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Sunday, 10/20/2024 |
CoreWeaveFunding Amount: $650 MillionCoreWeave, a Roseland, NJ-based provider of a AI cloud solutions for accelerated computing, received a $650M credit facility. Backers included JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, with participation from Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Mizuho, MUFG, and Wells Fargo. |
Form EnergyFunding Amount: $405 MillionForm Energy, a Somerville, Mass., developer of long-duration batteries, raised $405m in Series F funding. T. Rowe Price led, and was joined by GE Vernova and insiders TPG Rise Climate, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Capricorn, Coatue, Energy Impact Partners, The Engine Ventures, NGP, Temasek, GIC, Prelude Ventures, Claure Group, Gigascale Capital, Blindspot Ventures, and VamosVentures. |
LightmatterFunding Amount: $400 MillionLightmatter, a Mountain View, CA-based company which speciaizes in photonic supercomputing, raised $400M in Series D funding, at $4.4B valuation. The round, which brought the total amount to $850M, was led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation from existing investors, including Fidelity Management & Research Company and GV (Google Ventures). |
ZinniaFunding Amount: $300 MillionZinnia, a Greenwich, CT-based life and annuity (L&A) insurance technology company, raised $300M in strategic financing from Vista Credit Partners. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its go-to-market strategy. |
SpliteroFunding Amount: $300 MillionSplitero, a San Diego, CA-based financial technology company for homeowners, received a $300M investment from Antarctica Capital. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Hiring For: Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1) |
SukiFunding Amount: $165 MillionSuki, a Redwood City, CA-based leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, raiserd $70 in Series D funding. The round, which brought total funding to $165m, was led by Hedosophia, with a substantial additional investment from Venrock, as well as participation by existing investors including March Capital, Flare Capital, Breyer Capital, and inHealth Ventures. |
DTiQFunding Amount: $145 MillionDTiQ, a Framingham, MA-based provider of SaaS-based video, analytics, and optimization solutions for operators within the restaurant, convenience store and specialty retail industries, received a $145M growth investment from Bain Capital Credit. The company intends to use the funds to drive increased innovation in AI and computer vision for more actionable business insights and automation, expand its SaaS product offerings, and capture new opportunities in existing and new territories. |
EvenUpFunding Amount: $135 MillionEvenUp, a San Francisco, CA-based market leader in personal injury AI and document generation, raised $135m in Series D funding. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Premji Invest, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, SignalFire, and B Capital Group. This brings the company’s total funding to $235m. |
Zap EnergyFunding Amount: $130 MillionZap Energy, an Everett, WA-based provider of Century, a liquid-metal-cooled fusion test platform, raised $130M in Series D funding. The round was led by Soros Fund Management, with participation from new investors BAM Elevate, Emerson Collective, Leitmotif, Mizuho Financial Group, Plynth Energy and Xplor Ventures. Other investors included Addition, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, DCVC, Energy Impact Partners, Lowercarbon Capital and Shell Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1) |
Maven ClinicFunding Amount: $125 MillionMaven Clinic, a NYC-based virtual clinic for women’s and family health, raised $125M in Series F funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $425M, was led by StepStone Group, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Icon Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital. |
DecagonFunding Amount: $100 MillionDecagon, a San Francisco, CA-based innovator in AI customer support agents, raised $100M, including its latest Series B funding round. The $65M Series B round was led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Elad Gil, A*, Accel, BOND Capital and ACME Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
Toca Football, Inc.Funding Amount: $100 MillionToca Football, Inc., a Costa Mesa, CA-based soccer experience company, raised approximately $100m in Series F funding. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its global growth by investing in new technologies, upgrading its TOCA Soccer training centers, and opening additional soccer-themed TOCA Social entertainment venues. Hiring For: Operations(4), Other(96) |
GlookoFunding Amount: $100 MillionGlooko, a Palo Alto, Calif., provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management for diabetes, raised $100m in Series F funding and named a new CEO. Georgian led, and was joined by Health Catalyst Capital. Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1) |
CytovaleFunding Amount: $100 MillionCytovale, a San Francisco, CA-based commercial-stage medical diagnostics company, raised $100M in Series D funding. The round was led by Sands Capital with participation from new investor Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), as well as existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Global Health Investment Corporation and Breakout Ventures. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Marketing(2), Content Creation(1), Other(2) |
