These are some of the funding deals we tracked at GrowthList last week.
- India-based GlobalBees, which acquires small e-commerce brands and scales them, raises $150M Series A led by FirstCry, including $75M in equity and $75M in debt
- Brisbane, Australia-based Go1, which provides curated online learning materials and tools to businesses, raises $200M Series D, at a valuation of $1B+
- Rappi, a Colombian on-demand delivery startup, says it has raised $500M+ Series F led by T. Rowe Price at a $5.25B valuation, bringing its total raised to $2B+
- Julia Computing, which develops the Julia programming language for AI and data science applications, raises $24M Series A led by Dorilton Ventures
- Dover, which helps recruiters aggregate multiple candidate pools to source suitable job candidates automatically, raises $20M Series A led by Tiger Global
- Choco, which makes ordering software for restaurants and their suppliers, raises a $100M Series B led by Left Lane Capital at a $600M post-market valuation
- Swiggy raises $1.25B Series J led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and Prosus Ventures at a post-money valuation of $5.5B, with Vision Fund 2 alone investing $450M
- SmartRecruiters, which offers a SaaS platform spanning the entire recruitment process from job listings to offers, raises $110M Series E at a $1.5B valuation
- OpenSea, one of the largest marketplaces for NFTs, raises $100M Series B led by a16z at a $1.5B valuation; OpenSea had $160M in digital asset sales in June
- Norway-based imove, a white-label service that lets companies offer car subscription services under their own brands, raises $22.3M Series A
- Tilting Point, which acquires and publishes free-to-play mobile games, raises $235M led by General Atlantic
- India-based fitness app HealthifyMe raises $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures, bringing its total raised to $100M
- Jokr, an NYC-based rapid grocery delivery service operating in the US, Brazil, and Mexico, raises $170M Series A
- Employment Hero, an automated HR management service for SMEs, raises A$140M Series E at a valuation of A$800M; the company was last valued at A$250M in March
- Capchase, a lending service that helps SaaS companies with recurring revenue grow their operations, raises $280M, following a $125M round in June
- Sundae, a residential real estate marketplace that pairs sellers of dated or damaged property with potential buyers, raises $80M Series C
- Fabric, which helps companies build their own e-commerce sites, raises $100M, source says at a valuation of $850M
- Mural, which offers a whiteboard-like digital environment for users to collaborate, raises $50M Series C, valuing it at $2B+, says it’s tripled ARR in last year
- Path Robotics, which is developing robotic welding tech driven by computer vision and AI, raises $100M Series C led by Tiger Global, after May’s $56M Series B
- Titan, an investing app with ~30,000 users and ~$500M in assets under management, raises $58M Series B led by a16z, valuing the startup at $450M
- Crypto derivatives exchange FTX raises $900M from SoftBank, Sequoia, and others, valuing it at $18B; CryptoCompare: FTX handles $10B+/day in trades on average
- Untether AI, a startup developing custom-built chips for AI inferencing workloads, raises $125M co-led by Tracker Capital Management and Intel Capital
- Soldo, which develops an automated expense management system for businesses, raises $180M Series C led by Temasek, with Accel and others participating
- Paycor, which makes HR management software for SMBs, raises $426M in an IPO, selling shares for $23, above its $18-$21 range, giving it a valuation of $3.9B
- Paris-based Spendesk, which develops spend management software for SMBs, raises €100M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to €160M
- Yapily, which offers an API to let enterprises connect to 1,500+ banks across Europe with open banking services, raises $51M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures
- Safe Security, which offers a cybersecurity risk assessment service, raises $33M from UK telecom BT, which gets exclusive rights to sell its products in the UK
- Mexico City-based Valoreo, which acquires e-commerce brands across Latin America, raises $50M Series A, over five months after raising a $50M seed round
- Ethos, which integrates with third-party insurance underwriters to offer life insurance, raises $100M from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $2.7B+
- DNSFilter, which offers DNS content filtering and threat protection services, raises $30M Series A led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $36M
- FloQast, which develops accounting collaboration, automation, and close-management software, raises $110M Series D at a valuation of $1.2B
- Armenia-based Sololearn, which offers an app to learn coding, raises $24M, following a $1.2M Series A in 2016, and says it is adding more than 300K users/mo.
