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Funded & Hiring
Sunday, 12/15/2024
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Funding Amount: $693 Million
Tenstorrent, a Santa Clara, CA-based computing company that builds computers for AI, raised $693M+ in Series D funding.
The round was led by Samsung Securities and AFW Partners with participation from XTX Markets, Corner Capital, MESH, Export Development Canada, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, LG Electronics, Hyundai Motor Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baillie Gifford, Bezos Expeditions, and more.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(67), Design(20), Data(8), Operations(8), Customer Success(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(3), Product(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $600 Million
Crusoe, a San Francisco, CA-based vertically integrated AI infrastructure provider, raised $600M in Series D funding, at $2.8 Billion valuation.
The round was led by Founders Fund, with participation from new and existing investors, including Fidelity, Long Journey Ventures, Mubadala, NVIDIA, Ribbit Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(57), Product(6), Operations(3), Marketing(3), Finance/Accounting(3), Data(2), Design(2), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(31)
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Funding Amount: $210 Million
Rebel Foods, an Indian dark kitchen network, raised $210m in Series G funding. Temasek led, and was joined by insider Evolvence.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $150 Million
Heirloom, a Brisbane, CA-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology provider, raised $150M in Series b funding.
The round was led by Future Positive, and Lowercarbon Capital. New investors included Future Positive, H&M Group, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Mitsui & Co., Ltd., MOL Switch LLC, Quantum Innovation Fund, and Siemens Financial Services among others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), HR/People (2), Legal/Compliance(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $135 Million
Public, a NYC-based multi-asset investing company, raised $135m in Series D-2 funding.
The round included $105m in equity financing and $30m in debt.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Product(2), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), HR/People(1), Legal/Compliance(1)
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Funding Amount: $120 Million
Tractian, an Atlanta, GA-based company which specializes in manufacturing AI, secured $120M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, Next47, and NGP Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(52), Sales/Business Development/Growth(27), Customer Success(27), Data(7), Product(7), Marketing(4), Operations(3), HR/People(3), Design(2), Content Creation(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Supply Chain/Logistics(2), Other(35)
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Funding Amount: $115 Million
Maze Therapeutics, a South San Francisco, CA-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging human genetics to develop novel, small molecule precision medicines for patients living with renal, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases, closed a $115m Series D financing that included the conversion of issued convertible notes previously purchased by existing investors.
The round was co-led by investors Frazier Life Sciences and Deep Track Capital. Janus Henderson Investors and Logos Capital also participated. Existing investors include Third Rock Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Matrix Capital Management, GV, General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Foresite Capital, Woodline Partners LP, Casdin Capital, Piper Heartland Healthcare Capital, Moore Strategic Ventures, as well as other existing leading healthcare investors.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Data(1)
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Funding Amount: €80 Million
Zopa, a London, UK-based digital bank company, raised €80M in Equity funding.
The round was led by A.P. Moller Holding, with participation from existing investors.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(6), Customer Success(4), Finance/Accounting(3), Product(2), Operations(2), Data(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $73 Million
Gigs, a startup that helps companies launch their own mobile services, raised $73m in Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital, per Axios Pro.
Hiring For:
Remote(3), Engineering/Technology(1), Operations(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Players Health, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of athlete safety and sports insurance solutions, raised $60M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Bluestone Equity Partners with participation from Mosaic General Partners, RPM Ventures, SiriusPoint and TriplePoint Capital. As a part of this investment, Bluestone’s Walker Brumskine and Jake Harris will join the Players Health Board of Directors.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(1), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Axiado, a San Jose, CA-based hardware anchored platform security company, raised $60M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Maverick Silicon with participation from Samsung Catalyst Fund, Atreides Management, and Crosslink Capital.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(33), Design(1), Customer Success(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $60 Million
Anybotics, a Swiss provider of robotic inspection solutions, raised $60m. Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest co-led, and were joined by insiders Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Swisscanto, and Swisscom Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Marketing(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Content Creation(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1)
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Funding Amount: $58.2 Million
Terradot, a San Francisco, CA-based climate company, raised $58.2m in funding.
The funding includes $4.2m in seed funding and a $54m Series A round, which recently closed.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Product(2), Operations(2), Data(1), HR/People(1), Supply Chain/Logistics(1), Other(7)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
9fin, a London, UK-baserd AI-powered analytics platform for debt capital markets, raised $50m in a Series B funding.
The round was led by Highland Europe, with participation from existing investors Spark Capital, Redalpine, Seedcamp, 500 Startups and Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(4), Legal/Compliance(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Data(2), Finance/Accounting(2), Operations(1), HR/People(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Soda Health, a Bentonville, AR-based health tech company enhancing the use of benefit dollars to improve health outcomes and reduce inequities, raised $50M in Series B funding.
