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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 11/02/2025
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Funding Amount: $350 Million
Mercor, a data-labeling firm thats in litigation with rival Scale AI, raised $350m in Series C funding at a $10b valuation. Felicis led, joined by Benchmark, General Catalyst, and Robinhood Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), Data(3), Operations(3), Remote(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $280 Million
Chainguard, a Kirkland, Wash.-based open source security startup,, raised $280m from General Catalysts Customer Value Fund.
Hiring For:
Remote(47), Engineering/Technology(15), Customer Success(15), Sales/Business Development/Growth(13), Product(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Operations(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(19)
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Funding Amount: $250 Million
Fireworks AI, a Redwood City, CA-based AI inference cloud powering production AI applications for tech companies, raised $250m in Series C funding round at a $4 billion valuation.
The round, which includes primary and secondary funding, was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, and Evantic, with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital. This brings Fireworks’ total funding to $327m.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(14), Data(3), HR/People(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $225 Million
SavvyMoney, a Dublin, CA-based provider of financial wellness and growth solutions, received a $225m minority investment.
The round was co-led by PSG and Canapi Ventures, with continued investment from Spectrum Equity.
Hiring For:
Remote(13), Engineering/Technology(7), Operations(3), Marketing(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Data(1), Product(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $225 Million
Whatnot, a live-shopping platform, raised $225m in Series F funding at an $11.5b valuation. DST Global and CapitalG led, joined by Sequoia Capital, Greycroft, a16z, Avra and Bond.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(28), Sales/Business Development/Growth(13), Customer Success(13), Marketing(8), Design(7), Product(7), Operations(7), Data(4), HR/People(3), Finance/Accounting(3), Supply Chain/Logistics(3), Content Creation(2), Other(20)
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Funding Amount: $150 Million
Fruitist, an LA-based healthy snackmaker, raised $150m. JPMorgan Asset Management led, joined by Ray Dalios family office.
Hiring For:
Finance/Accounting(3), Remote(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $150 Million
Harvey, an SF-based legal AI startup, raised $150m in new funding at a $10b valuation led by a16z, per Bloomberg.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(37), Customer Success(23), Sales/Business Development/Growth(16), Operations(14), Product(11), Remote(7), Data(6), HR/People(5), Legal/Compliance(3), Design(2), Marketing(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Content Creation(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(28)
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Funding Amount: $150 Million
Legora, an NYC-based collaborative AI platform for lawyers, raised $150m in Series C funding at a $1.8b valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners led, joined by insiders Iconiq, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, and YC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(17), Customer Success(5), Legal/Compliance(5), Design(3), Product(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Operations(2), Data(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(11)
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Funding Amount: $125 Million
LangChain, an SF-based agent engineering platform, raised $125m in Series B funding at a $1.25b valuation from IVP, Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, CapitalG, and Sapphire Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(20), Customer Success(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Data(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
EnduroSat, a Bulgarian provider of satellite constellations-as-a-service, raised over $100m from Riot Ventures, GV, Lux Capital, European Innovation Council Fund, and Shrug Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(25), Design(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Finance/Accounting(4), Operations(2), Legal/Compliance(2), Data(1), Product(1), HR/People(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $90 Million
Moniepoint, a Nigerian fintech, raised $90m from Visa, Development Partners International, Leapfrog, and Google Africa Investment Fund.
Hiring For:
Finance/Accounting(18), Remote(11), Engineering/Technology(8), Data(4), Operations(4), HR/People(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Marketing(1), Content Creation(1), Other(20)
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Funding Amount: $79 Million
ConductorOne, a Portland, Ore.-based identity security and access governance startup, raised $79m in Series B funding at a reported $350m valuation. Greycroft led, joined by CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Accel, and Felicis Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Customer Success(8), Remote(7), Product(6), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(9)
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Funding Amount: $70 Million
Shop My Shelf, Inc. dba ShopMy, a NYC-based curated commerce infrastructure company, raised $70M in funding at a $1.5 billion valuation.
The round was led by Avenir, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Menlo Ventures, as well as Sofia Richie, Gregg Renfrew, Raissa Gerona, Alex Mondre of AGM Ventures, and Aimee Song and Jacopo Moschin.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Marketing(4), Product(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Design(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Seneca, an SF-based maker of firefighting drones, raised $60m. Caffeinated Capital and Convective Capital led, joined by First Round Capital, Transition VC, Advance Venture Partners, Nextview Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Stepstone Group, DCVC, Offline Ventures, Roar Capital, and Slow Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Data(1), Operations(1), Content Creation(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $55 Million
Arbor Energy, an El Segundo, CA-based clean power company, raised a $55m Series A funding round.
The round was co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Voyager Ventures, with participation from Gigascale Capital and Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(9), Design(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $51 Million
Findem, a San Francisco, CA-based AI talent acquisition and management solution powered by 3D data, raised $51m in funding.
