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Street Lighting and the End of Segmented Sleep
Talks about segmented sleep, street lighting and cultural shifts
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Luke Sherwin
Owner at Roseland
New York, New York
Overview
Luke Sherwin is the Owner of Roseland in New York, New York, with a background in digital strategy, new media, and start-ups. He has co-founded successful companies like Block Renovation and Casper, and has invested in various sectors including Real Estate/PropTech, Enterprise, Consumer Internet, and FinTech, with notable investments in companies like Simply Homes and Plum Kitchen.
Work Experience
Owner
2023 - Current
Co-founder
2017 - 2022
Block Renovation provides a platform for homeowners, designers, and contractors for home renovation projects.
Raised $104,000,000.00 from Obvious Ventures, Montauk Ventures, Firstminute Capital, BoxGroup, SoftBank Vision Fund, SV Angel, Rainfall Ventures, Oisin Hanrahan, Spencer Rascoff and Giant Ventures.
Co-founder
2013 - 2017
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission-driven inflated prices.
Raised $339,700,000.00 from Gordon Whyte, New Enterprise Associates, IVP, Target, Sand Hill Angels, Parkway Venture Capital, Dani Reiss, Norwest Venture Partners and Alumni Ventures.
Co-founder
2012 - 2013
A collaboration with four friends from Brown and RISD that started on post-collegiate whim. With minor funding and zero full-time employees, we grew this media and e-commerce company to around around 200 manufacturing partners.
Education
Bath UK
2000 - 2005
Investments
Latest Articles
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Here’s to 26 years
Talks about Casper, sleep and lifetime sleep statistics
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Yang Yongliang
Talks about Yang Yongliang, Sleepless Wonderland and composite photo
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The Sleeping Face
Talks about sleeping faces, stress remedy and artworks featuring sleeping faces