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 9/11/21 featuring funding details for Printify, Aviarix, TrueFort, and fourteen other rounds that you need to know about.
Affinity — $80.0M – Series C
San Francisco-based Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform built to expand and evolve the traditional CRM. Founded by Ray Zhou and Shubham Goel in 2014, Affinity has now raised a total of $120.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Advance Venture Partners, Brian Sheth, MassMutual Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Pear VC, Sprints Capital, Sway Ventures, and Teamworthy Ventures.
aPriori Technologies — $30.0M – Series D
Concord-based aPriori Technologies is a provider of a digital manufacturing simulation software. Founded by Eric Hiller and Michael Philpott in 2003, aPriori Technologies has now raised a total of $109.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Omega Venture Partners and PBJ Capital.
Aviatrix — $200.0M – Series E
Santa Clara-based Aviatrix is a multi-cloud network platform that provides security and operational visibility. Founded by Sherry Wei in 2014, Aviatrix has now raised a total of $340.8M in total equity funding and is backed by CRV, Formation 8, General Catalyst, Greenspring Associates, Ignition Partners, Insight Partners, Liberty Global Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, TCV, Tiger Global Management, and TrueBridge Capital Partners.
Fin.com — $20.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Fin.com is a work insights platform that provides cross-applications and enterprises data insights for CX and operations teams. Founded by Andrew Kortina and Sam Lessin in 2019, Fin.com has now raised a total of $20.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Coatue, First Round Capital, and Kleiner Perkins.
CookUnity — $47.0M – Series B
Brooklyn-based CookUnity is a meal subscription and delivery platform that connects private chefs with consumers. Founded by Lucia Cisilotto, Mateo Marietti, and Matias Serebrinsky in 2015, CookUnity has now raised a total of $70.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Endeavor Capital Management, Fuel Ventures, Gaingels, IDC Ventures, and Insight Partners.
Cotopaxi — $45.0M – Series C
Salt Lake City-based Cotopaxi is an outdoor company that manufactures outdoor products and experiences to fund sustainable poverty alleviation. Founded by Chad Whittaker, Davis Smith, and Stephan Jacob in 2014, Cotopaxi has now raised a total of $77.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Bain Capital Double Impact Fund.
GoFormz — $20.0M – Series A
San Diego-based GoFormz helps its customers to transform into data-driven businesses with its mobile-first business productivity platform. Founded by Andrew Stevens, Jason Craven, Jason Freitas, Jeff Fildey, Jonathan McIntire, and Jonathan Stevens in 2012, GoFormz has now raised a total of $31.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Cloud Apps Capital Partners, Glynn Capital Management, and Shasta Ventures.
Headout — $12.0M – Series B
New York-based Headout is an on-demand mobile concierge helping travelers book the best local experiences for the next 24 hours at discounted prices. Founded by Suren Sultania, Varun Khona, and Vikram Jit Singh in 2015, Headout has now raised a total of $27.7M in total equity funding and is backed by 500 Startups, Espresso Capital, FJ Labs, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Haystack, Ludlow Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Practical Venture Capital, and Version One Ventures.
Jam City — $350.0M – Venture
Culver City-based Jam City is a mobile entertainment company, connecting the world through technology, creativity, and play. Founded by Aber Whitcomb, Chris DeWolfe, and Josh Yguado in 2010, Jam City has now raised a total of $652.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Fortress Investment Group, Kabam, and Netmarble.
Jetty — $23.0M – Venture
New York-based Jetty is a financial services company on a mission to make renting a home more affordable and effortless for everyone. Founded by Luke Cohler and Michael Rudoy in 2015, Jetty has now raised a total of $63.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Citi, CreditEase, Farmers Insurance Group, Flourish Ventures, K5 Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Ribbit Capital.
Orchard — $100.0M – Series D
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 $252.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Accomplice, First American, FirstMark, Juxtapose, and Revolution.
Printify — $45.0M – Series A
San Francisco-based Printify is a marketplace, instantly connecting online merchants to major print on demand & dropshipping manufacturers worldwide. Founded by Artis Kehris, Gatis Dukurs, and James Berdigans in 2015, Printify has now raised a total of $49.1M in total equity funding and is backed by Dreamers VC, H&M CO:LAB, Index Ventures, and Virgin Group.
Rocket Dollar — $8.0M – Series A
Austin-based Rocket Dollar lets people unlock IRA/401(k) money, keep the tax benefits, and invest in alternative/private assets. Founded by Henry Yoshida, Richard Dude, and Thomas Young in 2018, Rocket Dollar has now raised a total of $13.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Global Millennial Capital, Henry Yoshida, Kraken, Moneta VC, Park West Asset Management, Primetime Partners, and Sure Ventures.
Tiled — $13.7M – Series A
San Diego-based Tiled enables non-developers to create rich, interactive content experiences that perform like native apps or fully coded websites. Founded by Darrell Swain, James Gentry, Jeremiah Simpson, and Matthew Simpson in 2016, Tiled has now raised a total of $17.5M in total equity funding and is backed by Adobe, Seismic Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures, and University Growth Fund.
TrueFort — $30.0M – Series B
Weehawken-based TrueFort brings zero trust to application environments to detect and contain critical security risks before they impact your business. Founded by Nazario Parsacala and Sameer Malhotra in 2015, TrueFort has now raised a total of $47.7M in total equity funding and is backed by Canaan Partners, Emerald Development Managers, Ericsson Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Lytical Ventures, and Shasta Ventures.
unitQ — $30.0M – Series B
Burlingame-based unitQ is a product quality platform that helps companies drive growth and retention by fixing the right quality issues faster. Founded by Christian Wiklund and Niklas Lindstrom in 2018, unitQ has now raised a total of $41.0M in total equity funding and is backed by Accel, Creandum, and Gradient Ventures.
Varo Bank — $510.0M – Series E
San Francisco-based Varo is a digital bank that offers innovative, premium banking services wrapped in inclusive design. Founded by Assaf Guery, Colin Walsh, Mykola Klymenko, and Roger Van Duinen in 2015, Varo Bank has now raised a total of $987.4M in total equity funding and is backed by Berkshire Partners, BlackRock, Declaration Partners, Eldridge, Gallatin Point Capital, HarbourVest Partners, Holland George Capital Management, Lone Pine Capital, Marshall Wace, The Rise Fund, and Warburg Pincus.
