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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 01/09/2022
A weekly roundup of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
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Funding Amount: $850 Million
CloudKitchens, the ghost kitchen startup led by ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, raised 850 million at a 15 billion valuation, per Insider.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $600 Million
Monzo, a British challenger bank, raised 600 million at a 4.5 billion valuation, per Bloomberg. Abu Dhabi Growth Fund led, and was joined by Tencent and insiders Accel and General Catalyst.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(31), Data(16), Product(15), Finance/Accounting(9), Design(6), Marketing(6), HR/People(5), Remote(3), Operations(3), Legal/Compliance(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $518 Million
Eikon Therapeutics, a Hayward, Calif.-based live-cell microscopy startup, raised 518 million in Series B funding from T. Rowe Price, CPP Investments, EcoR1 Capital, UC regents, ADIA, StepStone Group, Soros Capital, Schroders Capital, General Catalyst, Harel Insurance, Hartford HealthCare Endowment and AME Cloud Ventures. Return backers include The Column Group, Foresite Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Lux Capital and Horizons Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(27), Data(11), HR/People(7), Operations(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Remote(1), Product(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $254 Million
PayFit, a French provider of payroll and HR management solutions for SMEs, raised 254 million in Series E funding at a 1.82 billion valuation. General Atlantic led, and was joined by Eurazeo, Bpifrance and Accel.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(68), Product(36), Sales/Business Development/Growth(33), Data(26), Design(25), Marketing(20), HR/People(19), Customer Success(12), Operations(11), Supply Chain/Logistics(7), Finance/Accounting(6), Remote(4), Content Creation(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Other(23)
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Funding Amount: $205 Million
Growve, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based brand aggregator specializing in acquiring, operating and growing world-class omnichannel brands in the supplements & active nutrition, home & leisure, beauty & personal care, lifestyle foods, and pet care & nutrition verticals, raised an additional $205m in funding after amending and upsizing its existing senior credit facility.
Hiring For:
Finance/Accounting(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Customer Success(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $200 Million
DNA Script, an S.F.-based on-demand DNA printing company, raised 200 million. T. Rowe Price and Baillie Gifford co-led, and were joined by Healthcor Management, eureKARE, Irving Investors, Coatue, Catalio Capital, Fidelity, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Casdin Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(11), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Customer Success(3), Supply Chain/Logistics(3), Marketing(2), Design(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $116 Million
Korro Bio, a Cambridge, Mass.-based RNA editing company, raised 116 million in Series B funding. Eventide Asset Management led, and was joined by Fidelity, Invus, Point72, Verition Fund Management, Monashee Investment Management, Sixty Degree Capital and insiders Atlas Venture, NEA, Wu Capital, Qiming Venture Partners USA, Surveyor Capital, Cormorant, MP Healthcare Venture Management and Alexandria Venture Investments.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Data(9), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Labelbox, an S.F.-based training data platform for enterprise machine learning apps, raised 110 million in Series D funding. SoftBank led, and was joined by Snowpoint Ventures, Databricks and insiders B Capital Group, Andreessen Horowitz and Cathie Wood.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Sales/Business Development/Growth(6), Product(5), Marketing(4), Customer Success(4), Remote(3), HR/People(2), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
Human Security, a New York-based cybersecurity company focused on sophisticated bot attacks, raised 100 million. WestCap led, and was joined by NightDragon.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(15), Data(9), Operations(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Remote(2), Customer Success(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $85 Million
Ambagon Therapeutics, a San Francisco CA-based biotechnology company, raised $85M in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1)
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Funding Amount: $73 Million
Weka, a Campbell, CA-based provider of a data platform for AI, raised $73m in funding, which brings the total amount raised to $140m.
Hiring For:
Remote(12), Engineering/Technology(10), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Product(3), Marketing(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $70 Million
iProov, a London-based biometric facial authentication company, raised 70 million led by Sumeru Equity Partners.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Marketing(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $47 Million
Angel Studios, a Provo, Utah-based streaming platform behind crowdfunded shows, raised $47m in funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Data(1), Product(1), Operations(1)
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Funding Amount: $42 Million
Avelo Airlines, a Houston TX-based mainline airline, raised $42M in Series B funding.
Hiring For:
Operations(7), Customer Success(4), Marketing(2), HR/People(2), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(11)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
mPharma, a Ghanaian health services startup, raised 30 million in Series D equity funding plus 5m of debt from JAM Fund, Unbound, Lux Capital, Northstar, Social Capital, Novastar and TO Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Sales/Business Development/Growth(9), Finance/Accounting(6), Customer Success(5), Product(3), Marketing(3), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Data(1), Design(1), Other(23)
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Funding Amount: $25.8 Million
Focal Systems, a San Francisco, CA-based retail automation company, closed a $25.8m Series B financing round.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(7), Engineering/Technology(3), Data(2), Product(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
CellPoint Digital, a London-based provider of e-commerce and payment solutions, raised 25 million from Toscafund and its Penta Capital affiliate.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), Data(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Customer Success(2), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
Goldfinch, a Walnut, Calif.-based DeFi credit platform focused on developing markets, raised 25 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, Blocktower, Bill Ackman and Heli-cap.
Hiring For:
Remote(1), Operations(1)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
Prevedere, a Sunnyvale, CA-based Intelligent Forecasting software company delivering strategic insights based on economic trends, raised $25m in financing.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $22 Million
Little Otter, an S.F.-based digital mental health startup for kids and their families, raised 22 million in Series A funding. CRV led, and was joined by Torch Capital, Vast Ventures, Hinsdale, Boxgroup, _Able, Carrie Penner Walton, G9 and Springbank Collective.
Hiring For:
Remote(8), Operations(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1), Product(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $21.6 Million
Ambercycle, a Los Angeles CA-based materials science company, raised $21.6M in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Operations(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Parler, the social media app that was temporarily banned from app stores in the aftermath of Jan. 6, raised 20 million, per an SEC filing.
Hiring For:
Marketing(3), Content Creation(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Livepeer, a decentralized video streaming platform, raised 20 million in a Series B extension. Alan Howard and Tiger Global were joined by insiders Digital Currency Group, Northzone and Warburg Serres.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Marketing(4), Product(2), Content Creation(2), Data(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Whitebox, a Baltimore, MD-based eCommerce marketing and fulfillment technology company, raised an additional $20m financing round.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1)
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Funding Amount: $13 Million
Ready Player Me, a New York-based avatar platform for the metaverse that allows users to explore virtual worlds with one consistent identity, raised $13M in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(3), Product(2), Customer Success(2), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Finexio, an Orlando, Fla.-based accounts payable payments-as-a-service startup, raised 10 million from Patriot Financial Partners and Mendon Venture Partners.
Hiring For:
Remote(9), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
DiRx, a East Brunswick, N.J.-based online pharmacy, raised a total of $10m in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Remote(4), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Operations(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $5.9 Million
Pendulum, a Seattle, WA-based AI/ML powered platform for companies and government organizations to detect and understand harmful narratives on social media platforms and elsewhere, raised $5.9M in seed funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Data(2), Customer Success(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $5 Million
HawkEye 360, a Herndon VA-based space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics company, raised $5m investment from Leidos.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Product(7), Data(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Operations(3), Marketing(2), Content Creation(2), Design(1), Other(5)
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