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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 09/08/2024
A biweekly newsletter of funded startups and the jobs they're hiring for.
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Funding Amount: $325 Million
ArsenalBio, a San Francisco, CA-based clinical stage programmable cell therapy company, raised $325M in Series C funding.
The round was led by ARCH Venture Partners, Milky Way Investments Group, Regeneron Ventures, NVentures, Luma Group, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Rock Springs Capital, among others, with participation from existing investors the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI), SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Westlake Village BioPartners, Kleiner Perkins, Byers Capital, and Hitachi Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Operations(3), Data(2), HR/People(1), Other(11)
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Funding Amount: $320 Million
Magic, an SF-based generative AI coding company, raised $320m from Eric Schmidt, CapitalG, Atlassian, Elad Gil, Jane Street, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Sequoia Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(5), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $319 Million
Cribl, a San Francisco, CA-based data engine company for IT and security, raised $319M in Series E funding, at $3.5 Billion valuation.
The round was led by GV (Google Ventures) with participation from GIC, CapitalG, IVP, and CRV. GV’s General Partner and former GitLab CRO Michael McBride joined Cribl’s Board of Directors.
Hiring For:
Remote(14), Engineering/Technology(14), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Marketing(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Product(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1)
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Funding Amount: $191 Million
eGenesis, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company developing human-compatible engineered organs to address the global organ shortage, raised $191M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Lux Capital, with participation from existing investors ARCH Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Farallon Capital Management, Alta Partners, Fresenius Medical Care Ventures, and Leaps by Bayer as well as new investors DaVita, Eisai Innovation, NATCO Pharmaceuticals, and Parkwood Corporation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $150 Million
Codeium, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of an AI-powered code acceleration platform, raised $150M in Series C funding, at $1.25 Billion valuation.
The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Product(2), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Design(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $93 Million
Parafin, a San Francisco, CA-based innovator in embedded finance, announced today that it closed a $93M debt facility with Jeffries and Trinity Capital, Inc.
Their investment has the potential to increase to $187M.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Product(4), Data(3), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $90 Million
Circle Pharma, a San Francisco, CA-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing cell-permeable macrocycles as a new class of therapies, raised $90M in Series D funding.
The round was led by The Column Group with participation from new and existing investors, including Nextech Invest and Euclidean Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $80 Million
Parry Labs, an Alexandria, VA-based defense technology company that develops next generation open architecture mission solutions, closed an $80m first funding round.
The round was led by Capitol Meridian Partners, with participation from True Ventures, as well as 3Wire Partners and Teamworthy Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(25), Sales/Business Development/Growth(5), Operations(3), Other(13)
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Funding Amount: $65 Million
Vesta Healthcare, a NYC-based virtual care provider raised $65M in Series C funding with new debt financing.
The equity round was led by Boston-based RA Capital Management, with participation from Oak HC/FT, Chrysalis Ventures, CareCentrix/Walgreens, Nationwide, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Lux Capital, Generator Ventures, Deerfield Management and others. Debt financing was provided by Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, an affiliate of Monroe Capital (read here).
Hiring For:
Remote(14), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), HR/People(1), Other(16)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Cortex, a San Francisco, CA-based productivity platform for engineers, raised $60M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from World Innovation Labs, Cross Creek, Alpha Square Group, Patrick and John Collison (Stripe), IVP, Sequoia, and Y Combinator.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(4), Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Knowde, a San Jose, CA-based chemical software company, raised $60m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Blue Cloud Ventures, Point72 Private Investments, and Socium Ventures with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(7), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Customer Success(1)
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Funding Amount: $59 Million
Oyster, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a solution to employ, pay, and care for distributed teams, raised $59M in Series D funding.
The round was led by Silver Lake Waterman, with participation from existing investors, including Emergence Capital, Stripes, Georgian, G2 Venture Partners, and Endeavor Catalyst.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Customer Success(2), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $57 Million
Laravel, a Benton Ark.-based PHP web application framework, raised $57m in Series A funding from Accel, per Fortune.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2)
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Funding Amount: $38 Million
Butlr, a Burlingame, CA-based physical AI (PAI) startup, raised $38M in Series B funding.
Backers included Pacific Alliance Venture, GS Futures, DNX Ventures, Ray Stata, Joi Ito, Carrier, and Qualcomm.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $33 Million
Galy, a Boston, MA-based climate tech company, raised $33M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) with participation from new investors H&M Group and Inditex.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Data(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Unlock Technologies, a Tempe, AZ-based fintech company enhancing the homeownership experience, announced a strategic partnership with D2 Asset Management (D2).
