SAN FRANCISCO — Reforge — a career development platform for professionals in Growth, Product, Marketing and Engineering — has landed a $60 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, True Ventures, NextView Ventures, TCV, Long Journey Ventures, and more than 170 individual operators. For the past five years, Reforge has redefined career […]
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Level AI Reels In $20 Million
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Level AI, a provider of AI-driven technology that is modernizing customer service and experience, announced new product features amid increased demand for its platform. New features include much-requested agent screen monitoring and recording, which are powered by Level AI’s state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. This product release comes as Level AI has experienced […]
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Leads $425 Million Round in Weee!
FREMONT — Weee!, a fast-growing online grocer specializing in Asian and Hispanic groceries, has secured $425 million in Series E financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Greyhound Capital also participated in this round alongside the company’s existing investors. The company plans to use the new capital to expand Weee!’s platform offering across new and existing ethnicities, and […]
Wildtype Cultivates $100 Million Series B
SAN FRANCISCO — Wildtype, a company creating sushi-grade cultivated salmon, has announced the completion of a $100 million Series B funding round, the largest for a cultivated seafood company. The round was led by L Catterton, and includes investments from Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos Expeditions (the venture arm of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos), Temasek, S2G Ventures Oceans and Seafood Fund, […]
RIOS Raises $28 Million Series A
MENLO PARK — RIOS Intelligent Machines, Inc., a provider of end-to-end AI-powered robotic workcells for factory automation, has raised $28 million in Series A equity funding and debt financing. This new round of funding, together with a $5 million venture round announced back in 2020, raise RIOS’ total capitalization to $33 million. The oversubscribed Series A round was led by […]
Shoplifter With $19,000 in Merchandise Arrested in Palo Alto
Palo Alto Police arrested a San Francisco woman this weekend with more than $19,000 in stolen property in the trunk of her car after she shoplifted more than $1600 of clothing from a retailer at Stanford Shopping Center. On Saturday, February 26, 2022, at about 4:34 p.m., officers responded to Victoria’s Secret at Stanford Shopping […]
Aurora Solar Closes $200 Million Series D
SAN FRANCISCO — Aurora Solar, a software platform for solar sales and design, has closed a $200 million Series D funding round co-led by current investors Coatue and Energize Ventures with participation from Fifth Wall, ICONIQ and new investors, Lux Capital and Emerson Collective. With this funding, Aurora Solar plans to accelerate its mission to create a future […]
Bandwidth IG Completes Dark Fiber Route in San Jose
SUNNYVALE — Bandwidth Infrastructure Group (Bandwidth IG) has expanded its dark fiber data connections in Silicon Valley. The company recently completed a unique fiber route — diverse from other carriers — to the vital data center campuses in South San Jose. The 100% underground fiber optic network runs from Santa Clara to the Great Oaks area in South San […]
Trucking Insurance Platform Nirvana Seals $25 Million Funding
SAN FRANCISCO — Nirvana Insurance, a technology-driven platform that modernizes commercial fleet insurance using vast amounts of data from sensors on trucks, has officially launched its services to make roads safer and aid the imperiled truck industry. Led by key former employees from Samsara, Rubrik, and Root Insurance, Nirvana recently closed a $22 million Series A funding […]
Blockchain Provider InfStones Closes $33 Million Series B
PALO ALTO — Blockchain infrastructure provider InfStones has closed $33 million in Series B financing from Susquehanna International Group (SIG), Dragonfly Capital, Qiming Venture Partners, DHVC, A&T, INCE Capital, and Value Internet Fund. InfStones previously raised $12 million in seed and Series A financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $45 million. InfStones is also launching a powerful, easy-to-use […]
Chevron to Build 30 Hydrogen Fueling Stations in California
SAN RAMON, Calif. & HOUSTON — Chevron U.S.A. Inc. is partnering with Iwatani Corporation of America (ICA), a wholly owned subsidiary company of Japan’s Iwatani Corporation to co-develop and construct 30 hydrogen fueling sites in California by 2026. As part of the agreement, Chevron plans to fund construction of the sites, which are expected to […]
Joe Montana’s VC Firm Raises $80 Million Fund
SAN FRANCISCO –– Liquid 2 Ventures says it has raised $80 million for their third core fund, Liquid 2 Ventures Fund III, L.P. that closed in December 2021, exceeding their $75 million target. Liquid 2 Ventures is an early-stage venture firm founded by former San Francisco legendary QB Joe Montana, Michael Ma, and Mike Miller in 2015. Their […]