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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 11/03/2024
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Funding Amount: $225 Million
Seaport Therapeutics, a Boston, MA-based biopharmaceutical company that is developing novel neuropsychiatric medicines, raised $225M in Series B funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $325M, was led by General Atlantic, with participation from funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Foresite Capital, Invus, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, CPP Investments, and other new investors.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Content Creation(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $200 Million
Airwallex, an Australian fintech most recently valued by VCs at US$5.6b, is in talks to raise around $200m at a $6b valuation, per Bloomberg.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(66), Sales/Business Development/Growth(39), Operations(35), Marketing(35), Product(27), Finance/Accounting(23), Customer Success(22), Data(16), Design(12), Legal/Compliance(12), HR/People(11), Remote(5), Supply Chain/Logistics(4), Other(35)
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Funding Amount: $200 Million
Armis, a cyber exposure management company, raised $200m in Series D funding at a $4.2b valuation. General Catalyst and Alkeon Capital were joined by insiders Brookfield Technology Partners and Georgian.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $190 Million
Zip, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-powered procurement orchestration platform, raised $190M in Series D funding at a $2.2B valuation.
The round was led by BOND, with participation from DST Global, Adams Street, and Alkeon, along with existing investors Y Combinator and CRV.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(19), Customer Success(19), Remote(13), Product(8), Sales/Business Development/Growth(8), Marketing(6), Operations(4), Data(2), Design(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(23)
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Funding Amount: $136 Million
Socure, an Incline Village, NV-based provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention and sanction screening, acquired Effectiv, a San Francisco, CA-based real-time risk decisioning company, for $136M.
The acquisition is expected to close in November.
Hiring For:
Business Development/Growth(5), Customer Success(4), Product(2), Engineering/Technology(1)
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Funding Amount: $114 Million
Duetti, a NYC-based provider of a music platform for catalog monetization for independent artists, raised $114m in funding.
This includes $34m in equity financing led by Flexpoint Ford, along with participation from existing investors Nyca Partners and Viola Ventures. Additionally, Duetti completed its inaugural $80m privately rated asset-backed securitization (ABS) transaction, backed by a highly diversified music rights catalog. Barclays acted as the sole structuring and placement agent for the ABS.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $110 Million
Moniepoint, a Nigerian fintech, raised $110m in Series C funding at a valuation north of $1b. Development Partners International led, and was joined by Googles Africa Investment Fund, Verod Capital, and insider Lightrock.
Hiring For:
Remote(14), Engineering/Technology(14), Finance/Accounting(13), Marketing(3), Legal/Compliance(3), Product(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(15)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
Valon, NYC-based provider of a vertically integrated mortgage servicing platform, raised $100M in funding.
The round was led by WestCap with participation from new and existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, bringing Valon’s total raised capital to $230M since its founding in 2019. Josh Dart, Partner at WestCap, is joining the Valon board.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Remote(5), Customer Success(4), Product(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Content Creation(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(11)
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Funding Amount: $100 Million
DoorLoop, a Miami, FL-based property management software company, raised $100M in Series B funding.
The round was led by JMI Equity.
Hiring For:
Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $75 Million
Finix, a San Francisco, CA-based payment processor enabling businesses to accept and send payments online and in-store, raised $75m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Acrew Capital and co-led by Leap Global and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from new investors Citi Ventures, Tribeca Venture Partners, and more. Existing investors, including Homebrew, Insight Partners, Inspired Capital, Cap Table Coalition, and others, also participated.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Data(2), Customer Success(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $62 Million
Outrider, a Brighton, CO-based leader in autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs, raised $62m in Series D financing round.
The round was led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with additional investments from 8VC, ARK Invest, B37 Ventures, FM Capital, Interwoven Ventures, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), and Prologis Ventures. Other investors joining the Series D financing are Goose Capital; Lineage Ventures, the investment strategy of Lineage, Inc.; Presidio Ventures, the venture capital arm of Sumitomo Corporation; and Service Provider Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7)
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Funding Amount: €60 Million
Blacklane, a Berlin, Germany-based chauffeur services provider, raised €60M in Series G funding.
Backers included TASARU Mobility Investments, Mercedes-Benz Mobility, Gargash Enterprises, Al Fahim Group, Alstin Family and RI Digital Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Product(2), Data(1), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $43 Million
Nooks, a San Francisco, CA-based AI Sales Assistant Platform provider, raised $43m in Series B funding.
The round, which brings Nooks’ total funding to $70m, was led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from existing investors Lachy Groom and Tola Capital.
Hiring For:
Remote(13), Sales/Business Development/Growth(6), Product(5), Engineering/Technology(4), Customer Success(4), HR/People(3), Data(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $40 Million
Socket, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a security platform that protects your most critical apps from software supply chain attacks, raised $40M in funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $65M, was led by Abstract Ventures, with participation from Elad Gil, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and a group of angel investors including Bret Taylor (OpenAI), Phil Venables (Google), Scott Johnston (Docker), Christina Cacioppo (Vanta), Ann Mather (Pixar, Alphabet, Netflix, Airbnb), and Tobias Lütke (Shopify), among others.
