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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 03/09/2025
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Funding Amount: $350.7 Million
Eikon Therapeutics, a Hayward, CA-based pivotal-stage biotechnology company for drug discovery and development, raised $350.7M in Series D funding.
The investment syndicate was composed of mutual funds, sovereign wealth funds, and healthcare and technology-focused venture firms including Lux Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, AME Cloud Ventures, The Column Group, E15 VC, Foresite Capital, General Catalyst, Soros Capital, StepStone Group, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and UC Investments (Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents of the University of California), among others. Since its founding in 2019, Eikon Therapeutics has raised in excess of $1.1 billion.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(18), Legal/Compliance(12), Operations(10), Data(6), HR/People(4), Remote(2), Content Creation(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Other(18)
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Funding Amount: $240 Million
Shield AI, a San Diego-based developer of drone tech for the military, raised $240m in Series F-1 funding at a $5.3b valuation from L3Harris, Hanwha Aerospace and insiders a16z, U.S. Innovative Technology, and Washington Harbour.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(128), Product(12), Operations(9), Design(6), Supply Chain/Logistics(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Customer Success(3), HR/People(3), Data(2), Content Creation(2), Remote(1), Marketing(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(20)
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Funding Amount: $200 Million
Duetti, a NYC-based music financing and catalog services company, received $200M in debt financing.
The round consisted of two new credit facilities.
Hiring For:
Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $190 Million
Peregrine Technologies, a San Francisco, CA-based company developing software and capable engineering talent into the public safety domain, raised $190M in Series C funding, at a $2.5 Billion valuation.
The round was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from current investors including Goldcrest Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Fifth Down Capital, OG Venture Partners, and Godfrey Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Customer Success(7), Design(2), Product(2), Operations(2), Marketing(2), Remote(1), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(8)
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Funding Amount: $142 Million
OrganOx, an Oxford, UK-based organ medical technology company, raised $142M in equity funding.
The round was led by new investor HealthQuest Capital with participation from existing investors BGF and Lauxera Capital Partners, along with additional new investors Sofina, Soleus Capital, and Avidity Partners. Existing investors included the University of Oxford, Technikos, the Oxford Technology and Innovations Fund, and Longwall Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $126 Million
Odeko, a NYC-based operation and technology partner for local coffee shops, cafes, and other food and beverage businesses, raised $126M in Series E funding.
The round consisted of $96M in equity led by B Capital and a $30M credit facility from Banc of California.
Hiring For:
Remote(12), Engineering/Technology(4), Marketing(4), Operations(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $83 Million
Aescape, a New York-based maker of automated massage therapy devices, raised $83m. Valor Equity Partners led, and was joined by insiders Fifth Wall, Alumni Ventures, and Kevin Love.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Finance/Accounting(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $75 Million
SpecterOps, an Arlington, Va., cybersecurity startup focused on threat actor tradecraft, raised $75m in Series B funding. Insight Partners led, and was joined by Ansa Capital, M12, Ballistic Ventures, Decibel, and Cisco Investments.
Hiring For:
Remote(6), Customer Success(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $54 Million
Taktile, a NYC-based decision automation platform provider, raised $54m in Series B funding round.
The round, which brought total funding to date to $79m, was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, Visionaries Club as well as Larry Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Customer Success(7), Product(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Data(2), Marketing(2), Design(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $52 Million
Flowdesk, a French crypto market maker, raised $52m in Series B extension funding. HV Capital led, and was joined by Eurazeo, Cathay Innovation and ISAI VC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Tandem PV, a San Jose, CA-based American perovskite solar technology company, raised $50M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Eclipse, with participation from Constellation Energy, Planetary Technologies, Uncorrelated Ventures, Trellis Climate, Tom Werner, Stifel Bank, CSC Leasing, and other existing and new investors.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Metronome, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a usage-based billing platform, raised $50M in Series C funding.
The round was led by NEA with participation from a16z, Greyhound Capital, General Catalyst, Workday Ventures, Truebridge Capital Partners, Activant Capital, SineWave Ventures, and Megalith Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(10), Engineering/Technology(6), Product(6), Operations(2), Data(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Camber, a medical claims automation startup, raised $30m in Series B funding. per Axios Pro. A16z led, and was joined by K Ventures and YC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Finance/Accounting(3), Data(2), Customer Success(2), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Spiritus, a Los Alamos, N.M.-based direct air capture startup, raised $30m in Series A funding. Aramco Ventures led, and was joined by Khosla Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, and TDK Ventures.
