Amolyt Pharma, a seven-year-old, Lyon, France-based developer of therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine diseases, raised $80 million in Series B funding. Sectoral Asset Management and Andera Partners co-led the round, joined by ATEM Capital and roughly a dozen earlier backers. More here.
Anjarium, a four-year-old, Zurich, Switzerland-based developer of nonviral gene therapies, has raised $61 million in Series A funding. Abingworth and GIMV co-led the round, joined by Omega Funds, Pfizer Ventures and Surveyor Capital. More here.
Avalanche, a relatively new blockchain outfit, has completed a $230 million private sale of its tokens. Polychain and Three Arrows Capital led the investment. Other participants included R/Crypto Fund, Dragonfly, CMS Holdings, Collab+Currency and Lvna Capital. TechCrunch has more here.
CodeSignal, a 6.5-year-old, Bay Area-based technical recruiting platform, has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by Index Ventures, with participation from earlier backer Menlo Ventures, Headline (formerly known as e.ventures), and A Capital. The company has now raised $87.5 million altogether. TechCrunch has more here.
DeepRoute.ai, a two-year-old, Shenzhen-based autonomous driving start-up that makes hardware and software systems for vehicles, has raised $300 million in funding led by Alibaba. CNBC has more here.
Francis Medical, a three-year-old, Maple Grove, Mn.-based developer of thermal water vapor ablation therapies to treat prostate cancer, has raised $55 million in Series B funding. Solas BioVentures led the round, joined by Arboretum Ventures, Coloplast A/S, H2Oey Ventures and Tonkawa. Twin Cities Business has more here.
Mynd, a six-year-old, Oakland, Ca.-based company that aims to make it easier for people to buy and manage single-family rental properties, has raised $57.3 million in funding from QED Investors. The deal values the company at $807 million and brings the company’s total funding to date to $174.9 million. Invesco Real Estate, which led its previous round, a $40 million raise, also just committed $5 billion to purchase and rent 20,000 single-family homes through Mynd over the next three years. TechCrunch has more here.
Omaze, a nine-year-old, Culver City, Ca.-based online fundraising platform for charitable giving, has raised $85 million in Series C funding. Moore Strategic Ventures led the round, joined by earlier backer FirstMark Capital, Wndrco, Telstra Ventures, Causeway Media Partners, Mockingbird Ventures, BDMI, Pegasus Ventures, Bono, Kerry Washington, Tom Brady and Alexis Ohanian. Axios has more here.
Outer, a four-year-old, Santa Monica, Ca.-based direct-to-consumer outdoor furniture brand, just raised $50 million in Series B funding. Capital Today led the round, joined by Tribe Capital, C Ventures, Upfront Ventures and earlier investors Sequoia Capital China, Mucker Capital, Mantis VC and Reimagined Ventures. TechCrunch has more here.
Pine Labs, a 23-year-old, Singapore-based payments platform for merchants in India and Southeast Asia, has raised $100 million from Invesco Developing Markets Fund two months after raising $600 million at a $3 billion post-money valuation from Fidelity Management & Research Company and a handful of other investors. TechCrunch has more here.
Rewind, a nearly 6.5-year-old Ottawa, Canada-based startup that helps businesses back up and restore their software-as-a-service and cloud data, has raised $65 million (U.S. dollars) in Series B funding. Insight Partners led the round, joined by a mix of new and earlier backers, including Bessemer Venture Partners, FundFire, Inovia Capital, Ridge Ventures, ScaleUp Ventures and Union Ventures. The company had raised $15 million in Series A funding earlier this year. VentureBeat has more here.
Self Financial, a six-year-old, Austin, Tex.-based startup that helps consumers establish and build credit history through secured installment loans and small-dollar loans, has raised $50 million in Series E funding. Altos Ventures led, and was joined by earlier investors Meritech Capital and Conductive Ventures. TechCrunch has more here.
Tradesy, a nine-year-old, L.A.-based online marketplace for secondhand fashion goods, has raised $67 million in Series D funding led by John Doerr's family office, Foris Ventures. The company has now raised $145 million altogether. WWD has more here.
Whatnot, a nearly two-year-old, L.A.-based startup that hosts live-streamed video sales and auctions of Pokemon cards and other collectibles, has raised $150 million in Series C funding — its third round of fundraising in 2021 alone -- at a $1.5 billion valuation. (The Information had reported last week this was coming, so it might sound familiar.) Investors include CapitalG, earlier backers Andreessen Horowitz and the Y Combinator Continuity Fund, and numerous notable individual investors, including YouTube star Jake Paul and Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans. TechCrunch has more here.
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