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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 08/22/2021
A weekly roundup of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
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Funding Amount: $1.5 Billion
Databricks, a San Francisco-based unified data analytics platform, is raising at least 1.5 billion in Series H funding led by Morgan Stanley at a 38 billion valuation, per Bloomberg. Existing backers include Franklin Templeton, Fidelity, Whale Rock, AWS, CapitalG, Microsoft and Salesforce Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(31), Sales/Business Development/Growth(30), HR/People(17), Product(16), Data(11), Operations(11), Marketing(9), Customer Success(9), Finance/Accounting(7), Design(6), Legal/Compliance(2), Other(15)
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Funding Amount: $680 Million
Nexamp, a Boston, MA-based provider of solutions for people to interact with the electricity that powers their lives, raised $680m in funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Sales/Business Development/Growth(10), Operations(7), Product(6), Customer Success(3), Content Creation(3), Marketing(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Data(1), Design(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(14)
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Funding Amount: $263 Million
Bitpanda, a Vienna-based crypto exchange, raised 263 million in Series C funding at a 4.1 billion valuation. Valar Ventures led, and was joined by Alan Howard, REDO Ventures and insiders LeadBlock Partners and Jump Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(52), Product(31), Finance/Accounting(26), HR/People(22), Operations(11), Legal/Compliance(8), Sales/Business Development/Growth(7), Marketing(5), Customer Success(5), Content Creation(4), Data(2), Design(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(25)
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Funding Amount: $244 Million
Sightline Payments, a Las Vegas-based electronic payments company focused on the gaming market, raised 244 million at a valuation north of 1 billion. Cannae Holdings led, and was joined by Genting Group, Point Break Capital Management and Walter Kortschak.
Hiring For:
Marketing(2), Engineering/Technology(1)
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Funding Amount: $240 Million
Gelato, an Oslo-based on-demand printing platform, raised 240 million at a valuation just north of 1 billion. Goldman Sachs and SoftBank co-led, and were joined by insiders Dawn Capital and SEB Pension Fund.
Hiring For:
Operations(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1)
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Funding Amount: $225 Million
Postman, an API platform with offices in San Francisco and India, raised 225 million in Series D funding at a 5.6 billion valuation. Insight Partners led, and was joined by investors Coatue, Battery Ventures, Bond and insiders CRV and Nexus Venture Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(28), Sales/Business Development/Growth(11), Customer Success(10), Product(9), Operations(8), Design(6), Marketing(6), HR/People(3), Data(2), Content Creation(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $175 Million
Hopper, a Montreal-based travel booking app, raised US175 million in Series G funding at a valuation north of US3.5 billion. GPI Capital led, and was joined by Glade Brook Capital, WestCap, Goldman Sachs Growth and Accomplice.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(146), Operations(29), Product(28), Data(25), HR/People(25), Customer Success(24), Design(14), Marketing(14), Finance/Accounting(14), Sales/Business Development/Growth(13), Legal/Compliance(2), Other(51)
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Funding Amount: $160 Million
Ample, a San Francisco-based vehicle battery swapping service, raised 160 million in Series C funding. Moore Strategic Ventures led, and was joined by PTT, Eneos and SMRT.
