4iQ
$30.0M – Series C
Los Altos-based 4iQ is a Cyber Intelligence company that protects digital identities and investigating threats, adversaries, and fraud. Founded by Julio Casal in 2016, 4iQ has now raised a total of $62.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Adara Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, C5 Capital, ForgePoint Capital, and TheVentureCity Fund.
Anyscale
$40.0M – Series B
Berkeley-based Anyscale provides an application development platform for developers to build distributed applications. Founded by Ion Stoica, Michael I. Jordan, Philipp Moritz, and Robert Nishihara in 2019, Anyscale has now raised a total of $60.6M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.
Arctic Wolf Networks
$200.0M – Series E
Sunnyvale-based Arctic Wolf offers a security operations center as a concierge service that helps companies end cyber risk. Founded by Brian NeSmith and Kim Tremblay in 2012, Arctic Wolf Networks has now raised a total of $348.2M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include DTCP and Viking Global Investors.
BrightFarms
$100.0M – Series E
Irvington-based BrightFarms is an indoor farming company that specializes in providing locally grown packaged salads. Founded by Paul Lightfoot and Ted Caplow in 2011, BrightFarms has now raised a total of $212.9M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Catalyst Investors and Cox Enterprises.
FinLocker
$19.8M – Series A
St Louis-based FinLocker provides a personal financial assistant tool that enables loans and financial transactions. Founded by Barry Sandweiss, Peter Esparrago, and Tim Stern in 2014, FinLocker has now raised a total of $25.2M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Cliff Holekamp, Cultivation Capital, and TransUnion.
Lili
$15.0M – Series A
New York-based Lili empowers freelancers with financial services and tools to balance work and life in one account. Founded by Lilac Bar David and Liran Zelkha in 2018, Lili has now raised a total of $25.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include AltaIR Capital, Foundation Capital, Group 11, Primary Venture Partners, Torch Capital, and Zeev Ventures.
Intellimize
$12.0M – Series A
San Mateo-based Intellimize helps marketers drive conversions and revenue growth by personalizing websites to deliver the right experience to each visitor. Founded by Brian Webb, Guy Yalif, and Jin Lim in 2016, Intellimize has now raised a total of $22.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Addition, Amplify Partners, Homebrew, and Precursor Ventures.
Handshake
$80.0M – Series D
San Francisco-based Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity. Founded by Ben Christensen, Garrett Lord, and Scott Ringwelski in 2013, Handshake has now raised a total of $154.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Emerson Collective, EQT Ventures, GGV Capital, Imaginable Futures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and True Ventures.
Telesense
$10.2M – Series B
Sunnyvale-based TeleSense is an AgTech company providing environmental monitoring and control solutions for the food and grain industry. Founded by Naeem Zafar and Nicholas Garner in 2013, Telesense has now raised a total of $16.7M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Artesian Investment, Finistere Ventures, Fulcrum Global Capital, Mindset Ventures, Rabobankâs Food & Agri Innovation Fund, and UPL Ltd..
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Perch
$123.5M – Venture
Boston-based Perch is a technology-driven company that acquires direct-to-consumer businesses that are selling on Amazon and growing their operations. Founded by Chris Bell in 2019, Perch has now raised a total of $131.5M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Boston Seed Capital, Spark Capital, and Tectonic Ventures.
Pulley
$10.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Pulley offers a cap table management platform designed to help startup founders, employees, and investors monitor their equity information. Founded by Yin Yin Wu in 2019, Pulley has now raised a total of $10.2M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include 8VC, Avichal Garg, Caffeinated Capital, Elad Gil, General Catalyst, Jack Altman, Jeannette Fürstenberg, Kathleen Estreich, Linda Xie, Matt MacInnis, Parker Conrad, and Stripe.
Retool
$50.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Retool provides a tool creation software that helps construct custom business tools without requiring any programming knowledge. Founded by David Hsu in 2017, Retool has now raised a total of $75.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Henrique Dubugras, John Collison, Nat Friedman, Patrick Collison, Paul Graham, Pedro Franceschi, and Sequoia Capital.
ROKT
$80.0M – Series D
New York-based Rokt is building an e-commerce marketing technology that gives customers a more personalized and relevant experience while buying online. Founded by Ben Voltz, Bruce Buchanan, and Justin Viles in 2012, ROKT has now raised a total of $162.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Square Peg Capital and TDM Growth Partners.
Secureframe
$4.5M – Seed
San Francisco-based Secureframe is a provider of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance automation software for compliant security. Founded by Natasja Nielsen and Shrav Mehta in 2020, Secureframe is backed by investors that include Backend Capital, Base10 Partners, BoxGroup, Chapter One Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Soma Capital, Village Global, and Work Life Ventures.
Slintel
$4.2M – Series A
Mountain View-based Slintel captures technographic-powered buying intent and helps companies uncover 3% of active buyers in their target market. Founded by Deepak Anchala, Rahul Bhattacharya, and Ranjana TN in 2016, Slintel has now raised a total of $6.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Accel, Sequoia Capital India, and Stellaris Venture Partners.
Sym
$9.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Sym is a security workflow platform that solves the intent-to-execution gap between policies and workflows. Founded by Adam Buggia, Jonathan Bass, and Yasyf Mohamedali in 2020, Sym has now raised a total of $12.0M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Adam Gross, Amplify Partners, Calvin French-Owen, and Jason Warner.
Tekion
$150.0M – Series C
San Ramon-based Tekion is a cloud-built platform with advanced machine learning and AI capabilities for a personalized and seamless consumer experience. Founded by Guru Sankararaman and Jay Vijayan in 2016, Tekion has now raised a total of $185.1M in total equity funding and this round was backed by investors that include Advent International, Airbus Ventures, Exor Seeds, FM Capital Group, and Index Ventures.
Zest AI
$15.0M – Venture
Burbank-based Zest AI is a financial service company that makes software for credit underwriting. Founded by Douglas Merrill and Shawn Budde in 2009, Zest AI has now raised a total of $82.0M in total equity funding and this round was led by Insight Partners.
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