Affinity, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based business intelligence platform that aims to help users understand who in their organization has the best chance of getting a meeting or closing a deal, has raised $80 million in Series C funding. Menlo Ventures led the round, joined by Advance Venture Partners, Sprints Capital, Pear Ventures, Sway Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Teamworthy and ECT Capital Partners’ Brian Sheth. The company has now raised $120 million altogether. TechCrunch has more here.
Attralus, a two-year-old, South San Francisco-based biotech focused on systemic amyloidosis, has raised $116 million in Series B funding. Logos Capital led the round, joined by Janus Henderson Investors, Redmile Group, Samsara BioCapital, Sarissa Capital Management, Surveyor Capital, Vivo Capital and venBio Partners. FierceBiotech has more here.
InBrace, a six-year-old, L.A.-based company that sells a teeth-straightening technology, has raised $102 million in Series D funding led by Farallon Capital Management and Marshall Wace. FierceBiotech has more here.
Mammoth Biosciences, the 4.5-year-old, Brisbane, Ca.-based CRISPR-based biotech startup that counts Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna as a cofounder, has raised $150 million in Series D funding. Redmile Group, led the round, joined by a mix of new and previous investors, including Foresite Capital, Senator Investment Group, Sixth Street, Greenspring Associates, Mayfield, Decheng Capital, Plum Alley and NFX. Combined with a late 2020 Series C round of $45 million (which included participation from Amazon), the funding brings the company’s total financing to date to $195 million. TechCrunch has more here.
Orchid, a four-year-old, New York-based company that fronts home equity to homeowners, has raised $100 million in Series D funding that brings its total funding to date to $255 million. Earlier backer Accomplice led the round, joined by fellow early investors FirstMark, Revolution, First American and Juxtapose. The Real Deal has more here.
Scalapay, a 2.5-year-old, Milan, Italy-based buy-now-pay-later tech provider that has reportedly made significant headway with retailers and consumers in Europe, has raised $155 million in new funding led by Tiger Global. Other participants in the round include Baleen Capital, Woodson Capital, and earlier backers Fasanara Capital and Ithaca Investments. The company, which was just assigned a post-money valuation of $700 million, has now raised $203 million altogether. TechCrunch has more here.
Snyk, a six-year-old, London-based developer security platform, has raised $530 million in Series F funding co-led by Sands Capital and Tiger Global. A half a dozen new investors also participated in the round, including Baillie Gifford, Koch Strategic Platforms, Lone Pine Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Whale Rock Capital Management. Many of the company's earlier backers, including Boldstart Ventures and Accel, participated, too. Snyk has now raised $775 million altogether and is reportedly now valued at $8.5 billion -- more than triple where it was valued at the start of this year. Tech.eu has more here.
Solugen, a 5.5-year-old, Houston, Tex.-based startup that's making chemicals from custom enzymes and renewable feedstock and not petroleum, has raised $357 million in funding co-led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC, and Baillie Gifford. Other participants in the round, which values the company at $1.8 billion, include Temasek Holdings, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Carbon Direct Capital Management, Refactor Capital, Lowercarbon, and Fifty Years. CNBC has more here.
Varo Bank, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based outfit that last year became the first U.S. neobank to be granted a national bank charter, says it has raised $510 million in Series E funding at a $2.5 billion valuation. Lone Pine Capital led the round, along with “dozens” of additional new backers, including Declaration Partners, Eldridge, Marshall Wace, Berkshire Partners/Stockbridge and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. They joined earlier investors Warburg Pincus, The Rise Fund, Gallatin Point Capital and HarbourVest Partners. The company has now raised $992.4 million altogether. TechCrunch 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, is reportedly raising new capital at a valuation of $1.5 billion following two earlier rounds of funding this year. Earlier investor Andreessen Horowitz is also involved in the new round, says The Information; it has the scoop here.
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