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 funding rounds for the week ending 2/20/21 featuring funding details for eFuse, Census, Standard Cognition, and nineteen other rounds that you must know about.
AdmitHub — $14.0M – Series B
Boston-based AdmitHub is a developer of a chatbot platform that increases student engagement, enrollment, and success. Founded by Andrew Magliozzi and Kirk Daulerio in 2014, AdmitHub has now raised a total of $29.2M in total equity funding and investors in this round include ECMC, Kresge Foundation, and Rethink Education.
Axiom Space — $130.0M – Series B
Houston-based Axiom Space is a company developing the first international commercial space station. Founded by Kam Ghaffarian and Michael Suffredini in 2016, Axiom Space has now raised a total of $150.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Aidenlair Capital, Alumni Ventures Group, C5 Capital, Declaration Partners, Drake Management, Hemisphere Ventures, Invariantes Fund, Moelis & Company, Prime Movers Lab, SharesPost Investment Management, Starbridge Venture Capital, The Venture Collective, TQS Advisors, and Washington University in St. Louis.
Circle — $4.0M – Seed
New York-based Circle is a community platform that brings together the creators’ discussions, memberships, and content. Founded by Andrew Guttormsen, Rudy Santino, and Sid Yadav in 2019, Circle has now raised a total of $5.5M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Notation Capital.
Dandelion Energy — $30.0M – Series B
New York-based Dandelion Energy is an independent company that offers geothermal heating and cooling installations. Founded by James Quazi and Kathy Hannun in 2017, Dandelion Energy has now raised a total of $64.5M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Building Ventures, Catchlight Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Ground Up Ventures, GV, Lennar Corporation, and New Enterprise Associates.
Eden Health — $60.0M – Series C
New York-based Eden Health is a primary care and insurance navigation company for employers seeking to elevate the health and wellbeing of their employees. Founded by Matt McCambridge, Scott L. Sansovich, and Jr. in 2016, Eden Health has now raised a total of $99.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Aspect Ventures, Company Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Flex Capital, Insight Partners, Max Ventures, and PJC.
Edgybees — $9.5M – Series A
Palo Alto-based Edgybees has developed the worldâs first dedicated augmented reality technology for high speed moving platforms. Founded by Adam Kaplan, Menashe Haskin, and Nitay Megides in 2017, Edgybees has now raised a total of $16.4M in total equity funding and investors in this round include 8VC, Kodem Growth Partners, LG Technology Ventures, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, NFX, OurCrowd, Refinery Ventures, Seraphim Capital, and Verizon Ventures.
eFuse — $6.0M – Venture
Columbus-based eFuse is a mobile and web application focused on establishing opportunities for individuals in the esports industry. Founded by Matthew Benson in 2018, eFuse has now raised a total of $7.4M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Chase Winovich, Denzel Ward, Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio Innovation Fund, and Seth Curry.
Fictiv — $35.0M – Series D
San Francisco-based Fictiv is a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem that delivers precision parts on-demand through its digital platform and global partner network. Founded by Dave Evans and Nathan Evans in 2013, Fictiv has now raised a total of $92.6M in total equity funding and investors in this round include 40 North Ventures, Accel, Adit Ventures, Bill Gates, G2VP, Honeywell Venture Capital, M2O Private Fund Advisors, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Census — $16.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Census is a data automation platform that synchronizes customer’s data warehouses with business systems and tools. Founded by Anton Vaynshtok, Bradley Buda, and Sean Lynch in 2018, Census has now raised a total of $20.3M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Akshay Kothari, Andreessen Horowitz, Bryant Chou, Dylan Field, Gokul Rajaram, Guillaume Cabane, Jason Warner, Joe Thomas, John Lilly, Josh Ferguson, Parker Conrad, Patrick McKenzie, Sequoia Capital, and Sriram Krishnan.
Sentry — $60.0M – Series D
San Francisco-based Sentry is a developer of an application monitoring platform that helps developers monitor apps in real time to catch bugs early. Founded by Chris Jennings and David Cramer in 2012, Sentry has now raised a total of $127.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Accel, Bond, and New Enterprise Associates.