Hiring For:
Operations(2), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $157 Million
GentiBio, Inc., a Boston, MA-based biotherapeutics company developing engineered regulatory T cells (Tregs) therapies for immunology, closed a $157m Series A financing.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Data(6), Product(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $150 Million
Moloco, a Redwood City, Calif.-based programmatic ad platform, raised 150 million in Series C funding led by Tiger Global at a 1.5 billion valuation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Data(15), Customer Success(9), Marketing(8), Product(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), HR/People(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $130 Million
Apollo GraphQL, a San Francisco-based provider of open source and commercial GraphQL technologies, raised 130 million in Series D funding. Insight Partners led, and was joined by insiders Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Sales/Business Development/Growth(7), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $120 Million
Adverity, an Austrian online marketing company, raised 120 million led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Maven Clinic, a virtual clinic for womens and family health, raised 110 million in Series D funding at a valuation north of 1 billion. Dragoneer and Lux Capital co-led, and were joined by Bond and insiders Sequoia Capital, Oak HCFT and Icon Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Product(10), Operations(7), Sales/Business Development/Growth(6), Design(5), Marketing(4), Customer Success(4), Data(3), HR/People(3), Content Creation(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Other(16)
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Funding Amount: $75 Million
Reali, a San Mateo, Calif.-based real estate fintech platform, raised 75 million in equity funding. Zeev Ventures led, and was joined by Akkadian Ventures and Signia Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Marketing(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Data(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $75 Million
Carrot Fertility, a San Francisco-based fertility benefits provider for employers,, raised 75 million in Series C funding. Tiger Global led, and was joined by OrbiMed, F-Prime, CRV, U.S. Venture Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(7), Sales/Business Development/Growth(6), Engineering/Technology(4), Product(4), Marketing(4), Design(3), Content Creation(3), Operations(2), Data(1), HR/People(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $66 Million
MobileCoin, a San Francisco-based mobile payments enablement startup, raised 66 million in Series B equity funding from Alameda Research, Berggruen Holdings, BlockTower Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Time Ventures, Vy Capital and insiders General Catalyst and Future Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Product(2), Design(1), Customer Success(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $65 Million
InfoSum, a New York-based data collaboration platform, raised 65 million in Series B funding led by Chrysalis Investments.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Klover, a Chicago, IL-based platform that gives access to modern financial services by leveraging consumers’ permissioned data, closed $60m in Series A funding.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $58 Million
Immunitas Therapeutics, a Waltham, MA-based single cell genomics-based therapeutics company, closed a $58m Series B financing.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Data(3)
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Funding Amount: $52 Million
Rapido, an Indian bike taxi aggregator, raised 52 million in Series C funding from Shell Ventures, Yamaha, Positive Moves Consulting and insiders Westbridge, Nexus Venture Partners and Everblue Management.
Hiring For:
Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Split.io, a Redwood City, Calif.-based feature flag platform, raised 50 million in Series D funding. Owl Rock led, and was joined by Northgate Capital and insiders Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Harmony Partners, M12, Atlassian Ventures and ServiceNow.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Product(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Marketing(3), Data(2), Design(2), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Nacelle, a Los Angeles-based headless e-commerce infrastructure startup, raised 50 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), HR/People(4), Product(3), Customer Success(3), Design(2), Marketing(2), Data(1), Operations(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Jnana Therapeutics, a Boston-based discovery startup focused on difficult-to-drug targets, raised 50 million in Series B funding. RA Capital Management led, and was joined by insiders Polaris Partners, Versant Ventures, Avalon Ventures, AbbVie Ventures and Pfizer Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Data(4), Operations(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $48 Million
Branch, a flexible workforce payments platform, raised 48 million in Series B funding. Addition led, and was joined by Drive Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Matchstick Ventures and Recruit Holdings. The company also secured a 500 million credit facility from Neuberger Berman.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $42 Million
RepairSmith, an El Segundo, Calif.-based mobile auto repair service, raised 42 million in Series B funding from TI Capital, Porsche Ventures, Spring Mountain Capital and Mercedes.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(3), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(82)
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Funding Amount: $37 Million
