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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 05/09/2021
A weekly roundup of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
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Funding Amount: $7 Billion
Gong.io, a San Francisco-based provider of sales software, is in talks to raise new funding led by Franklin Templeton at a valuation north of 7 billion, per Bloomberg. It previously raised 330 million from firms like Cisco, Norwest Venture Partners and Next World Capital.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(25), Remote(25), Sales/Business Development/Growth(17), Engineering/Technology(14), Operations(12), Marketing(9), Product(8), HR/People(5), Design(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Data(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(16)
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Funding Amount: $750 Million
Wealthsimple, a Canadian robo-advisor, raised C750 million at a C5 billion post-money valuation. Insiders Meritech Capital Partners and Greylock co-led, and were joined by Inovia, Sagard, Redpoint Ventures, TSV, Drake, Ryan Reynolds and Michael J. Fox.
Hiring For:
Remote(48), Engineering/Technology(11), Finance/Accounting(9), Sales/Business Development/Growth(7), Operations(7), Marketing(7), Product(6), Design(5), Customer Success(5), Data(3), Content Creation(2), HR/People(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $550 Million
Kajabi, an Irvine, Calif.-based e-commerce platform for knowledge-based businesses, raised 550 million at a valuation north of 2 billion. Tiger Global led, and was joined by TPG, Tidemark, Owl Rock and Meritech Capital Partners. Insider Spectrum Equity remains the companys largest outside investor.
Hiring For:
Remote(15), Engineering/Technology(10), Marketing(9), Product(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Design(3), Data(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $250 Million
Acronis, a Swiss data protection and cybersecurity company, raised more than 250 million led by CVC Capital Partners at a valuation north of 2.5 billion. It previously raised 170 million from firms like Goldman Sachs, Delta-V Capital, Insight Partners and Almaz Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(369), Customer Success(90), Sales/Business Development/Growth(50), Product(31), Data(14), HR/People(14), Remote(9), Operations(5), Marketing(3), Content Creation(3), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(83)
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Funding Amount: $227 Million
ReCharge, a Los Angeles-based subscription management platform, raised 227 million in Series B funding at a 2.1 billion valuation from Summit Partners, ICONIQ Growth and Bain Capital Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(54), Engineering/Technology(32), Product(8), Customer Success(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), HR/People(3), Content Creation(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Data(1), Design(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $220 Million
Shift Technology, a Paris-based company that detects fraudulent insurance claims, raised 220 million in Series D funding at a valuation north of 1 billion. Advent International led, and was joined by Avenir and insiders Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst and Iris Capital.
Hiring For:
Operations(11), Sales/Business Development/Growth(10), Finance/Accounting(7), Customer Success(6), Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(5), Product(5), Data(2), HR/People(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Design(1), Content Creation(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(60)
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Funding Amount: $190 Million
Prescient, a Mebane, N.C-based architectural design and building technology platform, raised 190 million from Eldridge and JE Dunn.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $155 Million
Honeybook, a San Francisco-based client and financial management platform for freelancers and solo entrepreneurs, raised 155 million in Series D funding at a valuation north of 1 billion. Durable Capital Partners led, and was joined by Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Zeev Ventures, 01 Advisors and insiders Norwest Venture Partners and Citi Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Marketing(5), Design(3), Product(2), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Operations(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Einride, a Swedish developer of autonomous freight trucks, raised 110 million in Series B funding. Temasek, Soros Fund Management, Northzone and Maersk Growth were joined by insiders EQT Ventures, Plum Alley, Norrsken VC, Ericsson and NordicNinja VC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Vida Health, a San Francisco-based virtual chronic care platform, raised 110 million in Series D funding. General Atlantic led, and was joined by Centene, AXA Venture Partners, Ardea Partners and insiders Ally Bridge Group, AME Cloud Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Guidewell, NGP Capital and Workday Ventures.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Affinia Therapeutics, a Waltham, Mass.-based gene therapy startup, raised 110 million in Series B funding. EcoR1 Capital and Farallon Capital Management co-led, and were joined by Avidity Partners, Casdin Capital, GV, Octagon Capital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, TCG Crossover, Woodline Partners and insiders Atlas Venture, F-Prime Capital, Lonza, Mass General Brigham Ventures and NEA.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Data(4), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
Material Bank, a Miami-based materials marketplace for architects and construction professionals, raised 100 million in Series C funding. General Catalyst and Durable Capital Partners co-led, and were joined by Bond, Lead Edge Capital and insiders Bain Capital Ventures and Raine Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Operations(3), Marketing(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), HR/People(1), Other(9)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
Dyno Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech that applies AI to gene therapy, raised 100 million in Series A funding. Andreessen Horowitz led, and was joined by Casdin Capital, GV, Obvious Ventures, Lux Capital and insiders Polaris Partners, CRV and KdT Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Data(4), Product(2), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1)
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Funding Amount: $83 Million
Vast Data, a New York-based storage software provider, raised 83 million in Series D funding at a 3.7 billion valuation. Tiger Global led, and was joined by insiders like Nvidia.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $82 Million
Cellares, a South SF-based cell therapy manufacturing platform, raised 82 million in Series B funding. Decheng Capital and insider Eclipse Ventures co-led, and were joined by Skyviews Life Science and 8VC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), HR/People(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $80 Million
Florence, an Atlanta, GA-based site connectivity platform in clinical trials, closed an $80m Series C funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Marketing(1), Other(29)
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Funding Amount: $80 Million
Lightmatter, a Boston, MA-based photonic computing company, raised $80m in Series B funding, bringing total investment raised so far to $113m.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Design(7), Data(3), HR/People(2), Operations(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $75 Million
Workboard, a Redwood City, Calif.-based OKR platform, raised 75 million in Series D funding. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led, and was joined by Capital One Ventures, SVB Capital and insiders Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, Workday Ventures and M12.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(15), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Operations(5), Customer Success(5), Product(3), Marketing(3), Data(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $75 Million