Interplay Learning — $18.0M – Series B
Austin-based Interplay Learning is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality and 3D solutions. Founded by Doug Donovan in 2010, Interplay Learning has now raised a total of $24.5M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Holt Ventures, Owl Ventures, S3 Ventures, Shelter Capital Partners, Sierra Ventures, SJF Ventures, Strada Education Network, The Venture Reality Fund/VRF, and Wild Basin Investments.
Kalshi — $30.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Kalshi is a platform where users trade on the outcome of different events and engage with others. Founded by Luana Lopes Lara and Tarek Mansour in 2019, Kalshi has now raised a total of $30.2M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Charles Schwab, Henry Kravis, Sequoia Capital, and SV Angel.
Krisp — $9.0M – Series A
Berkeley-based Krisp makes remote workers more professional. It uses AI to mute background noise during the calls. Founded by Artavazd Minasyan and Davit Baghdasaryan in 2017, Krisp has now raised a total of $17.5M in total equity funding and investors in this round include RTP Global and Storm Ventures.
Leasecake — $3.0M – Seed
Winter Park-based Lease and location management made easy for business owners and brokers. Founded by Clayton Mamele, Jim Bankston, Rick Uzcategui, and Taj Adhav in 2018, Leasecake is backed by Las Olas Venture Capital.
Locus Robotics — $150.0M – Series E
Wilmington-based Locus Robotics is a warehouse robotics company that manufactures autonomous mobile robots to support e-commerce. Founded by Bruce E. Welty in 2014, Locus Robotics has now raised a total of $249.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Bond, Prologis Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, and Tiger Global Management.
OutSystems — $150.0M – Series E
Boston-based OutSystems is a low-code platform that enables businesses to develop, deploy, and manage enterprise-grade apps. Founded by Paulo Rosado and Rui Pereira in 2001, OutSystems has now raised a total of $572.1M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Abdiel Capital, Armilar Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Guidepost Growth Equity, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and Tiger Global Management.
Pex — $57.0M – Series A
Los Angeles-based Pex developed a three-sided marketplace bringing together rightsholders, platforms, and creators to simplify the existing licensing process. Founded by Rasty Turek in 2014, Pex has now raised a total of $64.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Amaranthine, Cue Ball, Illuminate Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Susa Ventures, Tencent Holdings, and Tencent Music Entertainment.
SPHERE Technology Solutions — $10.0M – Series A
Hoboken-based SPHERE provides software and services to improve data governance, security, and compliance across data, platforms, and applications. Founded by Rita Gurevich in 2009, SPHERE Technology Solutions is backed by Adnane Charchour, ForgePoint Capital, Joel Caminer, Omkhar Arasaratnam, and Sounil Yu.
Standard Cognition — $150.0M – Series C
San Francisco-based Standard Cognition provides an autonomous checkout tool that can be installed into retailersâ existing stores. 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 $236.1M in total equity funding and investors in this round include CRV, EQT Ventures, SK Networks, SoftBank Vision Fund, and TI Platform Management.
TigerGraph — $105.0M – Series C
Redwood City-based TigerGraph supports advanced analytics and machine learning platforms through its distributed native graph database. Founded by Yu Xu in 2012, TigerGraph has now raised a total of $171.7M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Tiger Global Management.
Titan — $12.5M – Series A
New York-based Titan is the operating system for active investment management, powering high-quality investment products and experiences for retail investors. Founded by Clayton Gardner, Joe Percoco, and Max Bernardy in 2018, Titan has now raised a total of $15.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include Ashton Kutcher, BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Josh Reeves, Kevin Hartz, Lee Fixel, Mike Krieger, Scribble Ventures, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, and Y Combinator.
vArmour — $58.0M – Venture
Los Altos-based VArmour offers data defined perimeter security solutions for mobile, virtual, and cloud platforms. Founded by Michael Shieh and Roger Lian in 2011, vArmour has now raised a total of $185.0M in total equity funding and investors in this round include AllegisCyber, EDBI, Highland Capital Partners, NightDragon Security, Redline Capital, SC Ventures, and Telstra Ventures.