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 7/17/21 featuring funding details for Lamba, Cardless, Billd, and thirty-two other rounds that you need to know about.
Amperity — $100.0M – Series D
Seattle-based Amperity is an Intelligent Customer Data Platform that empowers global consumer brands by unlocking all their customer data. Founded by Derek Slager and Kabir Shahani in 2016, Amperity has now raised a total of $187.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Declaration Partners, HighSage Ventures, Madera Technology Partners, Madrona Venture Group, and Tiger Global Management.
Apty — $7.5M – Series A
Frisco-based Apty is the ideal solution for onboarding, training, change management and enterprise software optimization. Founded by Krishna Dunthoori in 2017, Apty has now raised a total of $12.9M in total equity funding and is backed by 645 Ventures, Companyon Ventures, and Reformation Partners.
AttackIQ — $44.0M – Series C
San Diego-based AttackIQ is a security optimization platform that enables a seamless threat-informed defense across their security organizations. Founded by Rajesh Sharma and Stephan Chenette in 2013, AttackIQ has now raised a total of $75.9M in total equity funding and is backed by Atlantic Bridge, Gaingels, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and Telstra Ventures.
Arctic Wolf — $150.0M – Series F
Eden Prairie-based Arctic Wolf helps companies end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service. Founded by Brian NeSmith and Kim Tremblay in 2012, Arctic Wolf has now raised a total of $498.2M in total equity funding and is backed by Owl Rock Capital and Viking Global Investors.
Billd — $30.0M – Series B
Austin-based Billd is a construction finance company that offers material purchases at 120-day terms to the construction industry. Founded by Christopher Doyle and Jesse Weissburg in 2018, Billd has now raised a total of $90.0M in total equity funding and is backed by LL Funds, LLC, RJT Credit, and Ulysses Management.
Blocknative — $12.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Blocknative is a provider of real-time blockchain transaction management and monitoring solutions for public blockchain networks. Founded by Chris Meisl, Matt Cutler, Niel Robertson, and Ryan Angilly in 2018, Blocknative has now raised a total of $19.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Altonomy, David Hoffman, Diogo Monica, Jordan Momtazi, Kain Warwick, Rho Capital Partners, Robot Ventures, Ryan Sean Adams, Stani Kulechov, and Taylor Monahan.
Blues Wireless — $22.0M – Series A
Seattle-based Blues Wireless is a communications equipment company that provides embedded cellular solutions. Founded by Ray Ozzie in 2018, Blues Wireless has now raised a total of $33.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Bill Gates, Lachy Groom, Sequoia Capital, and XYZ Venture Capital.
Cape Analytics — $44.0M – Series C
Mountain View-based Cape Analytics provides AI and analytics services for properties. Founded by Ryan Kottenstette and Suat Gedikli in 2014, Cape Analytics has now raised a total of $75.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Aquiline Technology Growth, Brewer Lane Ventures, Formation 8, HSCM Bermuda, Pivot Investment Partners, State Auto Labs, State Farm Ventures, The Cincinnati Insurance Companies, and The Hartford.
Cardless — $40.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Cardless is a developer of a platform that helps brands launch credit cards. Founded by Michael Spelfogel and Scott Kazmierowicz in 2019, Cardless has now raised a total of $50.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Accomplice, Activant Capital, Boston Celtics, Pear VC, and Phoenix Suns.
Cybereason — $275.0M – Series F
Boston-based Cybereason is an endpoint detection and response platform that identifies cyber attacks for effective response. Founded by Lior Div, Yonatan Amit, and Yossi Naar in 2012, Cybereason has now raised a total of $663.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Irving Investors, Liberty Strategic Capital, Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers Holdings, and SoftBank Vision Fund.
DevRev — $50.0M – Seed
Palo Alto-based DevRev is a platform for managing developer-customer relationships that allow developers to build, support, and grow their businesses. Founded by Dheeraj Pandey and Manoj Agarwal in 2020, DevRev has now raised a total of $50.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Dheeraj Pandey, Firebolt Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Mayfield Fund.
Entos — $53.0M – Series A
Los Angeles-based Entos uses machine learning-technology for energy and force evaluations required for R&D labs. Founded by Fred Manby and Thomas Miller in 2019, Entos has now raised a total of $53.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Catalio Capital Management, Coatue, FreeFlow, Nexus Ventures, OrbiMed, and Sequoia Capital.
