Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Medal.tv raises $60M to expand its platform for short gaming clips, bringing its total funding to $70M, and says it has nearly 1M DAUs — Medal.tv has raised $60 million in funding for its platform for short-form videos for games. And the company is also launching...
Janko Roettgers / Protocol:
VR meeting startup Spatial officially pivots to NFTs, letting users host galleries and events, and raises $25M, bringing its total raised to $50M — Just a few months after Meta unveiled its own VR meeting platform, a startup known for a similar product is hitting...
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Mesh Payments, which helps companies track employee expenses, raises a $50M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $63M — Now that the world appears to have settled longer-term into working in a significantly more distributed way in the wake of...
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 —...
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness booking service, extends its Series C by $52.5M to $152.5M at a $640M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $182M — The beauty and wellness industry, annually worth some $4 trillion, is underpinned by tens of thousands...
Riley de León / CNBC:
Airtable raises a $735M Series F led by XN, valuing the company at $11B and bringing its total funding to date to $1.4B — - Enterprise software company Airtable has raised a $735 million Series F funding round that boosts its valuation to $11 billion. — The San...
Kate Park / TechCrunch:
Indonesia-based Fuse, which connects insurance companies with multiple distribution channels, raises a $25M Series B, bringing its total funding to $70M+ — Indonesia-based insurtech startup Fuse announced today it has secured $25 million of Series B extension round as...
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
TrueNorth, a logistics service for independent truckers, raises a $50M Series B co-led by the Altman brothers and Lachy Groom, bringing total funding to $61.8M — Jin Stedge studied aerospace engineering at MIT, but after she found herself at Scotty Labs, an SRI...
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Celigo, whose integration platform allows companies to automate business processes, raises a $48M Series C led by OMERS Growth, bringing total raised to $80M+ — Companies continue to add apps to their technology stacks as the pandemic drives digital transformations.
Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg:
SellerX, which buys and grows businesses on Amazon's marketplace, raises $500M in debt and equity at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $750M — - Debt, equity financing of $500 million co-led by Victory Park — Company will use funds to buy up...
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George Anadiotis / ZDNet:
Edge Impulse, which lets developers create custom ML projects, raises a $34M Series B led by Coatue at a $234M valuation, bringing its total funding to $54M — 55.000 projects, 30.000 developers, $54M funding, and customers including the likes of NASA, in a bit over 2...
Anna Heim / TechCrunch:
Corporate spend and cash management service Rho raises a $75M Series B led by Dragoneer, bringing its total funding to $205M in equity and debt — Corporate spend and cash management company Rho today announced that it has raised a $75 million Series B funding round led...
PMID: Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 7 ;21(18). Epub 2020 Sep 7. PMID: 32906643 Abstract Title: Total Recall: Lateral Habenula and Psychedelics in the Study of Depression and Comorbid Brain Disorders. Abstract: Depression impacts the lives and daily activities of millions globally. Research into the...
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Synthesia, which uses AI to create virtual avatars, raises a $50M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its total funding to $66.5M — Synthesia, a company leveraging AI to generate videos of avatars, today announced that it raised $50 million in a series B...
Christine Hall / TechCrunch:
NewtonX, which connects companies with subject matter experts, raises a $32M Series B led by Marbruck Ventures, bringing its total funding to $47M — Everyday business decisions require data and are often questions someone has already asked and had answered.
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.
Kate Park / TechCrunch:
Indonesian startup Flip, which aims to streamline interbank money transfers, raises a $48M Series B, bringing its total funding to $65 million — Flip, an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth.
Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch:
Hummingbird, which sells anti-money laundering tools to banks and fintechs, raises a $30M Series B led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $41.8M — Hummingbird, which sells anti-money laundering software to banks and fintechs, announced today that...
Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat:
GitGuardian, a real-time monitoring platform that helps enterprises manage data leaks, raises a $44M Series B led by Eurazeo, bringing its total funding to $56M — GitGuardian, which today announced raising a $44 million series B funding round, plans to build upon...
Banking is undergoing a huge transformation and how debt collections operations engage customers is becoming a big issue, especially with things like BNPL schemes. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been invested in the last few years digitalizing financial and other services, but debt...