Baton, a seven-year-old New York startup that says its marketplace allows small business buyers and sellers to connect and negotiate around a valuation calculated by an objective third party, raised a $2.8 million pre-seed round. Giant Ventures was the lead investor, while Bloomberg Beta also participated. BuiltinNYC has more here.
Blaze, a Los Angeles startup founded this year that has built a platform that allows non-coders to build apps, raised a $3.5 million pre-seed round. Flybridge Capital and MaC Venture Capital co-led the deal. TechCrunch has more here.
Howdy, a four-year-old Austin startup that helps enterprises to find and recruit software professionals in Latin America, raised a $5 million Series A extension round, increasing the total size of the round to $18 million. Obvious Ventures was the deal lead, with Greycroft also chipping in. The company has raised a total of $18 million. BuiltinAustin has more here.
Nest Genomics, a New York startup founded this year whose platform is designed to help health systems, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, and payors launch and scale longitudinal genomic programs, raised an $8.5 million seed round led by B Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Casdin Capital, DCVC, Samsung Next, Maven Ventures, iAngels, Arkin Digital Health, LionBird, Anne Wojcicki, and former United Health executive Deneen Vojta. MedCity News has more here.
Playstream, a two-year-old Israeli startup that is developing an interactive challenge layer for online games, raised a $2 million seed round led by General Catalyst. Fortune has more here.
Porter, an eight-year-old Bangalore startup that helps patients and caregivers coordinate care, raised a $5.4 million seed round. Investors in the deal included Grit Capital Partners, Old Line Capital, and JLC Family Office. Refresh Miami has more here.
Project Eaden, a Berlin startup founded this year that is producing plant-based meat alternatives using a proprietary fiber spinning technology, raised a $2.3 million seed round. Creandum, Magnetic, and Atlantic Food Labs led thte deal. TechCrunch has more here.
ReelData AI, a three-year-old Halifax startup that is developing technology to improve the efficiency of land-based aquaculture farmers, raised an $8 million Series A round led by Buoyant Ventures, with S2G Ventures and The Nest Family Office also contributing. More here.
Relio, a two-year-old Zurich startup that has developed a digital payment account for business customers that automates a number of compliance processes, raised a $3.2 million round led by TX Ventures and including SIX Fintech Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, F10, Elsa Invest, daFUND, and QBIT Capital. Tech.eu has more here.
Seek AI, a one-year-old New York startup that has developed a natural language interface allowing non-technical team members to create their own data queries, raised a $6 million seed round co-led by Conviction Partners and Battery Ventures, with former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia also joing in. TechCrunch has more here.
Vaxess, an 11-year-old company based in Cambridge, Ma., that is developing sustained release patch technology for vaccines and therapeutics, raised $10 million in extended Series B funding led by RA Capital, The Engine, and Mission BioCapital. The round originally closed in November with $27 million; the company has raised a total of $91.2 million. More here.
Wisdo Health, a five-year-old New York startup that has built a peer support platform focused on ending social isolation, raised a $5 million Series A extension round. The deal was led by Israeli serial entrepreneur Marius Nacht, Alive Israel Healthtech Fund, and Bridge Builders Collaborative, with participation from Anne Wojcicki and Intel Capital cofounder Avram Miller. The company has raised a total of $15.1 million. More here.
Wunderite, a four-year-old Boston startup whose software enables independent insurance agents to gather underwriting data from their clients, raised a $7.2 million Series A round. Previous investor Spark Capital was the deal lead. The company has raised a total of $10.3 million. Axios has more here.
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