The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup fundings for the week ending 9/12/20 featuring funding details for Melio, Metadata, PopSQL, and much much more.
CATALOG — $10.0M – Series A
Boston-based CATALOG is a developer of a data conversion and storage platform used to offer the next generation of digital data archives. Founded by Hyunjun Park and Nathaniel Roquet in 2016, CATALOG has now raised a total of $19.3M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Airbus Ventures and Horizons Ventures.
Chairish — $33.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Chairish is an online marketplace for high-end home furniture, art, and decor. Founded by Andy Denmark, Anna Brockway, Eric Grosse, and Gregg Brockway in 2013, Chairish has now raised a total of $49.7M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Altos Ventures, Azure Capital Partners, Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures, and Tritium Partners.
Deel — $30.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Deel is a payroll and compliance platform for international employees and contractors. Founded by Alex Bouaziz, Ofer Simon, and Shuo Wang in 2018, Deel has now raised a total of $48.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Alexis Ohanian, John Zimmer, Nat Friedman, Ryan Petersen, Spark Capital, William Hockey, and Y Combinator.
Grand Rounds — $103.0M – Series E
San Francisco-based Grand Rounds offers an employer-based technology alternative for health care services. Founded by Lawrence Hofmann and Owen Tripp in 2011, Grand Rounds has now raised a total of $272.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include The Carlyle Group.
Melio — $80.0M – Series C
New York-based Melio is a human-centered B2B payments experience, tailor made for small businesses in the US. Founded by Ilan Atias, Matan Bar, and Ziv Paz in 2018, Melio has now raised a total of $144.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Accel, Aleph, American Express Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue Management, Corner Ventures, General Catalyst, and LocalGlobe.
Metadata — $6.5M – Series A
San Francisco-based Metadata is a developer of a marketing data analytics platform used to streamline and scale demand generation. Founded by Asaf Shilat, Gil Allouche, and Yan Manevich in 2015, Metadata has now raised a total of $8.5M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Greycroft, Ilya Volodarsky, Mark Organ, Resolute Ventures, Stormbreaker Ventures, and York IE.
Orchard — $69.0M – Series C
New York-based Orchard is an online platform for buying and selling residential real estate. Founded by Court Cunningham and Phil DeGisi in 2017, Orchard has now raised a total of $138.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Accomplice, FirstMark, Juxtapose, Navitas Capital, and Revolution Growth.
Ouster — $42.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Ouster builds high-resolution lidar sensors for use in autonomous vehicles, robotics, and many other applications. Founded by Angus Pacala and Mark Frichtl in 2015, Ouster has now raised a total of $72.0M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Cox Automotive, Fontinalis Partners, and Tao Capital Partners.
Panther Labs — $15.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Panther is a cybersecurity startup offering a platform for detecting threats and providing security insights at cloud-scale Founded by Jack Naglieri in 2018, Panther Labs has now raised a total of $19.5M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Fathom Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and S28 Capital.
PopSQL — $3.4M – Seed
San Francisco-based PopSQL is a modern, collaborative SQL editor for teams. Founded by Rahil Sondhi in 2017, PopSQL is backed by investors that include Background Capital, Brian Norgard, Calvin French-Owen, FundersClub, Gradient Ventures, Guillermo Rauch, Immad Akhund, Jeff Chang, Jude Gomila, Max Mullen, Michelle Valentine, Naval Ravikant, Soma Capital, Work Life Ventures, and Y Combinator.
TradeLanes — $4.0M – Seed
Oakland-based TradeLanes is a technology company that automates supply chain for traders, shippers, and merchants. Founded by Vijay Harrell in 2015, TradeLanes has now raised a total of $5.7M in total equity funding and is backed by investors that include Bread and Butter Ventures (fka The Syndicate Fund), Closed Loop Partners, Innova Memphis, iSELECT FUND, Prairie Crest Capital, S2G Ventures, and Techstars Ventures.
Ubicquia — $30.0M – Series C
Fort Lauderdale-based Ubicquia is a smart city platform that provides critical services, including light control, video artificial intelligence, and public WiFi. Founded by Lowell Kraff and Tre Zimmerman in 2014, Ubicquia is backed by investors that include Fuel Venture Capital.