The round was led by General Catalyst, with additional capital from Humana CEO, Bruce Broussard, and participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Define Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners USA, and SVB Capital. Caitlin Donovan of General Catalyst has joined Soda Health’s board of directors.
Hiring For:
Remote(4), Engineering/Technology(2), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $50 Million
Cala Health, a San Mateo, CA-based non-invasive bioelectronic medicine company, raised $50M in funding.
The round was led by Vertex Growth Fund and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures. Existing investors participated in the round, including Action Potential, Johnson & Johnson, Lightstone, Lux, GV (Google Ventures), OSF Ventures, Ascension Ventures, TriVentures, Reimagined Ventures, Peak6 and Fiscus.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Remote(1), Customer Success(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $44 Million
Nanoramic, a Boston, MA-based advanced battery technology company, raised $44M in funding.
The round was led by General Motors Ventures and Catalus Capital, with participation from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Top Material, and existing investors, including Fortistar Capital and WindSail Capital Group.
Hiring For:
Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $42 Million
OneRail, an Orlando, FL-based provider of mile omnichannel fulfillment solutions, raised $42M in Series C funding.
The round was led by Aliment Capital. Additional participating firms included new investors eGateway Capital and Florida Opportunity Fund, as well as existing investors Arsenal Growth Equity, Piva Capital, Bullpen Capital, Las Olas Venture Capital, Chicago Ventures, Gaingels and Mana Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(9), Engineering/Technology(5), Marketing(3), Customer Success(3), Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(5)
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Funding Amount: $40 Million
Lawhive, a London, UK-based legaltech startup, raised $40M in Series A funding.
The round was led by GV (Google Ventures) and TQ Ventures, with participation from Balderton Capital, Jigsaw, Episode 1 and Premier League footballers Harry Maguire and Reece James.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Customer Success(1), Content Creation(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Aerospike, a Mountain View, CA-based real-time database empowering mission-critical applications across diverse use cases, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), received $30M in Growth financing from CIBC Innovation Banking.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Product(1), HR/People(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Twelve Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based video understanding company, raised $30M in funding.
Backers included Databricks, SK Telecom, and Snowflake Ventures, as well as HubSpot Ventures and In-Q-Tel.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(8), Data(4), HR/People(4), Operations(2), Customer Success(1), Legal/Compliance(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $30 Million
Flare, a Montreal, Canada-based threat exposure management (TEM) company, raised $30M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Base10 Partners with participation from Inovia Capital, White Star Capital, and Fonds de solidarité FTQ.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Remote(4), Product(1), Customer Success(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $25 Million
SRTX, the Québec, Canada-based holding company of Sheertex Inc., the manufacturer and brand of rip-resist tights, received a $25M USD investment from Investissement Québec.
The company intends to use the funds to expand and consolidate its position as a player in the textile sector, while continuing to grow its vertical manufacturing operations in Quebec. This latest round is supporting SRTX’ drive to scale its manufacturing capacity and strengthen its research and development capabilities as it grows across all its distribution channels and innovates new materials.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Design(2), Content Creation(2), Product(1), Finance/Accounting(1), Other(3)
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Funding Amount: $24 Million
Pixxel, a Bengaluru, India-based space technology company, raised $24M in additional Series B funding.
The round, which brought the Series B total amount to $60M, saw participation from M&G Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital Partners, who joined existing backers Google, Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, and others. With this, Pixxel has raised a total of $95M across all funding rounds to date.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(12), Design(2), Operations(2), Data(1), Product(1), Content Creation(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $22 Million
Cartesia, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of real-time multimodal intelligence for every device, raised $22m in funding.