Flock Safety — $150.0M – Series D
Atlanta-based Flock Safety offers security systems to capture images while the proprietary machine-learning algorithm identifies a vehicle fingerprint. Founded by Garrett Langley and Matt Feury in 2017, Flock Safety has now raised a total of $230.6M in total equity funding and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Initialized Capital, Matrix Partners, and Meritech Capital Partners.
Flymachine — $21.0M – Venture
Berkeley-based Flymachine is an entertainment industry that organizes lives events digitally. Founded by Andrew Dreskin in 2020, Flymachine has now raised a total of $21.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Another Planet Entertainment, Ben Lovett, Bill Silva, Contour Venture Partners, Coran Capshaw, Greycroft, John Battelle, Larry Webman, LionTree, Marty Diamond, Primary Venture Partners, Red Sea Ventures, SignalFire, and Silicon Valley Bank.
Genvid Holdings — $113.0M – Series C
New York-based Genvid Technologies is a software company that provides interactive livestreaming technologies and services for MILEs. Founded by Fabien Ninoles in 2016, Genvid Holdings has now raised a total of $166.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Atreides Management, LP, Cobalt Capital, Galaxy Interactive, Horizons Ventures, Huya.com, LightShed Ventures, Lux Capital, Makers Fund, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, OCA Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Third Point Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and XN.
Pantheon — $100.0M – Series E
San Francisco-based Pantheon is the WebOps platform where marketers, designers, and developers drive results with WordPress and Drupal websites. Founded by David Timothy Strauss, Josh Koenig, Matt Cheney, and Zachary Rosen in 2010, Pantheon has now raised a total of $200.0M in total equity funding and is backed by SoftBank Vision Fund.
Impact — $150.0M – Venture
Santa Barbara-based Impact is the provider of a Partnership Cloud⢠platform for automating every type of business partnership, at scale. Founded by Lisa Riolo, Per Pettersen, Roger Kjensrud, Todd Crawford, and Wade Crang in 2008, Impact has now raised a total of $261.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Providence Equity Partners and Qatar Investment Authority.
Imperative Care — $260.0M – Series D
Campbell-based Imperative Care is singularly dedicated to finding meaningful answers to unsolved problems in stroke. Founded by Nick Hopkins in 2015, Imperative Care has now raised a total of $370.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Ally Bridge Group, AMED Ventures, Ascension Ventures, Bain Capital Life Sciences, D1 Capital Partners, Delos Capital, HealthCor Partners, Innovatus Capital Partners, and Rock Springs Capital.
Lambda — $15.0M – Venture
San Francisco-based Lambda provides Deep Learning servers, workstations, and software to Apple, Microsoft, Tencent, Lyft, MIT, Princeton, Airbus, and more. Founded by Michael Balaban and Stephen Balaban in 2012, Lambda has now raised a total of $15.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 1517 Fund, Bloomberg Beta, Georges Harik, Gradient Ventures, and Razer.
LinkSquares — $40.0M – Series B
Boston-based LinkSquares is a provider of AI-powered contract management tools for in-house legal teams. Founded by Chris Combs, Steve Travaglini, and Vishal Sunak in 2015, LinkSquares has now raised a total of $61.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Bottomline Technologies, Catalyst Investors, First Ascent Ventures, Hyperplane Venture Capital, MassMutual Ventures, Sorenson Capital, and Xerox.
Mark43 — $101.0M – Series E
New York-based Mark43 is a public safety software platform allowing agencies to manage, share, collect, and analyze information. Founded by Flo Mayr, Matt Polega, and Scott Crouch in 2012, Mark43 has now raised a total of $228.8M in total equity funding and is backed by Lucy Turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, Radcliff Group, The Spruce House Partnership, and Tiger Global Management. AlleyWatch broke the news of this round in an exclusive interview with Crouch – Mark43 Raises $101M to Make Public Safety Workflows Data-Driven
Mighty Buildings — $22.0M – Series B
Oakland-based Mighty Buildings is a construction technology company that uses 3D printing, robotics, and automation to build homes. Founded by Alexey Dubov, Dmitry Starodubtsev, Sam Ruben, and Slava Solonitsyn in 2017, Mighty Buildings has now raised a total of $101.8M in total equity funding and is backed by ArcTern Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Decacorn Capital, Gaingels, Khosla Ventures, Klaff Realty, MicroVentures, Modern Venture Partners, Polyvalent Capital, and Vibrato Capital.
