PALO ALTO — EquityBee, an employee-focused stock options funding solution, has landed $55 million in new Series B funding. The round was led by existing investor Group 11, with participation from new investors Israel-based Greenfield Partners, as well as existing investors Battery Ventures, Local Globe/Latitude, Altair and ICON. The investment will be used to advance […]
Venture Capital
Sisu Raises $62 Million Series C
SAN FRANCISCO — Sisu, a platform that helps companies make better decisions with their data, has raised $62 million in Series C funding round led by Green Bay Ventures and with participation from existing investors a16z and NEA and new investor Geodesic Capital. The new funding brings Sisu’s total capital raised to over $128 million […]
New Age Meats Chews Up $25 Million Round
BERKELEY — New Age Meats announced it has raised $25 million in Series A funding that will allow the Berkeley-based cultured meat company to begin production by 2022. Hanwha Solutions of South Korea led the funding round, with follow-on funding from previous investors SOSV’s IndieBio, TechU Ventures, ff VC and Siddhi Capital. Hanwha ranks among the […]
Ketch Scores $21 Million Series A1
SAN FRANCISCO — Ketch, an operator of a data control platform for privacy, governance and security, has closed on a Series A1 funding round, raising $20 million. This is a follow-up to a series A funding round that closed in March of this year, bringing the total of its series A investment to $43 million. […]
Intuit Launches Venture Capital Division
MOUNTAIN VIEW— Intuit Inc., the financial software company known for TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint and Credit Karma, is getting into the venture capital business with the launch of Intuit Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm. Intuit Ventures will help accelerate innovation for businesses and consumers through the companies it invests in, driving future innovations for consumers and small businesses. The […]
Pronto Reels in $4 Million Seed Round
CUPERTINO — Pronto, a provider of partner ecosystem management, has raised $4 million in seed funding. Pronto helps companies harness the full potential of their business partnerships by offering a highly secure, customizable, collaborative platform on which companies and partners can manage, automate, and track the development of their solutions and go-to-market efforts. The new investment was […]
Awning Emerges From Stealth With $9.3 Million
SAN FRANCISCO — Awning, a technology platform and brokerage built exclusively for real estate investing, has emerged from stealth with $9.3 million in funding led by Global Founders Capital. The round also includes participation from MassMutual Ventures and several strategic angel investors including Side co-founders Guy Gal and Ed Wu, SafeGraph founder Auren Hoffman, Scale […]
GenEdit Closes $26 Million Series A
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — GenEdit, Inc., a biotechnology company with a mission to develop curative therapies through targeted in vivo delivery of genetic medicines, has closed a $26 million Series A financing. New investors Eli Lilly, KTB Network, Ltd., Company K Partners, Korea Investment Partners, DAYLI Partners, KB Investment, IMM Investment, and TIMEFOLIO Asset Management, join existing […]
Ripple Foods Grows With $60 Million Round
BERKELEY — Ripple Foods, a maker of plant-based dairy products made from peas, announced a $60 million Series E funding round led by Rage Capital, Ajax Strategies, and S2G Ventures, as well as additional key investors including OurCrowd, GV, Prelude Ventures, Euclidean, Fall Line Capital, and Tao Capital Partners. It’s no secret that the plant-based food category […]
Bigeye Opens Eyes With $45 Million Series B
SAN FRANCISCO — Bigeye, the provider of a leading data observability platform, has snagged $45 million in Series B funding. Bigeye says it has doubled usage each of the last four quarters and added to its existing roster of customers, like Instacart, with new customers, including Clubhouse, Recharge, and Udacity. Led by Coatue and with […]
Iron Ox Closes $53 Million Series C
SAN CARLOS — Iron Ox announced that it has closed a $53 million “Series C” funding round, led by new investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Iron Ox, which launched autonomous farming in 2018, grows produce in proprietary greenhouses designed from the ground up to mitigate the environmental impacts of agriculture — a data-driven approach backed by plant […]
Fauna Bio Raises $9 Million Seed Round
EMERYVILLE — Fauna Bio, a biotechnology company leveraging animal genomics to improve human health, has raised $9 million in Seed funding led by LifeForce Capital, with participation from True Ventures, Boom Capital, Pacific 8 Ventures, BioMed Ventures, Vibe Capital and Arcadia Science. Fauna Bio said it will use the new funds to expand its drug discovery platform Convergence […]