Hiring For:
HR/People(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Freed, a San Francisco, CA-based AI clinician assistant for medical documentation, raised $30M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought total funding to $34m, was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Scale Venture Partners, Daniel Gross, Gokul Rajaram, and Ted Zagat.
Hiring For:
Remote(16), Engineering/Technology(8), Marketing(4), Data(2), Design(2), Product(2), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $27.6 Million
CompScience, a San Francisco, CA-based active commercial P&C insurance company, raised $27.6M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Sands Capital. Other investors included Four More Capital, Working Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
Hiring For:
Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(3), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
Crogl, a developer of AI agents for cybersecurity researchers, disclosed $25m in Series A funding led by Menlo Ventures and $5m in seed funding led by Tola Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Design(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $19 Million
LlamaIndex, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an agent development platform for automating knowledge work over unstructured enterprise data, raised $19M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investor Greylock.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Product(2), Remote(1), Data(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $18 Million
Numeral, a sales tax AI startup, raised $18m in Series funding led by Benchmark, per Axios Pro.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Remote(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
Gozem, a ride-hailing service in West Africa, raised $15m in Series B equity funding plus $15m in debt co-led by SAS Shipping Agencies Services and Al Mada Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Data(5), Legal/Compliance(5), Finance/Accounting(3), Product(2), Customer Success(1), Other(23)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
Workhelix, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based AI spend startup, raised $15m in Series A funding. AIX Ventures led, and was joined by Andrew Ngs AI Fund, Accenture Ventures, BGV, Bloomberg Beta, Future of Work Partners, Telesoft, and Zetta Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Remote(1), Data(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $14 Million
Patlytics, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-powered patent workflow platform, raised $14M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Next47. Existing investors, including Google’s AI-focused venture fund Gradient, 8VC, Alumni Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Myriad Venture Partners also participated.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Product(2), Marketing(2), Remote(1), Design(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $13.8 Million
Zocks, an AI platform for financial advisors, raised $13.8m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Motive Ventures led, and was joined by Lightspeed Venture Partners,Expanse Venture Partners, Entre Capital, and 14Peaks.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Remote(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Marketing(2), Design(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $12.5 Million
VRIFY, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based technology company combining AI with industry expertise for minerals exploration, raised $12.5M in Series B funding.
The round was led by LGVP, with participation from Series A funders RCF Innovation and Beedie Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: €11 Million
Stargate Hydrogen, an Estonian electrolyzer manufacturer, raised €11m in Series A funding from Giga, UG Investments, and SmartCap Green Fund.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $10.4 Million
Fello, a Chicago, IL-based provider of a peer support platform for loneliness, raised $10.4M in funding.
Backers included Glen Tullman’s 62Ventures, The Capital Factory Fellowship Fund, Katalyst Capital and Offline Ventures, amongst others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Nitricity, a Fremont and Delhi, CA-based startup electrifying the production of nitrogen fertilizer, raised $10M in funding.
Backers included Elemental Impact and Trellis Climate.
Hiring For:
Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $9.75 Million
Claros, a Mclean, VA-based provider of a power management platform optimizing energy delivery and consumption at data centers, raised USD9.75M in initial funding.
Backers included Red Cell Partners, General Catalyst, Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)’s Virginia Venture Partners, Composite Capital Partners, and others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Design(1)
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Funding Amount: $8.5 Million
AidKit, a Denver, CO-based startup helping government agencies and nonprofits administer aid programs, raised $8.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Blueprint Equity.
Hiring For:
Remote(6), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Customer Success(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: C$7.5 Million
Flosonics Medical, a Sudbury, Ontario, Canada-based medical device company, received CAD$7.5M in Venture Debt from RBCx.
The company intends to use the funds to expand the reach of FloPatch and consolidate its position as a player in life sciences innovation.
Hiring For:
Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $5 Million
Floodbase, a New York-based flood data and analytics startup, raised $5m led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund, with participation from Pulse Fund.
Hiring For:
Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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