Startups

Farmland Investing Platform AcreTrader Raises $12 Million

By Annie Baker ● Mar 13, 2021

AcreTrader announced recently that it has raised a $12 million Series A funding round led by Jump Capital. These are the details.

Doctor-Led Program Company Forward Health Raises $225 Million In Series D

By Annie Baker ● Mar 11, 2021

Forward Health (goforward.com) — a whole new healthcare system empowering doctors with technology and data to monitor and guide long-term health — announced it has raised $225 million in Series D funding. These are the details.

Goldman Sachs (GS) Is Committing $10 Billion In Investment Capital To Impact 1 Million Black Women

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2021

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) announced a new investment initiative of more than $10 billion to advance racial equity and economic opportunity by investing in Black women.

Cryptocurrency Financial Services Company FalconX Raises $50 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2021

FalconX — a cryptocurrency financial services company that provides institutions trading, credit, and clearing — announced that it raised a $50 million investment from Tiger Global and B Capital Group. These are the details.

Highspot: $200 Million Series E Funding And $2.3 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 11, 2021

Highspot — a unified natively-built sales enablement platform company — announced it has raised $200 million in Series E funding led by Tiger Global Management. These are the details.

Cloud-Native Storage Management Company StorageOS Raises $10 Million

By Annie Baker ● Mar 11, 2021

StorageOS — a leader in cloud-native storage management — announced recently that it raised $10 million in Series B funding.

Avid Ventures Launches $68 Million Debut Venture Capital Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2021

Avid Ventures recently launched a $68 million debut venture capital fund. These are the details.

Online Learning Platform Codecademy Raises $40 Million

By Annie Baker ● Mar 11, 2021

Codecademy — an online learning platform that teaches people how to code — recently announced a Series D round of funding of $40 million. These are the details.

Online Car Buying Company Gettacar Raises $25 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 11, 2021

Gettacar — an online car buying company that makes the car buying and ownership process easier — recently announced it raised $25 million in funding. These are the details.

Emotive: $50 Million Funding And $400 Million Valuation

By Annie Baker ● Mar 11, 2021

Emotive — which is known as the first and only conversational text message platform for e-commerce brands — announced recently that it closed $50 million in Series B.

Malta Closes $50 Million To Commercialize Its Long-Duration Energy Storage System

By Noah Long ● Mar 6, 2021

Malta — a pioneer in long-duration energy storage — recently announced it has raised $50 million in a Series B round of funding.

BetterUp: $125 Million Series D And $1.73 Billion Valuation

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 6, 2021

BetterUp — a company that focuses on democratizing coaching across the enterprise — announced it has raised $125 million in Series D funding.

Quantum Loophole Raises Over $13 Million In Seed Funding

By Annie Baker ● Mar 6, 2021

Quantum Loophole — an innovative developer of first-of-its-kind Gigawatt-scale master plan data center cities — announced it has raised over $13 million in its initial round of seed funding. These are the details.

Instructional Content Platform Newsela Closes $100 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Mar 6, 2021

Newsela — a leading K-12 instructional content platform — announced recently that it has raised a $100 million Series D round of funding led by new investor Franklin Templeton.

Metabolic Health Company January AI Secures $21 Million

By Noah Long ● Mar 6, 2021

January AI — the first metabolic health company that accurately predicts users’ glycemic response to over 16 million foods in its proprietary atlas — announced that it has raised $8.8 million in a new round of funding

Smart Dog Technology Company Fi Raises $30 Million

By Annie Baker ● Mar 6, 2021

Smart dog technology company Fi recently announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding. These are the details.

Account-Based Marketing Platform Terminus Raises $90 Million

By Noah Long ● Mar 3, 2021

Terminus — a leading account-based marketing platform - announced it raised a $90 million Series C from Great Hill Partners. These are the details.

Instacart: $265 Million And $39 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2021

Grocery delivery company Instacart announced it has raised $265 million in funding at a valuation of $39 billion. These are the details.

Lightbank Closes $180 Million In Capital Commitments For Early-Stage Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2021

Lightbank has closed a second early-stage venture capital fund called Lightbank II with $180 million in capital commitments. These are the details.

Klarna: $1 Billion Funding And $31 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 1, 2021

Leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service Klarna announced today that it has raised $1 billion in an equity funding round at a post-money valuation of $31 billion.

IT Platform Company Electric Raises $40 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2021

Electric - a fully integrated IT platform that makes access to support and insight into IT infrastructure effortless - announced it has raised $40 million in Series C funding. These are the details.

Shippo: $45 Million Funding And $495 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 27, 2021

Shippo - a company that removes shipping complexities for businesses and connects businesses to the best delivery options — announced it has raised $45 million in a new round of funding. These are the details.

Goldin Auctions Raises About $40 Million In Growth Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2021

Goldin Auctions — a leading marketplace for collectibles and trading cards — recently announced it has raised about $40 million in growth financing from The Chernin Group.

Immune Monitoring Platform Ozette Raises $6 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 23, 2021

Ozette — the creators of a cutting-edge AI-powered Immune Monitoring Platform — recently announced $6 million in seed financing led by Madrona Venture Group. These are the details.

Recruiting Platform WizeHire Raises $7.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 23, 2021

WizeHire — a user-friendly hiring solution for small businesses — recently announced the closing of $7.5 million in Series A funding co-led by Amplo and Mercury.

Modern Health: $74 Million Series D Funding And $1.17 Billion Valuation

By Noah Long ● Feb 23, 2021

Modern Health — a mental health and wellness platform supporting over 220 enterprises globally — announced it has secured an additional $74 million in its Series D investment round led by Founders Fund. These are the details.

Sustainable Lifestyle Brand Brightly Raises $1 Million For Scaling Shopping Platform

By Annie Baker ● Feb 16, 2021

Brightly — a female-founded startup combining content, community, and commerce to scale conscious consumerism founded in 2019 by Laura Alexander Wittig and Liza Moiseeva — recently announced it has raised $1.15 million to date.

Distributed Data And Code Sharing Platform Vendia Raises $15.5 Million

By Annie Baker ● Feb 16, 2021

Vendia — a serverless, distributed data and code sharing platform — announced a $15.5 million in Series A funding round and launched Vendia Share with a free tier for developers. These are the details.

Peloton Equity Closes Second Fund At $152.25 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 16, 2021

Healthcare-focused private equity firm Peloton Equity announced it has closed a second fund called Peloton Equity II, L.P. with $152.25 million in limited partner and general partner commitments.

Experiment Tracking Platform Company Weights and Biases Raises $45 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Feb 16, 2021

Weights and Biases — an Experiment Tracking platform that is transforming how teams build and collaborate on Machine Learning (ML) models and operations (MLOps) — announced that it has raised a $45 million Series B investment. These are the details.