BrassicaFunding Amount: $100 MillionBrassica, a Columbus, Ohio-based fast-casual restaurant concept, received a minority investment from Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG). Chipotle Mexican Grill made the investment through its $100m Cultivate Next venture fund, which makes early-stage investments into strategically aligned companies that further Chipotle’s longer term growth plans to operate 7,000 restaurants in North America. Hiring For: Other(20) |
JosysFunding Amount: $100 MillionJosys, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a SaaS Management platform that simplifies how IT works, raised $100M in Venture Debt. Backers were not disclosed. |
GropyusFunding Amount: €100 MillionGropyus, an Austrian startup that uses robots to make prefab buildings, raised €100m co-led by Semapa and Practical VC. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(8), Product(6), Operations(2), HR/People(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Data(1), Other(1) |
Path RoboticsFunding Amount: $100 MillionPath Robotics, a Columbus, OH-based AI-enabled robotic welding, raised $100M in venture capital funding. The round was led by Matter Venture Partners and Drive Capital, with participation from Yamaha Ventures, Taiwania Capital, MediaTek, Catapult Ventures, Gaingels, Addition, Tiger Global and Basis Set. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Data(4), Remote(1), Design(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Other(1) |
NucleraFunding Amount: $75 MillionNuclera, a Cambridge, UK-based biotechnology company accelerating protein expression and purification workflows through its benchtop protein system, raised $75M in funding. The round was led by Elevage Medical Technologies, backed by Patient Square Capital, and joined by British Patient Capital, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Jonathan Milner, GK Goh, M&G Catalyst, E Ink Holdings, Michael D. McCreary, Uni Power Group, and Verve Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1) |
FartherFunding Amount: $72 MillionFarther, a NYC-based tech-powered financial advisory firm, raised $72M in Series C funding. The round, which elevated Farther’s post-money valuation to $542M, was led by CapitalG and Viewpoint Ventures. Hiring For: Marketing(3), Customer Success(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(2) |
Oshi HealthFunding Amount: $60 MillionOshi Health, a NYC-based company which specializes in digestive healthcare, raised $60M in Seris C Funding. The round was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Flare Capital Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, and Takeda Digital Ventures. |
Q-CtrlFunding Amount: $59 MillionQ-Ctrl, an Australian provider of quantum infrastructure software, raised US$59m in Series B funding extension funding. GP Bullhound led, and was joined by Lockheed Martin Ventures, Alpha Edison, NTT Finance, Salus Group, TISI and insiders Alumni Ventures, DCVC, John Eales, ICM Allectus, Main Sequence Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. |
Human SecurityFunding Amount: $50 MillionHuman Security, a New York cybersecurity startup, raised over $50m led by WestCap, with participation by Goldman Sachs, ClearSky, NightDragon, and Vertex. |
GalileoFunding Amount: $45 MillionGalileo, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in generative AI evaluation and observability for enterprises, raised $45M in Series B funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $68M, was led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Premji Invest, Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, SentinelOne Ventures, as well as AI leaders like Clement Delangue, CEO of HuggingFace and Ankit Sobti, CTO of Postman, and existing investors Battery Ventures, Walden Capital and Factory Battery Ventures, Walden Capital and Factory. Additionally, Andy Vitus, Partner at Scale Venture Partners, will join Galileo’s board. Hiring For: Remote(28), Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(37) |
Blue EnergyFunding Amount: $45 MillionBlue Energy, a Washington, DC-based nuclear power plant company, raised $45M in Series A funding. The round was led by Engine Ventures and At One Ventures, with participation from Angular Ventures, Tamarack Global, Propeller Ventures, Starlight Ventures, and Nucleation Capital. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(20), Remote(12), Design(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Other(7) |
TensorWaveFunding Amount: $43 MillionTensorWave, a Las Vegas, NV-based provider of an AI GPU cloud platform, raised $43M in SAFE funding. The round was led by Nexus VP. Other investors included Maverick Capital, Translink Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, StartupNV, and AMD Ventures. |
Azra GamesFunding Amount: $42.7 MillionAzra Games, a Sacramento, CA-based company creating mobile role-playing games (RPGs), raised $42.7M in Series A funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $68.3M, was led by Pantera Capital (Franklin Bi), with participation from a16z crypto (Arianna Simpson), A16Z GAMES (Jonathan Lai), and NFX (Gigi Levy-Weiss). Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(3), Design(3), Data(2), Other(4) |
Equilibrium EnergyFunding Amount: $39 MillionEquilibrium Energy, a San Francisco, CA-based technology company helping companies through clean power solutions for companies, raised $39M in Series B funding. The round was led by DCVC and included participation from Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Valo Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(4), Data(2), Other(2) |
