Notable startup fundings for the week ending 7/27/19 featuring funding details for Heap, Robinhood, Quiq, and much much more.
Heap — $55M – Series C
San Francisco-based Heap is a platform that provides analytics infrastructure to reduce the annoying parts of user analytics. Founded by Matin Movassate and Ravi Parikh in 2013, Heap has now raised a total of $93.12M and is backed by investors that include Initialized Capital, Menlo Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, WME, and Y Combinator.
Robinhood — $323M – Series E
Menlo Park-based Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell U.S. stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission. Founded by Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev in 2013, Robinhood has now raised a total of $862M and is backed by investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, LocalGlobe, Sequoia Capital, and Susa Ventures.
Tile — $45M – Series C
San Mateo-based Tile creates devices connected to a mobile app, helping users locate their personal items. Founded by Mike Farley and Nick Evans in 2012, Tile has now raised a total of $104M and is backed by investors that include Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital, Khosla Ventures, Maveron, and Tencent Holdings.
TrustRadius — $12.5M – Series C
Austin-based TrustRadius is the most trusted review platform for business technology. Founded by Scott Miller, Scott Miller, and Vinay Bhagat in 2012, TrustRadius has now raised a total of $25.1M and is backed by investors that include Live Oak Ventures, LLC, LiveOak Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, and Next Coast Ventures.
Balena — $14.4M – Series B
Seattle-based Balena is a complete set of tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected IoT devices. Founded by Alexandros Marinos, Pagan Gazzard, and Petros Angelatos in 2013, Balena has now raised a total of $31.4M and is backed by investors that include Aspect Ventures, Ericsson, GE Ventures, SORACOM, and Threshold.
CircleCI — $56M – Series D
San Francisco-based CircleCI is the leading continuous integration and delivery platform for teams looking to shorten the distance between idea and delivery. Founded by Allen Rohner and Paul Biggar in 2011, CircleCI has now raised a total of $115M and is backed by investors that include 500 Startups, Industry Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Threshold, and Top Tier Capital Partners.
Fetch Robotics — $46M – Series C
San Jose-based Fetch Robotics provides the market’s only cloud-driven Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) solution for warehousing intralogistics environments. Founded by Steve Hogan in 2014, Fetch Robotics has now raised a total of $94M and is backed by investors that include Redwood Technologies, Shasta Ventures, SoftBank, SoftBank Capital, and TransLink Capital.
Quiq — $12.5M – Series B
Bozeman-based Quiq is a customer service messaging platform that makes it easy for customers to interact with a company. Founded by Bill O’Neill and Mike Myer in 2015, Quiq has now raised a total of $19M and is backed by investors that include Foundry Group, NEXT Frontier Capital, Teamworthy Ventures, and Venrock.
Mixhalo — $10.7M – Series A
San Francisco-based Mixhalo is a real-time audio platform delivering a high-quality, immersive experience for live events. Founded by Ann Marie Simpson and Mike Einziger in 2016, Mixhalo has now raised a total of $11.83M and is backed by investors that include Cowboy Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Sapphire Ventures, and TechNexus Venture Collaborative.
MoneyLion — $100M – Series C
New York-based MoneyLion is a mobile banking platform for borrowing, saving, and investing. Founded by Chee Mun Foong, Diwakar Choubey, and Pratyush Tiwari in 2013, MoneyLion has now raised a total of $227.5M and is backed by investors that include Capital One, Citizen.VC, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Edison Partners, and Montage Ventures.
Standard Cognition — $35M – Series B
San Francisco-based Standard Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform that allows buyers to grab what they want without having to go to a cashier. Founded by Brandon Ogle, Daniel Fischetti, David Valdman, John Novak, Jordan Fisher, Michael Suswal, and TJ Lutz in 2017, Standard Cognition has now raised a total of $86.12M and is backed by investors that include CRV, EQT Ventures, Initialized Capital, SchindlerAM Ventures, and Y Combinator.
Thumbtack — $150M – Series F
San Francisco-based Thumbtack is an online marketplace that connects millions of people with local professionals for their projects. Founded by Jeremy Tunnell, Jonathan Swanson, Marco Zappacosta, and Sander Daniels in 2008, Thumbtack has now raised a total of $423.2M and is backed by investors that include Baillie Gifford, Draper Associates, Jason Calacanis, Sequoia Capital, and Tiger Global Management.
Winc — $10M – Series B
Los Angeles-based Winc, formerly Club W, is a California based direct-to-consumer winery that is revolutionizing the way people discover, buy and share wine. Founded by Brian Smith, Brian Smith, Geoff McFarlane, Mark T. Lynn, and Xander Oxman in 2011, Winc has now raised a total of $42.6M and is backed by investors that include 500 Startups, Amplify.LA, Bessemer Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, and Wavemaker Partners.
UVeye — $31M – Series A
New York-based UVeye is a platform that provides solutions for automatic external inspection of vehicles. Founded by Amir Hever in 2016, UVeye has now raised a total of $35.5M and is backed by investors that include Ahaka Capital, SeedIL Ventures, Toyota Tsusho, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, and W. R. Berkley.
