Startups

Cack Wilhelm Joins IVP’s Investment Team As A Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2019

Premier later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm IVP announced it hired Cack Wilhelm as a partner. These are the details.

Fintech Software Company Total Expert Secures $52 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Nov 6, 2019

Total Expert, a leading marketing and customer engagement tech platform for banks, lenders, and financial services announced it raised $52 million.

Remote Medical Documentation Company Augmedix Closes $19 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Nov 6, 2019

Remote medical documentation company Augmedix announced that it raised $19 million in Series B funding from Redmile, McKesson, DCM, and Wanxiang Healthcare.

Young Alfred: Advanced Home Insurance Shopping Platform Sees Over 20x Sales In 18 Months

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 6, 2019

Advanced home insurance shopping platform Young Alfred announced it hit 20x sales over the last 18 months and that it raised $10 million.

Payment Management Company Papaya Global Closes $45 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Nov 5, 2019

Papaya Global, a global payroll and payment management platform, recently announced it closed $45 million in funding led by Insight Partners.

Advanced Networking Company Aviatrix Raises $40 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Nov 5, 2019

Aviatrix, an advanced networking and security services company, announced recently that it raised $40 million in Series C funding led by CRV.

Tonkean: Robotic Automation Company To Invest In Strategic Growth With New Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 5, 2019

Tonkean, a leading robotic automation and management platform for business operations, announced it raised $7.2 million in a seed round of funding led by Foundation Capital.

Business Performance Management Ally Raises $15 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Nov 5, 2019

Ally, a provider of goal-setting and business performance management software, announced it raised $15 million in Series B funding.

Very Good Security Raises $35 Million In Funding

By Annie Baker ● Nov 4, 2019

Very Good Security announced it raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding led by Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division.

Composable Observability Platform Grafana Labs Raises $24 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Nov 4, 2019

Grafana Labs, the company known for open source projects like Grafana and Loki, announced it raised $24 million in funding recently.

Album VC: $75 Million Fund And Rebrand From Peak Ventures

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 4, 2019

Utah-based venture capital firm Album VC announced it rebranded from Peak Ventures and raised $75 million.

K-Ratio: How This Chicago-Based Company Is Supporting The $726 Billion Trucking Futures Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 4, 2019

K-Ratio, a Chicago-based company that provides solutions for shipper customers, carriers, and third-party logistics. These are details about the company.

Censys Has Launched An Attack Surface Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 3, 2019

Censys, a leading provider of continuous digital asset tracking and detection, recently announced it launched the Censys SaaS Platform.

Fintech Company Koyo Raises $4.9 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Nov 3, 2019

Fintech company Koyo announced it raised $4.9 million in funding to offer loans to people who have thin credit histories.

Mobile Gaming Company Scopely Raises $200 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 3, 2019

Mobile game developer Scopely announced recently that it raised $200 million in Series D funding led by NewView Capital.

BURST Oral Care: Over $20 Million Funding And 100% Year-Over-Year Growth

By Noah Long ● Oct 31, 2019

BURST Oral Care announced it has raised over $20 million in funding and is seeing 100% year-over-year growth.

Digital Health Platform Company Sensely Raises $15 Million in Venture Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 31, 2019

Digital health and InsureTech platform Sensely announced it raised $15 million in funding led by Aflac Corporate Ventures.

Revolution Rise Of The Rest Raises $150 Million For Second Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2019

Revolution has announced it raised $150 million for a second fund as backed by a group of well-known entrepreneurs, investors, and executives.

Stride Funding Raises Seed Round To Help Students Manage Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 31, 2019

Stride Funding has raised a funding round led by GSV Ventures along with Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures, and Strada Education.

PeerStreet: $60 Million In Funding And $4.25 Billion In New Capital Commitments

By Noah Long ● Oct 31, 2019

PeerStreet, a platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced it raised $60 million in funding led by Colchis Capital with a consortium of investors.

Qualcomm Sets Up A Massive $200 Million 5G Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2019

Qualcomm recently announced that it launched a Qualcomm Ventures 5G Ecosystem Fund, which will invest up to $200 million in 5G companies.

Splunk Invests In Zonehaven: Details About The Deal

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

The Splunk Ventures Social Impact Fund announced it has invested in Zonehaven. These are the details.

U-Nest Raises $2 Million To Help Families Save For College

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

U-Nest -- a company that created a mobile app making it easier for families to save for college -- announced it raised $2 million in funding.

Digital Health Insights Company AVIA Raises $22 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 30, 2019

Digital health insights AVIA announced it has raised $22 million in funding led by First Trust Capital Partners.

Personal Finance Company Truebill Closes $15 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

Personal finance company Truebill announced recently that it raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Eldridge Industries.

Quibi Sold Out Of $150 Million Ad Inventory Before Even Launching

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2019

Technology and entertainment startup Quibi has already sold out of its $150 million ad inventory for the first year before even launching.

Dynamic Display Platform Raydiant Raises $7 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

Cloud-based and dynamic display platform Raydiant (formerly known as Mira Technologies) announced it raised $7 million in funding led by 8VC.

Deep Learning Startup OctoML Raises $3.9 Million In Funding

By Noah Long ● Oct 30, 2019

OctoML announced it raised $3.9 million in a seed round of funding led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Amplify Partners.

Connected Home Phototherapy System Company Clarify Medical Raises $18 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 30, 2019

Clarify Medical announced it raised $18 million in Series A funding with participation from H.I.G. BioHealth, 7wire, SV Health, and Bluestem.

Subscription Children’s Book Club Literati Raises $12 Million In Funding

By Dan Anderson ● Oct 29, 2019

Austin, Texas-based children's subscription book service Literati announced it raised $12 million in a new round of funding led by Shasta Ventures.