The agreement included a $30M Series B equity investment in Unlock and a $250M capital commitment from D2. Also participating in the Series B were Saluda Grade, Second Century Ventures and REACH.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Finance/Accounting(2), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $21.5 Million
Comun, a NYC-based a Latino-founded neobank that provides modern banking solutions to immigrants in the U.S., raised $21.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from Animo Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, FJ Labs, RTP Global, and South Park Commons.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
HomeLight, a Scottsdale, AZ-based real estate technology platform empowering innovative transactions top agents, lenders, and their clients, raised $20M in Series D extension funding.
The round was led by Zeev Ventures, with participation from Stereo Capital and Menlo Ventures, among others.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Marketing(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Design(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Swiss-Mile, a Swiss maker of wheeled-legged robots, raised around $20m at a valuation north of $100m from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Bezos Expeditions, HongShan, Armada Investment, and Linear Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Data(3), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Revefi, a Seattle, WA-based data ops automation startup, raised $20M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Icon Ventures, joined by Mayfield, GTM Capital, and StepStone Group.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $18.5 Million
Mintlify, a New York-based code documentation platform, raised $18.5m in Series A funding. A16z led, and was joined by Bain Capital Ventures and YC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Customer Success(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $17 Million
Pylon, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a support platform for B2B companies, raised $17M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $20M, was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and others. It also added Jennifer Li to the board.
Hiring For:
Operations(3), Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $16 Million
Bland AI, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform automating phone calls for the enterprise using hyper-realistic AI agents, raised $16M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Scale Venture Partners. Other investors included Y Combinator and angel investors Max Levchin the founder of Paypal, Piotr Dąbkowski the CTO of Eleven Labs CTO, Jeff Lawson the founder of Twilio, and others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Remote(1), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
ThinkCyte, a Tokyo, Japan- and Redwood City, CA-based biotechnology company developing scientific instruments, raised raised an additional $15M in the extension round, bringing the total Series C to $32M.
The round was led by Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality (JICN), KIRIN-GB Fund I L.P., and SMBC Venture Capital No. 7 Investment Limited Partnership. The company also secured a loan from Japan Finance Corporation. This latest round brings ThinkCyte’s total funding to $91m..
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Data(3)
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Funding Amount: $13.5 Million
Planera, a San Jose, CA-based provider of a construction CPM scheduling and planning solution, raised $13.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Sierra Ventures, with participation from Sorenson Capital, Brick and Mortar Ventures, Prudence VC and Firebolt Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(6), Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Product(2)
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Funding Amount: $12 Million
ZBiotics, a San Francisco, CA-based company offering a new category of genetically engineered probiotics, raised $12M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Spring Tide Capital with participation from Access Capital, Seamless Capital, Goat Rodeo Capital, and Seaside Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1)
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Funding Amount: $8.5 Million
AltScore, a Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, and Washington, DC-based provider of AI-driven B2B credit infrastructure, raised $8.5m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Haymaker Ventures, with participation from Kamay Ventures, BuenTrip Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, FarOut Ventures, TechStars, and others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $7.5 Million
DubClub, a Chicago, IL-based platform for people to consume, discuss, and buy premium sports content from creators, raised $7.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Roseanne Wincek of Renegade Partners. Other investors included Dave Gilboa of Warby Parker, former Barstool Sports operators, and former athletes including Hall of Fame NFL players.
Hiring For:
Remote(1), Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $6.25 Million
Portex, an SF-based freight procurement platform, raised $6.25m in seed funding led by Footwork Ventures, with participation by Cowboy Ventures, and Base 10.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Operations(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $6 Million
New School Foods, a Toronto, Canada-based company developing a cold-based technique using directional freezing, combined with a proprietary scaffolding technology, raised $6M in funding.
Backers included Inter IKEA Group, Good Startup, NewTree Capital and Hatch.
Hiring For:
Product(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $5 Million
Create Wellness, a NYC-based company which specializes in creatine-based products, raised $5M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $7.3M, was led by Unilever Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(3), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $3.3 Million
Champion, an Indianapolis, IN-based provider of an AI-powered customer advocacy platform, raised $3.3M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Flyover Capital, with participation from High Alpha, Bread & Butter Ventures and Stage 2 Capital.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $3 Million
PsychoGenics, a Paramus, NJ-based company which specializes in AI-enabled phenotypic drug discovery, received $3M in SBIR Grant by NIMH.
The company intends to use the amount to develop eCube®, its proprietary AI-enabled EEG platform, along with its machine learning tools, to identify novel applications for existing drugs targeting rare diseases.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1)
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