BraintrustFunding Amount: $36 MillionBraintrust, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform that enables companies to evaluate and enhance the performance of AI products, raised $36m in Series A funding at a $150m post-money valuation. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $45m, was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Elad Gil, Greylock, and Basecase, as well as Datadog, Databricks Ventures, Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Simon Last (Notion), Bryan Helmig (Zapier), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), and Arthur Mensch (Mistral). |
FacetFunding Amount: $35 MillionFacet, a Baltimore, MD-based financial planning company, raised $35M in additional funding. The round was led by Multiplier Capital, with participation from Warburg Pincus, Audacious Capital and others. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Finance/Accounting(1) |
VanillaFunding Amount: $35 MillionVanilla, a Salt Lake City provider of estate planning software for financial advisers and wealth managers, raised $35m in Series B extension funding, per Axios Pro. Insight Partners led, and was joined by Venrock and Vanguard. Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1) |
Relyance AIFunding Amount: $32 MillionRelyance AI, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered data governance platform that provides complete visibility and control over enterprise-wide data, raised $32M in Series B funding. The round was led by Thomvest Ventures with participation from M12, Microsoft Ventures Fund, Cheyenne Ventures and existing investors Menlo Ventures and Unusual Ventures. |
Horizon Surgical SystemsFunding Amount: $30 MillionHorizon Surgical Systems, a Malibu, CA-based micro-robotics company advancing microsurgery with automated AI-enabled robotics, raised $30M in Series A funding. The round was led by ExSight Ventures and a major corporate investor, with participation from Main Street Advisors, and University of California (UC Investments), amongst others. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(11) |
Eleanor HealthFunding Amount: $30 MillionEleanor Health, a Waltham, MA-based outpatient addiction treatment provider, raised $30M in Series D funding. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing and new investors including Town Hall Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, Northpond Ventures, Rethink Impact and Emerson Collective. Hiring For: Remote(3), Other(8) |
NumericFunding Amount: $28 MillionNumeric, a San Francisco, CA- and NYC-based provider of an AI accounting automation platform, raised $28M in Series A funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $38M, was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from new investors IVP and Socii Capital, and existing investors Founders Fund, 8VC, Long Journey, Access Industries, and Friends & Family Capital, and others. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Other(3) |
Logik.ioFunding Amount: $25 MillionLogik.io, a Deerfield, IL-based company empowering CPQ and consumerizing enterprise selling experiences, raised $25M in Series B funding. Backers included Emergence Capital, High Alpha, ServiceNow Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and GoBig. Additionally, Permanent Capital joined as a new investor. |
HealthieFunding Amount: $23 MillionHealthie, a NYC-based provider of an API-first EHR, scheduling, and engagement platform, raised $23M in Series B funding. The round was led by TCV with participation from existing investors including Birchmere, Velvet Sea Ventures, and Greymatter, and Watershed. Hiring For: Customer Success(2), Marketing(1), Other(3) |
ForceMetricsFunding Amount: $22 MillionForceMetrics, decision-assist platform founded by former FBI agents, raised $22m from backers like Charles Kochs Stand Together Ventures, GovTech, George Lucas, and Mellody Hobson. |
NoeticaFunding Amount: $22 MillionNoetica AI, a NYC-based provider of an AI-powered software platform for benchmarking deal terms, raised $22M in Series A funding The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Thompson Reuters Ventures, Bling Capital, Flybridge Capital, Company Ventures, and TheLegalTech Fund. Hiring For: Other(1) |
OmneaFunding Amount: $20 MillionOmnea, a London, UK-based AI-powered procurement orchestration and supplier risk management platform, raised $20M in Series A funding. The round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors First Round Capital and Point Nine Capital. Backers also include angel investors David Clarke (former CTO of Workday), Claire Hughes Johnson (former COO of Stripe), and Anne Raimondi (COO of Asana). |
InshurFunding Amount: $19 MillionInshur, a NYC-based provider of embedded insurance product to the on-demand economy, raised $19M in funding. The round was led by Viola Growth, with participation from MS&AD Ventures and existing investors. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(5) |
DistributionalFunding Amount: $19 MillionDistributional, a San Francisco, CA-based modern enterprise platform for AI testing, raised $19m in Series A funding. The round was led by Two Sigma Ventures with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Operator Collective, Oregon Venture Fund, Essence VC, Alumni Ventures and dozens of angel investors. Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(3), Customer Success(1) |
WatchTowrFunding Amount: $19 MillionWatchTowr, a cybersecurity startup focused on external attack surface management, raised $19m in Series A funding. Peak XV led, and was joined by insiders Prosus Ventures and Cercano Management. |
AutoneFunding Amount: $17 MillionAutone, a London, UK-based provider of an AI-powered platform for optimal inventory management, raised $17M in Series A funding. The round was led by General Catalyst. All existing investors from its Seed round also reinvested in its Series A, including Speedinvest, YCombinator, Seedcamp, 2100VC, Motier, Financière Saint James, and business angels from LVMH, Sephora and Moncler. |