Balto, a St. Louis-based call center automation startup, raised 37 million in Series B funding. Stripes led, and was joined by RingCentral Ventures, Sierra Ventures, TIA Ventures, OCA Ventures, Stage Venture Partners, SaaS Venture Capital, Sandalphon Capital, Cultivation Capital and Atreides Management.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(6), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Engineering/Technology(4), Product(2), Marketing(2), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $36.7 Million
Rapid Robotics, a San Francisco-based industrial robotics startup, raised 36.7 million in Series B funding. Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global co-led, and were joined by insiders NEA, Greycroft, Bee Partners and 468 Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Operations(2), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $35.9 Million
Preset, a San Mateo, Calif.-based data exploration and visualization platform, raised 35.9 million in Series B funding. Redpoint Ventures led, and was joined by insider Andreessen Horowitz.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Data(1), Design(1), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Metabase, a San Francisco-based open-source business intelligence startup, raised 30 million in Series B funding. Insight Partners led, and was joined by insiders Expa and NEA.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Product(3), Design(2), Customer Success(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Osaro, a San Francisco, CA-based global leader in the development and deployment of advanced robotic automation for logistics, raised $30m in Series C funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $26 Million
Kairos Aerospace, a Mountain View, CA-based identifier of oilfield methane leaks and emissions, closed a $26m Series C-1 funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Data(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
Tropic, a NYC-based platform of record for SaaS, raised $25m in funding.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $24 Million
CertiK, a NYC-based blockchain security company, raised $24m in Series B+ funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(20), Sales/Business Development/Growth(6), Data(5), Product(5), Design(4), Marketing(4), Finance/Accounting(2), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Stacker, a no-code software development startup, raised 20 million. Andreessen Horowitz led, and was joined by insiders YC, Initialized Capital and Pentech.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(3), Content Creation(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Trifecta, a Sacramento, Calif.-based organic food delivery service, closed a $20m Series B funding round.
Hiring For:
Design(1), Customer Success(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Tetavi, a Los Angeles, CA-based volumetric technology platform, closed a $20m venture funding round.
Hiring For:
Design(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1)
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Funding Amount: $17 Million
Regrow, a carbon measurement startup for the food supply chain, raised 17 million in Series A funding from Ajax Strategies, Tenacious Ventures, Cargill, M12, AirTree Ventures, Main Sequence and the Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Customer Success(3), Data(2), Product(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $15.4 Million
Opya, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of early interventions for autism, raised 15.4 million in Series A funding from Panoramic Ventures, SoftBank, Disability Opportunity Fund, Raven One Ventures, Divergent Investments and Altitude Ventures.
Hiring For:
Operations(1), HR/People(1), Other(98)
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Funding Amount: $15.1 Million
TrustLayer, a San Francisco, CA-based collaborative risk management platform, closed a $15.1m Series A funding round.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Customer Success(3), Operations(1)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
Pngme, a financial data infrastructure startup, raised 15 million in Series A funding. Octopus Ventures led, and was joined by Lateral Capital, EchoVC, Raptor Group, Unshackled Ventures, Future Africa and Two Small Fish Ventures.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Engineering/Technology(3), Data(2), Design(2), Product(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $13 Million
WeSpire, a Boston MA-based provider of an employee experience platform for Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) initiatives, raised $13M in Series B funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $10.3 Million
Blumira, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based cybersecurity startup focused on SMEs, raised 10.3 million in Series A funding. Mercury led and was joined by Ten Eleven Ventures, M25 and Array Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Beta Hatch, a Cashmere, Wash.-based mealworm producer, raised 10 million. Yes, this is the years largest mealworm funding to date. Lewis Clark AgriFood led, and was joined by Cavallo Ventures and Innova Memphis.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $8.5 Million
Simplicity, a San Francisco CA-based provider of a smart communication platform, raised $8.5M in seed funding.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(1)
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Funding Amount: $7 Million
ForeVR Games, a Los Angeles, CA – based VR gaming company, raised $7M in additional seed financing.
Hiring For:
Design(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $4.5 Million
Machinery Partner, a Boston, MA-based company offering novel procurement, financing and support for small businesses needing heavy machinery, raised $4.5m in seed funding.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $3.5 Million
Juno, a San Diego, CA-based software company that connects and educates people in virtual environments year-round, raised $3.5m in seed funding.
Hiring For:
Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $3 Million
Cent, a San Francisco, CA-based platform that provides tools for creators to make an income using NFTs, raised $3M in seed funding.
Hiring For:
HR/People(1)
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