MPOWER Financing — $100.0M – Venture
Washington-based MPOWER Financing is a social benefit corporation financing domestic and international students. Founded by Emmanuel Smadja and Michael Davis in 2014, MPOWER Financing has now raised a total of $175.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Drakes Landing Associates, ETS Strategic Capital, King Street Partners, Pennington Alternative Income Management, and Tilden Park Capital Management LP.
Abodu — $20.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Abodu builds no-compromise backyard homes that expand a property’s livable space. Founded by Eric McInerney and John Geary in 2018, Abodu has now raised a total of $23.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Glenn Kelman, Hans Tung, Initialized Capital, Kyle Tibbitts, Michael Tubbs, and Norwest Venture Partners.
Mytonomy — $25.0M – Series B
Bethesda-based Mytonomy helps healthcare organizations give patients what they need to care for themselves â in the palm of their hands. Founded by Anjali Kataria and Vinay Bhargava in 2011, Mytonomy has now raised a total of $32.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Carilion Clinic and Level Equity Management.
NetraDyne — $150.0M – Series C
San Diego-based NetraDyne engages in improving fleet safety through computer vision and in-depth data analysis. Founded by Avneesh Agrawal and David Julian in 2015, NetraDyne has now raised a total of $197.5M in total equity funding and is backed by M12, Point72 Ventures, and SoftBank Vision Fund.
Nimbus Therapeutics — $105.0M – Venture
Cambridge-based Nimbus Discovery is now Nimbus Therapeutics to reflect our transition into a clinical stage company. Founded by Bruce Booth and Ramy Farid in 2009, Nimbus Therapeutics has now raised a total of $302.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Access Biotechnology, Atlas Venture, Biotechnology Value Fund, Commodore Capital, Logos Capital, RA Capital Management, and Surveyor Capital.
Remote — $150.0M – Series B
San Francisco-based Remote offers international payroll, benefits, and compliance services for employees and contractors. Founded by Job van der Voort and Marcelo Lebre in 2019, Remote has now raised a total of $196.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Day One Ventures, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Two Sigma Ventures.
SecurEnds — $21.0M – Series A
Atlanta-based SecurEnds is an information security company that helps to reduce security risk and costs by automating IGA. Founded by Deven Reddy and Tippu Gagguturu in 2017, SecurEnds has now raised a total of $21.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Elephant.
Simpplr — $32.0M – Series C
Redwood City-based Simpplr is a provider intranet software platform for companies to engage with and manage employees. Founded by Dhiraj Sharma and Piyush Rajput in 2014, Simpplr has now raised a total of $61.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Still Venture Capital, and Tola Capital.
Sugar — $2.5M – Seed
Los Angeles-based Sugar builds community and transforms the residential experience by integrating with technology stacks that power modern buildings. Founded by Fatima Dicko in 2019, Sugar has now raised a total of $3.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Agya Ventures, Ben Zises, Claire Cormier Thielke, Concrete Rose Capital, Consonance Investment Managers, Debut Capital, Jason Calacanis, Jonathan Wasserstrum, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MetaProp, Sequoia Capital (SSF), and The Community Fund.
SuperAnnotate — $14.5M – Series A
Berkeley-based SuperAnnotate is an end-to-end platform to annotate, train and automate your computer vision pipeline. Founded by Tigran Petrosyan and Vahan Petrosyan in 2018, SuperAnnotate has now raised a total of $17.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Base10 Partners, Fathom Capital, Point Nine, and Runa Capital.
Teikametrics — $40.0M – Series B
Boston-based Teikametrics is an E-Commerce optimization platform designed for retailers on online marketplaces. Founded by Alasdair McLean-Foreman in 2015, Teikametrics has now raised a total of $65.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Centana Growth Partners, GoDaddy, Granite Point Capital, Intel Capital, Jump Capital, and Lydia Jett.
