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Incode Secures $220 Million Series B

SAN FRANCISCO – Incode, an identity verification and authentication platform for global enterprises, has raised $220 million in equity for its Series B funding round, giving the company a $1.25 billion valuation. Incode says it grew 6x in revenues over the last 12 months and raised $25 million Series A funding in March. This latest […]

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Forum Mobility Raises $7.5 Million Seed Funding

SAN FRANCISCO – Forum Mobility, a zero-emission fleet and infrastructure provider, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to build its operations, broaden its team, and for product development. The round was co-led by Obvious Ventures and Homecoming Capital, with additional funding provided by Edison International and Overture VC. Forum plans to use the tunds […]

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Tipalti Valued at $8.3 Billion With New $270 Million Round

SAN MATEO — Tipalti, which offers a global payment platform for businesses, has raised $270 million in series F funding at a valuation of $8.3 billion, bringing total funding raised to date to just over $550 million and placing Tipalti among the most valuable private fintech companies in the world. Tipalti plans to use the funding to accelerate its […]

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Softbank Vision Fund 2 Leads $300 Million Round in Cerebral

SAN FRANCISCO — Cerebral Inc., an online mental health company, has closed a large $300 million Series C round led by the SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The round also included participation from new and existing investors, including Prysm Capital, Access Industries, WestCap Group, and ARTIS Ventures. Having launched less than two years ago, this round […]

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Connect the Dots Connects With $15 Million

SAN FRANCISCO — Connect The Dots, a network intelligence platform that uses AI to map and manage career-long professional relationships, has connected with a $15 million Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Cloud Apps Capital Partners and Velvet Sea Ventures. This round brings Connect The Dots’ total funding to […]

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Freenome Lands $300 Million Series D for Early Cancer Detection

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Freenome, a privately held biotech company, has landed a Series D funding of $300 million. This brings the company’s total financing to over $800 million since the company was founded in 2014. This round was led by Perceptive Advisors and RA Capital Management, joined by existing investors including a16z Life Sciences Growth Fund, the […]

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Hummingbird RegTech Scores $30 Million Series B

SAN FRANCISCO – Hummingbird RegTech, a provider of risk and compliance technology, announced the company has raised $30 million in Series B funding. The raise brings the company’s total funding to $41.8 million, and comes on the heels of Hummingbirds $8.2 million Series A in 2020. Hummingbird is designed to enhance anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing investigations. […]

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Heap Reels In $110 Million Series D

SAN FRANCISCO – Heap, a digital insights platform, has closed $110 million Series D round at a $960 million valuation. The funding will be used to scale Heap’s global operations and accelerate research and development of the industry’s most advanced digital analytics platform for product builders, growth marketers, and fast-moving analytics teams. Sixth Street Growth […]

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Celigo Lands $48 Million Series C

SAN MATEO — Celigo, an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) provider for the mid-market, has raised $48 million in Series C funding to optimize end-to-end business automation for mid-market companies. The company will use the funds to increase its go-to-market capacity and accelerate global expansion. The funding round was led by OMERS Growth Equity and joined by NewSpring Capital. “For too long, […]

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FastAF Delivers Series A Investment

SAN FRANCISCO — FastAF Technologies, Inc. (FastAF), which helps retailers deliver products directly to customers, has closed a Series A investment round that values the company at $200 million. Investors in this round include Luxor Capital, Interlace Ventures, EQT Ventures, PivotNorth Capital, Daversa Partners, former Benchmark venture partner and current Adobe CPO Scott Belskey, founder […]

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TrueNorth Locates $50 Million Series B Round

SAN FRANCISCO — TrueNorth, a Y Combinator graduate that operates a business platform for independent truckers, has secured $50 million in a Series B funding round led by early-stage investors Lachy Groom and Sam, Max, and Jack Altman. Other investors include the Flexport Fund, Tribe Capital, Original Capital, K5 Global, 137 Ventures, and Fifth Down Capital, among […]

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Simplified Secures $8.5 Million Seed Round

SAN FRANCISCO — Simplified, an AI-powered content creation, and marketing platform that’s looking to take on Canva, announced an $8.5 million seed funding round led by Craft Ventures with participation from Khosla Ventures and Wing Venture Capital. The round also included investors Uncorrelated Ventures, 8-Bit Capital, Mads Johnsen (CPO, Calm), Manik Gupta (Corporate Vice President, Microsoft) Ankur Nagpal (Founder of Teachable, […]