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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 01/10/2021
A weekly roundup of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
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Funding Amount: $2.5 Billion
Rivian, a Plymouth, Mich.-based electric truck-maker, is raising new funding at a 25 billion valuation, per Bloomberg. Over the summer it secured 2.5 billion from T. Rowe Price, Soros Fund Management, Fidelity, Baron Capital, Amazon and BlackRock.
Hiring For:
Design(1), Operations(1)
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Funding Amount: $525 Million
Lacework, a San Jose, Calif.-based cloud security platform, raised 525 million. Sutter Hill Ventures and Altimeter Capital co-led, and were joined by D1 Capital Partners, Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, Liberty Global Ventures, Snowflake Ventures and Tiger Global.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(25), Product(3), Data(2), Marketing(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $520 Million
Roblox, a global online platform bringing people together through play, raised $520m in Series H funding at a purchase price of $45.00 per share.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(63), Data(15), Product(11), HR/People(6), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Marketing(5), Operations(4), Content Creation(4), Finance/Accounting(3), Design(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(11)
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Funding Amount: $310 Million
Hinge Health, a San Francisco-based provider of musculoskeletal pain solutions, raised 310 million in Series D funding co-led by Coatue and Tiger Global at a 3 billion valuation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Operations(9), HR/People(8), Product(7), Sales/Business Development/Growth(7), Design(5), Marketing(5), Data(2), Customer Success(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(14)
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Funding Amount: $222 Million
Graphcore, a British AI chipmaker, raised 222 million in Series E funding. Ontario Teachers led, and was joined by Fidelity, Schroders and return backers Baillie Gifford and Draper Esprit.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Data(4), HR/People(2), Product(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $167 Million
Color, a San Francisco, CA-based health technology company committed to advancing public health, raised $167m in Series D financing.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Operations(9), Product(8), Data(7), Remote(7), Design(3), Marketing(3), HR/People(3), Finance/Accounting(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Content Creation(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(11)
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Funding Amount: $162 Million
Scorpion Therapeutics, a Boston-based precision oncology startup, raised 162 million in Series B funding from Boxer Capital, EcoR1 Capital, Omega Funds, Vida Ventures, Surveyor Capital, Invus, Wellington Management, Nextech Invest, OrbiMed, Casdin Capital, Woodline Partners, Logos Capital, Janus Henderson and insiders Atlas Venture and Abingworth.
Hiring For:
Remote(38), Engineering/Technology(22), Operations(16), Product(11), Marketing(10), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Content Creation(4), Data(3), Design(3), HR/People(3), Finance/Accounting(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(8)
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Funding Amount: $145 Million
Iboss, a Boston-based cloud delivered network security company, raised 145 million led by NightDragon, a VC firm of FireEye and McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(37), Sales/Business Development/Growth(19), Marketing(18), Finance/Accounting(15), Customer Success(10), Operations(6), Product(3), Content Creation(3), HR/People(2), Design(1), Other(10)
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Funding Amount: $135 Million
Dremio, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based data lake transformation company, raised $135m in Series D funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Customer Success(5), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Design(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $125 Million
Fluence, an Arlington, Va.-based energy storage company, raised 125 million from the Qatar Investment Authority.
