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Crunchbase News typically covers larger funding rounds, however we think these startups are worth highlighting for their interesting approaches despite their smaller raises.

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CH4 Global

We wrote earlier in the week about , which is developing sustainable foods. is doing the same, but for cattle.

CH4 Global raised $3 million in seed round funding this week to turn seaweed into livestock feed to reduce ruminant methane emissions by up to 90 percent, , co-founder and CEO, told Crunchbase News.

Investors included unnamed family offices, private investors and government innovation groups, including the , , the , and the .

The San Francisco-based startup is using sustainable aquaculture growing and processing methods to grow the seaweed species Asparagopsis armata in South Australia and New Zealand to mitigate climate change.

鈥淲e are focused on starting the optimization process of scaling growth,鈥� Meller said. 鈥淲e aim to be the world鈥檚 first commercial-scale facility on the planet.鈥�

Mustard

While the sports world is still figuring things out due to the pandemic, , an elite-level motion analysis app for broad athletics coaching, is out in beta mode. The startup has raised $1.7 million in seed funding from investors including , and angel investors , , and .

The startup was founded by and throwing coach Dr. , mental performance coach , and former minor league pitcher, . The company will use the funds for technology development, to expand into additional sports, and to build out a robust mental performance training platform for all athletes.

鈥淲e are out to revolutionize coaching,鈥� Collis said in an interview. 鈥淭here is a huge problem with kids not being able to play sports because they don鈥檛 have access to coaching. We put the coaching in kids鈥� pockets.鈥�

Launching with a focus on baseball, the initially free Mustard app provides baseball pitchers of all levels with motion analysis and personalized instruction to eliminate guesswork.

Undock

Thanks to , I learned about 鈥檚 2-year-old startup . The New York-based company announced a $1.6 million seed round to advance its video conferencing platform that helps people instantly schedule, host and document meetings.

Investors in the round included , , , , , 补苍诲听.

鈥淥ur AI-powered calendar solution helps connect people across teams, time zones and different organizations,鈥� Ahmed said via email. 鈥淲e’ll be adding to our development team to build a world-class user experience and extend work on our patent-pending AI for scheduling. Undock will come out of Beta in October and introduce its full meeting and calendar product during a special launch event.鈥�

LaunchNotes

, a San Francisco-based company, is developing a tool that keeps internal teams and customers informed of product changes and updates in real time. It closed on a $1.8 million seed round with plans to rapidly advance its product development and meet demand.

The company was started by three former Atlassians, , and . After its launch in May, the company now has more than 100 companies using the product.

The investment was co-led by and with participation from additional individual investors.

Brereton told Crunchbase News that LaunchNotes plans to invest most of the seed funding back into hiring people so the company can work on new functions and features.

鈥淲e are building out our small engineering team and hiring a product designer,鈥� he added. 鈥淲e are receiving a lot of in-bound requests from larger enterprises and there are still a couple of boxes to check before we can go deep into enterprises.鈥�

Company photos courtesy of CH4 Global and Undock.
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