The round, which brought total capital raised to $27m, was led by Index Ventures, with participation from A* Capital, Conviction, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, and SV Angel, along with 90 angel investors including the Founders of Abridge, Airtable, Captions, Cognition, Cohere, Databricks, Datadog, Hugging Face, Hubspot, Infinitus, Llamaindex, Mercury, Mistral, Okta, Perplexity, Pika, Pinterest, Postman, Ramp, RunwayML, Snorkel, Sonos, Together AI, Tripedot Studios, Typeface, Vercel, Weaviate, Weights and Biases, and Zapier.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(13), Marketing(3), Data(2), Design(2), Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $20.8 Million
Enterpret, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI-enabled customer feedback intelligence platform for product development and CX teams, raised $20.8M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Peak XV Partners (fka Sequoia Capital India), Wing Ventures, and Recall Capital, as well as angel investors including Lauryn Motamedi (Head of Product Growth at Notion), Elena Verna (VP of Growth and Data at Dropbox), Nan Yu (Head of Product at Linear), and Andrew Berman (Director of AI at Zapier) among others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Remote(2), Product(2), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(2), Design(1), HR/People(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $20 Million
Vapi, a San Francisco, CA-based developer platform for deploying Voice AI agents, raised $20m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Abstract Ventures, AI Grant, Y Combinator, Saga Ventures, and Michael Ovitz.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(5), Sales/Business Development/Growth(2), Design(1), Marketing(1)
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Funding Amount: $17.5 Million
Stigg, an Israeli monetization platform for engineers, raised $17.5m in Series A funding. Red Dot Capital Partners led, and was joined by Unusual Ventures, Emerge Ventures, Redseed, and Cerca Partners.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Product(1), Content Creation(1)
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Funding Amount: $16 Million
Vooma, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an AI platform designed for freight brokers and carriers of all sizes, raised over $16M in Seed and Series A funding.
The amount consisted of $13M in Series A funding led by Craft Ventures and $3.6M in seed round led by Index Ventures with participation from angel investors including founders and executives from companies such as Motive, Project44, Ryder and Uber Freight.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Operations(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $15.6 Million
HappyRobot, a San Francisco, CA-based company which specializes in AI-powered voice solutions for the logistics sector, raised $15.6M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Y Combinator and strategic industry investors, including RyderVentures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(4)
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Funding Amount: $14 Million
Maybern, a provider of software that automates calculations for private fund managers, raised $14m in Series A funding. Primary Ventures led, and was joined by Friends and Family Capital, Camber Creek, Human Capital, Grafton Street Partners, and MetaProp.
Hiring For:
Customer Success(2), Engineering/Technology(1), Product(1), Operations(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: £13.3 Million
Deblock. a crypto wallet startup, raised £13.3m in seed funding from Headline, Hoxton Ventures, Chalfen Ventures, and 20VC.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Operations(2), Customer Success(1), Other(2)
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Funding Amount: $13 Million
TrueWind, a bookkeeping co-pilot, raised $13m in Series A funding co-led by Rho Capital and Thomson Reuters Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Design(1), Product(1)
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Funding Amount: $13 Million
Cake, a NYC-based provider of a managed open-source AI infrastructure platform, raised $13M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Gradient, with prior pre-seed funding and participation from Primary Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Correlation Ventures, Firestreak Ventures, and others.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2)
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Funding Amount: $11.5 Million
Spexi, a Vancouver, Canada-based earth imagery company, raised $11.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Blockchange Ventures.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(2), Customer Success(2), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(4)
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Funding Amount: $10.4 Million
Fello, a Chicago, IL-based provider of a support platform for loneliness, raised USD10.4M in funding.
The amount included a seed investment from Glen Tullman’s 62Ventures, The Capital Factory Fellowship Fund, Katalyst Capital, Offline Ventures, and others.
Hiring For:
Marketing(2), Remote(1), Product(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1)
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Funding Amount: $10 Million
Brighty, a Swiss crypto-integrated digital finance platform, raised $10m from Futurecraft Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(1), Finance/Accounting(1)
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Funding Amount: $9 Million
R2, a Chilean embedded lender, raised $9m in Series A extension funding.Hi VenturesandCometa co-led, and were joined by Endeavor Catalyst, YC, and Gradient Ventures.
Hiring For:
Remote(2), Engineering/Technology(2)
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Funding Amount: £5 Million
Much Better Adventures, a U.K. outdoor travel company, raised £5m from Gresham House Ventures.
Hiring For:
Product(4), Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Design(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Marketing(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: £3.5 Million
Cerve, a London, UK-based provider of infrastructure and API solutions for a digitised global food system, raised £3.5M seed funding
The round was led by SuperSeed, with participation from Zenith, Ponderosa and The First Thirty.
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(3), Data(1), Sales/Business Development/Growth(1), Other(1)
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Funding Amount: $3 Million
Stackfix, a London, UK-based provider of an AI-powered software comparison platform, raised $3M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Chalfen Ventures with participation from Seedcamp and helloworld, alongside angel investors such as Paul Forster (Founder of Indeed.com), Mehdi Ghissassi (Head of Product at DeepMind), Matt Clifford (Chair of Entrepreneur First and ARIA), Alice Bentinck (Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First), and Charlie Delingpole (Founder of ComplyAdvantage).
Hiring For:
Engineering/Technology(1), Marketing(1)
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