Hiring For:
Remote(8), Engineering/Technology(2), Design(2), Marketing(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Content Creation(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $37 Million
Tennr, a NYC-based company providing an automation platform for medical documents, raised $37M in funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $61M, was led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from existing investors a16z and Foundation Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Customer Success(3), Product(2), Operations(2), Data(1), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $36 Million
Petfolk, a Charlotte, NC-based provider of veterinary and urgent care through its network of “connected care” clinics, raised $36M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Deerfield Management. Existing investors Movendo Capital, White Star Capital, Cutting Horse VC, Idea Farm Ventures, and Parkview International also participated.
Hiring For:
HR/People(2), Finance/Accounting(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(90)
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Funding Amount: $35 Million
Obligo, a NYC-based fintech company providing a suite of flexible security deposit solutions, raised $35M in funding.
The round was led by 83North and True Global Ventures with participation from 10D, Entrée Capital, HighSage Ventures, MUFG Innovation Partners, and Viola Credit. As part of this funding round, Lilia Shirman, Partner at True Global Ventures, joined Obligo’s Board of Directors.
Hiring For:
Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $35 Million
Urbint, a Miami, Florida-based AI platform for identifying and mitigating threats to workers, critical infrastructure, and communities, raised $35m in strategic funding.
The investment was led by S2G Ventures with participation from Energize Capital, Blue Bear Capital, National Grid Partners, Zoma Capital and Climate Investment.
Hiring For:
Remote(7), Engineering/Technology(6), Customer Success(3), Finance/Accounting(2), Operations(1), Other(6)
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Funding Amount: $33 Million
Reality Defender, a NYC-based provider of a deepfake and AI-generated media detection platform, announced that its Series A fundraising has been expanded, securing a total of $33M.
The round was led by Illuminate Financial, with additional participation from Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, the Jeffries Family Office, and Accenture Ventures, as well as additional participation from original Series A lead investor DCVC and past investors The Partnership Fund for New York City and Y Combinator. Alexander Ross, General Partner at Illuminate, will join the Reality Defender board.
Hiring For:
Remote(8), Engineering/Technology(7), Data(5), Customer Success(2), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $31 Million
Spot AI, a San Francisco, CA-based which specializes in AI camera systems, $31M in equity funding.
Backers included Qualcomm Ventures, and existing investors Scale Venture Partners, StepStone Group, Redpoint Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, GSBackers, MVP Ventures, and Cheyenne Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(3), Marketing(3), Customer Success(2), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Content Creation(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $28.4 Million
Genmo, an SF-based AI video generation research lab, raised $28.4m in Series A funding. NEA led, and was joined by The House Fund, Gold House Ventures, WndrCo, Eastlink Capital Partners, and Essence VC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(10), Data(7), Product(3), Remote(1), Design(1), Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
Tabs, a NYC-based leader in revenue automation for B2B businesses, raised $25m in Series A funding.
The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Primary Ventures and Lightspeed.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), Product(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $24 Million
BasiGo, a Kenya-based electric bus startup, raised $24m in Series A funding. Africa50 led with participation from British International Investment, and the U.S. Development Finance Corporation.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Design(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Procurify, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based company which specializes in proactive spend management solutions, received USD20M in CIBC Innovation Banking.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Hiring For:
Remote(5), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2), Design(1), Product(1), Marketing(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $18 Million
CrewAI, a San Francisco, CA-based multi-agent platform, raised $18M in total funding.
The round was led by Insight Partners. Additional investors included Blitzscaling Ventures, Craft Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, and angels including Andrew Ng, and Dharmesh Shah.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3)
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Funding Amount: $17.5 Million
Billd, an Austin, TX-based provider of financial solutions for commercial subcontractors, raised $17.5M in funding.
The round was led by LL Funds and MissionOG, with RJT Credit, Ulysses Management, and HighSage Ventures also participating.
Hiring For:
Remote(3), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Operations(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
Speakeasy, an API creation and testing startup, raised $15m in Series A funding, per Axios Pro. FPV Ventures led, and was joined by insiders GV and Quiet Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(7), Remote(4), Product(3), Design(2), Customer Success(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: €15 Million
Sensei, a Lisbon-based retail automation company, raised €15m in Series A funding from investors including BlueCrow Capital, Iberis Capital and Techstars.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(1), Business Development/Growth(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $15 Million
Semble, a London, UK-based provider of an integrated clinical system and innovator in healthtech, raised $15M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from Octopus Ventures, Smedvig Ventures and Triple Point.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(3), Product(2), Data(1), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), HR/People(1)
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Funding Amount: $12 Million
Voze, a Salt Lake City, UT-based provider of a sales solution dedicated to empowering sales professionals in graycollar industries, raised $12M in a Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $15M, was co-led by Origin Ventures and Mercury, with participation from previous investors, including Album VC and Pipeline Capital Partners.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(3), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $11.5 Million
Oxla, a Polish high-volume analytical data processing startup, raised $11.5m from TQ Ventures, Lead Ventures, Warsaw Equity Group, and 4growth VC.
Hiring For:
Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Databento, a Salt Lake City, UT-based financial data company, raised $10M in additional funding, increasing its total Series A round to $30M.
Backers included Belvedere Trading, Clear Street, Lightscape Partners, and others.
Hiring For:
Remote(8), Engineering/Technology(6), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Checkmate, a NYC-based provider of unified ordering solutions for enterprise restaurants, raised $10M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Tiger Global.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $4 Million
Hotglue, a Washington, DC-based B2B SaaS provider of embedded integrations, raised $4M in Seed funding.
The round was led by 8VC, with participation from Y Combinator, Correlation Ventures, Wayfinder Ventures, and TDF Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(2), Other(2)
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