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Sunday, 10/06/2024 |
STG LogisticsFunding Amount: $300 MillionSTG Logistics, a Chicago, IL-based provider of containerized logistics services, closed a $300m debt and equity financing package. This financing, backed by existing lenders and equity sponsors, will provide the company with capital to accelerate its ongoing expansion and strategic growth initiatives. Hiring For: Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Other(11) |
KohoFunding Amount: $190 MillionKoho, a Toronto, Canada-based fintech company, raised C$190M in Equity and Debt funding. The round consisted of C$40M in equity and C$150M in debt, led by returning investor, PROPELR Growth, joined by new investor Rockefeller Capital and included existing investors Drive Capital, TTV, and BDC. The credit extension is in partnership with new and existing partners. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Product(2), Marketing(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Data(1), Operations(1) |
AlanFunding Amount: €173 MillionAlan, a Paris, France-based health insurer, raised €173m in Series F funding at a $4.5b valuation. The round was led by Belgian Belfius Bank with participation from Teachers’ Venture Growth, Temasek, Coatue, and Lakestar, and other French and international major entrepreneurs. |
ObserveFunding Amount: $145 MillionObserve, a San Mateo, CA-based SaaS observability company, raised $145M in Series B funding. The round was led by Evolution Equity Partners and Madrona Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Madrona Managing Director Soma Somasegar joined Observe’s board of directors. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(6), Data(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1) |
NusanoFunding Amount: $115 MillionNusano, a Valencia, CA-based physics company transforming the production of radioisotopes, raised over $115M in Series C funding. The round was led by The Wasatch Group, with additional participation by S32. Previous investors included Verily and the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Cybersecurity(1), Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(2) |
DexoryFunding Amount: $80 MillionDexory, a London, UK-based robotics and data intelligence company, raised $80M in Series B funding. The round was led by DTCP, with participation from Latitude Ventures, Wave-X and Bootstrap Europe, along with existing investors Atomico, Lakestar, Capnamic and several angels from the logistics industry. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(10), Remote(1), Product(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(3) |
UjetFunding Amount: $76 MillionUjet, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of AI-powered cloud contact center solutions, closed its latest round which brought the total raised in Series D funding to $76M. Its latest round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from new investors KeyCorp and IonPacific, and existing investors GV, Kleiner Perkins, Citi Ventures, DCM, and Ericsson Ventures. |
CentivoFunding Amount: $75 MillionCentivo, a Buffalo, NY-based healthcare company dedicated to making high-quality healthcare more affordable for employers and their employees, secured $75M in equity and debt financing. The round included participation from new strategic investors Cone Health Ventures and MemorialCare Innovation Fund, as well as existing financial investors including B Capital, Cox Enterprises, F-Prime Capital, Ingleside Investors, and Morgan Health (a division of JPMorgan Chase). Debt facilities are provided by Trinity Capital and ongoing banking partner, JPMorgan Chase. Hiring For: Remote(4), HR/People(2), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Other(4) |
HarmonicFunding Amount: $75 MillionHarmonic, a Palo Alto, CA-based artificial intelligence platform for the development of mathematical superintelligence (MSI), raised $75M in Series A funding at a $325M post-money valuation. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Index Ventures and additional backing from Jasper Lau’s Era Funds, GreatPoint Ventures, DST Global partners, Nikesh Arora, and Jared Leto. Sequoia partner Andrew Reed will join Harmonic’s board, and Index Ventures partner Jan Hammer will join as an observer. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2) |
Sublime SystemsFunding Amount: $75 MillionSublime Systems, a Somerville, Mass., green cement startup, raised $75m from cement producers Holcim and CRH. |
TorqFunding Amount: $70 MillionTorq, a NYC-based AI-first security hyperautomation company, raised $70M in Series C funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $112M, was led by Evolution Equity Partners, with Bessemer Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Greenfield Partners, and Strait Capital participating. |
InDebtedFunding Amount: $60 MillionInDebted, an Australian debt collection startup, raised A$60m in Series C funding at a A$350m valuation. Airtree led, and was joined by Carthona, Reinventure, Perennial, Australian Retirement Trust, and Premier Capital Partners. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Customer Success(4), Product(2), Data(1), Other(6) |
SubmerFunding Amount: $55.5 MillionSubmer, a Spanish provider of data center cooling solutions, raised $55.5m in Series C funding. at a $500m valuation. MG led, and was joined by Mundi Ventures and insiders Planet First Partners and Norrsken VC. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Customer Success(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(1) |
HungryPandaFunding Amount: $55 MillionHungryPanda, a NYC-based overseas Asian food delivery platform, closed a $55m refinancing and fundraise. The round was led by Mars Growth Capital, a JV between Liquidity Group and MUFG, with continued support from existing investors, including Perwyn, Kinnevik, 83North, and Felix. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(13), Marketing(5), Remote(1), Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1) |
