Katie Jennings / Forbes:
Cerebral, an app-based mental health service provider that recently raised $300M at a $4.8B valuation, has made some staff health insurance contingent on quotas — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — The company, which raised...
Instant grocery — where urban-dwelling consumers buy food and other essentials and can get them delivered in 15 minutes or less — continues to be a big business, and one of the juggernauts in the space is now raising a big round of funding to meet that opportunity: GoPuff is in the process of...
Dan Primack / Axios:
Source: grocery delivery service Gopuff, which recently launched in London and NYC, raised $1.5B in convertible notes at a ~$40B valuation — Gopuff, an instant delivery platform for everyday items, has raised $1.5 billion in new funding at around a $40 billion valuation...
Christine Hall / TechCrunch:
Brazilian e-commerce startup Olist, which connects small sellers to large marketplaces, raises $186M Series E at a $1.5B valuation, after $80M Series D in April — Olist, a Brazilian e-commerce marketplace integrator, confirmed it is now valued at $1.5 billion after...
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Dialpad, an enterprise voice, video, and contact-center service, raises $170M led by Iconiq at a $2.2B valuation, up from $1.2B last year — Cloud communications platform Dialpad has raised $170 million in a round of funding led by Iconiq Capital, valuing the company...
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Weight care management app Found raises a $100M Series B led by WestCap at a $600M valuation — Just two and a half months after emerging from stealth, weight care management startup Found announced today that it has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round...
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Rokt, which helps e-commerce companies make personalized marketing offers, raises a $325M Series E at a $1.95B valuation led by Tiger Global ahead of an IPO — The e-commerce marketing technology company said the funding round, led by Tiger Global Management...
Just two and a half months after emerging from stealth, weight care management startup Found announced today that it has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at $600 million.
WestCap — a growth equity firm founded by former Blackstone and Airbnb executive...
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Cockroach Labs, which makes the SQL database CockroachDB, raises a $278M Series F at a $5B valuation, after raising $160M at a $2B valuation in January — Cockroach Labs, makers of CockroachDB, has been raking in money this year. It started the year with a $160 million...
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Recycling service Rubicon, which uses data to match waste with disposal sites, will go public via SPAC at a ~$2B valuation; Rubicon works with Apple and others — Investors in software company include actor Leonardo DiCaprio, KKR co-founder Henry Kravis...
Cockroach Labs, makers of CockroachDB, has been raking in money this year. It started the year with a $160 million Series E on a $2 billion valuation and ended it with a $278 million Series F on a $5 billion valuation, more than doubling the company value in less than 12 months.
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Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
Stocktwits, a social network used by traders and investors, raises $30M, source says at a $210M valuation, led by Alameda Research and says it has 1M MAUs — Stocktwits, a social-media platform used by day traders and other retail investors, raised $30 million in a...
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
ShareChat, a social network offered in 15 Indian languages, raises $266M led by Alkeon Capital at a $3.7B valuation — Indian content-sharing platform ShareChat on Thursday said it had raised $266 million in fresh funding from U.S.-based Alkeon Capital and some existing...
Bloomberg:
Samsara, which offers tools to manage IoT sensors in vehicle fleets, closes up 7.4% in its NYSE debut for a $12B+ valuation, after raising $805M in its IPO — Samsara Inc., adding to a record year for software listings, rose 7.4% in its trading debut after raising $805 million …
Kenrick Cai / Forbes:
Sources: dbt Labs, which develops an open source data analytics tool, is in talks to raise a Series D at a $6B valuation, following a $1.5B valuation in June — In June, data startup Fishtown Analytics became a unicorn and rebranded itself Dbt Labs, after its popular data...
API security is all the rage these days, pushed into the limelight following a spate of high profile security incidents that saw reams of user data exposed or exfiltrated. Peloton spilled users’ private account information; Experian exposed the financial histories of millions of Americans; and...
The final IPO that TechCrunch is tracking in 2021 had a solid run-up to its first day’s trading. Samsara, an IoT platform company, priced its public offering last night at $23 per share, the top end of its range.
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Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat:
Noname Security, which automatically discovers and remediates API vulnerabilities, raises a $135M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Georgian and Lightspeed — API protection startup Noname Security, which today disclosed a $135 million series C funding round at a...
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...
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Crypto lending company Ledn raises a $70M Series B at a $540M valuation led by 10T Holdings and announces a bitcoin-backed home mortgage product — Quick Take — Ledn has raised $70 million in new funding and is now valued at $540 million. — The firm has also announced …