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Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Innovaccer, which aggregates medical data for institutions, raises a $150M Series E at a $3.2B valuation led by Mubadala Capital, up from $1.3B in February — Innovaccer has raised a new financing round and more than doubled its valuation to $3.2 billion from $1.3...

Ryan Weeks / The Block: Warsaw- and London-based Ramp, a non-custodial crypto payments infrastructure startup, raises a $52.7M Series A led by Balderton Capital — Quick Take — Ramp has closed a Series A round led by Balderton Capital. — The startup has seen monthly transaction volumes grow...

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Sweep, a France-based software startup helping companies monitor their carbon footprints, raises a $22M Series A led by Balderton Capital — Carbon management platform Sweep has raised $22 million in a series A round of funding, as it sets out to enable large...

Norwest Venture Partners, the now 60-year-old venture and growth equity firm backed entirely by the banking giant Wells Fargo, today rolled out its sixteenth fund, a $3 billion vehicle and its biggest to date.It’s easy to shrug off the development, but this new pool brings the assets Norwest...

Hannah Miller / The Information: A look at Solana's early backers including 500 Startups, Slow Ventures, Multicoin Capital, and angels David Quiec and Chris McCann, who have $1B+ stakes — When Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko tried to raise money in 2018 to develop his idea for a faster...

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Toronto-based TealBook, a supply chain data service, raises a $50M Series B led by Ten Coves Capital and others, bringing its total raised to $73M+ — The supply chain — which affects businesses from individual retailers to marketplaces, as well as product sellers —...

Founder Collective: Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded — Does raising a large amount of capital make a startup more likely to succeed? Is capital a weapon? Do startup...

Frank Chaparro / The Block: Crypto derivates market Paradigm, which focuses on large trades, raises a $35M Series A at a $400M valuation led by Jump Capital and Alameda Research — Quick Take — Paradigm is raising $35 million in a fundraise led by Jump Capital and Alameda Research.

Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: Security-focused IoT service Afero, raises a $50M Series C led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, bringing its total funding to an estimated ~$100M — With the Samsara IPO heading toward pricing, it's a good moment to spend a little more time digging into the IoT market.

Bloomberg: Australian startup Finder, which helps clients invest and save money, raises ~$20M at a $485M valuation led by Future Now Capital — Australian fintech firm Finder, which helps clients invest and save money, completed its first fund raising at a valuation of A$680 million ($485...

Investment manager I Squared Capital announced the completion of the acquisition of KIO Networks, Mexicos largest data center operator and ... | Read the rest of https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1862773&goto=newpost

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: Liqid, which develops adaptive resource management tools for data centers, raises a $100M Series C from and Lightrock and DH Capital — Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic made remote working a top priority for many organizations, which were forced to enable...

Having a thriving community is the backbone for creators, but when the global pandemic hit, brands also found that they needed similar engagement with customers that were now interacting with their products online.Circle is working to make those engagements effortless by building a community...

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Grip Security, which helps companies protect data in SaaS apps, raises a $25M Series A led by Intel Capital — Grip Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps enterprises protect their data in SaaS applications, today announced that it has...

Felix Capital, the London VC firm that has built a portfolio emphasizing investments in startups in the ecosystem that supports the creative class, is bringing on two more partners, Julien Codorniou and Susan Lin, as it continues to expand into a wider range of categories.Codorniou had been a...

When it comes to saving the planet, Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s former chief strategy officer and head of business, doesn’t think asking consumers (or the government) to change their ways is an effective strategy. Instead, he and Josh Felser, the co-founder of Freestyle Capital and a serial entrepreneur...

Bain Capital Ventures has named Christina Melas-Kyriazi, a former Affirm executive and angel investor, as its newest partner.Melas-Kyriazi will be based in the firm’s San Francisco office and focus on seed and Series A investments in emerging fintech and commerce companies — two core areas of...

Pariti, the Kenya-based community-led marketplace building the digital infrastructure for startup ecosystems in emerging markets, has raised $2.85 million seed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today.The round was led by U.S.-based Harlem Capital. In Africa, it’s the first deal of the...

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Life House, which offers hotel management software, raises a $60M Series C co-led by Kayak and Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to over $100M — Inovia Capital, Tiger Global also backed the startup, which has developed software aimed at hotel operators

Ben Munster / Decrypt: Profile of eGirl Capital, a VC firm run by 12 anonymous cartoon characters and two “doxxed” individuals, that has invested up to $10M in crypto projects — When, earlier this year, executives at an Ethereum project called Arbitrum joined a business call with a buzzy new...