The raise included a Series C led by SLW, with participation from Wing Ventures, Harmony Capital and Four Rivers Group, and growth financing from J.P. Morgan. This brings Findem’s total funding to $105m.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Data(2), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Roller, an Austin, Texas-based venue management platform, raised $50m led by Insight Partners, with JPMorgan participating.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(9), Engineering/Technology(6), Sales/Business Development/Growth(4), Finance/Accounting(3), Operations(2), Product(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Other(12)
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Funding Amount: $47 Million
Serval, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-native IT service management (ITSM) platform, raised $47M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought total funding to $52M since its founding in 2024, was led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from First Round, General Catalyst, Box Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Chemistry, and others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Customer Success(3), HR/People(3), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $42 Million
Starbridge, a govtech startup for business sales teams, raised $42m in Series A funding led by Craft Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Customer Success(4), Remote(3), Product(3), Marketing(3), HR/People(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $39 Million
SimSpace, a Boston-based enterprise cyber defense simulator, raised $39m in equity and debt funding from Communitas Capital, BTG Pactual, and L2 Point Management, per Axios Pro.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(6), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $33 Million
HiveWatch, an El Segundo, Calif.-based provider of physical security software, raised $33m in Series B funding. Anthos Capital led, joined by Harmonic Growth Partners and Across Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Customer Success(2), Data(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Valthos, a San Francisco, CA-based AI biodefense startup, raised $30m in seed financing.
The round was led by OpenAI Startup Fund, Lux Capital, and Founders Fund.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
knownwell, a Boston, MA-based obesity medicine and weight-inclusive primary care company, raised $25m in funding.
The round was led by CVS Health Ventures, with participation from MassMutual Catalyst Fund, Intermountain Ventures, and others, along with continued support from existing investors a16z Bio + Health and Flare Capital Partners, bringing knownwell’s total funding to over $50m. Oak Street Health Co-Founder Geoff Price joined as an investor and independent Board member.
Hiring For:
Operations(2), Other(12)
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Funding Amount: $24 Million
Mem0, an SF-based AI memory infrastructure platform, raised $24m seed and Series A funding from Kindred Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Peak XV Partners, GitHub Fund, and YC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Data(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
i6, a provider of digital fuel management for aviation, raised $20m in Series B funding. Yttrium led, joined by International Airlines Group, World Kinect, and Shell Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Sage Care, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a healthcare navigation management platform, raised $20M in funding.
The round was led by Yosemite with participation from General Catalyst, Metrodora (Chelsea Clinton), OVTR.VC, SV Angel, Liquid 2, Seven Stars, Refract Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, and Apollo Ono.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $18 Million
Agtonomy, a South San Francisco, California based software and services company specializing in automation and physical AI solutions for agriculture and land management, closed a $18m Series B funding round.
This round was led by DBL Partners, with participation from new investor Nuveen, and existing investors Autotech, Allison Transmission, Rethink Food, and Black Forest Ventures. Jake Harris of DBL Partners is joining Agtonomy’s Board.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), Operations(2), Data(1), Marketing(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $15.4 Million
Gravwell, a Minneapolis-based data analytics and security platform, raised $15.4m in Series A funding. Two Bear Capital led, joined by Gula Tech Adventures and Next Frontier Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(4), Customer Success(2), Operations(1)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
Finster AI, a provider of AI tools to investment banks and asset managers, raised $15m in seed and Series A funding from FinTech Collective, Peak XV, and Hoxton Ventures, per Axios Pro.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Design(2), Product(2), Operations(2)
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Funding Amount: $14 Million
BluWave, a Nashville, Tenn.-based market network platform for PE firms and their portfolio companies, raised $14m. Highmount Capital led, joined by HighSage Ventures.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2), Marketing(2), Customer Success(2), Operations(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $12.6 Million
Ridepanda, an SF-based corporate e-bike fleet startup, raised $12.6m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. Bikeleasing Group of Germany led, joined by insiders Blackhorn Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Proeza Ventures, and Somersault Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $12 Million
Sweatpals, an Austin, Texas-based fitness platform, raised a $12m seed from Patron, a16z speedrun and HartBeat Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Marketing(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $8 Million
VitVio, a Boston, MA-based AI-powered platform that autonomously coordinates operating room staff, flags delays, and reduces the administrative load on surgical teams, closed an $8M seed funding round.
The round, which brought VitVio’s total funding to $10M, was led by returning investor Bek Ventures (fka Earlybird Digital East) with participation from early backers LDV Capital and Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, as well as new investors Balnord, Thornapple River Capital, Joe Mullings and Mati Staniszewski.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1), Design(1), Product(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $6 Million
Shuttle, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-enabled cloud infrastructure platform allowing developers to deploy apps code-to-cloud in seconds, raised $6m in funding.
Backers included Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Thomas Dohmke (former CEO of GitHub), Calvin French‐Owen (Founder of Segment), and senior leaders from OpenAI, Deel, Confluent, and others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1)
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Funding Amount: $5 Million
Casium, an immigration law platform for enterprises, raised $5m in seed funding. Maverick Ventures led, joined by AI2 Incubator, GTMfund, and Success Venture Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2)
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Funding Amount: $2 Million
iOrganBio, a Chapel Hill, NC-based human cell production company, raised $2m in funding.
The round was led by First Star Ventures along with institutional investors IndieBio, Cape Fear BioCapital, 2ndF, Terasaki Institute, and Alix Ventures.
Hiring For:
Operations(1)
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