Startups

Legal Entity Management Software Company Athennian Raises $10 Million CAD

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

Athennian, developers of the leading cloud-based legal entity management software, announced that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding.

SaaS Ventures Launches Second Fund And Raises $20 Million In First Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

SaaS Ventures has launched a second fund (Fund II), which held an initial closing with $20 million of commitments.

Brightspark: Third Closing Of Fund At $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

Brightspark Capital announced the third close of its new Brightspark Canadian Opportunities Fund (BCOF) with commitments of $60 million towards an ultimate fund size of $75 million.

Brazilian Fintech Neon Raises $300 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

Leading Brazilian fintech Neon Pagamentos recently announced that it raised $300 million in a Series C led by General Atlantic. These are the details.

Why Royal Biologics Is Acquiring FIBRINET

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

Royal Biologics — an ortho-biologics company specializing in the research and advancement of autologous and live cellular solutions — announced recently that is has acquired FIBRINET from Vertical Spine LLC.

Unacademy: $150 Million And $1.45 Billion Valuation

By Annie Baker ● Sep 9, 2020

India-based online learning company Unacademy recently announced it has raised $150 million in funding at a $1.45 billion valuation.

Healthcare Technology Company PicnicHealth Raises $35 Million

By Noah Long ● Sep 8, 2020

PicnicHealth — a company that gives patients unprecedented access to their medical records and the ability to contribute to scientific research — announced that it raised $35 million in equity financing recently.

Climax Foods Secures $7.5 Million In Seed Funding

By Annie Baker ● Sep 8, 2020

Climax Foods, a data science company that is innovating the future of food, announced recently it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to create a smarter and simpler way to make food by converting plants, with less processing.

Owl Ventures Closes $585 Million In New Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2020

Owl Ventures -- the largest venture capital fund in education technology -- recently announced that it closed $585 million across two new funds.

Patreon: $90 Million Funding, $1.2 Billion Valuation, $2 Billion For Creators To Date

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 7, 2020

Patreon announced this week that it has raised $90 million in a round of funding at a valuation of $1.2 billion. And the company has paid out $2 billion for creators to date.

Evogene (EVGN) Raises $10 Million In Equity Led Investment From ARK And Alpha Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2020

Leading computational biology company Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN.TA) announced it has raised $10 million in equity led investment from ARK Investment Management and Alpha Capital Anstalt.

Remote Developer Platform Turing Raises $14 Million In Seed Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2020

Turing.com — an automated platform that lets companies cut the time it takes to hire software engineers from months to days — announced recently that it raised a $14 million seed funding round.

Boundless Immigration: $7.5 Million Funding And RapidVisa Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2020

Boundless Immigration — an organization that empowers families to navigate the immigration system more confidently, rapidly, and affordably — announced it raised $7.5 million in funding and the acquisition of RapidVisa.

Pharmapacks Raises $40 Million In Bridge Round Financing

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 3, 2020

Pharmapacks — a leading ecommerce enablement platform and retail seller for brands across major ecommerce marketplaces — announced that it closed a $40 million bridge round financing.

Auto Shop Software Company Shopmonkey Raises $25 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 3, 2020

Shopmonkey — a software company that serves the automotive industry — announced that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Erasca: Series B Funding Round Extended To $236 Million

By Annie Baker ● Sep 2, 2020

Erasca — a company that is on a mission to erase cancer — announced recently that it completed a $36 million extension of its Series B funding round.

ReliaQuest Raises More Than $300 Million In Growth Financing

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 2, 2020

ReliaQuest — an advanced cybersecurity managed service and intelligence platform for global enterprises — announced that it has raised more than $300 million.

Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus, And Michael Thompson Looking To Raise $600 Million For SPAC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 2, 2020

Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus, and Michael Thompson have launched a new special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Reinvent Technology Partners.

Warby Parker: $245 Million And Reported $3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2020

Online prescription glasses and sunglasses retailer Warby Parker recently announced that it closed $245 million in funding from D1 Capital Partners, Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, and Baillie Gifford.

PrizePool Raises $4.25 Million To Reward People For Saving

By Annie Baker ● Aug 31, 2020

PrizePool recently announced a seed round of funding of $4.25 million led by Accomplice, Bling Capital, Coatue, SciFi VC, and World Innovation Lab, and several others.

Data Streaming Platform Narrative Closes $8.5 Million

By Noah Long ● Aug 31, 2020

Narrative — a software company that radically simplifies the acquisition and distribution of data announced it has raised an $8.5 million Series A funding round led by G20 Ventures.

Organizational Management Platform ChartHop Secures $14 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2020

Organizational management platform ChartHop recently announced it raised $14 million in a Series A round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Strategic Financing Tools Company Stratify Raises $4.9 Million

By Annie Baker ● Aug 31, 2020

Stratify — a company that is focused on bringing a collaborative and connected approach to strategic finance — announced that it has raised $4.9 million in a Series Seed investment.

Esusu: How This Company Is Dismantling Barriers To Housing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2020

Esusu, a leading platform that is dismantling barriers to housing, announced it has closed $2.3 million in seed extension funding.

Social Investing App Public.com Secures Funding From Scott Galloway

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2020

Social investing app Public.com announced it has secured funding from Scott Galloway.

AI/ML Model Management Company Verta Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2020

AI/ML model management and operations company Verta announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Intel Capital.

Payment Infrastructure Company Finix Raises $75 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Aug 29, 2020

Payments infrastructure company Finix announced it has raised $75 million in additional funding to help vertical Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers and fintech companies build better payments experiences for their merchants.

Team Organization Platform Company LaunchNotes Raises $1.8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2020

LaunchNotes — a company that was founded by the team behind Statuspage (acquired by Atlassian) along with the former head of marketing for Jira — announced that it has raised a $1.8 million seed round.

Civilization Ventures Reveals $35 Million Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2020

Shahram Seyedin-Noor — a serial entrepreneur who is now a VC — has announced Fund II following the success of Fund I (which has seen 2 exits already).

Leading Multiplatform Live Streaming Solution Restream Closes $50 Million

By Annie Baker ● Aug 28, 2020

Leading multiplatform live streaming solution Restream announced it has raised $50 million in Series A financing led by Sapphire Ventures and Insight Partners.