A biweekly roundup of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
 

Funded & Hiring

Sunday, 05/14/2023

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Cohere

Funding Amount: $250 Million

Cohere, a Toronto-based generative AI startup, raised US250m at around a 2b valuation, per the NYT. Backers include Salesforce, Nvidia, Inovia Capital and Index Ventures.

Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(11), Data(6), Product(2), Content Creation(2), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(1)

Builder

Funding Amount: $195 Million

Builder.ai, a London-based low-codeno-code app development platform, raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from Microsoft. It previously raised 195m from backers like Insight Partners, WndrCo. and Nikesh Arora.

Hiring For: Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Other(1)

MPOWER Financing

Funding Amount: $150 Million

MPOWER Financing, a Washington, DC-based fintech firm and a provider of non-cosigned loans to promising students, received a $150M financing facility.

Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1)

Advance Intelligence Group

Funding Amount: $80 Million

Advance Intelligence Group, the Singaporean fintech behind BNPL lender Atome, raised 80m in a round led by Warburg Pincus and Northstar Group.

Hiring For: Finance/Accounting(5), Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), HR/People(2), Data(1), Other(4)

Amino Health

Funding Amount: $80 Million

Amino Health, an SF-based health benefits navigation startup, raised 80m in equity and debt funding co-led by Transformation Capital and Oxford Finance, per Axios Pro.

Hiring For: Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Product(1)

Simpplr

Funding Amount: $70 Million

Simpplr, a Redwood City, Calif.-based employee experience platform, raised 70m in Series D funding. Sapphire Ventures led, and was joined by insiders Norwest Ventures. Additional investors include Tola Capital and Salesforce Ventures.

Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(8), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Finance/Accounting(3), Remote(2), Operations(2), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1)

Cullgen

Funding Amount: $40 Million

Cullgen, Inc., a San Diego, CA and Shangai, China-based biotechnology company developing small molecule therapeutics based on its proprietary uSMITEā„¢ platform of targeted protein degradation technology, raised $40m in funding.

Hiring For: Other(1)

Kindbody

Funding Amount: $25 Million

Kindbody, a New York-based provider of womens fertility services that was recently valued at 1.8b, raised 25m from Morgan Health.

Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(9), Remote(8), Data(7), Finance/Accounting(6), Product(2), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Other(57)

Hackajob

Funding Amount: $25 Million

Hackajob, a London-based technical hiring platform, raised 25m in Series B funding. Volition Capital led, and was joined by AXA Venture Partners and Foresight.

Hiring For: Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Other(1)

Intrinsic

Funding Amount: $15 Million

Intrinsic, a New York-based womens health and wellness brand, raised 15m in equity and debt, per Axios Pro. FCA Venture Partners and MAP Investco co-led, and were joined by Define Ventures, Link Ventures and Redesign Health.

Hiring For: Remote(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(1)

Hived

Funding Amount: $12.4 Million

Hived, a London, UK-based delivery network powered entirely by electricity, raised $12.4m in Series A funding.

Hiring For: Operations(4), Supply Chain/Logistics(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Other(4)

Range

Funding Amount: $12 Million

Range, a McLean, Va.-based wealth management startup, raised 12m in Series A funding led by Gradient Ventures.

Hiring For: Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2)

Blockworks

Funding Amount: $12 Million

Blockworks, a crypto-focused media company, raised 12m at a 135m post-money valuation, Axios was first to report. 10T Holdings led, and was joined by Framework Ventures and Santiago Santos.

Hiring For: Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), Other(3)

Triumph

Funding Amount: $10.2 Million

Triumph, an engine for real-money gaming tournaments, raised 10.2m in Series A funding. General Catalyst led, and was joined by Box Group, Heroic Ventures, Nostalgic Modern, Raven One Ventures, Steel Perlot, Strike and Valhalla Ventures.

Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(1)

Thesis

Funding Amount: $8.4 Million

Thesis, a NYC-based company that offers a customized approach to cognitive performance products based on their brain chemistry, closed on a Series A round totaling $8.4m.

Hiring For: HR/People(1)

Airspeed

Funding Amount: $5 Million

Airspeed, an SF-based platform for connecting and celebrating employees, raised 5m in seed funding. Greylock and Venrock co-led, and were joined by Salesforce Ventures and Next Play Ventures.

Hiring For: Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1)

GoodShip

Funding Amount: $5 Million

GoodShip, a Nashville, Tenn.-based contract freight procurement and analytics platform, raised 5m in seed funding co-led by by Chicago Ventures and Ironspring Ventures.

Hiring For: Remote(1), Design(1), Product(1)

Antimetal

Funding Amount: $4.3 Million

Antimetal, a New York-based provider of a cloud cost optimization platform, raised $4.3M in Seed funding.

Hiring For: Engineering/Technology(5), Data(1), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)

Sourse

Funding Amount: $2.4 Million

Sourse, a chocolate supplements brand, raised 2.4m in seed funding from New Theory Ventures, H Ventures, JAWS Ventures, Satori Capital, Short List Capital, Harlo Capital and LDR Ventures.

Hiring For: Other(1)


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