BotsAndUs, a seven-year-old London startup that uses mobile robots to track pallets at every stage in their journey throughout a warehouse, raised a $13 million round led by Lakestar, with Maersk, Kindred Capital, and Capnamic also joining in. The company has raised a total of $19 million. PYMNTS.com has more here.
CloudQuery, a one-year-old startup based in Beaverton, Or., that has designed a platform to give its clients visibility into the resources they are using from big cloud vendors such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, raised a $15 million Series A round led by Tiger Global, with Boldstart, Haystack, Mango, and Work-Bench also pitching in. The company has raised a total of $18.5 million. TechCrunch has more here.
ConductorOne, a two-year-old access control startup based in Portland, Or., raised a $15 million Series A led by Accel; Fuel Capital, Fathom Capital, and Active Capital also participated. The company has raised a total of $20 million. TechCrunch has more here.
Cryptoys, a five-year-old, New York-based blockchain-based toy company that aims to expose younger users to the ideas of digital ownership and NFT mechanics, has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by earlier backer Andreessen Horowitz. Other backers in the round include Mattel, Dapper Labs, Draper & Associates, Acrew Capital, CoinFund, Animoca Brands and Sound Ventures. The startup had announced a $7.5 million seed round — also led by a16z -- in October. TechCrunch has more here.
Epoch Biodesign, a three-year-old startup based in London that uses an enzymatic process to transform plastic waste into everyday chemicals, raised an $11 million seed round led by Lowercarbon Capital, with additional funds provided by BoxGroup, Amadeus Capital Partners, MCJ Collective, Zero Carbon Capital, Voyagers Climate-Tech Fund, and the Venture Collective. Packaging Insights has more here.
Eppo, a one-year-old San Francisco startup that aims to make easy-to-understand A/B testing tools, raised a $16 million Series A led by Menlo Ventures; previous investor Amplify Partners also contributed to the round. The company has raised a total of $19.5 million. TechCrunch has more here.
Evinced, a four-year-old Bay Area startup that develops assistive technology for enterprises in order to allow disabled people to effectively interact with websites and mobile applications, raised a $38 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, with M12, BGV, Capital One Ventures, and Engineering Capital also chipping in. The company has raised a total of $57 million. CTech has more here.
Examedi, a one-year-old Santiago, Chile, startup that employs logistics typically used by food delivery apps to provide affordable at-home health services, raised a $17 million Series A. General Catalyst led the round. The company has raised a total of $19.9 million. LatamList has more here.
Jackpot, a six-year-old San Francisco startup that sells lottery tickets online, raised a $35 million Series A co-led by Accomplice and Courtside Ventures, with additional funds coming from Kraft Group, Michael Rubin, Haslam Sports Group, Elysian Park Ventures, Arctos Sports Partners, Sapphire Sport, Theo Epstein, Fenway Sports Group President Mike Gordon, DraftKings co-founder and CEO Jason Robins, and NBA stars James Harden and Joel Embiid. CNBC has more here.
Jit, a nearly two-year-old, Tel Aviv startup that helps developers automate product security by codifying their security plans and workflows as code that can then be managed in a code repository like GitHub, has raised a $38.5 million seed funding. The round was led by boldstart ventures, with Insight Partners, Tiger Global, TeachAviv and a number of strategic angel investors also participating. TechCrunch has more here.
JobGet, a four-year-old startup based in Boston that has developed a jobs network for shift workers and employers, raised a $40 million Series B round plus $12 million in debt in a transaction co-led by JAZZ Venture Partners and Sanabil Investments, with additional participation from Pillar VC. The company has raised a total of $54.4 million. TechCrunch has more here.
Magnetic Insight, an eight-year-old startup based in Alameda, Ca., whose goal is to to offer clinicians a method to directly monitor cell therapy through magnetic particle Imaging technology, raised a $17 million Series B round led by Celesta Capital, with additional capital provided by Alumni Ventures Group, Gaingels, 5AM Ventures, and Sand Hill Angels. The company has raised a total of $41.5 million. More here.
Mentimeter, an eight-year-old, Toronto-based audience engagement platform, has raised $42.8 million in Series C funding from three investors: Creades, Nordstjernan Growth, and Alfvén & Didrikson. More here.
Pocus, a San Francisco startup that aims to organize and present companies’ product data in a way that can help the companies identify new revenue opportunities with less time and no coding, raised a $23 million Series A led by Coatue, with First Round Capital, Box Group, GTM fund, and Mantis VC also chipping in. Forbes has more here.
Sanas, a two-year-old startup based in Palo Alto that helps modulate language accents for use in places like customer call centers, raised a $32 million Series A funding led by Insight Partners, with additional funds provided by GV, Assurant Ventures, Gokul Rajaram, Human Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital, and DN Capital. The company has raised a total of $37.5 million. More here.
Swing Therapeutics, a three-year-old startup based in San Francisco that focuses on building and testing apps that can assess a patient's fibromyalgia symptoms, raised a $10.3 million Series A round led by Jazz Venture Partners, with additional funds provided by Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Asahi Kasei Corporate Ventures, Gaingels, Kicker Ventures, Mana Ventures, and Metrodora Ventures. The company has raised a total of $19.3 million. MobiHealthNews has more here.
Tapcheck, a startup based in Tarzana, Ca., that helps employers offer employees early access to their wages, raised $20 million Series A round from PeakSpan Capital. More here.
TruEra, a three-year-old startup based in Redwood City, Ca., that helps enterprises understand their machine-learning models and identify the root cause of issues, raised a $25 million Series B round led by HP Enterprise; additional investors included Menlo Ventures, Greylock, and Wing VC. VentureBeat has more here.
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