- LiveControl, whose software enables remote livestream camera operation from professional videographers, raises $30M Series A, bringing its total raised to $33M
- Sonatus, which develops specialized vehicle management software, raises $35M Series A; Hyundai Motor Group, SAIC Capital, and LG Electronics among investors
- Virtually Human Studio, the startup behind Zed Run, which lets users breed and race virtual horses bought and sold as NFTs, raises $20M Series A led by TCG
- Woebot Health, a startup offering a mental health chatbot, raises $90M Series B after its digital therapeutic solution was approved by the US FDA in May
- Facial-recognition company Clearview AI raises $30M Series B amid legal and ethical concerns, with new investors requesting they not be publicly identified
- Carbon Health, which offers app-based virtual care and in-person care at 80 clinics across 12 US states, raises $350M, source says at a valuation of $3.3B
- GudangAda, a Jakarta-based B2B marketplace for fast-moving consumer goods, stationery, and more, raises $100M+ Series B led by Asia Partners and Falcon Edge
- Kaltura, which offers a video platform for virtual events and meetings, closes up 20% in its trading debut after raising $150M in an IPO at a $1.24B valuation
- VTEX, an e-commerce software platform used by companies like Sony, closes up 16%+ in its trading debut after raising $361M in its IPO at a valuation of $3.5B+
- Tailor Brands, a SaaS platform to automate branding and marketing for SMBs, raises $50M Series C led by GoDaddy, bringing its total raised to $70M
- Yoobic, an app for service workers to manage tasks and communicate with colleagues, raises $50M Series C, source says at a valuation between $300M and $400M
- Magic, which provides an SDK for developers to implement a variety of passwordless authentication methods, raises $27M Series A led by Northzone
- Thesis, the crypto incubator behind the Fold crypto rewards app and the decentralized Keep protocol, raises $21M Series A
- Neuralink competitor Paradromics raises $20M in seed funding led by Prime Movers Lab; so far in 2021 brain-machine interface startups have raised $132.8M
- Interos, whose ML-based platform helps clients like NASA and DOD monitor and flag supply chain issues in real time, raises $100M Series C at a $1B valuation
- OpenSesame, a marketplace for corporate learning programs, raises $50M led by JMI Equity, bringing its total raised to ~$100M
- NoSQL cloud database Couchbase‘s shares jumped 23% in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a market valuation of $1.2B, after it raised $200M in its IPO
- Zomato shares jumped as much as 83% in its trading debut in Mumbai, after it raised $1.3B in its IPO, at a valuation of about $8.7B
- Numerade, which sells subscriptions to short-form STEM videos, raises $26M Series A at a $100M valuation, as it develops an algorithm to offer custom content
- Vestwell raises $70M Series C for its API-based technology that helps employers, particularly small businesses, manage staff retirement plans
- Loop Returns, whose software enables stores on Shopify to handle online returns, raises $65M Series B led by CRV at a post-money valuation of $340M
- Paystand, which is building an Ethereum blockchain-based service to enable B2B payments with zero fees, raises $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $85M
- Outbrain closes flat on its first day of trading, after raising $160M in its IPO at a valuation of $1.25B
- PropertyGuru, which runs real estate rental and sale listing sites in Southeast Asia, is going public on the NYSE via a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$1.8B
- Sweetch, which has developed an AI-powered app that aims to increase patient compliance and boost health outcomes, raises $20M Series A led by Entrée Capital
- Sendlane, which helps e-commerce companies automate email and SMS marketing, raises $20M Series A; CEO says Sendlane, which is seeing $7M+ in ARR, is profitable
- Lev, which wants to automate commercial real estate financing, raises $30M Series A at a $130M valuation, after raising a $10M seed round four months ago
- AuthenticID, which offers AI-based identity proofing and verification to help businesses fight fraud, raises $100M from Long Ridge Equity Partners
- Paystone, which provides service-based businesses with payments and customer engagement tech, raises $23.8M, bringing its total funds raised in 2021 to $78.8M
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