Mirai BioFunding Amount: $50 MillionMirai Bio, a Cambridge, MA-based bioplatform innovation company, raised $50M in initial funding. Flagship Pioneering made the founding investment. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Data(2), Other(1) |
Route 92 MedicalFunding Amount: $50 MillionRoute 92 Medical, a San Mateo, CA-based company developing solutions for neurovascular interventional procedures, received $50M in Series F extension equity funding. The round was led by Novo Holdings. Other participants in the round included U.S. Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, InnovaHealth Partners, and The Vertical Group. In connection with the investment, Noel Jee, Partner, Growth Investments, Novo Holdings US, joins the Route 92 Board of Directors. |
Dandelion EnergyFunding Amount: $40 MillionDandelion Energy, an Arlington, VA-based home geothermal company, raised $40M in Series C funding. The round was led by GV (Google Ventures) and supported by Collaborative Fund, LenX, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and NGP. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Product(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(5) |
PykaFunding Amount: $40 MillionPyka, an Alameda, CA-based electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round was led by Obvious Ventures, with participation from both new and existing investors, including Piva Capital, Prelude Ventures, Metaplanet Holdings, and Y Combinator. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), Remote(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1) |
GladlyFunding Amount: $40 MillionGladly, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in customer service innovation, raised $40M in funding. The round was led by AVP. |
Campfire InteractiveFunding Amount: $37 MillionCampfire Interactive, an Ann Arbor, MI-based provider of enterprise software solutions for manufacturing companies and automotive suppliers, received a $37M majority investment from Growth Partners. The company intends to use the amount to support its continued growth, accelerate product innovation, and expand its market reach. |
ApronFunding Amount: $30 MillionApron, a London business payments startup, raised $30m in Series B funding. Zinai Growth led, and was joined by insiders Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Tony Fadell. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Legal/Compliance(1) |
PreparedFunding Amount: $27 MillionPrepared, a NYC-based provider of an AI platform built for emergency communications, raised $27M in Series B funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $57M, was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from returning investors First Round Capital and M13 and new investor NewView Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Sales/Business Development(1) |
MetOx InternationalFunding Amount: $25 MillionMetOx International, a Houston, TX-based developer and manufacturer of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire, raised $25M in Series B extension funding. The round was led by Centaurus and New System Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Product(1) |
VizitFunding Amount: $25 MillionVizit, a Boston, MA-based company which specializes in Visual AI software for global brands and retailers, raised $25M in Series B funding. Backers included Infinity Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, and Lakefront Partners, as well as new investors eGateway Capital, Highmount Capital, Lightscape Partners, B37, Stage 1 Ventures, and Roll Tack Ventures, along with many prominent CPG, retail, and technology executives. Hiring For: Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(4), Data(1), Marketing(1) |
David EnergyFunding Amount: $23 MillionDavid Energy, a NYC-based gridtech company, raised $23M in funding. The round was led by Cathay Innovation, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Keyframe Capital, Equal Ventures, and BoxGroup, among others. |
K1xFunding Amount: $20 MillionK1x, a Court Morristown, NJ-based SaaS financial technology company and provider of all-digital K-1 data aggregation and reporting for the capital markets, received $20M in funding. The round was led by Edison Partners. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2), Customer Success(2), Other(2) |
RogoFunding Amount: $18.5 MillionRogo, a NYC-based secure enterprise AI platform for finance professionals, raised $18.5m in Series A funding. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Mantis VC, Jack Altman (CEO of Lattice and founder of Altman Capital), Eric Schmidt (former CEO of Google), and others. Keith Rabois, General Partner at Khosla Ventures, CEO of OpenStore, and four-time Midas List awardee, joins Rogo’s Board of Directors. This round brings Rogo’s total funding to $26 million. |
PalletFunding Amount: $18 MillionPallet, a San Francisco, CA-based transportation and warehouse management system, raised $18M in Series A funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $21M, was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and Activant Capital. Angel investors also participated, including Zach Frankel, Toast founders Aman Narang and Steve Fredette, Dutchie CEO Tim Barash, Home Depot board member Manuel Kadre, and Cedar Capital partner John Curtius |
FathomFunding Amount: $17 MillionFathom, an SF-based meetings intelligence platform, raised $17m in Series A funding led by Telescope Partners. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Data(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1) |
