for their upcoming iOS app and raised a $250M Series B led by Sequoia. Sesame first appeared as a voice app demo, recognised to be outperforming existing voice models back then. https://t.co/OnWWr6S57e https://t.co/3z1yP9hcFd

B_AI_S
Bespoke AI Solutions Inc @B_AI_S
Oct 22, 2025

Sesame raised $250M Series B and opened an invite-only beta for AI smartglasses. Founded by Brendan Iribe and Ankit Kumar, the glasses embed a natural-voice personal agent; expect rapid change in hands-free enterprise workflows. https://t.co/nd9fM3LdQB

TradedVC
Traded: Venture Capital @TradedVC
Oct 22, 2025

Sesame, the conversational AI startup and smart glasses maker founded by former Oculus co-founder and CEO Brendan Iribe and Ankit Kumar, has raised $250 million in Series B funding and opened its beta program to select testers. The company is building a personal AI agent with https://t.co/4M2yy0hdf1

raisingfi
Raising.fi @raisingfi
Oct 22, 2025

New Raise 🏛️ Company: Sesame 🔗 Website: https://t.co/gLdnkEUMDZ 📊 Amount: $250 Million 🔄 Round: Series B 🧮 Valuation: N/A ⚙️ Industry: AI, Technology

whogotfundai
Who Got Funded AI @whogotfundai
Oct 22, 2025

@sesame has raised $250M Series B to scale its AI-powered smart glasses that deliver natural-sounding conversational AI. The round was led by Sequoia, with participation from Spark and other undisclosed investors. https://t.co/cqqUwAJo8Y

TimesOfAI_
Times Of AI @TimesOfAI_
Oct 23, 2025

Sesame Raises $250M Series B to Launch AI Voice Agent and Smart Glasses Beta Sesame, the conversational AI startup founded by former Oculus/Meta leaders, has closed a $250 million Series B funding round and opened a beta version of its technology to select testers. The company https://t.co/zUd1m30ibh

tbuzzdaily
The Tech Buzz @tbuzzdaily
Oct 27, 2025

Sesame, a conversational AI startup founded by former Oculus executives, has raised $250 million in Series B funding and is launching a beta for its AI-powered smart glasses. The technology features natural-sounding AI voices and aims to create a personal AI agent that users can https://t.co/gdCuAQYNfH

VenturChronicle
Venture Chronicle @VenturChronicle
Nov 29, 2025

@sesame | $250M Voice-AI startup. Series B round (Oct 21), co-led by Sequoia and Spark Capital, with additional participation from SignalRank.