Hiring For:
Finance/Accounting(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $120 Million
Ikena Oncology, a Boston-based cancer drug developer, raised 120 million in Series B funding. Omega Funds led, and was joined by Fidelity and return backers Atlas Venture, OrbiMed and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(2)
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Funding Amount: $115 Million
News Break, a Mountain View, CA-based local news app for the App Store and Google Play, raised $115m in Series C funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Data(7), Marketing(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Content Creation(2), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Mambu, a global provider of a SaaS banking platform, raised €110m (USD$134m) in funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(60), Product(25), Remote(25), Sales/Business Development/Growth(9), Operations(7), Finance/Accounting(5), Marketing(4), Data(3), Customer Success(2), HR/People(2), Design(1), Content Creation(1), Other(35)
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Funding Amount: $108 Million
SimpleNexus, a Lehi, Utah-based homeownership platform, raised 108 million in Series B funding led by Insight Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Remote(6), Product(3), Operations(3), Marketing(3), Customer Success(3), Design(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
Flexiv, a Chinese robotics company, raised over 100 million in Series B funding from Meituan, Meta Capital, New Hope Group, Longwood, YF Capital, Gaorong Capital, GSR Ventures and Plug and Play.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
SalesLoft, an Atlanta, GA-based provider of a Sales Engagement platform, raised $100m in funding.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(4), Engineering/Technology(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3)
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Funding Amount: $96 Million
Pax8, a Denver-based cloud software marketplace for IT pros, raised 96 million. Catalyst Investors and Sageview Capital co-led, and were joined by insiders Blue Cloud Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Design(2), Customer Success(2), Remote(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $93 Million
Kong, a San Francisco-based API platform, raised 93 million in new funding, per an SEC filing. Existing backers include Andreessen Horowitz, CRV and Index Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(29), Customer Success(29), Marketing(5), Product(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Remote(4), Design(2), Operations(2), HR/People(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Content Creation(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $81 Million
CRED, an Indian bill payment and rewards platform, raised 81 million in Series C funding. DST Global led, and was joined by insiders Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global and General Catalyst.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Operations(4), Data(3), Product(2), Marketing(2), HR/People(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $80 Million
Alphonso, a Mountain View, CA-based TV Data and Measurement company, received a nearly USD 80m controlling investment from LG Electronics.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(3), Design(2), Operations(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $73 Million
Citizen, a mobile app that provides users with notifications of nearby emergencies and crimes and lets them livestream video, raised around 73 million in new funding led by Greycroft.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Data(2), Content Creation(2), Remote(2), Design(1), Product(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $62 Million
Immuneering, a Cambridge, Mass.-based cancer drug developer, raised 62 million in Series B funding. Cormorant Asset Management led, and was joined by Surveyor Capital, Rock Springs Capital, T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Perceptive Advisors and Lyfe Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3)
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Funding Amount: $55 Million
AMP Robotics, a Denver-based developer of robots for sorting recyclable materials, raised 55 million in Series B funding. XN led, and was joined by GV, Valor Equity Partners and return backers Sequoia Capital, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, Congruent Ventures, and Closed Loop Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Product(2), Data(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Boston Metal, a Woburn, Mass.-based sustainable metal production startup, raised 50 million of a round that could total 60 million, per an SEC filing. Existing backers include Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Product(2), Design(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $47 Million
Oxbotica, a British developer of autonomous driving software for industrial applications, raised 47 million in Series B funding. BP Ventures led, and was joined by BGF, Halma, HostPlus, IP Group, Tencent, Venture Science and Doxa Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Product(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $43.4 Million
Chronosphere, a Bellevue, Wash.-based cloud native monitoring tool, raised 43.4 million in Series B funding from General Atlantic, Greylock, Lux Capital and Lee Fixel.
Hiring For:
Remote(10), Engineering/Technology(4), Marketing(3), Design(2), Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), HR/People(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $31 Million
Too Good To Go, a Denmark-based platform for reducing food waste, raised 31 million led by Blisce.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(16), Customer Success(14), Engineering/Technology(7), Marketing(6), Operations(3), Design(2), HR/People(2), Data(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(15)
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Funding Amount: $28 Million
Volta Medical, a French biotech focused on cardiac arrhythmias, raised 28 million. Gilde Healthcare led, and was joined by return backer Pasteur Mutualit.
Hiring For:
Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $17.1 Million
Syndio, a Seattle, WA-based EquityTech analytics platform, raised $17.1m in Series B funding.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Operations(1)
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Funding Amount: $17 Million
Oxygen, a San Francisco-based digital banking platform, raised 17 million in Series A funding from Runa Capital, S7V, 1984 VC, EFG Hermes, Rucker Park and Inventures.
Hiring For:
Operations(5), Remote(3), Finance/Accounting(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Legal/Compliance(1)
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Funding Amount: $10.3 Million
Monument, a New York-based digital treatment platform for alcoholism, raised 10.3 million in Series A funding led by VMG Catalyst.
Hiring For:
Legal/Compliance(25), Remote(13), Engineering/Technology(2), Other(8)
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Funding Amount: $7.3 Million
Caveonix, a Falls Church, Va.-based company automating compliance and security posture management for the hybrid and multi-cloud, raised $7.3m in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1)
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Funding Amount: $4.36 Million
Pairin, a Denver, CO-based workforce journey company, raised $4.36m in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $2.5 Million
NextStep, a Seattle, WA-based health care education and job placement company, raised $2.5m in funding.
Hiring For:
Operations(1)
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