ArcadeFunding Amount: $17 MillionArcade, a San Francisco, CA-based AI product creation platform provider, raised $17M in total funding. The rounds include: a first investment of $5m, co-led by Reid Hoffman and Brit Morin of Offline Ventures with Heretic Ventures participating, and an additional investment of $5m led by Ashton Kutcher of Sound Ventures. Additional investors include: |
AmpUpFunding Amount: $15 MillionAmpUp, a Santa Clara, CA-based provider of an electric vehicle (EV) charging platform, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Touchdown Ventures. New Investors including Autotech Ventures, MUUS Climate Partners, Holman, Goodyear, Foothill Ventures, WEX Venture Capital, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Powerhouse Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, among others, also participated. Hiring For: Remote(2), Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Other(2) |
ValderaFunding Amount: $15 MillionValdera, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-driven sourcing platform for chemicals and raw materials, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Index Ventures. Susa Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, and Box Group also participated. Other investors including current and former executives from Procter and Gamble, Estee Lauder, Unilever, Nestle, Bayer, Henkel, Polycoat, and SAP Ariba joined as investors and advisory board members. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Operations(4), Supply Chain/Logistics(3) |
OutgoFunding Amount: $15 MillionOutgo, a Seattle, WA-based freight payments platform provider, raised $15M in funding. The round was led by Gradient Ventures, Construct Capital, with participation from Neo, PSL Ventures, Bezos Expeditions, Fintech Fund, Operator Stack and Upper90. Additionally, the company has secured a $50M credit facility raised from Upper90 for receivables purchasing. Hiring For: Customer Success(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(2) |
LiveFlowFunding Amount: $13.5 MillionLiveFlow, a NYC-based provider of an intelligent finance and accounting automation platform, raised $13.5M in Series A funding. The round was led by Valar Ventures. |
TamnoonFunding Amount: $12 MillionTamnoon, a Seattle, WA-based company which specializes in managed cloud security remediation, raised $12M in Series A funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $18M, was led by Bright Pixel Capital (formerly Sonae IM), with participation from new investors Blu Ventures, and Mindset Ventures and existing investors Merlin Ventures, Secret Chord Ventures, Inner Loop Capital, and Elron Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Product(1), Marketing(1) |
HavocAIFunding Amount: $11 MillionHavocAI, a Providence, RI-based company which specializes in autonomous uncrewed surface vessel technology, raised $11M in Seed funding. The round was led by Scout Ventures and Trousdale Ventures, with participation from Outlander VC, The Veteran Fund, BV.VC, Decisive Point, Alumni Ventures, and New North Ventures. Hiring For: Product(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1) |
LoomaFunding Amount: $10 MillionLooma, a Durham, NC-based in-store digital media company, raised $10M in funding. Backers included a group of family offices, YETI Capital, and current investors. In connection with the round, Margot Fooshee, former marketing executive from J.Crew and Beautycounter, joined Looma’s board of directors. Hiring For: Operations(8), Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1) |
LettaFunding Amount: $10 MillionLetta, a San Francisco, CA based generative AI startup spun out of UC Berkeley’s AI research lab, emerged from stealth with a $10m seed funding. The round was led by Felicis with participation from Sunflower Capital and Essence VC, as well as angels Jeff Dean (Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind), Clem Delangue (CEO of HuggingFace), Cristobal Valenzuela (CEO of Runway), Jordan Tigani (CEO of MotherDuck), Tristan Handy (CEO of dbt Labs), Robert Nishihara (co-founder of Anyscale), and Barry McCardel (CEO of Hex). Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Other(1) |
arquFunding Amount: $10 Millionarqu, a San Francisco, CA-based tech-enabled wholesale insurance brokerage company, raised $10M in Series A funding. The round was led by Crosslink Capital with participation from Intact Ventures, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Foxe Capital and Nationwide Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(1), Product(1) |
DocJurisFunding Amount: $8 MillionDocJuris, a Houston, TX-based company which specializes in AI contract review, raised $8M in Series A funding. The round was led by Silverton Partners, with participation from previous investors Watertower Ventures, Surface Ventures, and Seed Round Capital. Hiring For: Remote(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
NmbrFunding Amount: C$7.6 MillionNmbr, a Toronto, Canada-based embedded payroll software provider, raised CAD $7.6m in seed funding. The round was led by Panache Ventures, Golden Ventures, Motivate Venture Capital, and Luge Capital. Hiring For: Remote(1), Product(1) |
AminoChainFunding Amount: $5 MillionAminoChain, a New York based developer of a blockchain platform connecting medical institutions, raised $5m in seed funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $7M, was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Cercano. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1) |
AirshipFunding Amount: $4 MillionAirship, a Washington, DC-based company that provides software tools and financial products to help home services owner-operators grow their businesses, raised $4M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by QED Investors, with participation from Silence, Lorimer Ventures, Four Acres Capital and Twine Ventures. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1), Other(1) |
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