Firefly Aerospace, an Austin, Texas-based small satellite launch startup, raised 75 million in Series A funding led by DADA Holdings at a valuation north of 1 billion. It also says it plans to raise 300 million later this year, and that it completed a 100 million secondary the seller was Noosphere Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(46), Design(6), Data(2), Product(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(13)
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Funding Amount: $70 Million
David’s Bridal, a Conshohocken, Pa.-based bridal and special occasion company, closed a $70m term loan provided by CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., a subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(16), Sales/Business Development/Growth(13), Operations(4), Engineering/Technology(3), Finance/Accounting(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Content Creation(1), Other(29)
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Funding Amount: $70 Million
Headway, a New York-based software platform that helps therapists accept insurance and helps patients find those therapists, raised 70 million at a 700 million valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led, and was joined by insiders Thrive Capital, GV and Accel. BFD flashback.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Marketing(3), Customer Success(2), HR/People(1), Other(8)
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Funding Amount: $65 Million
Genies, a Los Angeles-based avatar platform, raised 65 million in Series B funding. Bond Capital led, and was joined by NEA, Breyer Capital, Tull Investment Group, NetEase, Dapper Labs and Coinbase Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Design(3), Product(3), Operations(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $64 Million
Locusview, an Israeli digital construction management platform for energy, telecom and water, raised 64 million in Series A funding. Israel Growth Partners led, and was joined by insiders Leumi Partners, Clal Insurance and Discount Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Data(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $56 Million
Path Robotics, the Columbus, Ohio-based developer of autonomous robotic welding systems, raised 56 million in Series B funding. Addition led, and was joined by Drive Capital, Basis Set and Lemnos Lab.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
TwinStrand Biosciences, a Seattle-based developer of next-gen sequencing tech, raised 50 million in Series B funding. Section 32 led, and was joined by Soleus Capital, Janus Henderson Investors and insiders Madrona Venture Group, Ridgeback Capital and Alexandria Venture Investments.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Data(4), Product(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(9)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Persona, a San Francisco-based identity infrastructure startup, raised 50 million in Series B funding. Index Ventures led, and was joined by insider Coatue.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Product(1), Operations(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Vanta, a San Francisco-based automated security and verified compliance platform, raised 50 million in Series A funding. Sequoia Capital led, and was joined by YC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Product(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Customer Success(3), Design(2), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $40 Million
Huntress, an Elliott City, Md.-based provider of managed detection and response solutions, raised 40 million in Series B funding. JMI Equity led, and was joined by insiders ForgePoint Capital and Gula Tech Adventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(17), Engineering/Technology(9), Marketing(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Product(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $40 Million
Timescale, a New York-based open-source time-series database, raised 40 million in Series B funding. Redpoint Ventures led, and was joined by insiders Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates, Icon Ventures and Two Sigma Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(20), Engineering/Technology(15), Data(6), Product(5), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
JupiterOne, a Morrisville, N.C.-based provider of cyber asset management and governance solutions, raised $30m in Series B funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Remote(7), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
LoanSnap, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of a smart loan, raised a $30m Series B funding.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Content Creation(3), Legal/Compliance(3), Operations(2), HR/People(2), Customer Success(1), Remote(1), Other(12)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
Aerobiotix, a Miamisburg, Ohio-based global medical company, raised $25m in equity financing.
Hiring For:
Legal/Compliance(1)
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Funding Amount: $24 Million
StarTree, a Mountain View, Calif.-based cloud analytics-as-a-service platform, raised 24 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures and GGV Capital co-led, and were joined by insider CRV.
Hiring For:
Remote(8), Engineering/Technology(5), Product(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $21 Million
Nearby, a local e-commerce platform founded by April Underwood, raised 21 million in Series A funding. Redpoint Ventures led, and was joined by insiders GV, Obvious Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Sound Ventures, Moxxie Ventures and Tina Sharkey.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(3), Operations(2), Content Creation(2), Design(1), Product(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $21 Million
Utmost, a San Francisco, CA-based extended workforce system provider, raised $21m in Series B funding.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $12 Million
Molecule, a Houston, TX-based SaaS cloud-native ETRM/CTRM platform provider, closed a $12m Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Remote(2)
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Funding Amount: $11 Million
CognitOps, an Austin, Texas-based global provider of artificial intelligence-based warehouse operating applications, raised US$11m in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(3), Data(2), Product(2), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Pliant, a Boston, MA-based IT Automation and Orchestration company, secured $10m in Series A financing.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(4), Customer Success(2), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $8 Million
Sprout.ai, a British insurance claims settlement startup, raised 8 million in Series A funding. Octopus Ventures led, and was joined by Amadeus Capital Partners, Playfair Capital and Techstars.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $6.5 Million
Rainforest, a Singapore-based Amazon marketplace rollup, raised 6.5 million in equity and 30 million in debt. Nordstar led the equity tranche, and was joined by Insignia Venture Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Remote(2), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $6 Million
Carry1st, a South African mobile games publishing platform, raised 6 million in Series A funding. Konvoy Ventures led, and was joined by Riot Games, Raine Ventures, AET FundAkatsuki and TTV Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $6 Million
ndustrial, a Raleigh, N.C.–based provider of software and services that optimize industrial facilities across all stages of discrete and process manufacturing supply chains, closed a $6m Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $3.6 Million
Obviously AI, a San Francisco, CA-based no-code tool that enables anyone to build and run AI models, raised $3.6m in seed funding.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1)
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