Beacon AIFunding Amount: $15 MillionBeacon AI, a San Carlos, CA-based aviation intelligence startup, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Scout Ventures, joining numerous new and existing investors including Sam Altman, and JetBlue Ventures. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(9), Operations(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1) |
BizzyCarFunding Amount: $15 MillionBizzyCar, a St. Peters, MO-based provider of an autotech solution that increases service revenue by automating recalls, raised $15M in Growth funding. The round was led by Dealer Tire, with participation from existing investors. |
dottxtFunding Amount: $11.9 Milliondottxt, a France, Paris-based provider of an ecosystem and a platform for interacting with LLMs, raised $11.9M in funding, following the completion of both Pre-Seed and Seed rounds in just over seven months. The funding consisted of a $3.2M Pre-Seed round, completed in December 2023 and led by Elaia, and a Seed round, which closed in August 2024 at $8.7M, led by EQT Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Other(1) |
RadiantGraphFunding Amount: $11 MillionRadiantGraph, a San Francisco, Ca-based provider of a platform using artificial intelligence to drive consumer engagement for healthcare, raised $11M in Series A funding. The round was led by M13, with participation from XYZ Ventures and True Ventures. Hiring For: Remote(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
LightdashFunding Amount: $11 MillionLightdash, a London, UK-based provider of an open-source business intelligence (BI) platform, raised $11M in Series A Funding. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Operator Partners, Shopify Ventures and existing investor Y Combinator as well as angels including Michael Grinch (Founder and CEO, WorkOS) and Shuo Wang (Co-founder and CRO, Deel). Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Other(1) |
AgtonomyFunding Amount: $10 MillionAgtonomy, a South SF-based provider of automation software for agriculture and land maintenance, raised $10m in Series A extension funding. Autotech Ventures led, and was joined by Rethink Food, Allison Transmission, Black Forest Ventures and insiders Toyota Ventures, Flybridge, and Cavallo Partners. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(7), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(4) |
King EnergyFunding Amount: $10 MillionKing Energy, a Durango, CO-based provider of solar energy solutions for multi-tenant commercial properties, raised $10M in funding. The round was led by ArcTern Ventures with $7M and an additional $3M from existing investors Blackhorn Ventures, Active Impact Investments, and Next Frontier Capital. Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(1) |
KickFunding Amount: $9 MillionKick, a Palo Alto, CA-based startup that creates accounting and bookkeeping AI agents, raised $9M in funding. The round was led by General Catalyst and OpenAI Startup Fund, with support from Lachy Groom (Ex-Stripe), Michael Vaughn (Ex-Venmo), Eric Glyman, Karim Atiyeh (Founders, Ramp), Nick Davidov (DVC), Sahil Lavingia (CEO, Gumroad), Austen Allred (CEO, Bloomtech), Tikhon Berstram (Co-Founder, Parse), Soleio Cuervo (Ex-Facebook), Scott Belsky (CSO, Adobe) Joshua Browder (CEO, DoNotPay) and 50 others. Hiring For: Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1) |
LovableFunding Amount: $7.5 MillionLovable, a Swedish platform for building web apps, raised $7.5m in pre-seed funding co-led by Hummingbird and byFounders. Hiring For: Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(43) |
Kiva AIFunding Amount: $7 MillionKiva AI, a San Francisco, CA-based platform designed to deliver data solutions at scale for the development of specialized AI applications, raised $7M in Seed funding. Thew round was led by CoinFund. Additional investors included Protagonist, Hashkey, Peer VC, and entrepreneurs such as Bill Tai, Slava Rubin, Cyrus Massoumi, Brian Norgord, and Jack Herrick. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1) |
Clerk ChatFunding Amount: $7 MillionClerk Chat, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI telecom platform for enterprises, raised $7.0M in Seed funding. The round was led by Race Capital, with participation from HF0, Mento VC and Altair VC. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1) |
TildeiFunding Amount: $6 MillionTildei, a NYC-based provider of a conversational marketing platform, raised $6M in Seed funding. The round was led by Susa Ventures with participation from Ludlow Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Vine Ventures, MXV Capital, Marcelo Claure, Jason Lemkin, and other angel investors. Hiring For: Customer Success(1), Other(1) |
VultronFunding Amount: $4.85 MillionVultron, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered proposal development solution for the public sector, raised $4.85m in seed funding. The round was led by Craft Ventures and Long Journey Ventures, with participation from South Park Commons, Conviction Embed, and angel investors including Gokul Rajaram, Josh Buckley, Lenny Rachitsky, and others. Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(4), Customer Success(3), Other(3) |
MDisruptFunding Amount: $1 MillionMDisrupt, an Austin, TX-based marketplace for the health tech and life sciences industries, raised $1M in funding. The round was led by American Heart Association Ventures. Lisa Suennen, Managing Partner of American Heart Association Ventures, joined the MDisrupt board. Hiring For: Remote(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1) |
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