Venture Capital

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a self-driving trucking company, has raised $125 million in an oversubscribed Series B fundraising round for a total of $165 million raised to date. The round includes investments from SIP Global Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, CRV, Muirwoods Ventures, Harpoon Ventures, StepStone Group, Gopher Asset Management, Walleye Capital, Aliya Capital Partners, and others. Kodiak delivers freight daily for its customers between Dallas-Fort […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Workato, a specialist in enterprise automation, announced $200 million in Series E funding led by Battery Ventures, with equal participation from Insight Partners, Altimeter Capital and Tiger Global. Geodesic Capital and Redpoint Ventures also participated in this round of financing. The new funding values Workato at $5.7 billion and comes just nine […]

LOS ALTOS — Contrast Security, a provider of next-gen code security tools, has closed $150 million in a Series E round of funding at a $1 billion-dollar-plus valuation. The oversubscribed round was led by Liberty Strategic Capital, founded by former Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, together with 100% participation from existing Contrast investors Warburg Pincus, Battery […]

SAN FRANCISCO — VergeSense, operator of a workplace analytics platform, has raised $60 million in Series C funding, led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from DivcoWest and existing investors Tola Capital, JLL Spark, MetaProp, Allegion Ventures and Bolt. The new funding will help the company accelerate platform innovation and growth as the market increasingly requires […]

SUNNYVALE – Cerebras Systems, the pioneer in accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) computing, has raised $250 million in a Series F financing round, valuing the company at over $4 billion. To-date, the company has raised $720 million. The Series F round was led by Alpha Wave Ventures, a global growth stage Falcon Edge | Chimera partnership, […]

Alt, which lets users invest in trading cards like stocks, has raised a $75 million Series B round from pro athletes including superstars Tom Brady, Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo. AngelList Co-Founder Naval Ravikant and Accomplice Co-Founder Jeff Fagnan ignited the round via Spearhead, a program that gives seasoned founders a first fund to angel […]

SUNNYVALE – SafeBreach, a specialist in breach and attack simulation (“BAS”),  has raised $53.5 million in Series D funding, led by Sonae IM and Israel Growth Partners (IGP), with additional participation from Sands Capital and Leumi Partners. The latest round also includes strategic investment from ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company that makes work, work better for people, as well as participation from existing […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Naked Market, a company building a portfolio of food & beverage brands, has raised $27.5 million in Series A funding. Integrated Capital led the round with participation from Great Oaks Venture Capital, Pacific Tiger Group, Sope Creek Capital and Clearco. The Naked Market was founded in 2019 by Harrison Fugman, Alex Kost and Tim Marbach with a mission to […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Density Inc., developer of an analytics platform for measuring and optimizing workplace performance, has secured $125 million in Series D funding led by existing investor, Kleiner Perkins. Other new investors include Altimeter Capital and Lachy Groom of LGF, with participation from existing investors 01 Advisors; Upfront Ventures; and Founders Fund. Density provides an […]

SAN FRANCISCO  — Color, a health technology company committed to advancing public health, has secured a $100 million Series E financing round. This brings Color to $378 million in total financing, with a valuation of $4.6 billion. The round was led by Kindred Ventures and by certain funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. with participation […]

PALO ALTO — Trademo, a global supply chain intelligence company, has secured $12.5 million in seed round funding. Trademo is building a global supply chain knowledge graph to help global-trade participants discover new opportunities, remain compliant with regulations, build operationally resilient supply chains, and grow commerce. Investors include Silicon Valley venture capitalists Amit Singhal (former SVP Google), Saama […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Mekonos, a biotech company building the future of cell therapies on a chip, has raised $25 million in an oversubscribed Series A round co-led by Reimagined Ventures, Fiscus Ventures, and PEAK6 Strategic Capital, a division of PEAK6 Investments. New institutional and strategic investors, including Section 32, Sands Capital, TDK Ventures, and the venture arm […]