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PALO ALTO — Alpha Medical has completed a $24 million oversubscribed series B round to help seal its leadership position in women’s virtual primary care. Alpha allows women to take control of their healthcare by providing the highest quality medical care in a convenient and affordable online process. Investors in this round include SpringRock Ventures, Margo Georgiadis, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — CodeSignal, a technical assessment platform dedicated to helping companies, including Facebook, Roblox, Zoom, Robinhood, and others, make data-driven hiring decisions in tech recruiting, has announced $50 million in Series C funding. This round, which brings CodeSignal’s total funding to $87.5M, was led by Index Ventures, with additional participation from Menlo Ventures, Headline, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Sleeper, which operates a fast-growing fantasy sports app, has awoken with a $40 million Series C fundraising round. This round of funding was led by Andreessen Horowitz, who was also the lead investor in Sleeper’s Series B round. Founded in 2018, the company said it has more than doubled its user base […]
EMERYVILLE — Ambi Robotics, the pioneer in simulation-to-reality AI for highly-dexterous robotics, has closed a $26 million Series A funding round. The investment is led by new investor, Tiger Global Management, and builds on participation from existing investors Bow Capital, Vertex Ventures US and The House Fund. The new funding comes at a time of […]
SAN MATEO — Aircover, a real-time sales intelligence platform for customer facing teams, has raised a $3 million Seed round of funding. The round was led by Defy Partners, with participation from Firebolt Ventures, Flex Capital, and Ridge Ventures. Additional angel investors include industry veterans in video conferencing, enterprise software, and machine learning. Bob Rosin of Defy Partners […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Venture capital firm 500 Startups is changing its name and announced the closing of a $140 million global flagship fund–the firm’s largest fund to date–bringing assets under management to $1.8 billion. The firm has changed its name to 500 Global and is expanding its investment strategy beyond the accelerator and seed stage. […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Abra, a wealth management platform for cryptocurrency investors, has raised $55 million in Series C funding. The round was led by IGNIA and Blockchain Capital, with new investors including Kingsway Capital, Tiga Investments and the Stellar Development Foundation. Additional investments from existing investors include Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Amex Ventures, Arbor Ventures, RRE […]
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Walking Fish Therapeutics, a leader in B cell engineering, has closed $50 million in Series A financing— led by investors including Emerson Collective, Illumina Ventures and Quan Capital— to develop B cell therapeutics for oncology, rare disease, regenerative medicine, autoimmune disease, and recombinant antibody production. Walking Fish Therapeutics has made critical advances in developing […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Wisetack, a company that brings buy now, pay later to in-person services like home and auto repair, has landed a $45 million Series B funding round, led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, with existing investors Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures also participating in the […]
SAN FRANCISCO — SafelyYou, a developer of artificial intelligence-enabled fall detection and prevention for dementia care, announced the close of a $19.5 million Series A financing round led by Eclipse Ventures. They are joined by Founders Fund, as well as existing investors DCVC and Foundation Capital. TSQ Advisors, Pathbreaker Ventures, The House Fund, Swift Ventures, Pacific […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Bidgely has closed a $26 million round of strategic financing to bolster its utility electrification and decarbonization innovations deployed around the world. Led by Moore Strategic Ventures (MSV), the round is joined by Accurant International, an investment venture of Bahman Hoveida, co-founder and ex-CEO of Open Systems International. The oversubscribed round also included existing investors, such […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Bright Money, an artificial intelligence (AI) finance platform powered by its unique MoneyScience algorithm, has secured $31 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India, Falcon Edge Capital and Hummingbird Ventures, alongside investments from prominent angel investors including Ram Shriram (Alphabet board member and founder of Sherpalo Ventures). Bright Money helps Americans take control of […]