Aquafortus, an Auckland, New Zealand-based water tech company that purifies high salinity brines and says it derives valuable metals and minerals from them in the process, has raised $17 million for its Series A1 round, led by DCVC and Novo Holdings. More here.
Buk, a nearly six-year-old, Santiago, Chile-based HR software company focused on Latin America, has raised $35 million in funding co-led by Base10 and Greenoaks Funds. Contxto has more here.
Electra Vehicles, an eight-year-old, Boston-based battery management software company, has raised $21 million in new funding led by United Ventures; other backers in the round included Stellantis Ventures, LIFTT, Club degli Investitori, and BlackBerry Limited. More here.
Finch, a 2.5-year-old San Francisco-based startup whose platform aims to help companies connect to various HR apps, services and systems, raised $40 million in Series B funding led by General Catalyst and Menlo Ventures; they were joined by QED Investors, Altman Capital, and PruVen Capital. TechCrunch has more here.
GeoPura, a 3.5-year-old British company that aims to replace traditional diesel generators with its "hydrogen power unit" technology (in quotes because we don't have time to figure out what this actually means), has raised £36 million in funding from GM Ventures, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital, and SWEN CP. More here.
Kratos Studios, an Indian company developing a blockchain-based reputation system for gamers, has raised $20 million in funding led by Accel, with participation from Prosus Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, and Nazara among others. Inc42 has more here.
Metomic, a nearly-five-year-old, London-based startup that aims to give security teams visibility and control of their data across collaborative SaaS apps, including Slack, Jira, and Zendesk, raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Resonance and Connect Ventures. TechCrunch has more here.
Slync, a nearly six-year-old, Dallas-based logistics software company whose former CEO, Chris Kirchner, was recently indicted on fraud charges by multiple(!) federal agencies, has gone on to raise $24 million in funding from earlier backer Goldman Sachs, along with Blumberg Capital, ACME Ventures, and Gaingels. “It's absolutely a double down for our investors, because a lot of the money that they've invested in the past is gone," the new CEO tells Forbes.
Tome, a 2.5-year-old San Francisco-based PowerPoint alternative tool that uses OpenAI's GPT-3 and DALL-E 2 to produce presentations in seconds based on a typed description, has raised $43 million in Series B funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Other participants in the round included Coatue, Greylock Partners, Audacious Ventures, Wing Venture Capital, 8VC, Eric Schmidt, Stabilty AI CEO Emad Mostaque and others. Forbes has more here.
Trust & Will, a six-year-old, San Diego-based digital estate planning company, has raised $15 million in fresh funding, including Amex Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, SEI Ventures and USAA. The company has now raised $48 million since its inception. TechCrunch has more here.
Vitally, a nearly six-year-old, Brooklyn-based customer success software company, has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Next47, with HubSpot Ventures, NewView Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz also participating. TechCrunch has more here.
Zellerfeld, a two-year-old, Brooklyn, N.Y.-based 3D printing shoe company that has 15 designs to start and plans to roll out a new design on a weekly basis, has raised $15 million in seed funding led by Founders Fund. HypeBeast has more here.
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